Football league talking points: Kildare and Cork left worrying over Sam Maguire statusGAA can surely live without adding VAR to the mix for marginal callsMon Feb 19 2024 - 15:42
Provincial championships must be reimagined as pre-season competitionsThe provincial championships are uneven, unequal, unseeded and fashioned in part by the luck of the drawMon Feb 19 2024 - 14:37
Rugby retains the unusual capacity to step outside its own realm and foster unblinking loyaltyHaving the best team in our history is clearly lubricating the numbers watching rugby but it is now an established and engaged audienceMon Feb 19 2024 - 06:00
Offaly’s Adam Screeney swimming against the tide of hurling’s modern power gameWill the gifted if slightly-built young Offaly hurler Adam Screeney be able to cope with the unprecedented physical demands of the modern game at senior level?Sun Feb 18 2024 - 06:00
Denis Walsh: Spare us the rhetoric — our GAA’s amateurism is long goneIf the association wishes to protect certain elements of its age-old ethos, then it needs to legislate for what has changedMon Feb 12 2024 - 06:00
John Donnelly’s late point sees Kilkenny home against Cork in unhinged affairKilkenny were nine points clear early in the second quarter before Cork got a hold in the gameSun Feb 11 2024 - 13:26
Passionate defenders of Cavan hurling still guarding the flame Three months after being threatened with expulsion from the league by the GAA’s CCCC, Cavan hurlers knuckling down to their task in Division 3ASat Feb 10 2024 - 06:00
Sport continues to take path of least resistance when it comes to world politicsAthletes left to battle their conscience as sports administrators and politicians equivocateMon Feb 05 2024 - 06:00
Calvin Nash slots in perfectly to Ireland’s wing and makes Marseille his playgroundFor days in the build-up to the France game, the Munster winger’s nerves played hell with himMon Feb 05 2024 - 06:00
Ireland’s brilliant performance against France epitomised by bold and brave Jack CrowleyEverything about this game was a gut-check for the new outhalf, and he glided over his mistakes to give a proper Test performanceSat Feb 03 2024 - 08:00
Johnny O’Connor: ‘It’s not good enough to just be a hurler any more, you need that edge’Former Irish rugby international and sporting ecumenist Johnny O'Connor is enjoying his most reaching fitness coaching role – this time with Galway's hurlersSat Feb 03 2024 - 06:00
Five things we learned this GAA weekend: Unpredictability of opening round strikes againNo change on the western front; McGuinness steadies the Donegal ship; Worth watching if Dublin stick with quick release; Fly goalies add to the thrills in TraleeMon Jan 29 2024 - 12:28
Smash ... Inflict ... Violence: Language around rugby shows both the heart of the game and the disease in its bloodJuxtaposition in Netflix documentary of Italian coach demanding physicality with Seb Negri’s serious injury poses plenty of questionsMon Jan 29 2024 - 06:00
Mickey Harte’s gamble pays off as Derry outlast understrength Kerry Frantic final quarter sees Kerry strike back with two goals only for McGuigan to win it three minutes into stoppage timeSat Jan 27 2024 - 19:34
Mickey Harte and Jack O’Connor always knew how to get under each other’s skin. Now they meet againHarte and O’Connor, who staged epic battles between Kerry and Tyrone, will share a sideline again this weekend, 20 years after the first timeSat Jan 27 2024 - 06:00
Denis Walsh: When it comes to money, the GAA must uphold distinction between need and greedThe furore over the mooted renaming of Pairc Ui Chaoimh is the latest evidence of the GAA’s conflicted relationship with moneyMon Jan 22 2024 - 06:00
Brian Hogan: ‘I didn’t harbour any aspiration of building a managerial career’Hogan’s playing career with O’Loughlin Gaels is mapped out in county finals. Now he is managing them in the All-Ireland senior hurling club finalSat Jan 20 2024 - 06:00
Kyle Hayes will learn of his fate on March 20th for two counts of violent disorderLimerick’s hurling season still up in the air as manager asks court to give hurler a second chanceFri Jan 19 2024 - 19:00
SuperValu Páirc has a ring to it all right, the ring of desperation in Cork GAA Páirc Uí Chaoimh debt of more than €30m leaves county board in no position to turn down naming rights sponsorshipTue Jan 16 2024 - 12:45
Everywhere you look in the world of sport now climate change is bitingFrom major events like the Olympics to your local golf club or junior soccer team being disrupted, the evidence is mountingMon Jan 15 2024 - 06:00
‘I thought I was going to be successful again’: The jockey who came back from the deadHaving baffled the medics by recovering from a fall that almost claimed his life, Brian Toomey has embarked on a new career as a trainerSun Jan 14 2024 - 06:00
Chris Hughton could be exactly the kind of ‘safe option’ Ireland need as managerThe vastly experienced current Ghana boss had been a path-finder throughout his professional football career as a player, coach and managerMon Jan 08 2024 - 06:00
St Brigid’s produce a late scoring flurry to edge past CastlehavenRoscommon champions had to do it the hard way against a defiant CastlehavenSun Jan 07 2024 - 18:15
Ties that bind prove extra strong in footballing heartland of Castlehaven West Cork club Castlehaven have a proud history and as Munster champions they now face Roscommon’s St Brigid’s in the All-Ireland semi-finalSat Jan 06 2024 - 06:00
All-Ireland SFC semi-final: St Brigid’s aiming to end Castlehaven’s tightrope walkMunster champions Castlehaven have survived some nailbiting clashes to date but Connacht champions St Brigid's impressed in the provincial final victory over formidable CorofinSat Jan 06 2024 - 06:00
