`Marvellous' days after the lean yearsYesterday, the sun was general throughout mid-Ulster and in Crossmaglen, sedate and routine on most spring afternoons, they suspended…Wed Mar 17 1999 - 00:00
It's touch and go for BakerSt Joseph's Doora Barefield will name their team to face Rathnure in the All-Ireland club hurling final in Croke Park on the …Tue Mar 16 1999 - 00:00
Some big names face the dropResults in Sunday's penultimate round of Church and General National Football League matches have set up a potential relegation…Tue Mar 16 1999 - 00:00
Jarlath's settle a local affairA predictable narrative stole the excitement from the latest chapter in this most alluring of western rivalries but there was…Mon Mar 15 1999 - 00:00
Waterford lose man and matchNothing Like next-door neighbours to put a bit of summer scorch into a milky league tie in MarchMon Mar 08 1999 - 00:00
Offaly sleepwalk into GalwayA marshy old February Sunday in Birr and little has changedMon Mar 01 1999 - 00:00
Poignancy of a double tragedyANYONE who tuned in midway through Friday evening's Late Late Show might have happened upon the footage of Christy O'Connor Junior…Mon Mar 01 1999 - 00:00
Girls a grappling"I CAN'T really say I won because I beat a girl. But if I lost I'd get a lot more heckling from people than normalSat Feb 27 1999 - 00:00
Pay per punchTOMORROW, Sky television embarks upon what is certain to be the first of many heroic forays into the netherworld of pay-per-view…Sat Feb 27 1999 - 00:00
Between 'Rock and a hard placeTHE PUBLICATION of the above photograph, taken by Cyril Byrne, in last Monday's sports supplement provoked a blizzard of penned…Sat Feb 27 1999 - 00:00
Cause and effectsONE OF THE more contentious aspects of athletes consuming performance-enhancing substances is the issue of possible knock-on …Sat Feb 27 1999 - 00:00
Giles off to Australia but hopes to be fit for championshipAs Meath prepare to host Derry in this Sunday's National Football League encounter in Navan, their All Star forward Trevor Giles…Tue Feb 23 1999 - 00:00
Selector banned for six monthsThe Laois hurling team were last night thrown out of the Walsh Cup final and, along with Dublin, fined £1,000 by the Leinster…Tue Feb 23 1999 - 00:00
The beauty of Keith's pale smileAh, the incomparable beauty of a Keith Wood smileMon Feb 22 1999 - 00:00
Brady's adventure continuesThe weekend they felled Corofin was a very Connacht affairThu Feb 18 1999 - 00:00
Dublin hearts given a liftValentine's Day and the Gaelic games season breathed anew, with county grounds filling up for the business end of the league …Mon Feb 15 1999 - 00:00
Hoist upon our very optimismBegrudgery and innate pessimism feature among the traits most treasured in this bristling little country of ours, and for many…Mon Feb 08 1999 - 00:00
Notre Dame coolest of allIn the end, the tournament hinged on the spin of the ballMon Feb 01 1999 - 00:00
Tolka hold their nerveDublin basketball erupted yesterday afternoon in the National Arena when emerging city club Tolka Rovers dethroned the Avonmore…Mon Feb 01 1999 - 00:00
Finding unity free from stressStan Collymore, of all people, set the tone for what was a most auspicious sporting weekendMon Feb 01 1999 - 00:00
Vincent's veterans prove their worthNo classic at the National Basketball Arena last night, but no refuge for those with pacemakers eitherSat Jan 30 1999 - 00:00
THE STORY SO FARAlthough Jody Morrissey fisted a floating ball past Mick Pender in the third minute of this tie, the Dublin side dominated thereafter…Sat Jan 30 1999 - 00:00
Quinlan back for Eire OgEire OG and Kilmacud Crokes have both made one change to the teams which lined out against one another in the drawn Leinster …Fri Jan 29 1999 - 00:00
US date for Rules shelvedTentative proposals to stage one of this year's International Rules games between Australia and Ireland in America have been …Fri Jan 29 1999 - 00:00
Contrasting legends hit screenThe domestic news bulletins devoted an unprecedented chunk of air time to American sports personalities last week, an aberration…Mon Jan 18 1999 - 00:00
