With 4,000 homeless kids in Ireland, why is the Minister for Housing trying to buy our votes with golf?Darragh O’Brien clearly thinks there is no downside to him claiming credit for bringing the Open Championship to Portmarnock but it’s not a great look in the middle of the housing crisisSat Oct 26 2024 - 06:00
The agonising story of how two Irish sailors lost out on an Olympic medalRobert Dickson and Seán Waddilove were in prime position to make the podium in Marseille but a split second decision cost them and meant they finished fourthSat Oct 26 2024 - 06:00
Des Cahill having the time of his life as Cuala’s footballers finally get their day in the sunTraditionally a hurling stronghold, the southside club have made it to only their second Dublin football final where they take on near neighbours Kilmacud CrokesSat Oct 19 2024 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: The new Gaelic football rules are fun but they need cynical teams to stress test themThe opening games under the FRC recommendations showcased some interesting possibilities but until there are league points on the line, nobody can truly assess the possibilitiesFri Oct 18 2024 - 22:21
Malachy Clerkin: Cheating scandal shows conkers is in need of root and branch reformThose of us who witnessed the skullduggery of the schoolyard know the sport has always been rotten to the coreTue Oct 15 2024 - 19:02
Graham Rowntree on Croke Park: ‘I’ve been around the world at stadiums. I’ve not been to this one before. Wow’The match might have been over before some of the 80,468 crowd took their seats but that didn’t stop Leinster v Munster being an incredible occasionSun Oct 13 2024 - 15:41
Hayley Kilgallon on the growth of women’s Gaelic games: ‘I think change has finally happened’Her new book, Unladylike, charts the history of ladies’ football, and the grinding, inching process to gain recognition and respectSun Oct 13 2024 - 06:00
‘I can’t fault their effort’: Munster’s Graham Rowntree looks on the bright side after Leinster defeatFirst-quarter chaos tested the resolve of Munster’s packSat Oct 12 2024 - 21:14
Early Leinster onslaught impressive, but Munster should have seen it comingWith little over 15 minutes on the clock, Leinster had already racked up a 21-point leadSat Oct 12 2024 - 20:43
Malachy Clerkin: The FRC dissent proposals will change Gaelic football as much as the gameplay onesFootball Review Committee’s report suggests a cultural revolutionSat Oct 12 2024 - 06:00
Ireland player ratings: Liam Scales and Robbie Brady to the fore as Ireland beat Finland 2-1A late winner from the Preston winger caps a terrific night’s work, while the Celtic defender looks every inch the Champions League centre backThu Oct 10 2024 - 21:53
Cillian O’Sullivan played for Meath in 2024 championship despite being diagnosed with MS‘I’m used to living in such a capable body. So it was very strange to be all of a sudden living in this body that didn’t do what I wanted it to. It was incredibly infuriating at times.'Sat Oct 05 2024 - 06:00
Ten Hag’s Manchester United resemble Liverpool in the doldrum years – except they’re in much worse shapeHistory is repeating itself as a once-dominant force slides into irrelevance, but United are so far off the pace it might take them even longer to get backSat Oct 05 2024 - 06:00
Oisín McConville: ‘I didn’t give a f**k as long as there was 300 quid waiting for me at end of week so I could gamble’The ex-Armagh GAA player says that in the absence of a gambling regulator, working with an industry-funded charity certainly beats doing nothingSat Sept 28 2024 - 06:00
Cian Healy’s big achievement isn’t just enduring this long, it’s still being relevant after all these yearsStarting into his 19th season in professional rugby, the ageless prop is about to become the most capped Leinster player of all timeFri Sept 27 2024 - 16:04
