Denis Walsh: Bruised Ireland can recover from unique Rugby World Cup failureAndy Farrell can take Ireland forward after a quarter-final elimination unlike any otherMon Oct 23 2023 - 06:00
Clonlara survive wobble to beat Crusheen in Clare hurling finalCrusheen couldn’t put a harness on Michael O’Loughlin, who finished the game with a stunning 2-9Sun Oct 22 2023 - 17:56
Graeme McDowell’s LIV place is in peril – was it all worth it?The Irish golfer enriched himself with Saudi money but his reputation took a hit and gave up chance of Ryder Cup captaincySat Oct 21 2023 - 06:00
Denis Walsh: Is the intercounty juice worth the squeeze for top GAA players?The triangular relationship between honour, sacrifice and justification has become increasingly tricky for elite GAA playersMon Oct 16 2023 - 06:00
Sarsfields end nine-year drought to beat Midleton to the Cork hurling title 12 points from Myers, including nine frees, sends Sars on their way as Midleton let opportunity slipSun Oct 15 2023 - 19:41
Liam Brady: ‘I was always confident in my ability to play football. It was what I was waiting for’Liam Brady's terrific new book chronicles a long and successful life immersed in the world of footballSat Oct 14 2023 - 06:00
Gulf between experts and pints-in-hand bluffers is greater in rugby than any other sportThe elemental things that make rugby so compelling and so dramatic don’t require an explanationMon Oct 09 2023 - 06:00
Rugby World Cup: How mental skills coach Gary Keegan is helping Ireland tackle the elephant in the roomHaving guided athletes to Olympic and All-Ireland glory, the high-performance coach is working with Ireland’s rugby players to help them rise to occasions such as Saturday’s showdown with ScotlandSat Oct 07 2023 - 06:00
Revered Jimmy Barry-Murphy’s unique achievements stand the test of timeCharismatic Cork legend Jimmy Barry-Murphy's glorious career included football and hurling All-Irelands at minor, U21 and senior level plus club All-Irelands in both codes with St Finbarr’sMon Oct 02 2023 - 06:00
Why the Ryder Cup is the only week in professional golf when the veil slipsAfter the crazy events of Saturday night, Rory McIlroy spoke about ‘fire in the belly’ - you don’t hear that kind of talk at regular golf tournamentsSun Oct 01 2023 - 19:37
Shane O’Donnell: ‘When I think about the All-Ireland I think about the aftermath as well’Clare forward reflects on being catapulted into celebrity as a teenager, suffering mental turmoil after a concussion, and rediscovering love for the sport at which he excelsSun Oct 01 2023 - 06:00
Denis Walsh: Luke Donald’s captaincy and Shane Lowry’s energy put Europe on the right course at the Ryder CupRory McIlroy had his best day at the Ryder Cup for seven years, building on big performances by Shane Lowry and Sepp StrakaFri Sept 29 2023 - 19:30
Ryder Cup is packed with noise and needle, and for a respectful game it is a high-wire actThe atmosphere at Whistling Straits was revolting at times. The abuse of the European players reached such debased levels that some US players tried to dial down the American crowdMon Sept 25 2023 - 06:00
Has the GAA finally given up on amateurism?With clubs having taken their lead from intercounty teams, the pursuit of success is trumping the association’s best intentionsSat Sept 23 2023 - 06:00
Rugby World Cup is the Downton Abbey of sport. The elites ruleWithout regular exposure to the best Test nations how are the teams below tier one supposed to improve?Mon Sept 18 2023 - 06:00
Is Rory McIlroy’s relationship with the Irish Open a marriage of convenience?The event needs the sustained passion of the top Irish players. This is fundamental to its make-upMon Sept 04 2023 - 05:00
John Feinstein, biographer of David Feherty: ‘I don’t think it shocked him but that doesn’t mean it didn’t hurt’Feherty, the Northern Irish broadcaster and former golfer, co-operated with his writer friend in the chronicling of an extraordinary life marked by tragedy, addiction, chaos, success and laughterSat Sept 02 2023 - 05:00
Disappointing form leaves Shane Lowry struggling for a coveted Ryder Cup placeOffaly man is not among the six automatic qualifiers and must now rely on a favourable pick from team captain Luke Donald if he is to make biennial showdown with the USAMon Aug 14 2023 - 04:15
50 years of women’s Gaelic football: breaking new ground year by yearWomen's All-Ireland final has grown from a niche curiosity in the Gaelic games calendar into the most successful event in Irish women’s sportSun Aug 13 2023 - 05:00
The FAI must know coaches run out of road if they don’t harness player power Tipping point: Katie McCabe was out of line at the Women’s World Cup and Vera Pauw reacted poorly. The dressingroom verdict will help determine what the FAI does nextMon Aug 07 2023 - 06:00
Ruthless Cork crush Waterford’s dreams to claim camogie gloryAmy O’Connor struck a lightning hat-trick in biggest winning margin for 64 yearsSun Aug 06 2023 - 20:57
Jack Crowley’s composure and Craig Casey’s bolshiness has makings of a future Ireland headline actThe Munster halfback pairing’s impressive first-half partnership against Italy pointed towards a bright futureSun Aug 06 2023 - 15:00
All-Ireland camogie final: Waterford women poised to put an end to 78 years of hurtOn Sunday Waterford will contest their first senior camogie final since 1945, and the players are glad they’ve stuck it out to get to this pointSun Aug 06 2023 - 07:00
Football Review of the Year: Footballer of the Year contenders, Game of the Year, highs and lowsOur panel look back on a championship which failed to fully ignite but had moments of high drama and qualityMon Jul 31 2023 - 13:01
