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SCathal Dennehy: Balancing quick wins with the search for future champs
A view of a hurling helmet 18/8/2019
S Jack Anderson: Buy and wear a proper hurling helmet. You can thank me later
Try convincing an insurance company that not being able to see the ball properly was your excuse for wearing defective equipment and see how far it gets you

Thu, 28 Nov, 2024

Republic of Ireland Women Training Session
S John Fallon: As polling day looms football has emerged as an election issue
Concerns around match-fixing are usually confined to the professional game but the FAI have laid down the law by imposing an eight-month ban on a player involved in the amateur sphere.

Wed, 27 Nov, 2024

World Athletics Championships 2023 - Day 2
S Cathal Dennehy: The race that defines Mageean will never make the highlight reel
“I’m excited for the next chapter, to learn from the things that happened and to drive towards the next Olympic cycle."

Sat, 23 Nov, 2024

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S Paul Rouse: What does it mean to compete as an Olympic artist? 
A Waterford exhibition called “Muscles and Minds” features the work of artists who competed for Ireland in the Olympic Games between 1924 and 1948.

Fri, 22 Nov, 2024

The Championships - Wimbledon 2011: Day Two
From the vault: Niland's journeyman life on tennis tour a net loss but a brilliant book
Conor Niland has written one of the best Irish sports books. It's not so much an autobiography, more an inside look at the weird life of a journeyman tennis professional and the strange social norms on tour. 

Wed, 20 Nov, 2024

Ireland Captain's Run
S Ronan O'Gara: An arm around the shoulder or kick up the backside?
With the decision to draft in Sam Prendergast for the second of the autumn internationals, Irish rugby’s favourite blood sport is off to the races – who’s our best 10 option looking ahead to the next World Cup.

Fri, 15 Nov, 2024

Mack Hansen 11/11/2024
Mack Hansen: 'Honest chats' had after Ireland defeat to All Blacks
Hansen believes Ireland's rivalry with the All Blacks is not dead. 

Tue, 12 Nov, 2024

James McCarthy lifts the Sam Maguire Cup 30/7/2023
Dublin icon James McCarthy calls time on intercounty career 
The Ballymun clubman won a incredible nine All-Ireland titles with the Dubs. 

Mon, 04 Nov, 2024

Graham Rowntree ahead of the game 26/10/2024
Graham Rowntree departs as Munster head coach
Rowntree joined the club in 2019 and spent three years as forwards coach before being appointed head coach ahead of the 2022/23 season

Tue, 29 Oct, 2024

Trainer Gordon Elliott appears before IHRB referrals committee
S Ruby Walsh: Start early, finish early is the wintertime way. Pity Mazars can't follow suit
With the clocks going back this weekend it's time for racing to warm our winter days. However the Mazars report into matters of grave financial concern at the IHRB still has not appeared

Sat, 26 Oct, 2024

RB Leipzig v Liverpool - UEFA Champions League - Group Stage - RB Arena
S Dion Fanning: Arne Slot’s low-risk football is a high-risk strategy
Liverpool will be more boring but if Slot can keep winning, not many supporters will be concerned.

Sat, 26 Oct, 2024

Collar returns as Cork GAA release jersey for 2025 season
Collar returns as Cork GAA release jersey for 2025 season
The new jersey retains the red and white synonymous with the Rebels, but features a collar and a map of Cork city detail "in a nod to the county's long GAA tradition".

Thu, 24 Oct, 2024

The Gaelic Football Show: what to make of the proposed rules now
S The Gaelic Football Show: what to make of the proposed rules now
Maurice Brosnan, Paul Rouse and part of the Gavin group, James Horan, discuss what we saw at Croke Park and where the FRC enhancements stand now. 

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S Colin Sheridan: The beautiful game has been hijacked by moral abdication
The longer Fifa refuses to act in sanctioning Israel, the country that’s currently invading and bombing Lebanon, as well as committing a year-long genocide on the Palestinian people, the more morally bankrupt it becomes

Mon, 14 Oct, 2024

Cathal Dennehy: For 90 minutes, a country's problems can be forgotten
S Cathal Dennehy: For 90 minutes, a country's problems can be forgotten
It's been a tough year for Ecuador, and a few weeks here has shown me the very best of its natural beauty along with the warmth of its inhabitants, who've also given me a crash course on its ugly side.