After losing his leg to an Israeli sniper, Alaa al-Dali found his way out of Gaza and into the World ChampionshipsIn Zurich on Tuesday, the Palestinian flag will fly on the global cycling stage for the first time as the founder of the Gaza Sunbirds takes his place among the best paracyclists in the worldSat Sept 21 2024 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Managers always moan about new rules, but they might be right this timeBy scrapping the preseason competitions and banning training until December, the GAA has left the door open for the Football Review Committee’s proposals to be killed at Special CongressSat Sept 21 2024 - 06:00
Derry rule out Rory Gallagher coming back as managerFormer Derry boss “not in consideration” for the vacant post in the countyFri Sept 20 2024 - 19:26
Clubber TV: From streaming the Kerry intermediate championship to taking on the Premier League?Gaelic games streaming service Clubber boss Jimmy Doyle reckons 70 viewers justifies covering a game, but he’s on a quest to scale things upSun Sept 15 2024 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Boos for man of the match sum up perfectly those silly Irish soccer fictions Making players stand in for a bit of crystal after they’ve been on the end of a chasing just to satisfy a sponsor is right on the nose for the state in which we find ourselvesSat Sept 14 2024 - 06:00
Ireland ratings: Jayson Molumby the pick of the bunch on another grim night against GreeceA decent display from Will Smallbone but too many of Heimir Hallgrímsson’s players are below par yet again as they lose at home to GreeceTue Sept 10 2024 - 22:01
Shane Lowry ends Kingspan sponsorship in the wake of the report into the Grenfell fireGrenfell United survivors’ group: ‘We first presented Shane Lowry with the Inquiry’s evidence 3 years ago, so we are pleased he has made the right decision’Tue Sept 10 2024 - 10:59
England panto villains Rice and Grealish show no mercy to the boys in green International duo with Irish credentials barracked by hostile home crowd but strikes from both before half-time decide outcomeMon Sept 09 2024 - 06:00
Lee Carsley deals with the madness of the England job with ease on an impressive first night‘I don’t feel hard done by or aggrieved,’ says the former Ireland midfielder after negative pressSat Sept 07 2024 - 20:59
Declan Rice and Jack Grealish brush off boos to be England’s two best players against IrelandReception given to former Ireland players was loud and ferocious but they were both unruffled by itSat Sept 07 2024 - 20:05
Ireland v England: How the Irish players rated at the AvivaKelleher keeps the score down on disappointing first match for Heimir HallgrímssonSat Sept 07 2024 - 19:21
Ireland’s future depends on games against teams such as GreeceHeimir Hallgrímsson takes over a side with a lot of experience playing against elite teams, but his reign will live or die on improving results against mid-ranked countriesSat Sept 07 2024 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Shane Lowry must know that if he stays with Kingspan, his choice makes a statementIn the wake of the damning report on the Grenfell fire, staying on as a brand ambassador for the Cavan-based insulation company flies in the face of the wishes of survivors’ groupsFri Sept 06 2024 - 16:41
Malachy Clerkin: Let’s get the kids playing sport, any sportMalachy Clerkin: Nothing broadens your sporting horizons like the Paralympics and our national sporting organisations should be wary of becoming complacent or defensiveSat Aug 31 2024 - 06:00
Abbeyside hurlers doing all the right things as they aim to pull off a shock in WaterfordBallygunner look likely to claim an 11th successive senior club title on Sunday but Abbeyside are determined to be the ones who end their run, some daySat Aug 31 2024 - 06:00
Heimir Hallgrímsson’s calm to be stress-tested as Ireland take on England and GreeceAt the squad announcement for the upcoming games the Icelander came across as first and foremost a realistThu Aug 29 2024 - 23:00
Evan Ferguson makes Ireland return as Heimir Hallgrímsson names first squadLeicester City winger Kasey McAteer is in line to make international debut against England as Séamus Coleman returns to squadThu Aug 29 2024 - 12:58
