It’s hardly going to lift the mood of a nation on its knees, but the news that Giovanni Trapattoni will be taking a pay cut shows the FAI has not lost complete touch with the Irish public. For an organisation that is still attempting, albeit forlornly, to foist exorbitant 10-year tickets upon an unwilling market this is to be welcomed. (more…)
Dread to think how rugby’s leading lights will fare in the decades to come after they put their bodies on the line time and time again as the modern game demands more and more physical intensity with each passing season. (more…)
Initial whisperings from the stalls suggest Ireland coach Declan Kidney has gone for a conservative selection to face the might of the All Blacks at Lansdowne Road on Saturday. (more…)
The malaise affecting the national rugby team is all the fault of Twitter, apparently. (more…)
The word “crisis” should not appear near any mention of the lengthening list of absentees from Giovanni Trapattoni’s squad ahead of the Norway friendly on Wednesday. (more…)
For the first time ever, I think, I spent 80 minutes with my back to an Ireland rugby match, occasionally glancing over my shoulder when the crowd at Lansdowne Road raised the volume above a murmur.
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So, eh, Joey’s sorry. Again.
He was sorry after he assaulted team-mate Ousmane Dabo and stubbed a cigar out in the eye of one of Manchester City’s youth players. He was especially contrite when being sent down for the late-night beating of man after a night out. (more…)
Following the stunning photograph that appeared on the front page of the Irish Times earlier this week, here’s a short film of the team of surfers tackling Ireland’s newest monster wave. (more…)
Having forced myself to sit through the South Africa game for a second time, after a peaceful night’s sleep, a few more, eh, issues became apparent. (more…)
Just how many empty seats were there at the Aviva Stadium last night? The IRFU, still reeling from the ticketing fiasco of their own making, declined to communicate the official attendance with the best guestimates suggesting up to 15,000 seats remained unsold. (more…)
Winter time may have arrived along with my self-diagnosed seasonal affective disorder, but at least light-box therapy in the form of watching the Ashes cricket on the telly is on the way.
So, the genie is out of the bottle. Golf Digest Ireland magazine released their Top 100-ranked Irish courses for 2010 and there’s sure to be plenty of debate around the office waters coolers.
Royal County Down Golf Club took the top spot from Portmarnock in a top 10 dominated by links courses. Given that this small island possesses more than its fair share of the world’s best links courses, it comes as little surprise nine of the leading 10 are a links with Adare Manor in Limerick the only parkland at eighth.
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“My client has no acrimony, no resentment, no hatred. He just wants his rights to be respected.” The words of Jean-Yves Conesson, who will represent Raymond Domenech when he takes his case for wrongful dismissal to a French employment tribunal. (more…)
While the side that has been named to take on the Springboks this Saturday looks a reasonably strong one, it is a little surprising to see there is no place for Seán O’Brien.
I’m not sure what the Portuguese for ‘Play the whistle’ is but I’d wager both Nani and Huerelho Gomes know. Yet, only one of them bothered to do just that at Old Trafford on Saturday when the latter decided to award his team a free-kick and take it 10 yards from where the ‘offence’ occurred. (more…)
