US joker plays a serious gameGOLF RYDER CUP: IN HARPER LEE'S acclaimed novel To Kill A Mockingbird Boo Radley is a misunderstood recluseThu Sept 18 2008 - 01:00
Schoolyard rivalry beginning to take shapeVALHALLA GOLF BLOG: IT WAS difficult to escape the feeling that there were schoolboy overtones to yesterday's first practice…Wed Sept 17 2008 - 01:00
Bowe a standout for new club OspreysOSPREYS CARETAKER coach Seán Holley singled out Irish international wing Tommy Bowe and Wales fullback Lee Byrne for special …Thu Sept 11 2008 - 01:00
Hayes is given extra time to recuperateMAGNERS LEAGUE NEWS MUNSTER COACH Tony McGahan has made a couple of changes to the squad that beat Edinburgh on the opening …Thu Sept 11 2008 - 01:00
Muldoon ready to lead from the frontCONNACHT v OSPREYS: JOHN MULDOON'S decision to accept the captaincy this season has provided an added resonance to tonight's…Fri Sept 05 2008 - 01:00
Botha in line to make debut for new-look UlsterMAGNERS LEAGUE NEWS: ULSTER COACH Matt Williams is likely to hand World Cup winner BJ (Brendan) Botha a Magners League debut…Wed Sept 03 2008 - 01:00
Provinces getting down to businessMAGNERS LEAGUE NEWS : THE PRESSURE-FREE environment of pre-season blow-outs for the Irish provinces will be replaced this weekend…Tue Sept 02 2008 - 01:00
Galway to decide on Loughnane next monthTHE GALWAY Hurling Board will make a final decision at a meeting next month on whether manager Ger Loughnane will take charge…Thu Aug 21 2008 - 01:00
'Such a compelling show that viewers forgot about Woods'PRESS REACTION: PÁDRAIG HARRINGTON'S qualities, on and off the course, would always endear him to the Irish, but the 36-year…Tue Aug 12 2008 - 01:00
Timeline: Pádraig Harrington's US PGA win7.00pm (All times Irish): Pádraig Harrington tees off (three wood) in the final round of the US PGA Championship at Oakland …Mon Aug 11 2008 - 01:00
Relentlessly Sky-blue fairways could do with a clap of thunderTV VIEW: DAVID LIVINGSTONE, I presume? That was the immediate thought when thunderstorms hovered over the Oakland Hills golf…Mon Aug 11 2008 - 01:00
IRELAND CAPTAIN: NO DECISIONIRELAND coach Declan Kidney won't make any decision immediately on his captain under the new regime, preferring to wait until…Fri Aug 08 2008 - 01:00
Kidney sets modest targetsIreland coach Declan Kidney broached a number of topics pertaining to the season ahead as he outlined his aspirations, both short…Thu Aug 07 2008 - 01:00
Dublin made to wait as quarters drawnALL-IRELAND SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP: KERRY WILL return to Croke Park in six days' time for a quarter-final clash with Galway…Mon Aug 04 2008 - 01:00
Dublin made to wait as quarters drawnALL-IRELAND SENIOR FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP : KERRY WILL return to Croke Park in six days' time for a quarter-final clash with …Mon Aug 04 2008 - 01:00
Fermanagh can turn it aroundFermanagh v Kildare: (Sunaday, Croke Park 2pm) FERMANAGH SHOULDN'T be in the position of having to play this match, instead …Sat Aug 02 2008 - 01:00
Midfield battle will be pivotalWexford v Down: (Saturday, Croke Park 2pm) - THE PRIMARY focus in trying to discern a winner alights on the mental as much as…Sat Aug 02 2008 - 01:00
Kidney adds sprinkling of youth to seasoned groupRUGBY: DECLAN KIDNEY'S first squad as Ireland head coach has a familiar look, comprising as it does players who toured Australia…Fri Aug 01 2008 - 01:00
RTÉ to provide over 1,500 hours of coverageOLYMPIC GAMES TV SCHEDULE: RTÉ WILL provide more than 1,500 hours of coverage of the 2008 Beijing Olympics across television…Wed Jul 30 2008 - 01:00
Clarke hopes to revisit past gloryTOUR SCENE NEWS ROUND-UP: IRELAND'S MOST recent Challenge Tour winner, Michael McGeady (above), will lead a 21 strong local …Tue Jul 29 2008 - 01:00
Clarkie and Kearnsey give it to Kiwis in the vernacularTV VIEW: IF YOU'RE Sione Lauaki look away nowMon Jul 28 2008 - 01:00
Gibbes to coach Leinster packRUGBY NEWS: LEINSTER have announced the appointment of the former All Black Jono Gibbes as forwards coach on a two-year deal…Tue Jul 22 2008 - 01:00
Auntie Beeb rises to occasion despite wind and windbagsTV VIEW BBC's coverage of the British Open Championship represents a kind of Utopia for golfing enthusiastsMon Jul 21 2008 - 01:00
Montauban first up for Munster at Thomond fortressEUROPEAN CUP: IT IS entirely appropriate that the defending champions, Munster, will open the 2008-2009 Heineken Cup with their…Fri Jul 18 2008 - 01:00
