Mayo without hype are Mayo with hopeGAA : IT HAD to be. Four possible teams for Mayo, the Connacht champions, to draw from the qualifier lottery but there was a…Sat Jul 30 2011 - 01:00
Sideline machinations could decide this battle of self-beliefGAA: Kildare v Donegal METICULOUSNESS HAS become a trademark of both managers in the first of the weekend’s All-Ireland quarter…Sat Jul 30 2011 - 01:00
Understrength champions still a formidable prospectGAA: Cork v Mayo EVERY SO often, poking fun at the Connacht championship becomes something of a national pastime and this year…Sat Jul 30 2011 - 01:00
Browne keeping his eye firmly on the prizeGAELIC GAMES: TONY BROWNE will spend the next few days ascertaining the extent of a hamstring injury, but it is hard to imagine…Tue Jul 26 2011 - 01:00
'We're not apologising to anyone for getting the luck'ALL-IRELAND SHC QUARTER-FINAL: DALOMon Jul 25 2011 - 01:00
Safety net no longer part of the pictureGAELIC GAMES: THIS IS the weekend when they begin to fall like flies.Sat Jul 23 2011 - 01:00
'We will look to step up because we will need to'GAELIC GAMES: JAMES HORAN’S stock has risen sharply over his first year as Mayo managerMon Jul 18 2011 - 01:00
The kindness of strangersCOMMUNITY: IT BEGAN AS a routine trip to the doctor for the Doherty familySat Jul 16 2011 - 01:00
We don't run off cruciates these daysSIDELINE CUT: In the GAA days of yore, a cruciate or hamstring injury could be cured with a dab of a wet sponge, while a melee…Sat Jul 16 2011 - 01:00
O'Connor recalls past lessonGAELIC GAMES: NOT LONG after Colm Cooper had made his speech and left the field, manager Jack O’Connor turned his mind to this…Mon Jul 04 2011 - 01:00
Close call, but Kerry to shade itGAELIC GAMES: HALT THE pony trap rides and delay the coach tours of the Ring of Kerry until after half past threeSat Jul 02 2011 - 01:00
Engine room set to provide a sparkGAELIC GAMES: THE DEPTH of the Cork football squad has been rightly noted, but this weekend’s Munster final will offer a stern…Sat Jul 02 2011 - 01:00
'We kept going and playing'GAELIC GAMES: IN HIS first year as Mayo manager, James Horan has shown a knack for delivering succinct match summariesMon Jun 27 2011 - 01:00
Economics: could do better. Tennis and boxing: much improved. Golf and rugby: excellentInternational praise for Rory McIlroy and Ireland is a balm after two years of critiques of our economic buffoonerySat Jun 25 2011 - 01:00
The party's over yet it's still part of who we areSIDELINE CUT: Now that the cash-rich and good times have ended there is a jaded look about the championship this year, but the…Sat Jun 25 2011 - 01:00
'I think we're as good as anyone'GAA : EOIN BRADLEY stands on the edge of the field on a day when it all went rightMon Jun 20 2011 - 01:00
Mind over the things that matterGaelic Games : THEY TELL it like it is in CrossmaglenSat Jun 18 2011 - 01:00
Callanan thrilled to get a few scores after lay-offGAELIC GAMES: SÉAMUS CALLANAN wanders up the narrow corridor holding his modernist man of the match sculpture and is immediately…Mon May 30 2011 - 01:00
'We stood up for Mickey today'GAELIC GAMES: JAMES CLANCY stands in the middle of Markievicz ParkMon May 23 2011 - 01:00
Leinster's strange story has come full circleSIDELINE CUT: Once derided as the glamorous front of the old school tie network, Leinster are now poised to become the new national…Sat May 21 2011 - 01:00
A tangled knot of sporting fortuneBeating England is the sweetest success, even when helped by an Englishman to do so The Irish obsess about beating England at…Mon May 16 2011 - 01:00
The Championship: Who's Who and What's WhatThe Strong Counties: The same three or four strongholds rich in people, land, tradition, ballads, nicknames, eccentric radio …Sat May 14 2011 - 01:00
Dublin's hunger can tilt the balanceGAELIC GAMES: SOMETIMES THE prelude can be as important as the big eventSat Apr 23 2011 - 01:00
Cork ready to sting DublinGAA: NHL CORK v DUBLIN CORK ARE in the unusual position on the final day of the hurling league of having nothing tangible to…Sat Apr 16 2011 - 01:00
Resilient McIlroy the master of his own fateSIDELINE CUT : IF THIS year’s census throws up some weird figures and conclusions, blame the golfSat Apr 16 2011 - 01:00
