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I’m not going to pretend I foresaw Galway’s Leinster final performance coming because, ahead of Saturday evening’s showdown, I felt a degree of trepidation about facing an in-form Dublin outfit.

It’s mad in one way, and perhaps somewhat unfair in another, but the success of the Galway hurlers in 2026 and Micheál Donoghue’s second season boils down to 70 minutes this weekend in Croke Park.

Galway's senior hurlers aim to build on their flying start to the Leinster championship on their first away trip to Kildare on Saturday afternoon.

Ever wondered what it’s like to use a coworking space at your nearest digital hub? Well now is your chance to try it – for free! Ballinasloe Enterprise Hub is inviting remote workers, hybrid workers, business owners and anyone who is interested to spend a free working day at their Society Street facility.

The eye-watering price of next year’s Ryder Cup tickets or a FIFA World Cup match this summer reflects the commercial reality of global sport. A model the GAA was never meant to follow.

Councillor Helen Ogbu, Labour’s candidate in the Galway West by-election, has called for urgent action to protect victims of domestic abuse, as Labour brings forward a motion in the Dáil this week highlighting serious gaps in policing and the failure to roll out Domestic Abuse Coordination Teams nationwide.

In a year filled with deadlines, digital transformation, and nonstop innovation, HPE’s Galway team closed out 2025 with something even more meaningful: a celebration of generosity.

Successive wins over Offaly, Wexford, Antrim, and Dublin have put Galway exactly where they would have wanted to be at the start of the campaign, with a guaranteed place in an All-Ireland quarter final and a chance to annex the Bob O’Keeffe Cup back to the west for only the fourth time.

If you happen to be mingling with Mayo folk in advance of Sunday’s Connacht Senior Football Championship final and they’re bowling you over with gushing praise for the quality of this Galway team - while also at the same time talking down their own prospects - my advice would be to smile, nod, and say the bare minimum.

The Leinster Senior Hurling Championship gets underway this Saturday afternoon as Kilkenny host Galway in Nowlan Park (throw-in 3.45pm). Neither side were overly impressive during their respective league campaigns so this is an opportunity to start afresh for both camps.