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John O'Sullivan

John O'Sullivan

John O'Sullivan is a sports writer with The Irish Times.

Cormac Sharvin (Ardglass) celebrates with his caddie Brian Martin after holing his birdie putt on the 18th green to win the Irish Amateur Close title at Connemara GC yesterday. Photograph: Pat Cashman
Cormac Sharvin keeps his nerve to claim Irish Amateur Close title

Winning birdie putt secures Ardglass golfer a one-hole victory over East of Ireland champion Paul Dunne

David Byrne (Greystones) pitching to the 22nd hole in the quarter-finals of the AIG-sponsored Irish Amateur Close Championship at Connemara Golf Club. Photograph: Pat Cashman
Greystones teenager David Byrne shows great resilience to see off Gary McDermott

He now faces leading qualifier Cormac Sharvin in the semi-finals

Rhys Ruddock (right) pictured with team-mates (from left) Jonathan Sexton, Isaac Boss, James Heaslip and Sean O’Brien after Leinster’s Amlin Challenge Cup Final victory. Photograph: Dan Sheridan/Inpho.
Emerging Ireland have Georgia on their minds

Rhys Ruddock leads a team that contains three full caps in opening Tbilisi Cup match

Jim Gavin says Dublin are ready and primed for their championship test against Westmeath.
Dublin manager Jim Gavin faces first test at championship level against Westmeath

Homework is done and the league champions look well primed for their first big test

Denis Glennon: a survivor from the side that beat Dublin in 2004, he says this year’s league campaign has brought on Westmeath. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho
Denis Glennon believes that Westmeath now have the mentality to beat Dublin

County look to Paralympian Mark Rohan for inspiration in Leinster SFC clash

Kerry’s Paul Galvin reacts to a missed opportunity against Tipperary last weekend. Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/Inpho
Kerry’s Paul Galvin happily engaged on and off the pitch

Experimentation in league could reap rewards for Kingdom this summer

Current Ireland captain Jamie Heaslip battles with Hosea Gear, Richie McCaw and Kieran Read of New Zealand at the Aviva Stadium in 2010. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
IRFU reveal ticket prices for autumn internationals

Significant savings on tickets in comparison to New Zealand’s last visit to Dublin in 2010

Mathieu Bastareaud of RC Toulon is tackled by Aurelien Rougerie of ASM Clermont Auvergne during the Heineken Cup Final between ASM Clermont Auvergne and RC Toulon at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin. Photo: Rob Munro
Bastareaud revels in the sweet afterglow of Toulon’s achievement

Man-of-the-match display a huge factor in Heineken Cup triumph

Toulon’s Delon Armitage dives in for the decisive try after outrunning Brock James of Clermont Auvergne in the Heineken Cup final at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photograph: Stu Forster/Getty Images
Toulon fightback denies Clermont in Heineken Cup final

Delon Armitage try and Jonny Wilkinson conversion snatch an unlikely victory against hitherto unbeaten rivals

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