John Fogarty
@johnfogartyirl.bsky.social
Irish Examiner GAA correspondent. Liverpool FC supporter. Enjoy spoiling good walks. Not the CCR JF. Personal views aired here, not the newspaper's.
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Nobody’s found a way to stop Kerry’s grading gain (because it will mean looking at themselves). #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Fogarty Forum: Nobody's found a way to stop Kerry’s grading gain
If Dingle complete the job next Sunday, Kerry will have produced the four adult All-Ireland football winners.
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January 13, 2026 at 8:14 AM
Nobody’s found a way to stop Kerry’s grading gain (because it will mean looking at themselves). #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Staging All-Ireland hurling final after football would suit more clubs. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Fogarty Forum: Smooth out the season by staging All-Ireland hurling final after football
The claustrophobic nature of the inter-county season has plenty to do with the misalignment of fixtures
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January 6, 2026 at 8:32 AM
Staging All-Ireland hurling final after football would suit more clubs. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Excessive child and adult safeguarding rules exposes #GAA to flood of complaints and objections, warns solicitor: www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
GAA facing flood of safeguarding complaints, warns leading solicitor
Solicitor Conor Sally says rules go beyond keeping members safe from harm
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January 6, 2026 at 7:32 AM
Excessive child and adult safeguarding rules exposes #GAA to flood of complaints and objections, warns solicitor: www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
Chances of Tipperary and Kerry doing back-to-back? Well, they’ve cleared the decks at least. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Fogarty Forum: Tipp and Kerry clear decks for back-to-back tilts
The obstacles to putting All-Irelands together will occupy minds among the champions
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December 30, 2025 at 8:26 AM
Chances of Tipperary and Kerry doing back-to-back? Well, they’ve cleared the decks at least. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
#GAA’s Allianz decision won’t wash with many of its members. Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Fogarty Forum: Allianz decision won’t wash for many in GAA
The GAA may not be prepared to end their policies with Allianz but the sentiment is so strong among many of its members.
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December 23, 2025 at 8:38 AM
#GAA’s Allianz decision won’t wash with many of its members. Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
John McGrath’s omission from RTÉ Sports Personality shortlist is a bad look. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Fogarty Forum: John McGrath’s RTÉ awards snub is a bad look
That a hurler was not deemed good enough to join David Clifford on the 12-person shortlist for the RTÉ Sport Sportsperson of the Year award was a surprise
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December 16, 2025 at 8:52 AM
John McGrath’s omission from RTÉ Sports Personality shortlist is a bad look. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Ten pressing matters facing the #GAA this week (they don’t include rural depopulation and integration). Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
John Fogarty: Ten pressing matters GAA faces this week
Amateur status, GPA funding, disbanding All-Ireland hurling preliminary quarter-finals, and county board tax liabilities are among the issues up for discussion.
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November 25, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Ten pressing matters facing the #GAA this week (they don’t include rural depopulation and integration). Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
For integration to happen, female Gaelic sports must unite first. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Fogarty Forum: For integration to happen, female codes must first unite
Same stubbornness that has defined camogie and LGFA relationship was again on show on awards tonight
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November 18, 2025 at 8:59 AM
For integration to happen, female Gaelic sports must unite first. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
#GAA can’t wish away Allianz’s Gaza war links. Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
John Fogarty: GAA can’t wish away Allianz's Gaza war links
The insurance company's links to the Association have come under the spotlight.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:06 AM
#GAA can’t wish away Allianz’s Gaza war links. Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Why did the GPA give DJ Carey €30,000? #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
John Fogarty: Why did GPA give DJ Carey €30,000?
Oversight has been a major stumbling block in the GAA-GPA funding negotiations. The DJ Carey donation suggests they have cause to insist on more regulation.
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November 4, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Why did the GPA give DJ Carey €30,000? #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Ground rules needs to be set for AFL poachers. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
John Fogarty: Ground rules need to be set for AFL poachers
It should be regulated how and where players can be contacted, and it should be insisted the AFL clubs work with the GAA units who invested in these footballers.
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October 28, 2025 at 8:25 AM
Ground rules needs to be set for AFL poachers. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Outside manager is back in #GAA crosshairs. Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
October 21, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Outside manager is back in #GAA crosshairs. Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Interview with Tipperary’s Robert Doyle. Robert was promoting a fundraiser in Cashel on October 26 for a host of charities including The Dillon Quirke Foundation. www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar... #GAA
Tipp's breakthrough boy Doyle just playing it whatever way it comes
When Robert Doyle thinks of the players who have come and gone without walking up the steps of the Hogan Stand, he knows he is fortunate.