Wardy's words add to day of blissAh, it was a day of bliss all right and one aspect of the occasion stood aloneMon Jan 11 1999 - 00:00
Austin denies leaking story to mediaLiam Austin, who resigned as manager of the Cavan football team on Wednesday, has said that he did not disclose details of an…Fri Jan 08 1999 - 00:00
Selector turns up heat on AustinIn a further development in the Cavan management saga, Martin Lynch, who served as a selector under Liam Austin, has expressed…Fri Jan 08 1999 - 00:00
Cavan players hit back with all guns blazingThe majority of the Cavan senior football panel last night denounced Liam Austin's interpretation of the events which precipitated…Fri Jan 08 1999 - 00:00
No island hoppin' for FidelBBC 2 centred their Cuba Night presentation around an Arena programme which purported to examine the history of baseball on the…Mon Jan 04 1999 - 00:00
Please switch off occasionallySo, here we are, on the cusp of the millennial age, with the prospect of infinitely more channels pushed by more buttons promising…Mon Dec 28 1998 - 00:00
RTE will show 24 live games in summerThe GAA and RTE have announced that 24 senior hurling, football and camogie Championship games will be broadcast live next summer…Tue Dec 22 1998 - 00:00
Doonbeg have Connacht dateWith Clare side Doonbeg emerging as Munster club football champions, the line-up for the All-Ireland semi-finals in February …Tue Dec 22 1998 - 00:00
When the grieving has to stopThe most remarkable fact about the last ever transmission of Channel 4's Under the Moon was the statistic that the format had…Mon Dec 21 1998 - 00:00
Munster replay on as scheduledSunday's Munster club football final replay will go ahead as scheduled in the Gaelic Grounds in LimerickFri Dec 18 1998 - 00:00
Clare players back criticisms of pressMichael McNamara, the senior trainer for Clare, says that a report for this weekend's county convention which criticises the …Thu Dec 17 1998 - 00:00
Munster replay to go ahead on SundayThe Clare County Board yesterday moved to bring their annual convention ahead to Saturday in order to accommodate the Munster…Tue Dec 15 1998 - 00:00
Pitching up slapstick, pantos and replaysRarely can thoughts of summer have been more distant than yesterday when, on drenched and lethal fields, the finest clubs in …Mon Dec 14 1998 - 00:00
Rathnure cope betterIn years to come, the storytellers will summon precious few epic yarns of high drama and silken flourishes from the bones of …Mon Dec 14 1998 - 00:00
Living the World Cup dreamNot unpredictably, last night's glitzy, schmoozy in-house annual BBC 1 sports bash dwelt with unabashed narcissism, on the prettier…Mon Dec 14 1998 - 00:00
Winter's tale of joy for RathnureSteam bellows from the Rathnure dressing-room and it seems as though the entire parish crowds around the narrow door, for warmth…Mon Dec 14 1998 - 00:00
Ghosts of Empire linger onAny doubts that the sporting year would pass without reflection on England's epic World Cup defeat against Argentina were spectacularly…Mon Dec 07 1998 - 00:00
Offaly's seven shine brightestThe three Clare hurlers who line out with St Joseph's Doora-Barefield in the Munster club final tomorrow have each been honoured…Sat Dec 05 1998 - 00:00
Saturday solution to streamline programmeAll-Ireland champions Offaly will face Galway in the first round of the 1999 Church and General Hurling League, which has scheduled…Fri Dec 04 1998 - 00:00
Fitzgerald is back in attack for KerryMaurice Fitzgerald returns to the Kerry attack as they look to conclude the year by improving their mid-table position in lowly…Thu Dec 03 1998 - 00:00
Browne is Tipperary's lone starEleven players who competed in September's All-Ireland football final have been selected on the Eircell 1998 All Star Football…Thu Dec 03 1998 - 00:00
The little book of Celtic clichesWhen Steve Rider and the rest of the Grandstand boys come to Dublin on international rugby weekends, you know that they have …Mon Nov 30 1998 - 00:00
