Malachy Clerkin: Arsenal fans can worry their way to the title but that’s no way to live
Mikel Arteta’s team is six points clear with the deepest squad and stuttering rivals - their supporters need to start enjoying it
Malachy Clerkin: Trump is showing Fifa what a shameful mistake its bogus peace prize was
The US president has spent the month since his award showing Gianni Infantino and the world that he is the war-mongerer in chief
50 people to watch in 2026: From film and music to arts, activism, sport and more
The artists, entrepreneurs, activists and musicians set to shake things up in the new year
Son of his father: How Robbie Brennan’s dad inspired him to bring Meath back to victory
The Meath manager wouldn’t be the Meath manager without his Meath dad, Patrick Brennan
An indifference to running? Now that’s the kind of team mascot we can all get behind
It has been a long, tough year, but in the middle of it all, a lone hero stretches and yawns in a Colorado barn
St Martin’s don’t want winter to end as they build on decades of work to fly Wexford flag
Facing off against Ballygunner this weekend, the Martins are savouring the best days in the club’s history
Malachy Clerkin: Rory McIlroy is special because of his vulnerabilities as much as his victories
Nothing in sport in 2025 compared to the rollercoaster night watching the final round of the Masters at Augusta
From Tokyo to Istanbul and Croke Park: the top 25 moments of the year in women’s sport
World and European champions, record-setters and mould-breakers, Irish sportswomen had another stellar year
Scotstown finally win their Ulster title on the back of a phenomenal Rory Beggan display
Monaghan goalkeeper scores 11 points as his team falls over the line after an extra-time battle against Kilcoo
The Northern Standard recorded the childhood sporting careers of me and many others. Its closure is a sad day
After 186 years of publication, The Northern Standard will put out its last edition next week. What a sad, grim thing
Beyond Skorts: How Ireland’s sportswomen kept clearing impossibly high bars in 2025
Away from the rí-rá of the skorts debate, Irish women offered a bounty of sporting firsts in 2026
Charlie Smyth’s foot-perfect NFL debut has put Tadhg Leader’s kicking programme on the map
GAA player from Co Down’s journey to kicking for the New Orleans Saints began with a session in Carlow hosted by Leader in 2023
Malachy Clerkin: Shameful police reaction another wound inflicted on Hillsborough families
After 36 years of being lied to and gaslit, victims of the disaster deserve so much better
TV View: Zippy Fish left trailing in second as Munster flunk scrum university
The AFLW Grand Final was a bit of a shambles but their half-time entertainment was an idea worth stealing
From Mike Tyson to Boris Becker and DJ Carey – the best sports books of 2025
It is a vintage year for biographies, memoirs and deep dives into sport’s darker sides