Stephen Hendry consigned to the foothills of the peaks he once commanded How could one of the greatest snooker players that ever lived descend from such imperiousness to such fragility?Mon Apr 10 2023 - 05:00
Limerick send out ominous message as they skin Kilkenny without their shooting boots onLimerick’s careless finishing saw them hitting 15 wides with the breeze in the second halfSun Apr 09 2023 - 18:02
Limerick ready to collect first silverware of their seasonKiely’s formidable outfit primed to subdue an honest Kilkenny effortSun Apr 09 2023 - 05:00
Football Championship 2023: A county-by-county guideOur writers assess the prospects of every county ahead of the new Championship seasonSat Apr 08 2023 - 05:00
Evolution of Limerick hurling has been defined by clashes against KilkennyIn each of John Kiely’s first three years as manager they met Kilkenny in the championship; each time they were shaped by the outcomeSat Apr 08 2023 - 05:00
Masters 2023: Rory McIlroy resumes search for peace in tournament that has tormented him The golfer will this week begin his 15th attempt to win the one major that has eluded him, and thereby answer a question that has dogged him for yearsMon Apr 03 2023 - 05:00
Good attitude not enough for Ireland during tough French lessonSix Nations: ‘There is a gulf, but we will get there eventually,’ says Ireland coach Greg McWilliamsSun Apr 02 2023 - 19:00
Women’s Six Nations: Ireland overpowered by France team miles better at everythingIreland simply couldn’t cope with France’s power and their blistering athleticismSat Apr 01 2023 - 18:30
Cora Staunton: ‘It was an experience I wasn’t ready for, but it was probably the best thing I did’Gaelic football or AFLW - the only difference was the game. Everything in her was the sameSat Apr 01 2023 - 00:00
Concussion a significant problem that goes under-reported in women’s sportData suggests that in sports with similar rules female athletes sustain more concussions than their male counterpartsMon Mar 27 2023 - 05:00
Eoin Downey dismissal removes all the mystery as Kilkenny advance with easeThe Cats will meet Limerick in the league final as a threatened Cork revival was ended by a mass brawlSun Mar 26 2023 - 18:23
Kilkenny’s post-Cody plan: ‘They epitomise old school values but in the modern way’ Taking the baton from the legendary Brian Cody is no easy task but Derek Lyng and his trusty lieutenants exude all the hallmark qualities of Kilkenny hurlingSat Mar 25 2023 - 00:00
Ireland under-20s complete magic weekend as they secure back-to-back Grand SlamsGame against England at Musgrave Park hinged on a wild third quarterSun Mar 19 2023 - 20:25
As Cheltenham gets underway, raw emotion and great stories are sure to followThe Festival may have become dominated by multi-millionaire owners and the biggest yards but there will be heartwarming experiences this week. Maybe even a win for Magnor Glory on FridayMon Mar 13 2023 - 05:00
Wexford set the pace but Cork catch them on the line with late goalWastefulness from the Slaneysiders was punished by Cormac Beausang’s goal as Cork qualify for league semi-finals with a game to spareSun Mar 12 2023 - 18:15
Jockey Danny Mullins eyes a future full of promise ahead of CheltenhamJockey Danny Mullins had to wait six long years and 35 rides for his first Cheltenham Festival winner. Now he’s hungry for moreSat Mar 11 2023 - 05:00
For the first time in GAA, some league games are as important as the championshipThe Monaghan-Tyrone game in a couple of weeks will be an interesting test of the changing climateMon Mar 06 2023 - 12:12
To leave anybody behind is against everything the GAA stands forThe GAA have embraced cashless tickets but would one cash payment turnstile per ground for pensioners not be an acceptable compromise?Mon Mar 06 2023 - 05:00
Mind games: Enda McNulty’s significant contribution to Irish rugby For over a decade the ex-All-Ireland winner from Armagh worked as a performance coach to telling effect with both Leinster and IrelandSat Mar 04 2023 - 06:00
Vera Pauw must leave sentimentality outside the door when tough World Cup calls come knockingMany things change between qualification and big tournaments, just ask Gary WaddockMon Feb 27 2023 - 06:00
Coasting Limerick ease up long enough to give Galway brief sight of a winThe only things to concern the Treaty men will be a fade-out in the final quarter and more indiscipline from Kyle HayesSun Feb 26 2023 - 16:55
Playing the fame game: How DJ Carey became the GAA’s first superstarA controversial AIB debt write-down has thrust him back into the headlines but the ex-Kilkenny hurler has always had a complicated relationship with being famousSat Feb 25 2023 - 05:00
This is a golden age for Irish sportswomen but they still do not get the support they deserve Audiences want good sport no matter who plays it - so demand more coverage of womenMon Feb 20 2023 - 05:00
Dublin win first league game in Cork in 33 years as Jack McCaffrey returnsFor all their measured build-up play, Cork butchered too many chances against the DubsSun Feb 19 2023 - 18:06
Cheltenham the final destination as bold moves pay off for Limerick racing double actTrainer Paddy Neville and owner Davy Mann have enjoyed a life-long friendship that now sees the pair chasing festival glory with The Real WhackerSat Feb 18 2023 - 06:00
