Martin Breheny

Martin Breheny is a journalist for Mediahuis Ireland covering the Irish Independent and Sunday Independent.

GAA
Martin Breheny: Modern-day hurling is so quick, two referees are needed
Gaelic Football
Martin Breheny: Armagh and Galway are the top two – here’s how the others rank
GAA
Martin Breheny: American dream offering GAA players $7,500 to line out in USA
Gaelic Football
Martin Breheny: Dublin are facing the end of an era? There is no basis for that claim

GAA
Martin Breheny: Football can’t afford more one-sided quarter-finals
GAA
Martin Breheny: With Micheál, it was always about the occasion – it was never about him
GAA
Martin Breheny: Hurling and football pitted against each other in very public way for prime slots bad for both codes
Hurling
Martin Breheny: Limerick’s five-timer hype a genuine worry for John Kiely and his team
Gaelic Football
Martin Breheny: Forget Derry, Leinster championship’s demise is the real concern for GAA
GAA
Martin Breheny: Allowing teams to lose three times and still be in contention for Sam Maguire is crazy
GAA
Martin Breheny: Clare’s winner against Waterford should not have counted
GAA
Martin Breheny: Steer clear of politicians on the GAAGO bandwagon
GAA
Martin Breheny: Pundit logic defies reality when it comes to referees but drives social media guff
GAA
Martin Breheny: Retaining provincial championships as they are is a smack in the face for common sense
GAA
Martin Breheny: Winning Leinster the minimum now for Henry Shefflin but Galway players lack his iron mentality
GAA
Martin Breheny: Isn’t protecting player interests the GPA’s main duty? It should be as much about fixtures as finance
GAA
Martin Breheny: Race for Sam must expand to include top 20 counties
GAA
Martin Breheny: The problem with Leinster. A population of 1.3 million – and so little to show for it
GAA
Martin Breheny: Avoiding the football league final is a bizarre by-product of split season
Hurling
Martin Breheny: The league is the best time to go after Limerick – don’t just wish for their decline
GAA
Martin Breheny: Why are so many GAA players injured this early in 2024?
GAA
Martin Breheny: Jim Gavin’s stellar review group must be radical – a five-point goal would solve a lot of problems
GAA
Martin Breheny: What Limerick’s rivals must do to crack this period of Treaty dominance
GAA
Martin Breheny: Ban outside managements to protect GAA’s amateur ethos

Martin Breheny

Martin Breheny: Modern-day hurling is so quick, two referees are needed

Martin Breheny: Armagh and Galway are the top two – here’s how the others rank

Martin Breheny: American dream offering GAA players $7,500 to line out in USA

Martin Breheny: Dublin are facing the end of an era? There is no basis for that claim

Martin Breheny: Football can’t afford more one-sided quarter-finals

Martin Breheny: With Micheál, it was always about the occasion – it was never about him

Martin Breheny: Hurling and football pitted against each other in very public way for prime slots bad for both codes

Martin Breheny: Limerick’s five-timer hype a genuine worry for John Kiely and his team

Martin Breheny: Forget Derry, Leinster championship’s demise is the real concern for GAA

Martin Breheny: Allowing teams to lose three times and still be in contention for Sam Maguire is crazy

Martin Breheny: Clare’s winner against Waterford should not have counted

Martin Breheny: Steer clear of politicians on the GAAGO bandwagon

Martin Breheny: Pundit logic defies reality when it comes to referees but drives social media guff

Martin Breheny: Retaining provincial championships as they are is a smack in the face for common sense

​Martin Breheny: Winning Leinster the minimum now for Henry Shefflin but Galway players lack his iron mentality

Martin Breheny: Isn’t protecting player interests the GPA’s main duty? It should be as much about fixtures as finance

Martin Breheny: Race for Sam must expand to include top 20 counties

Martin Breheny: The problem with Leinster. A population of 1.3 million – and so little to show for it

Martin Breheny: Avoiding the football league final is a bizarre by-product of split season

Martin Breheny: The league is the best time to go after Limerick – don’t just wish for their decline

Martin Breheny: Why are so many GAA players injured this early in 2024?

Martin Breheny: Jim Gavin’s stellar review group must be radical – a five-point goal would solve a lot of problems

Martin Breheny: What Limerick’s rivals must do to crack this period of Treaty dominance

Martin Breheny: Ban outside managements to protect GAA’s amateur ethos

Martin Breheny: What Limerick’s rivals must do to crack this period of Treaty dominance

Martin Breheny: Ban outside managements to protect GAA’s amateur ethos

Letters: Scandalous that no one is before the courts for spate of suspected arson attacks at proposed immigrant centres

Martin Breheny: Praise by managers for losing games is pointless mollycoddling

Martin Breheny: Cost of GAA teams is a runaway train and there are no plans to stop it

Martin Breheny: Government’s increased meddling in sport is wrong

Martin Breheny: Ladies’ football can increase crowds if they exploit mess men have made with some fresh thinking

Martin Breheny: Inter-county elite talk of sacrifice while the rest just get on with it

Martin Breheny: January is a vicious month for destroying players’ ambitions

Martin Breheny: GAA has become so boring, even recently retired stars like Aaron Kernan have had enough

Martin Breheny: Populist bleating about GAAGO ignores the facts

Martin Breheny: As costs spiral, ‘specialist’ fees in inter-county spending should not be secret

Martin Breheny: Strapping and whiskey – how to win a football final

Martin Breheny: Smaller counties are on the road to financial ruin

Martin Breheny: Culling five counties from the hurling league is an absolutely shameful plan

Martin Breheny: Sarsfields’ rout in Munster the latest example of an alarming Cork decline

Martin Breheny: A goal every 57 minutes in county finals? It’s time value was increased to save a dying art

Martin Breheny: Moaning managers are raising danger levels for referees

Martin Breheny: Pay-for-play pressures are increasing all the time for GAA

Martin Breheny: So rugby players can drink alcohol but not GAA stars... same old double standards and hypocrisy

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Martin Breheny: Winning Leinster the minimum now for Henry Shefflin but Galway players lack his iron mentality