Padraig shines in the darkIRISH PGA CHAMPIONSHIP: PADRAIG HARRINGTON endured the worst of the weather on Wednesday and when he teed off at 5Fri Jul 11 2008 - 01:00
Galway hold key regarding Leinster optionKILKENNY'S EMPHATIC 19-point victory over Wexford in last Sunday's Leinster senior hurling championship final has inevitably …Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Canty could be back for Cork's next assignmentCHAMPIONSHIP 2008 NEWS: CORK CAPTAIN Graham Canty has been given "a sporting chance" of being fit for an All-Ireland football…Tue Jul 08 2008 - 01:00
Clinical Saxons exploit their opportunitiesCHURCHILL CUP Ireland A 12 England Saxons 34 : IT WOULD be possible to cavil with the final margin on the scoreboard based primarily…Mon Jun 16 2008 - 01:00
Second string struggle to find fluencyIreland A 46 USA 9 : In searching out the positives from an Irish perspective in last night's Churchill Cup clash it was down…Thu Jun 12 2008 - 01:00
Elwood faces crucial game against NZRUGBY ROUND-UP IRELAND UNDER-20 coach Eric Elwood has made several alterations to the team beaten 17-9 by Argentina for tonight…Tue Jun 10 2008 - 01:00
Solo-running Dunphy gives this armchair fan itchy fingersTV VIEW: THE COMPOSITION of the majority of teams suggested a lack of innovation, the novel having been sacrificed on the altar…Mon Jun 09 2008 - 01:00
Bradley reflects on job well doneAS THE Ireland squad split into two groups yesterday, with the Southern Hemisphere-bound senior players heading for London and…Thu May 29 2008 - 01:00
Horgan hails 'a performance of energy and belief 'SHANE HORGAN insisted Ireland can face the two-Test summer tour to New Zealand and Australia with "confidence and belief" following…Wed May 28 2008 - 01:00
Ireland benefit from expansive approachIreland 39 Barbarians 14: THERE WERE many aspects to admire in Ireland's comprehensive victory but the result and the game was…Wed May 28 2008 - 01:00
Chance for fringe players to impress Irish management In GloucesterIRELAND v BARBARIANS PREVIEW: THERE IS an obvious similarity between the teams ahead of this friendly; both are composite sides…Tue May 27 2008 - 01:00
Fitzgerald moves to the centreRUGBY IRELAND V BARBARIANS: DENIED the services of the Munster players, interim coach Michael Bradley's Ireland team to play…Fri May 23 2008 - 01:00
Millennium cauldron won't faze TipokiMUNSTER'S ABILITY to inculcate the ethos of the province's proud rugby history in new recruits is well documented and remains…Tue May 20 2008 - 01:00
McNaughton named as Ireland managerRUGBY NEWS: PAUL McNAUGHTON has been named as Ireland rugby team manager, the first appointment in the new national management…Tue May 20 2008 - 01:00
McCarron opts out of Leinster contract to return to collegeIreland A Squad: ROSS McCARRON has decided to go back and complete a degree at college rather than see out the final year of…Fri May 16 2008 - 01:00
McGeechan to test himself againRUGBY/LIONS TOUR TO SOUTH AFRICA: THE CORONATION of the new Lion king, Ian McGeechan, may have been predictable but there is…Thu May 15 2008 - 01:00
Exiles rebuff England move for SmithLONDON IRISH director of rugby Brian Smith has been offered the job of England backs coach but the Exiles' board of management…Thu May 15 2008 - 01:00
Reserve Arthurs takes a cut at the fieldEOIN ARTHURS enjoyed a very productive day, first shooting a four-under-par 68 to lead the AIB-sponsored Irish Amateur Strokeplay…Sat May 10 2008 - 01:00
Lowry to lead home challengeIRISH AMATEUR OPEN CHAMPIONSHIP: A RECORD 91 overseas entries from 17 countries will tee it up in the AIB-sponsored Irish Amateur…Fri May 09 2008 - 01:00
Garryowen motivated by prospect of back-to-back titlesTHE TROPHY cabinet at Dooradoyle that groaned under the weight of silverware last season took on a more spartan appearance during…Thu May 08 2008 - 01:00
Cheika gives Leinster squad members their chanceTHE MAGNERS League champions, Leinster, will be without Jamie Heaslip, Rob Kearney, Felipe Contepomi, Ollie le Roux and Keith…Thu May 08 2008 - 01:00
D'Arcy to miss out after more surgeryRUGBY NEWS GORDON D'ARCY will not be available for Ireland's game against the Barbarians or their two summer Test matches against…Wed May 07 2008 - 01:00
D'Arcy to miss out after more surgeryRUGBY NEWS GORDON D'ARCY will not be available for Ireland's game against the Barbarians or their two summer Test matches against…Wed May 07 2008 - 01:00
Some ELVs to go on global trialNEWS: IT WAS the authorisation that many rugby people in the Northern Hemisphere feared would come to pass but the full adoption…Fri May 02 2008 - 01:00