Why we should all cherish Séamus Coleman for the values he embodiesUnspoiled by the excesses of the Premier League, Everton’s captain stands in a long tradition of great Irish full-backsMon Feb 13 2023 - 05:00
Little jeopardy as Limerick breeze past Clare on a flat beer night Sprinklers the only concern for Limerick fans in facile winSun Feb 12 2023 - 13:24
Clare’s golden generation still fired by unfinished businessThe great promise shown in 2013 never quite materialised but several Banner stalwarts are eager to make the most of the time they have leftSat Feb 11 2023 - 05:00
Ireland v France U20s: Late Sam Prendergast penalty seals victory in pulsating encounterLead changed three times in final quarter as teams went blow for blowFri Feb 10 2023 - 22:27
Golf’s civil war raises question: how much bad blood is good in sport?Soccer fans used to applaud goals by opponents, and Irish rugby crowds stay silent for kickers, but a bit of hate-your-guts rivalry can be funMon Feb 06 2023 - 05:00
National hurling League: Cork claim dramatic comeback win over LimerickNational Hurling League: Cork were trailing at half-time but stormed back to beat the All-Ireland champions with a last-gasp pointSat Feb 04 2023 - 22:18
After a battle with leukaemia, Pat Ryan is comfortable carrying Cork’s great expectations New manager isn’t fazed by the pressure inherent in the job, but you’d expect nothing less from someone calmly managing his leukaemiaSat Feb 04 2023 - 06:00
Denis Walsh: The League does not matter like it used to, but hurling is still hurlingLeagues, as a concept, occupy such a harassed place in the GAA psyche that asking intercounty teams to take two of them seriously never stood a chance.Fri Feb 03 2023 - 19:00
Forget the acrimony, Irish rugby owes Warren Gatland a belated ‘thanks’Before the fallout over dropping O’Driscoll and not picking Sexton, Ireland’s golden period started with the Kiwi coachMon Jan 30 2023 - 05:00
Colm O’Rourke off to winning start in league as Meath rally to catch Cork in final quarterSteven Sherlock’s 14-point haul not enough as home side lose momentum in second halfSun Jan 29 2023 - 15:53
How 2002 All-Ireland winners Armagh were ahead of their time20 years on from their triumph, an insight into the methods behind the county’s run to Sam MaguireSat Jan 28 2023 - 05:00
Fan drinking and drug-taking at matches: Can it ever return to just being about the game?It is an abomination the Aviva’s atmosphere for Test rugby has been strangled by the traffic to the barMon Jan 23 2023 - 05:00
Dunloy eye All-Ireland glory after decades of slipping and climbingFormer club player Gregory O’Kane shoots for the moon once again, this time as managerSun Jan 22 2023 - 08:00
Kilmeen & Kilbree: ‘In a club not flush with numbers, success comes in fits and starts’Last year Kilmeen & Kilbree GAA club didn’t have enough players to field teams at U-17, U-19 or U-21, so they pooled their resources with two neighbouring clubsThu Jan 19 2023 - 05:00
Is national identity becoming commodified in international sport?To a certain degree, national identity has been commodified. It is no longer strictly about birth place or blood tiesMon Jan 16 2023 - 06:00
How data has begun to challenge opinion in the world of GAAAll of the top intercounty teams will have at least three analysts sitting in a coach’s boxSat Jan 14 2023 - 06:00
Séamus Power’s patience and resilience paying dividends as he joins golf’s elite ranks Schooled by every menace that golf can muster, the determined Waterford man has eventually emerged triumphantMon Jan 09 2023 - 05:00
One last hurrah: When players are not yet ready to call time on their careerYou may be past your peak, but the temptation to hang on for one more crack at an All-Ireland is sorely temptingSat Jan 07 2023 - 06:09
Denis Walsh: Hypocrisy an integral part of our racing game‘We’re furious when we realise we’ve backed a horse that’s not trying, and delighted to be told about a horse that has “a stone in hand” on the handicapper’Mon Dec 26 2022 - 09:00
Limerick fathers and sons: ‘I said it to you Ger, years ago. The boys will win it for us’On the Limerick team are five sons of former players, more than any other All-Ireland winning team in historySat Dec 24 2022 - 00:00
Sportswomen 2022: Injuries could not smother the brilliance of Niamh RockettThe Waterford camogie star has returned to match-winning action despite multiple knee surgeries and hobbling doubts.Mon Dec 19 2022 - 20:00
Darts’ Ally Pally is place of uninhibited escapism where Peter Wright is dressed as The GrinchAt Ally Pally the players’ nerves are under a constant onslaught on the ocheMon Dec 19 2022 - 06:00
Needle and the damage done: How Kilkenny’s inner fire was stoked by spite and slights The greatest hurling team of all time didn’t run purely on talent and guile, but on emotional fossil fuels tooSat Dec 17 2022 - 05:01
Sportswomen 2022: Katie O’Brien’s rowing gold medal a culmination of lifetime of determined struggleRower was born with spina bifida, which meant that the first 27 years of her life have been punctuated by surgeryFri Dec 16 2022 - 14:00
Clash between hurling and the World Cup final is not a zero-sum gameThe GAA has decided to make fixtures less flexible, which means more choice for sport loversMon Dec 12 2022 - 05:00
