Improving Meath have grown with every game but Dublin’s firepower will probably be enough If Vikki Wall and Emma Duggan catch fire, a Meath win will be no shock but Dublin’s superior bench could make the differenceSat Aug 02 2025 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Every pro golfer who appears in Happy Gilmore 2, ranked in order of their acting performanceRory McIlroy is terrible, Nelly Korda can really act, Scottie Scheffler can do anything and John Daly steals the showFri Aug 01 2025 - 16:58
Jim McGuinness: ‘We’ve got to take it on the chin. We’ve also got to tip our hat to Kerry’ Donegal manager says his team made too many mistakes that they haven’t been making all yearSun Jul 27 2025 - 20:52
Kerry meet the moment to blow Donegal away for one of the sweetest All-Irelands they’ve ever wonJack O’Connor: ‘We weren’t going to sit back and just see what they had to offer. We were really going after them’Sun Jul 27 2025 - 20:47
Kerry and Donegal: Two households, both alike in dignity. And in scenery. And, for sure, in rogueryThe 2025 football championship has brought back the floating public, even if the knockout stages have been a bit of a wash-outSat Jul 26 2025 - 06:00
Donegal v Kerry: Breakdown of the 2025 All-Ireland football final by numbersThree sets of brothers could play a role in showpiece clash at Croke ParkThu Jul 24 2025 - 19:00
Pat Ryan: ‘Our momentum and our energy was terrible in the second half’The Cork manager says his team got outworked and lost all the momentum after half-timeSun Jul 20 2025 - 21:02
The anatomy of a collapse – how Cork managed to lose the second half by 3-14 to 0-2Shane Barrett’s goal just before half-time should have been crucial but instead, Tipperary said it woke them upSun Jul 20 2025 - 20:12
How Liam Cahill turned Tipperary around after a dismal 2024 Inspirational minors, rejuvenated veterans and a local newspaper interview have combined to change Tipp’s fortunesSat Jul 19 2025 - 06:00
Scottie Scheffler is right - winning is rarely the reason sport makes you happySports psychologists talk about process over results because they know that hanging too much weight on the outcome is dangerousFri Jul 18 2025 - 17:59
All-Ireland hurling final: Cork v Tipperary by the numbers Both managers are seeking a first Liam MacCarthy Cup in their third season in charge Fri Jul 18 2025 - 08:08
Dan Quirke: ‘The two of us were in tears. Obviously we’d have loved Dillon to be there’Dillon Quirke was an early building block of this Tipperary team - his father talks about the foundation named after him and their hopes for the finalTue Jul 15 2025 - 15:13
A Kerry v Donegal All-Ireland final isn’t the clash of styles you think it isKerry have changed their game plan to suit Donegal before so don’t be surprised if they tone down the kicking in order to winMon Jul 14 2025 - 12:51
Michael Murphy: ‘I was coming back in to help in every way possible that I could’Donegal’s on-field high chief was a huge factor and Jim McGuinness made sure to get him off the pitch as early as possibleSun Jul 13 2025 - 21:02
Kerry 1-20 Tyrone 0-17 (FT): Kerry qualify for the All-Ireland final with a six-point victory over TyroneKildare overcame Limerick by two points in a frantic Tailteann Cup final, which ended with the underdogsSat Jul 12 2025 - 19:24
Vibes and victories: how Robbie Brennan put smiles on Meath facesThe manager they call Baggio has a habit of finding the sweet spot with this teams Sat Jul 12 2025 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Forget burning tricolours and immigrant effigies, Croke Park is where our culture is this weekendAn exciting weekend of All-Ireland football semi-finals lie ahead - Tyrone v Kerry on Saturday followed by Meath v Donegal on SundaySat Jul 12 2025 - 06:00
Seven-goal Cork run amok against Dublin to ease into All-Ireland final – As it happenedTwo goals each for Alan Connolly, Brian Hayes and Tim O’Mahony see the favourites for Liam MacCarthy assert their dominanceSat Jul 05 2025 - 21:52
Pat Ryan pours cold water but the Cork hype train has left the stationDublin manager Niall Ó Ceallacháin was emphatic in his praise of Cork’s performanceSat Jul 05 2025 - 21:07
Niall Ó Ceallacháin has Dublin’s unlikely band of hurlers singing a fine tuneTrue to his word, the All-Ireland winning manager with Na Fianna has scoured the county for hurling talentSat Jul 05 2025 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Cork’s beautiful miracle has reached an excruciating pointThe perfect storm of a likeable team, a manager with decency and a devoted fanbase has propelled them to an eighth sell-out in a rowFri Jul 04 2025 - 19:00
Malachy Clerkin: Ger Brennan’s time with Louth will be remembered long after his shoes are filledWhatever awaits Brennan now, his success with Louth will remain among his greatest achievementsWed Jul 02 2025 - 15:03
Kerry’s Jack O’Connor: ‘A few pundits down our way let themselves down’ Manager hits out at criticism of him and his team after stunning victory over All-Ireland champions ArmaghSun Jun 29 2025 - 20:34
Johnny Giles was the footballer, John Giles was the pundit – both were geniuses in their own wayMy generation missed out on the thing that made old men adore Giles, but we got to see the real essence of him and to admire it tooSun Jun 29 2025 - 06:00