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October 11, 2025 at 10:04 AM
Interview with Tipperary’s Robert Doyle. Robert was promoting a fundraiser in Cashel on October 26 for a host of charities including The Dillon Quirke Foundation. www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar... #GAA
#GAA addled by streams of risky: Croke Park to clampdown on unregulated streaming market at county level. Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Fogarty Forum: GAA struggling to find right balance when it comes to streaming games
At Saturday's Special Congress, GAA president Jarlath Burns said some counties, at least one of them being from Munster, have admitted buyers’ remorse about some of the commercial deals they have stru...
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October 7, 2025 at 6:39 AM
#GAA addled by streams of risky: Croke Park to clampdown on unregulated streaming market at county level. Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Ahead of Saturday’s vote, ranking Gaelic football’s new rules. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Fogarty Forum: Football's revamp has delivered, but which rules have been best value?
The €300,000 spent on changing up Gaelic football has proved a good investment
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September 30, 2025 at 7:43 AM
Ahead of Saturday’s vote, ranking Gaelic football’s new rules. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Among other things, the NFL’s visit adds a ribbon board to Croke Park but stadium director Peter McKenna is against dynamic pricing in the #GAA www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
GAA learning lots from the NFL machine, says Croke Park director Peter McKenna
But GAA stadium and commercial director Peter McKenna is against introducing dynamic pricing for tickets
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September 27, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Among other things, the NFL’s visit adds a ribbon board to Croke Park but stadium director Peter McKenna is against dynamic pricing in the #GAA www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
“I’d go back in a heartbeat”: Cathal Barrett interview www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar... #GAA #Tipperary
Cathal Barrett would go back to Tipp setup 'in a heartbeat'
The Holycross-Ballycahill defender was axed by Liam Cahill this year but remains a devoted Tipperary fan and goes to every game.
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September 27, 2025 at 8:15 AM
“I’d go back in a heartbeat”: Cathal Barrett interview www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar... #GAA #Tipperary
It isn’t schmaltzy to say the NFL’s visit to Croke Park this weekend serves as a reminder of the #GAA’s uniqueness. Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
John Fogarty: NFL visit a reminder of how different the GAA is
The visit of the Vikings and Steelers to Croke Park this week highlights what must be protected here.
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September 23, 2025 at 6:12 AM
It isn’t schmaltzy to say the NFL’s visit to Croke Park this weekend serves as a reminder of the #GAA’s uniqueness. Column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Integration will happen but not shoehorned like this. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Fogarty Forum: Integration will happen organically, not like this
Integration of the Gaelic games family will take patience and time and a whole lot of spending money
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September 16, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Integration will happen but not shoehorned like this. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
As football gets richer, hurling gets nicher. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
John Fogarty: Hurling gets nicher as football gets richer
The demise of the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals would have knock-on effects.
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September 9, 2025 at 6:57 AM
As football gets richer, hurling gets nicher. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
The clock/hooter has its pluses but it is more trouble than it’s worth. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Fogarty Forum: Clock/hooter more trouble than its worth
Teething problems encountered by the clock/hooter system this year suggest there might be long-term issues.
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September 2, 2025 at 7:28 AM
The clock/hooter has its pluses but it is more trouble than it’s worth. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Cork hurling doesn’t need another style war. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
John Fogarty: Cork hurling doesn’t need another style war
After Pat Ryan's decision to step away from the job, the Rebel County faces a fork in the road.
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August 26, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Cork hurling doesn’t need another style war. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport-column...
Who would have thought so many people cared so much about the Munster SFC? #GAA column:
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Who would have thought people cared so much about Munster SFC?
As Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Clare consult with the GPA, one wonders what will happen when the 2026 draw is due to take place in October
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August 5, 2025 at 6:37 AM
Who would have thought so many people cared so much about the Munster SFC? #GAA column:
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Good old umbrage fuelled Kerry and Tipperary. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...
Fogarty Forum: Good old umbrage fuelled Kerry and Tipp
Jim Gavin’s intention was to make it the most exciting field sport in the world but GAA president Jarlath Burns was declaring it in his presentation of the Sam Maguire Cup on Sunday.
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July 29, 2025 at 7:41 AM
Good old umbrage fuelled Kerry and Tipperary. #GAA column: www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...