Cian O’Neill on the long and winding road to training: ‘I just love it. Connection – it’s a very special word’For 20 years the car has taken O’Neill to Limerick, Tipperary, Mayo, Kerry, Kildare, Cork and Galway - as well as seven All-Ireland finals and nine provincial titlesSat Dec 30 2023 - 06:00
Sports Review 2023: In this golden age of Irish sport, the fallback of honour in defeat no longer existsIreland’s sportspeople used to be good at losing. Finally the ‘wee Tricolour’ has become a force to be reckoned withTue Dec 26 2023 - 06:00
Gordon Elliott’s relentless rise drives Willie Mullins on to new heights Gordon Elliott continues to go from strength to strength as he tries to match the phenomenal feats of champion trainer Willie MullinsTue Dec 26 2023 - 06:00
Sports Review 2023: O’Connor shoots the Déise down with quick-fire hat-trickCork captain Amy O'Connor took ten shots at goal and ended up with a total of 3-7 in an All-Ireland final display for the agesMon Dec 25 2023 - 06:00
Siobhán McCrohan: I’d failed enough, says rower of world-beating comeback After a shoulder problem forced her out of elite rowing for several years, Siobhán McCrohan became a world champion. What drove her?Tue Dec 19 2023 - 06:00
How the development of the modern sliotar changed the game of hurling The unseen work of people like the late Mossy Mullins led to the transformative impact of the modern sliotar and the rise of an intricate, short-passing gameMon Dec 18 2023 - 06:00
Denis Walsh: Putting up with the golf business is a soulful struggle for most players As the cases of many gifted Irish golfers show, the demands of professional sport can be a heavy albatross around young necksMon Dec 11 2023 - 06:00
Damien Cahalane leads way through downpour as Castlehaven take title after chaotic matchThe Cork champions never led during the match, but still claimed the honours after defeating Dingle in a penalty shoot-outSun Dec 10 2023 - 18:37
Darragh Egan: ‘The Wexford county board got a bit spooked ... It was like trial by South East Radio for a few weeks’Wexford’s former senior hurling manager reflects on an infamous defeat by Westmeath, famous victories over Kilkenny and becoming ‘a freer person’ before helping Kiladangan to another club titleSat Dec 09 2023 - 06:00
Denis Walsh: Be grateful to the GAA people who give you something to grumble aboutIn an increasingly post-church, post-pub society, the GAA pitch remains the most vibrant social hub in Irish lifeMon Dec 04 2023 - 06:00
Brilliant Ballygunner complete provincial three-in-a-row in styleClare champions Clonlara no match for the formidable Waterford standard-bearers Ballygunner in the Munster finalSun Dec 03 2023 - 20:16
‘We are just as entitled as the people of Stillorgan or Foxrock to have a pitch’ - Kevins GAA continue to fight for an inner city facilitySt Kevin’s GAA, Liberty Saints Rugby, St Teresa’s Gardens Football Club and Sporting Liberties continue to lobby for a much-needed pitchSun Dec 03 2023 - 12:19
No sport does gimmicks better than golf, and we’re suckers for all of themOne of these days I will find the golf cart that will change my game. You will tooMon Nov 27 2023 - 06:00
Dingle sweep into Munster final with terrific second half performanceThe nine points Dingle kicked in the second half were all from play as Dylan Geaney starredSun Nov 26 2023 - 16:45
How do you know the right time to bow out? Don’t ask New England Patriots manager Bill BelichickLiverpool manager Bill Shankly regretted resigning too soon, but after a terrible season for the Patriots, Belichick must know he missed his moment to quitMon Nov 20 2023 - 06:00
Clonlara eke out dramatic win as ghost substitution comes to haunt KiladanganDiarmuid Stritch’s late point proves the difference for Clare side as 13-man Kiladangan run out of roadSun Nov 19 2023 - 17:30
John Conlon joins exalted company as he proves his versatility at the highest levelClare talisman John Conlon has just joined exalted companion with All-Stars achievementSun Nov 19 2023 - 06:00
Proposal to omit weak hurling counties from league a seriously retrograde step It’s possible to nourish grassroots hurling in weak counties without punishing the very people who have kept the flame aliveMon Nov 13 2023 - 06:00
Castlehaven prevail over Cratloe after late flourish at odds with gruelling fareRobbie Minihane’s goal eventually settled a game in which tempo was dictated by defencesSun Nov 12 2023 - 17:44
How Alan Kerins’s charity work is bringing out the best of goodwill in the GAAA trip to Zambia changed the former dual Galway player’s life, and since then he has raised millions for African countriesSun Nov 12 2023 - 06:00
Make room for yet more astonishment if Willie Mullins finally trains a Melbourne Cup winner Champion Irish trainer has Vauban as the short-price favourite for Tuesday morning’s raceMon Nov 06 2023 - 06:00
Ballygunner hammer Sarsfields to set up Munster championship rematch with Na PiarsaighCork champions Sarsfields overwhelmed but not making excuses after the flooding of their groundsSun Nov 05 2023 - 16:43
Richie Power: ‘If I’d stayed on the road I was going down, I’d have ended up losing everything’Sitting in front of his parents, Richie Power snr asked him straight. “‘Richie,’ I said, ‘I’m going to ask you one question, but don’t answer if you’re not going to tell me the truth.’”Sat Nov 04 2023 - 06:00
Denis Walsh: GAA’s split season still officially on trial but who has any better ideas?To allow the GAA's intercounty game more latitude would mean invading the ground newly staked out for clubsMon Oct 30 2023 - 06:00
Cork SFC final: Hurley brothers star as Castlehaven beat Nemo RangersA tipsy finish to a sober match as the brothers kick points in stoppage time to get Castlehaven over the lineSun Oct 29 2023 - 18:32