The All-Ireland final weekends that we used to know are gone foreverThe pursuit of a more equitable calendar has led to a lot of collateral loss, but not all of it is badMon Jul 31 2023 - 06:00
Brian Fenton leads the celebrations, just as he dominated the match, as Dublin reaffirm their greatnessThe architect of Kerry’s demise bestrode the match, making a staggering 31 plays, and making the second-half scores to bring Dublin level and put them aheadMon Jul 31 2023 - 05:00
There is an acceptance in Kerry that nobody has seen anything like David Clifford beforeKerry’s greatest forward? ‘We haven’t even seen the full range of David Clifford yet, I think’Sat Jul 29 2023 - 06:00
This Limerick team are not the same as Kilkenny’s four-in-a-row side - and look set to win moreComparing the teams is tricky, and the most pertinent fact is Limerick aren’t finished yetMon Jul 24 2023 - 16:53
Cian Lynch made key interventions in All-Ireland final at a time when Limerick looked like pastiche of themselves‘Looking in from the outside people might think we’re a team. We’re a family’Mon Jul 24 2023 - 05:00
Roy Keane was always adept at the media game - now he plays it better than anyone elseThe player’s transfer to Manchester United was the biggest and most consequential transfer in the history of Irish footballMon Jul 24 2023 - 05:00
The men who kept the flame of Limerick hurling alive The Limerick hurlers of 1973 bridged a long gap when they won the All-Ireland and they ensured hurling’s pulse stayed strong in the county despite the following frustrating decadesSat Jul 22 2023 - 05:00
All-Ireland hurling final: When Kilkenny look at Limerick they see a flattering resemblanceKilkenny invented the dynamic for much of what Limerick pride themselves onSat Jul 22 2023 - 05:00
Silence on human rights shows that golfers know price of putting and value of nothingRory McIlroy has consistently been one of the strongest voices but even his remarks have softenedMon Jul 17 2023 - 06:00
Kerry’s conveyor belt continues to turn out purebred centrefielders Kerry linchpins past and present responsible for midfield footballing culture that produces unique players of talentSun Jul 16 2023 - 05:00
Clare’s early excess of caution was rooted in the trauma of last year’s Kilkenny hammeringThe Weekend that Was: The GAA’s peculiar relationship with time means last year survives like plasticMon Jul 10 2023 - 14:51
Tackling online abuse is tricky in the Age of Gratification, but the GAA is right to keep trying Intercounty players are exposed to insults and demeaning comments against which the law offers little or no protection, writes Denis WalshMon Jul 10 2023 - 05:00
Nothing new here as Kilkenny serve up their usual hunting game In a two-horse race Clare tried to place an each-way bet, and nothing really worked until they trusted themselves to be boldSun Jul 09 2023 - 21:00
Being Tony Kelly: how Clare’s wizard regained his magic With patchy spells seemingly behind him, the 29-year-old will look to help his county conjure a victory against Kilkenny on SundaySun Jul 09 2023 - 05:00
Galway melt in the acid of relentless Limerick aggressionThe significance of this Limerick performance was lost on nobody: powerful, emphatic, bullying, deadlySat Jul 08 2023 - 21:42
Ryder Cup: In Rome, Team Europe will need all the chemistry they can musterWith most of their players based in the USA, Luke Donald could learn from Paul McGinley’s successful strategy of knitting a group of individuals into a teamMon Jul 03 2023 - 05:00
Brave new worlds get suddenly derailed by the oldest certainties in the gameDublin throw off the shackles in the second half to rout their old rivals Mayo and join impressive Kerry in the semi-finalsMon Jul 03 2023 - 05:00
A Tyrone man, a Clare hurler and a soccer stats guru: Jack O’Connor happy to go outside Kingdom for expertiseFour key members of the Kerry manager’s back room team are from other counties, including Tyrone native Paddy TallySat Jul 01 2023 - 05:00
Denis Walsh: Everyone left in the hurling championship is racing against timeWith doubts about Limerick, Clare and Galway, this could be the season for ambush predators KillkennyMon Jun 26 2023 - 05:00
Bright and refreshed Clare brush off Dublin challenge to set up Kilkenny semi-final showdownInjury to centre back John Conlon a concern ahead of Croke Park encounterSun Jun 25 2023 - 12:45
Galway and Tipperary, a rivalry in three stages At first clashes between the two counties’ hurlers were formalities; then they became poisonous; now they are fuelled by mutual respectSat Jun 24 2023 - 05:00
Pioneers promoting the full inclusion of gay people in sport still a relative raritySport and society still needs more people like Daniels and Peat and Cusack and McCarthy and ThomasMon Jun 19 2023 - 04:15
Extraordinary Cork comeback leaves Mayo with away game in next roundRebels finish second place in the table, meaning a home preliminary quarter-finalSun Jun 18 2023 - 18:12
Referees in a tough position as hurling’s high wire act continues Are rule changes needed to check the rampant physicality of the modern game which is making life increasingly difficult for match officialsSat Jun 17 2023 - 05:00
Teddy McCarthy a darling of the Cork terraces for good reasonInspirational figure was adored by the Cork GAA faithful for the brio and aggression he brought to the famed red jerseyMon Jun 12 2023 - 05:00
Limerick earn narrow win over Clare to claim historic fifth Munster title in a rowThe All-Ireland champions’ greater efficiency was key but Clare will bemoan missed chances and some blatant late frees not givenSun Jun 11 2023 - 16:06