Mon, 14 Oct, 2024

Jim Gavin 10/10/2024
S Paul Rouse: The evolution of Gaelic football rule changes  
With changes a plenty ready to kick in here is a look down through the years of all the major changes in Gaelic football. 

Fri, 11 Oct, 2024

France v Republic of Ireland - UEFA EURO 2024 Championship Qualifier
'It was killing me' — Ireland striker Connolly reveals battle with alcohol addiction 
The Sunderland frontman has opened up in searing, emotional detail on a battle with alcohol which persisted right up until July of this year, threatening his career and life

Thu, 10 Oct, 2024

Munster v Ospreys - United Rugby Championship
Munster bounce back to hold Ospreys scoreless in Cork storm
Graham Rowntree's side earned an impressive, clean-sheet win in difficult conditions on Leeside. 

Sat, 05 Oct, 2024

Mohill v St Mary's Kiltoghert - Leitrim County Senior Club Football Championship Final
S Paul Rouse: Leitrim final encapsulates the meaning of football across Ireland
Ballinamore are the most successful GAA club in Leitrim, with 21 senior football titles to their name.

Fri, 04 Oct, 2024

Aoife Wafer is presented with the player of the match award 29/9/2024
Aoife Wafer: 'As a kid growing up I dreamed of beating the Black Ferns'
Player of the Match Aoife Wafer scored two tries as her dreams of beating New Zealand come through.

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

Brittany Hogan celebrates after the game 29/9/2024
Ireland stun New Zealand with last-gasp win in WXV1 opener
Erin King grabbed her second try to level the scores in the last minute, outside-half Dannah O'Brien holding her nerve to land the decisive conversion via the upright.

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

AFL Grand Final - Sydney v Brisbane
S Talking Points: Ballyboden know how dangerous the animal can be when its finally unleashed
Portglenone finally end semi-final heartbreak, AFL delight for Conor McKenna

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

WNBA: SEP 21 Indiana Fever Practice and Media Availability
S Colin Sheridan: Sad changes at ESPN show fools and their money are easily parted
The shock depeartures of Zach Lowe and Adrian Wojnarowski illustrate how far the 'world wide leader' has fallen.

Mon, 30 Sep, 2024

Clare v Waterford - Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 4
S Paul Rouse: How would Irish rugby look if Michael Cusack stuck with the sport? 
In what way would Irish rugby be different if Michael Cusack had stayed a member of the Irish Rugby Football Union and never founded the Gaelic Athletic Association?

Fri, 27 Sep, 2024

Anthony Joshua v Daniel Dubois: Riyadh Season - Wembley Edition Press Conference
S Spike O'Sullivan: Joshua has become a better boxer but power still his best weapon
Anthony Joshua will fight Daniel Dubois for the IBF heavyweight world title in front of what they’re telling me will be a post-war British record crowd of 96,000 at Wembley.

Sat, 21 Sep, 2024

British & Irish Lions Head Coach Announcement
S Mick Cleary: Five big talking points ahead of the new rugby season
Will Lions coach Andy Farrell be a happy man? Mick Cleary asks.

Sat, 21 Sep, 2024

Republic of Ireland Women's Training Session
Eva Mangan focusing on Cork City's FAI Cup semi-final after 'really nice' Liverpool trial
“It was a nice experience to take away, I think it’s just made me a bit more hungry that that’s what I want to do with my future."

Fri, 20 Sep, 2024

Kerry v Cork - TG4 Munster Senior Ladies Football Championship Final
S Paul Rouse: What exactly is the GAA's vision for its stadiums? 
Is there a coherent plan for what the Association is trying to do? Or is it just piecemeal and reactive?

Fri, 20 Sep, 2024

Dublin v Galway - All Ireland Football Final 1974
S Jack Anderson: Modern GAA could learn a lot from Heffo's 1974 Dubs
This weekend makes a half century since Dublin and Galway contested the All-Ireland decider. 