'Once Brothers' a sad tale not easily forgottenSIDELINE CUT: The story of how a friendship, forged through basketball, became a casualty of the ethnic Balkan conflict of the…Sat Apr 09 2011 - 01:00
Cork village takes stand against billing taxpayers for monstrous bank debtIT HAS not set out to be the most spectacular protest and its immediate effect is to cause minor traffic delays for motorists…Mon Mar 28 2011 - 01:00
March Madness not the same when Duke exitSIDELINE CUT: Love them or hate them, and their legendary Coach K – Mike Krzyzewski – US college basketball wouldn’t be the …Sat Mar 26 2011 - 00:00
Trusted defenders of the KingdomAL LIANZ FOOTBALL LEAGUE KERRY: MAKING IT on to the Kerry football panel is an achievement beyond most footballers in the Kingdom…Sat Mar 19 2011 - 00:00
Johnson's men here in full metal jacket modeSIDELINE CUT: HATS OFF to Martin Johnson. Not that the big Englishman is all that bothered with ceremony, if memory servesSat Mar 19 2011 - 00:00
Galway pass crucial late test of nerveGAELIC GAMES/Galway 4-14 Kilkenny 3-13: WHEN THESE teams meet, there will be goalsMon Mar 14 2011 - 00:00
Galviniano mania sweeping the countrySIDELINE CUT: In a time when players have become afraid to say absolutely anything interesting, Paul Galvin’s fashion diaries…Sat Mar 12 2011 - 00:00
Wahlberg - a new kid that packs a punchSIDELINE CUT: Big-hearted noisy boxing movies never go out of fashion but the surprising thing about The Fighter is that Mark…Sat Feb 19 2011 - 00:00
Irish language: not just a Gaeltacht issueIs Fine Gael’s proposal to make Irish an optional Leaving Cert subject a liberation from schoolroom misery or a fast track to…Sat Feb 19 2011 - 00:00
Life after the man who was nearly James BondIt was the show that Des Bishop had dreaded most – the first since his father’s death. How did he feel once it was over?Tue Feb 15 2011 - 00:00
Knock, knock, knocking on voters' doors, and taking some knocks as wellConstituents pull no punches but Fianna Fáil’s Frank Fahey insists he will not bow out without a fightWed Feb 09 2011 - 00:00
Counihan does a Wenger“I AM not going to do an Arsene on it,” declared Cork manager Conor Counihan, regrettably not in a French accentMon Feb 07 2011 - 00:00
The book he was born to writeChristy O’Connor’s account of his 20th year as keeper on the Doora-Barefield hurling team is both love letter and fierce critique…Sat Dec 18 2010 - 00:00
Time to make an international statementSIDELINE CUT: Ireland is, as a rule, deeply fond of New Zealand and All Blacks rugbySat Nov 20 2010 - 00:00
IRFU can't take supporters for grantedSIDELINE CUT: The popular profile Irish rugby built up patiently and steadily over the past decade can quickly disappear if …Sat Nov 13 2010 - 00:00
Hotting up nicely in this World Cup Cold WarSIDELINE CUT: IT IS reaching the point where the rigmarole to decide who gets to host the world’s biggest sporting events is…Sat Oct 30 2010 - 01:00
St Gall's know they have Cross' to bearGAELIC GAMES ULSTER SFC: ON THE Falls Road, they are hearing what has been coming out of Crossmaglen about tomorrow’s football…Sat Oct 30 2010 - 01:00
Entrants run whole gamut of emotions as streets of Dublin prove mighty levellerEveryone who finished the marathon looked to be in the grip of simultaneous agony and euphoriaTue Oct 26 2010 - 01:00
Red Liverpudlians breathe a sigh of reliefSIDELINE CUT: After a traumatic few weeks for the club and its supporters, Liverpool begin a new era under new owners tomorrow…Sat Oct 16 2010 - 01:00
Hooter to call time on all that magical mysterySIDELINE CUT: The hooter is going to rob us of one of the great talking points of an Irish Sunday – injury time in Gaelic Games…Sat Oct 02 2010 - 01:00
McGahan manages to play it coolMAGNERS LEAGUE MUNSTER: THE PROFILE of the Munster-Leinster derby may have changed beyond recognition in the last decade but…Wed Sept 29 2010 - 01:00
Historic chapter in broadcasting at an endYesterday’s All-Ireland football final will be remembered as much for Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh’s last commentary as for Cork’…Mon Sept 20 2010 - 01:00
Steady as she goes the McCartan mantraALL-IRELAND SFC FINAL: JAMES McCARTAN is such an unruffled figure it is easy to convince yourself this latest Down surge was …Thu Sept 16 2010 - 01:00
