Joe Brolly

Joe Brolly is a columnist for Mediahuis Ireland covering the Irish Independent and Sunday Independent.

Gaelic Football
Joe Brolly: Football has become a factory – teams need to embrace chaos again
Gaelic Football
Joe Brolly: David Clifford’s year off has opened the door to Orange order
Letters
Letters: A modest proposal to end GAA paywalls and the fixture fiasco
Gaelic Football
Joe Brolly: Devil is in the detail for meticulous McGuinness

Gaelic Football
Joe Brolly: Mayo are the kings of nearly winning – when it comes to strategy they are lost
Comment
Declan Lynch: RTÉ is showing why retired footballers should only be working as TV pundits in exceptional circumstances
Gaelic Football
Joe Brolly: Too many generals are spoiling the battle plan for Kevin McStay and Mayo
Gaelic Football
Joe Brolly: Mickey Harte is the rot at the heart of Derry’s decay
Analysis
Jody Corcoran: Why Moby Dick, the floating voter who piled into Sinn Féin last time, is now deserting Mary Lou McDonald’s party
Gaelic Football
Joe Brolly: It’s a tall order but Jim McGuinness is on a crusade to beat Dublin
Gaelic Football
Joe Brolly: ‘It was a shocking and outrageous act which made me ashamed to be a Derry man’
Gaelic Football
Joe Brolly: Kieran McGeeney is never judged by his results but Jimmy McGuinness’s speak volumes
Gaelic Football
Joe Brolly: Jim McGuinness winning matches, and loyalty, with core GAA values
Gaelic Football
Joe Brolly: Derry’s Donegal collapse was a predictable managerial catastrophe from Mickey Harte
Gaelic Football
Joe Brolly: Derry face their most important test yet – against the Harry Houdini of Gaelic football
Gaelic Football
Joe Brolly: Derry must move on from their Mayo moment
Irish Business
Hector Ó hEochagáin and Laurita Blewitt profit from podcast venture
Gaelic Football
Joe Brolly: Why I am worried, not excited as Derry try to keep their dream alive
Gaelic Football
Joe Brolly: 2024 is Dublin’s All-Ireland again – every other county is playing for second place
Gaelic Football
Joe Brolly: Dessie Farrell is building a team to silence the Sam pretenders
Letters
Letters: Building a home on your own land is a far cry from criminal
Gaelic Football
Joe Brolly: Dublin finally took the advice I gave to Con O’Callaghan’s father – now they are back to their best
Gaelic Football
Joe Brolly: Gaelic football and Mayo – both doomed to be a hard watch
Letters
Letters: Sadness at the ‘Sunday Independent’ as our oldest letter writer, Kathleen Corrigan, dies aged 99

Joe Brolly

Joe Brolly: Football has become a factory – teams need to embrace chaos again

Joe Brolly: David Clifford’s year off has opened the door to Orange order

Letters: A modest proposal to end GAA paywalls and the fixture fiasco

Joe Brolly: Devil is in the detail for meticulous McGuinness

Joe Brolly: Mayo are the kings of nearly winning – when it comes to strategy they are lost

Declan Lynch: RTÉ is showing why retired footballers should only be working as TV pundits in exceptional circumstances

Joe Brolly: Too many generals are spoiling the battle plan for Kevin McStay and Mayo

Joe Brolly: Mickey Harte is the rot at the heart of Derry’s decay

Jody Corcoran: Why Moby Dick, the floating voter who piled into Sinn Féin last time, is now deserting Mary Lou McDonald’s party

Joe Brolly: It’s a tall order but Jim McGuinness is on a crusade to beat Dublin

Joe Brolly: ‘It was a shocking and outrageous act which made me ashamed to be a Derry man’

Joe Brolly: Kieran McGeeney is never judged by his results but Jimmy McGuinness’s speak volumes

Joe Brolly: Jim McGuinness winning matches, and loyalty, with core GAA values

Joe Brolly: Derry’s Donegal collapse was a predictable managerial catastrophe from Mickey Harte

Joe Brolly: Derry face their most important test yet – against the Harry Houdini of Gaelic football

Joe Brolly: Derry must move on from their Mayo moment

Hector Ó hEochagáin and Laurita Blewitt profit from podcast venture

Joe Brolly: Why I am worried, not excited as Derry try to keep their dream alive

Joe Brolly: 2024 is Dublin’s All-Ireland again – every other county is playing for second place

Joe Brolly: Dessie Farrell is building a team to silence the Sam pretenders

Letters: Building a home on your own land is a far cry from criminal

Joe Brolly: Dublin finally took the advice I gave to Con O’Callaghan’s father – now they are back to their best

Joe Brolly: Gaelic football and Mayo – both doomed to be a hard watch

Letters: Sadness at the ‘Sunday Independent’ as our oldest letter writer, Kathleen Corrigan, dies aged 99

Joe Brolly: Gaelic football and Mayo – both doomed to be a hard watch

Letters: Sadness at the ‘Sunday Independent’ as our oldest letter writer, Kathleen Corrigan, dies aged 99

Joe Brolly: They don’t make ’em like Tony Scullion any more

Joe Brolly: Boring, boring Dublin… they have turned Con O’Callaghan from Diego Maradona into James Milner

Joe Brolly: The GAA is having a closing down sale and everything must go

Joe Brolly: Like David Clifford or Maradona or the Baby Jesus, Luke Littler was born different

Letters: Slow, painful genocide of Palestinians is a reminder of how powerless we are

Joe Brolly: Pat Gilroy the water boy, Mickey Harte socks and why Ireland are the Mayo of world rugby

Joe Brolly: John Patrick McManus, pay your taxes here

Joe Brolly: The dark destroyer returns, projecting his paranoia onto the world

Joe Brolly: It’s time to shout stop — life rules are oppressing young men

Joe Brolly: Corofin are a miracle of originality – on behalf of the people of Ireland, thank you

Joe Brolly: Corofin’s opponents are like an old man making love – it usually ends in anti-climax

Joe Brolly: The game we played was about entertainment, but Mayo snoozefest might just be the final straw

Joe Brolly: Mayo county final offers big chance for two of the great underachievers

Joe Brolly: Fearsome Hughie won his place in folklore – I can hardly believe the closing bell has sounded for my great friend

Letters: Your state pension approved — now take it and be thankful

Joe Brolly: ‘Liam Hinphey loved us all and we loved him, even if he would cut you to pieces at the slightest hint of bullshit’

Joe Brolly: Mickey Harte’s appointment is the worst thing to happen to Derry since the Plantation

Joe Brolly: The football rules that must change to regain the drama, the entertainment and the glory

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