Monaghan’s Croke Park record is of failure against big teams - Donegal clash is a chance to change itMonaghan’s embrace of the new rules has given them a huge scoring threat and may well be enough to finally beat an All-Ireland contender Sat Jun 28 2025 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Mayo’s decision to oust Kevin McStay was fair enough but the way they did it was foul Understandable desire for change after three years without notable progressionThu Jun 26 2025 - 12:40
Damien Duff’s desire to be hated never made any senseDuffer parted ways with Shelbourne in a shock move over the weekendMon Jun 23 2025 - 15:43
Football prelims had a whiff of predictability, but it’s anyone’s guess from here to the finalHeavyweights such as Donegal, Kerry and Dublin have all displayed flaws on road to quarter-finalsSun Jun 22 2025 - 19:34
Relentless Down give Galway huge test but experience sees Pádraic Joyce’s contenders throughOdhran Murdock sublime for the home side as Shane Walsh and Mathhew Thompson star for last year’s All-Ireland finalistsSun Jun 22 2025 - 17:33
Malachy Clerkin: I cannot wait for Lions tour, but why does rugby always feel this need for overblown nonsense?Beauty of a Lions tour is its unique one-moment-in-time energy – sell that instead of all the tired battleworn guffSat Jun 21 2025 - 06:00
Dara Ó Cinnéide: ‘I’m getting sick of this #WeAreKerry stuff. What does it actually mean anymore?’Kerry need to bring the anger and get nasty if they’re going to dig themselves out of this holeSat Jun 21 2025 - 06:00
Lousy game-management, too few scorers - what Mayo, Derry and the Rossies can teach the teams that remainThe counties who got knocked out of the football championship had fatal flaws that the others must avoid from here on outMon Jun 16 2025 - 13:19
Mayo exit championship in most Mayo way possible Galway the most dangerous third-place team in Monday’s draw after thrilling win over ArmaghSun Jun 15 2025 - 20:44
‘This wasn’t a fair one’: Donegal’s Jim McGuinness criticises choice of Dr Hyde Park as neutral venue against MayoMcGuinness says Donegal raised the matter with the CCCC to no availSun Jun 15 2025 - 19:46
Stephen Rochford the right man for Mayo with the season on the lineLee Keegan believes Rochford’s willingness to try the unpredictable could prove decisiveSat Jun 14 2025 - 06:00
US Open: Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry fight to make the cutSam Burns has shot the round of the day with a 65 to race up the leaderboard on Day Two of the year’s third majorFri Jun 13 2025 - 19:58
Malachy Clerkin: Calling the football championship wide open is a polite way of saying every team is flawedWhen the landscape shows up to nine teams able to win Sam Maguire or stop someone else, the format doesn’t matter a damnFri Jun 13 2025 - 16:49
LIV Golf shows what happens when a niche sport goes to war with itself – rugby should take noteProfessional rugby probably needs to change to stay viable, but the R360 breakaway league proposal seems a fanciful solutionSat Jun 07 2025 - 06:00
Galway’s Conor Whelan: ‘Mental health is not as abstract as people sometimes make it sound’A decade after his debut, the Galway forward talks about his cousin’s suicide, having a PhD due this week and how travel keeps him freshSat Jun 07 2025 - 06:00
Ireland 1 Slovenia 0: How Carla Ward’s side rated at Páirc Uí Chaoimh Emily Murphy pick of the bunch as Ireland finished second in groupTue Jun 03 2025 - 20:52
‘There’s no way of getting into the psychology of it’ – Stephen Rochford responds to Mayo’s win over TyronePaddy Durcan made his first championship start in 14 months for Mayo, contributing three points and taking Man of the Match Sun Jun 01 2025 - 12:27
Con O’Callaghan’s loss highlights how long it’s been since Dublin found a diamondWith Armagh coming to HQ, Dessie Farrell fields a squad that has seen a huge amount of churn and looks light on stardustSat May 31 2025 - 06:00
Derry’s annus horribilis: Failure to beat Galway would give Oak Leaf county a thoroughly unwanted distinctionInjury, poor decisions and bad luck mean Derry are facing the possibility of a full year without a winSat May 31 2025 - 06:00
Crunch time for Mayo and Galway on bumper weekend of GAA actionPreviews to the weekend’s games from the All-Ireland Series, Tailteann Cup and hurling finalsFri May 30 2025 - 12:00
Tyrone beat Donegal at the death; Wins for Armagh, Monaghan and Meath – As it happenedGoals flying in at all the venues as Ger Brennan blames Leinster final hangover for Louth defeat to MonaghanSat May 24 2025 - 22:13
Louth have ended their Leinster title famine – can they avoid the fate that usually follows?Ger Brennan must overcome the terrible record of counties who have ended decades-long waits for provincial success Sat May 24 2025 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: At Manchester United, this awful season is everybody’s and nobody’s faultThere is no accountability at the most venal, most disorganised, most hubris-laden sporting organisation on the planetFri May 23 2025 - 18:00
Ponderous Mayo find out how dangerous it is to overthink their gameplan in the new-rules eraGAA weekend that was: Mayo lose to Cavan for the first time since 1948Mon May 19 2025 - 12:00
Limerick’s monumental display a stark reminder of their enduring powerCrushing of Cork shows John Kiely’s side are as big and bad and forbidding as ever they wereSun May 18 2025 - 20:15
Tipperary overcome nightmare start to overwhelm Waterford and qualify from Munster Andrew Ormond and Jake Morris in top form for Liam Cahill’s side as they win their first championship game in Thurles since 2019Sun May 18 2025 - 17:59
