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
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
‘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
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
LIV defectors Jon Rahm and Tyrrell Hatton should be cut adrift from the Ryder CupEuropean golfers aligned themselves with a repulsive regime. Could you root for them?Mon Aug 26 2024 - 06:00
Ronan Grimes fully committed to one last spin on competitive carouselAfter just missing out on a medal at the Tokyo Paralympic Games, cyclist Ronan Grimes has given his all in preparation for Paris swansongSat Aug 24 2024 - 06:00
Strength in science: how Lukasz Kirszenstein helped Clare reach the promised landThe Pole headed the Banner’s strength & conditioning this season, following past All-Ireland successes with Tipperary and GalwaySat Aug 24 2024 - 06:00
Joe Schmidt faces biggest challenge of his career in turning around Australia ahead of Lions tourNew Zealander has turned around the fortunes of many rugby teams but his task with the Wallabies look monumentalMon Aug 19 2024 - 06:00
In 100 years of Ireland at the Olympics, this has been the greatest weekModern Irish athletes are now comfortable competing on the elite world stage and the days of tolerance for deferential mediocrity are overSat Aug 03 2024 - 06:00
Paul O’Donovan: Ireland’s greatest ever Olympian still has more worlds to conquerIn his parallel life on the riverbank O’Donovan trained first as a physiotherapist and then turned his attention to medicineSat Aug 03 2024 - 06:00
‘An honour and a privilege’: Fintan McCarthy and Paul O’Donovan’s perfect execution lands second Olympic goldIrish duo were impeccable in the execution of their race and were utterly dominantFri Aug 02 2024 - 19:00
Herculean effort earns Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle Olympic bronze in ParisA demolition derby of a race took its toll as Ireland claim historic first Olympic medal in the heavyweight divisionThu Aug 01 2024 - 14:42
Why are Ireland winning more Olympic medals? Post-Sydney reforms are helping Denis Walsh: The medals won by swimmers Mona McSharry and Daniel Wiffen this week are the most vivid expression of the transformation in Irish sport over the last 20 yearsThu Aug 01 2024 - 06:00
Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy lead record four Irish boats into Olympic finalsTokyo gold medallists hit peak form at the right time as they look to defend title on Friday morningWed Jul 31 2024 - 16:21
Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle through to Sculls final with impressive displayIrish duo have been in medal-winning form in their first two races at this regattaTue Jul 30 2024 - 14:27
How Finbarr Kirwan became the most powerful Irish person in the world of sport Finbarr Kirwan cut his teeth as the first high performance manager of what is now Sport Ireland and since moving to the USA has now become Chief of Olympic SportTue Jul 30 2024 - 06:00
Olympics at a glance: How all the Irish athletes fared on Day 3Mona McSharry claims Ireland’s first medal at Paris 2024, while Kellie Harrington and Daniel Wiffen advance emphaticallyMon Jul 29 2024 - 22:19
Paris will be the first city since Sydney in 2000 to host the Olympics for less than $10 billionThe French have adopted a prudent approach and of the 40 venues at these Olympic Games only three are new; the rest are existing or temporary.Mon Jul 29 2024 - 06:00
Paris Olympics: Mixed results for Ireland but likely medallists still on course for successRowing team making waves; boxers bobbing and weaving despite reversals; women’s sevens power on; Mona McSharry posts top pool performanceSun Jul 28 2024 - 21:53
Olympics 2024: Paul O’Donovan and Fintan McCarthy among Irish rowers into semi-finals in ParisAifric Keogh, Fiona Murtagh, Ross Corrigan and Nathan Timoney also book places in Wednesday’s semisSun Jul 28 2024 - 15:48
Rowers Daire Lynch and Philip Doyle impress with Olympic heat victory in ParisZoe Hyde and Alison Bergin also qualify for the semi-finals with a third-place finish in their heatSat Jul 27 2024 - 11:46
The pursuit of excellence: pain and pleasure for Ireland’s Olympic rowersIreland’s 16-person rowing squad go to Paris 2024 with big medal chances forged by hard work and friendshipSat Jul 27 2024 - 06:00
