Number One question will be key for Limerick as they reach a crossroadsNickie Quaid has been a hugely influential figure in five All-Ireland triumphs but John Kiely must now plan without the outstanding goalkeeperSat Jan 25 2025 - 06:00
Six Nations: If you strip away the brassy commerce and vulgar scalping there are storylines aplentyThe Six Nations nurses many suckling calves, the numbers are staggeringMon Jan 20 2025 - 09:48
Double delight for Dublin as Na Fianna and Cuala take home the spoilsDifferent paths to victory end at the same destination for both county championsSun Jan 19 2025 - 21:43
Unrelenting Na Fianna defeat Sarsfields to claim All-Ireland club hurling titleTom Brennan the man of the hour in netting two goals for the Dublin championsSun Jan 19 2025 - 17:58
‘The way I played the game wouldn’t cut it with modern-day players’: Diarmuid O’Sullivan embracing change in quest for All-Ireland glory with SarsfieldsCork champions face Dublin’s Na Fianna in the All-Ireland senior club hurling final on SundaySun Jan 19 2025 - 06:00
We have the rules to help referees, so why don’t we use them?In all sports, players and managers tread a fine line with match officials, wondering how much they will tolerate. It needs to stopMon Jan 13 2025 - 06:00
From Cork to Carlton and back: Ciáran Sheehan’s life in the GAA-Aussie rules fast laneAn All-Ireland football medal winner head-hunted for the AFL, the Russell Rovers captain is well used to keeping several plates in the airSat Jan 11 2025 - 06:00
TGL simulator league might be the injection of fun that golf needsVenture led by Tiger Woods and Rory McIlroy could be welcome break from the catatonic week-to-week of the PGA TourMon Jan 06 2025 - 06:00
‘He can get into a horse’s head’: The rise, scandal and reinvention of Gordon ElliottSchool dropout from Co Meath has become an extraordinarily successful trainer, recovered from a self-inflicted scandal and built a ‘fascinating chemistry’ with his chief rivalSat Jan 04 2025 - 06:00
Denis Walsh: Irish sport’s underdog mentality has been replaced with an unabashed hunger to be the bestIn the Golden Age of Irish sport, winning has become intentionalSat Dec 28 2024 - 06:00
A box of Pro V1s is the Christmas present of choice for many. But do they help the average golfer?The Titleist golf ball launched in 2000 continues to be the most popular. But it doesn’t mean it’s the best one for your gameMon Dec 23 2024 - 06:00
Darts is enjoying the Luke Littler effect, the gift that keeps on givingThe World Darts Championships may have outgrown the Ally Pally as its popularity continues to riseSat Dec 21 2024 - 06:00
Denis Walsh: Unbreakable a cautionary tale about the heavy toll top-level rugby can takeEngland’s 2003 World Cup heroes discover that winning doesn’t take care of everythingMon Dec 16 2024 - 06:00
Murphy has the final word as Na Fianna edge out Loughrea to reach finalDublin side continue their habit of coming out on the right side of cliffhangers with another late, late showSun Dec 15 2024 - 18:43
Cathy Gannon: ‘I used to ride my pony to school, tie him up and ride him back’No woman rider has been apprentice champion in Ireland since Gannon. Nobody has come close. She beat the oddsSun Dec 15 2024 - 06:00
Sarsfields still savouring the sweet taste of provincial success The proud Cork club are on a roll having shocked holders and strong favourites Ballygunner to claim a first Munster crown and earn an All-Ireland semi-final place against SlaughtneilSat Dec 14 2024 - 05:00
Denis Walsh: GAA’s struggles with volunteerism a sign of the timesVolunteerism used to be the bedrock of the GAA but now more and more clubs are struggling as members prove reluctant to take on the time-consuming responsibility involvedMon Dec 09 2024 - 06:00
Dr Crokes claim Munster title as final task proves bridge too far for Loughmore-CastleineyExperienced Kerry kingpins pack too much power for plucky Tipperary dual championsSun Dec 08 2024 - 17:38
Mickey O’Rourke: ‘I love broadcasting, I love sport. From a financial perspective you couldn’t pick two worse industries’The Premier Sports boss relishes competing with the likes of Warner Brothers, Sky, Netflix and Amazon but League of Ireland and Shelbourne FC are his passionsSat Dec 07 2024 - 06:00
Making Munster competitive again in Europe will require planning, patience and a little bitternessIn little over a decade the quality of players at Munster’s disposal has fallen off a cliffMon Dec 02 2024 - 06:00
Dynamic Sarsfields hit the heights in Munster to stun BallygunnerWaterford champions were red-hot favourites to take the title but Shane O’Regan’s 2-3 from the bench helped tip the contestSun Dec 01 2024 - 18:30
Mark Ella was ‘the fulcrum ... the genius’ of Australia’s trailblazing tour of 1984After the Wallabies’ 1984 tour of Ireland and Britain, the first indigenous Australian to captain the side retired, aged 25. Forty years on, he remains an alluring figureSat Nov 30 2024 - 06:00
Dublin are now facing the hardest trick to pull off in sport: succession planningLike the great Kerry and Kilkenny teams before them, Dublin now need a rebuilding period as the likes of McCarthy and Fenton bow outMon Nov 25 2024 - 06:00
Johnny Murphy on refereeing the All-Ireland final: ‘Hand on heart, I was happy with the way it went’The Limerick referee hasn’t agonised over the outcome of the 2024 hurling final and, despite criticism from some quarters, believes ‘the goodwill outweighs the bad’ towards match officialsSat Nov 23 2024 - 06:00
Denis Walsh: Steven Gerrard is the latest to show a glittering name isn’t worth much in managementWith Frank Lampard said to be on interested in a new job, it’s a good time to consider the ever-increasing list of great players who have struggled as managersMon Nov 18 2024 - 06:00
