Michael Foley

Champions hold all the aces and Jack O’Connor’s side are in pole position to retain their Championship crown and take third title in five years

We are living through an extraordinary age with numerous peaks for Irish sport but golfer’s Masters triumphs and major successes tops them all

Reigning champions Tipperary can secure immortality with back-to-back All-Ireland crowns but John Kiely’s Limerick are in pole position to complete sweep

O’Connor got the better of his rivals during playing days, but his side are underdogs going into Sunday’s Munster Championship clash

Munster games get top billing but Leinster is ‘a rest of Ireland championship’ with too many teams to develop into contenders — and there are no easy fixes

Kerry’s star man has often struggled to produce truly dominant displays against Cork. Dan O’Mahony hopes to keep it that way in Munster SFC final

Monaghan manager talks about getting through an injury crisis to an Ulster final and the inspiration of his late brother and a life spent in football

Kerry 0-16 Donegal 2-20: Blood is spilled in furious brawls but goals from Ciaran Moore and Shea Malone helpe to revive Donegal’s season

Leinster semi-final victory in 2013 remains Dublin’s only win over rivals in past 49 championship games and reinforced how their greatest battle in fixture is against themselves

How despondent Dubs’ transition from their last All-Ireland winning team in 2023 is proving an acutely painful experience