Fri, 20 Sep, 2024

Cork v Galway - Glen Dimplex All-Ireland Premier Senior Camogie Championship Final
Cork lead the way in All Star Camogie nominations
The champions' tally is one more than last year when they also claimed the O'Duffy Cup.

Tue, 17 Sep, 2024

Casement Park GAA stadium
UK government will not fund Casement Park rebuild in time for Euro 2028
Taoiseach Simon Harris confirmed that the Government still intended to commit €50m to the regeneration of Casement Park

Fri, 13 Sep, 2024

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Taylor Swift endorses ‘gifted leader’ Kamala Harris for US President
Pop star Taylor Swift has endorsed US presidential candidate Kamala Harris, saying the vice president is a “steady-handed, gifted leader”.

Wed, 11 Sep, 2024

Tom Parsons 2/7/2024
November could become 'zero contact' month for intercounty players, says GPA chief Parsons 
The phasing out of pre-season competitions could clear the way for a December start to collective training.

Mon, 09 Sep, 2024

Chiedozie Ogbene and Levi Colwill 7/9/2024
Player ratings: How Ireland and England performed in Nations League opener
Lee Carsley's side enjoyed a routine win in Dublin.

Sat, 07 Sep, 2024

Heimir Hallgrímsson with Roy Keane after the game 7/9/2024
Heimir Hallgrimsson: 'We lacked confidence and collective decision making' against England
The new boss saw his Boys in Green side outclassed by the Three Lions.

Sat, 07 Sep, 2024

Longford v Wicklow - Leinster GAA Football Senior Championship First Round
S Fogarty Forum: Heed Micko’s advice and ditch pick-up from Gaelic football
Volunteer versus employee – that old argument of who actually runs the GAA may be coming to a head once more.

Tue, 03 Sep, 2024

Dublin v Cork - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final
S Paul Rouse: Hey ref, it's not the Fleadh Cheoil!
Recalling the language of a midlands football field in the 1980s and 1990s

Fri, 30 Aug, 2024

The Star Hurley Feature
S 'The Government has done shag-all for hurley makers. We won't be there long more'
The ash dieback crisis was flagged 12 years ago. It's now so serious hurling may soon be played without ash.

Fri, 30 Aug, 2024

Republic of Ireland Squad Announcement
S Loyal O'Shea ready to back new regime for long haul
But John O'Shea dismissed any suggestions there was another succession plan in place

Thu, 29 Aug, 2024

World Rowing Championships 2024 - Finals
Relentless O'Donovan is a World wonder as he roars to brilliant gold in Canada
Skibbereen's finest follows up his historic Paris heroics with solo World Rowing Championships glory in St. Catherine's taking emphatic lightweight single sculls title

Sat, 24 Aug, 2024

Crossmaglen Rangers celebrate with the trophy after the game 23/10/2022
S Niall McCoy: Domination now the norm rather than the exception on the club scene
One team dominating a club football championship is nothing new – Crossmaglen’s run of 19 titles from 20 in Armagh between 1996 and 2015.

Fri, 23 Aug, 2024

David Clifford and Aidan O'Shea 17/2/2024
S Paul Rouse: If there’s no room for pleasure in the GAA, what is the point?
Yes, identity matters. Yes, representing where you’re from matters. Yes, winning matters. But none of this matters like the game itself.

Fri, 23 Aug, 2024

Manchester City v West Ham United - Premier League
S Jack Anderson: Don't be too surprised if case against City is 'resolved'
If City’s titles are expunged, United might get three, Liverpool three and Arsenal are on for three in a row. But steady Gooners, because it is a big 'if'. 

Fri, 23 Aug, 2024

Amelia Earhart to cider and fairy forts: 40 things you never knew about Ireland's golf courses
S Amelia Earhart to cider and fairy forts: 40 things you never knew about Ireland's golf courses
Kevin Markham reveals 40 little-known facts and stories about some of our favourite tracks around the country.

Tue, 20 Aug, 2024

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