Ballygunner turn on the afterburners to leave Loughmore-Castleiney for deadThe Waterford champions scored 1-6 without reply in the 10 minutes before half-timeSun Nov 17 2024 - 18:27
Leitrim footballer Charlene Tyrrell: ‘I felt completely lost in those years in England. I didn’t know who I was any more’The Leitrim footballer has experienced her own mental health struggles and is now one of the facilitators of the Ahead of the Game campaign, jointly run by the GPA and MovemberSun Nov 17 2024 - 06:00
Denis Walsh: Players’ fear of missing out means managers can reign serenelyEddie Jones may have had success with England, but the days of head coaches ruling with an iron fist are over. Aren’t they?Mon Nov 11 2024 - 06:00
‘I had to make a point’: All Blacks’ Scott Barrett says he reacted to ‘below the line stuff’ against IrelandTempers momentarily flared early in the first half at the AvivaSat Nov 09 2024 - 06:00
No hurler on the ditch: Ronan Conway a firm believer in the promise of team development Former Cork hurler overcame his own struggles and now helps others, including prisoners, through his work as a performance coachSat Nov 09 2024 - 06:00
Ireland fail to ignite as All Blacks end three-year run of home wins Andy Farrell’s side racked up errors and gave away too many penalties while New Zealand just had to stay cute and confidentFri Nov 08 2024 - 22:58
Denis Walsh: All Stars committee’s only obligation was to judge Kyle Hayes as a hurlerThere is no provision in the All Stars scheme’s conditions to disqualify a player for criminal convictions or indeed any off-the-field behaviourThu Nov 07 2024 - 06:00
Denis Walsh: The All Blacks forced us to change our ways and be more like themOver the decades the All Blacks set standards Irish rugby couldn’t match and we proved slow learnersMon Nov 04 2024 - 06:00
WWE: A global success story where the villains are in plain sightThe wrestling show is arriving in Dublin’s 3Arena where, despite its controversies, it retains a remarkable cross-generational appealSat Nov 02 2024 - 06:00
From the Ryder Cup to the rugby, fans gets fleeced because we make the market The PGA are charging fans $750 a day for the privilege of attending golf’s premier team eventMon Oct 28 2024 - 06:00
Cork SFC final: Castlehaven turn the screw on Nemo Rangers for back-to-back titlesAuthoritative second half performance saw the defending champions win vibrant contestSun Oct 27 2024 - 19:04
‘He turned, a ball of rage, preparing to floor me’: Richie Hogan on Kilkenny, Shefflin and tense exchanges with CodyFormer Kilkenny hurler talks about his new autobiography, being part of Brian Cody’s dressingroom and life after playing intercountySat Oct 26 2024 - 06:00
After the Olympics, athletes face a further tough challenge: the comedownWith life choices to make following the games, every Olympian needs a strategy for moving forwardMon Oct 21 2024 - 06:00
Cork SHC Final: Imokilly’s final-quarter blitz ends Sarsfields stay as champions Divisional side scored 10 points without reply in the final quarter to secure a sixth title for the east Cork teamSun Oct 20 2024 - 19:39
This year has been a struggle for Leona Maguire but she plans to turn that aroundThe Cavan player’s form had created room for doubt around the extent of her play in the Solheim CupSat Oct 19 2024 - 06:00
From Clough to Cody, relegation is the great leveller that is open to all-comersFew people can imagine how Brian Cody felt during 20 All-Ireland finals, but everyone knows what it’s like to fight a relegation battleMon Oct 14 2024 - 06:00
Mercs in Saudi, death threats in Durban ... the adventures of Ireland’s former soccer managersSince John Giles’ first competitive match as Ireland manager, 50 years ago this month, there have been 10 permanent appointments to the role. It left a different mark on each of themSat Oct 12 2024 - 06:00
Irish rugby managed to turn things around, but can the FAI do the same for soccer?A dwindling number of Irish players making a mark overseas leaves Heimir Hallgrímsson with a difficult jobMon Oct 07 2024 - 06:00
Wesley Joyce: ‘To come out of it with no voice, I think I came out of it lucky’ Limerick-born jockey suffered an horrendous fall from Red Heel at the Galway Festival in 2022 but his brave comeback came full circle when he led the same horse to victory at Down RoyalSat Oct 05 2024 - 06:00
Golf’s handicap system will never be resolved but being up-in-arms at least makes it funNothing brings golfers together like a good old moan about bandits and high handicappers scooping prizesMon Sept 30 2024 - 06:00
More than just sportswashing, Saudi’s global game is central to the kingdom’s futureproofingGolf, snooker, boxing soccer ... Saudi Arabia’s rampant colonisation of sport continues apaceSat Sept 28 2024 - 06:00
Hurling Development Committee must aim for small, meaningful wins to end sport’s inertiaA 2015 report stated the GAA has been “doing the game of hurling an injustice for a long time”Mon Sept 23 2024 - 06:00
‘Exceptionally cut-throat’: Why it’s harder than ever for Irish players to reach golf’s top flight - and survive thereCountries such as Denmark have found a formula for nurturing young talent. Golf Ireland aims to do likewise but, even for gifted players such as Seán Keeling, this is an increasingly rough tradeSat Sept 21 2024 - 06:00
Six championship matches, free to air on TG4, would be a gift from the GAA to itselfDenis Walsh: Pitching for the package rights to six GAA championship games will be a stretch for TG4 but if they come looking for that package, they should get itMon Sept 02 2024 - 06:00
Shameless Trump a dreadful embarrassment to the grand old game of golfDonald Trump doesn’t just play golf courses; he builds them, buys them, operates them, sues over them, lies about them, bullies with them and brags about themSat Aug 31 2024 - 06:00