Ireland’s Olympics were emotional – deeply, achingly, and beautifully soThe athletes who wore green over the past 18 days at the Olympics gave so much of themselves to the challenge that you couldn’t but be moved by itMon Aug 12 2024 - 06:00
Rhasidat Adeleke falls short of podium finish but remains ‘hungrier than ever’ for successTallaght athlete clocks her third fastest ever time but Polish rival runs savvy race to close gap over the closing 50m and claim bronzeSat Aug 10 2024 - 06:00
Breakdancer Manizha Talash fled Afghanistan when the Taliban came to power, now she’s an OlympianYou can sneer at breaking if you like and decide that it is not a sport. Or you can sit down and watch and learn something about the power of the GamesSat Aug 10 2024 - 06:00
Paris has been a beguiling host but there’s no mystery behind Ireland’s Olympic successParis has been a beguiling host but there’s no mystery behind Ireland’s Olympic successSat Aug 10 2024 - 06:00
Rhasidat Adeleke: 'I was definitely looking at a podium, I definitely wouldn’t be happy coming fourth'Paris 2024: Dublin sprinter is beaten but not defeated following women's 400m finalFri Aug 09 2024 - 20:54
After the longest day, Jack Woolley’s second Olympics ends in a whirlpool of emotionsThe Tallaght taekwondo mould-breaker came within the tightest margins of fighting for a bronze medal but walks away proud of everything he achievedWed Aug 07 2024 - 20:50
Kellie Harrington stands alone, the first Irish woman to win gold medals at two OlympicsAt a feral Roland Garros arena, the Dublin boxer bounced around the ring when the verdict came, all the good and all the bad of her life in boxing falling awayWed Aug 07 2024 - 10:11
‘This one was for me!’: Kellie Harrington makes history with second Olympic gold medal in ParisThe Dublin fighter beat China’s Wenlu Yang in a split decision to become the first Irish woman ever to successfully defend an Olympic titleTue Aug 06 2024 - 23:10
Showjumpers Daniel Coyle and Shane Sweetnam miss out on medals in Paris‘Everybody feels more. They want it more’: Coyle left disappointed as hopes fade after mount throws a shoe during final roundTue Aug 06 2024 - 13:32
The Simone Biles extravaganza comes to a close in Paris in front of an adoring crowd Celebrities and fellow Olympians pack the Bercy Arena as greatest gymnast of all time takes silver on the floorMon Aug 05 2024 - 17:28
Wiffen’s second Olympic medal competes an incredible seven days for Irish sport Kellie Harrington’s medal on Tuesday will make this officially the most successful Irish Olympics everMon Aug 05 2024 - 06:00
Daniel Wiffen’s Olympic bronze medal seals a weekend unlike any in the history of Irish sportSwimmer, who becomes first Irishman to win multiple medals at a single Olympics, still has 10km swim ahead of him on FridaySun Aug 04 2024 - 21:13
Seventh Heaven: How Irish athletes won seven medals in seven days at the Olympics Paris Olympics: Swimming, rowing, boxing and gymnastics successes make for an unforgettable week in Irish sportSun Aug 04 2024 - 19:16
Olympics Day 5: Irish in action and best of the rest as Kellie Harrington bids for a medalKellie Harrington, Ireland's gold medal winner from Tokyo, up against a tough opponent in Colombia’s Angie Valdes as the Dubliner seeks to secure medals in successive Olympic GamesWed Jul 31 2024 - 09:12
Olympics 2024, Day 4: Irish in action and best of the rest as Daniel Wiffen aims for historic winBig day for Irish swimmer Daniel Wiffen as he goes for glory in 800m finalTue Jul 30 2024 - 06:00
Meet Team Ireland - SwimmingDaniel Wiffen is the best Irish hope a medal in the pool for 30 years, and Danielle Hill is Ireland’s fastest ever female swimmerMon Jul 29 2024 - 19:40
Meet Team Ireland - DivingDivers Jake Passmore and Ciara McGing excited to be participating at their first OlympicsMon Jul 29 2024 - 18:29
‘Your strongest steel is forged in fire’: how Armagh used their years of heartache to win Sam MaguireKieran McGeeney’s team had enough of losing and designed a gameplan to keep Galway at arm’s length throughout a tense and dogged finalMon Jul 29 2024 - 06:00
