Conor McHugh brings it all back home as he aims to win Dublin doubleNa Fianna man hopes to cap a year that has already brought a club All-Ireland, a wedding and his intercounty hurling debutSat Oct 18 2025 - 06:00
Shane Ryan on the Enhanced Games: âYou have no idea of the shitstorm that Iâve causedâThe three-time Olympian says he is willing to take performance-enhancing drugs because the money he will earn is life-changingWed Oct 15 2025 - 13:12
Irelandâs win over Armenia fails to uplift as they look timid and bereft of any clear planTigran Barseghyanâs red card was a godsend, but even then Heimir HallgrĂmssonâs team made it look difficultWed Oct 15 2025 - 06:00
By joining the Enhanced Games, Shane Ryan will be a paid stooge of a doped-up circus Ryan will be a sunny, articulate spokesman for a grim plaything of tech billionaires with God complexesTue Oct 14 2025 - 18:00
Malachy Clerkin: The Jim Gavin fiasco was a long overdue humbling for GAA exceptionalism MicheĂĄl Martin had his head turned by Gavinâs football success, forgetting itâs just a sport, no better or worse than the restSat Oct 11 2025 - 06:00
Andy Farrell interview: From timid boy to leader of men, his secret is leaning into discomfortIreland head coach also places a high value on personal authenticity, as readers of his new memoir will discoverSat Oct 11 2025 - 06:00
There has never been an international footballer to compare to Cristiano Ronaldo Annoying, vain and with an ego the size of Jupiter - but thereâs no arguing with the numbers he has put up for PortugalFri Oct 10 2025 - 12:59
Malachy Clerkin: If data in football is as useless as Martin OâNeill says, why does everybody use it?The former Ireland manager is surely putting on a pose when he rubbishes the statistics that have become so engrained in the gameSat Oct 04 2025 - 06:00
Irish Olympic hopefuls have won 45 senior medals worldwide in 2025. Where did it all go right?Three years out from the LA Olympics, new faces have emerged into a system that finally seems to be workingFri Oct 03 2025 - 13:00
Ryder Cup Day Three: Shane Lowry holes the crucial putt as Europe win the Ryder Cup â as it happenedHole-by-hole action from Bethpage Black as Luke Donaldâs side just about hold off stirring American fightbackSun Sept 28 2025 - 23:50
Malachy Clerkin: Itâs getting very hard to separate American sport from American uglinessEnjoyment of NFL at Croke Park and the Ryder Cup is disturbed by Trump-dominated backdropSat Sept 27 2025 - 06:00
Ryder Cup Day One: Europe take commanding lead â as it happenedRory McIlroy goes unbeaten as Tommy Fleetwood and Jon Rahm lead the way for Europe as Donald Trump watches onFri Sept 26 2025 - 23:55
This wonât be the last time the FAI face a DĂĄil committee â they need to get better at itFacing questions they legally couldnât answer was hard but the FAI made it worse by making committee feel disrespectedWed Sept 24 2025 - 20:03
FAI officials stay quiet on Girls In Green documentary during tetchy Oireachtas hearing â as it happenedFormer Ireland manager Eileen Gleeson not included among Abbotstown delegationWed Sept 24 2025 - 16:48
Barry McGuigan: âRicky Hatton was so kind and generous to others but he was very hard on himselfâBoxing legend calls on sporting authorities across the world to do more to support the mental health of sportspeopleWed Sept 24 2025 - 06:00
Take bad behaviour out of the Ryder Cup and it wonât be the Ryder Cup Niggle and rancour are baked into the eventâs DNA Sat Sept 20 2025 - 06:00
Preventing suicide needs everyoneâs input. Hereâs how the GAA plays its part âThe reality is that people that end their own life by suicide, in most cases theyâre looking for a way not to do itâSun Sept 14 2025 - 06:00
FAI chiefâs cool demeanour was at odds with an organisation groaning under the strain of debtDavid Courell deserves credit for talking to journalists, but the substance of what he said is another matterFri Sept 12 2025 - 19:09
Stephen Cluxton turns the page on intercounty playing days, but the book is far from finishedDublin veteran can remain setter of standards in new role as part of Ger Brennanâs backroom teamThu Sept 11 2025 - 17:00
How Ireland put in 47 crosses against Hungary for the return of just one goalHeimir HallgrĂmssonâs side leaned on Ryan Manning and Jake OâBrien to get the ball into the box but only created six chancesMon Sept 08 2025 - 06:00
Ireland show great character but HallgrĂmssonâs principles werenât on show in the opening 15 minutesIreland v Hungary: Irish manager wants his team to be good at specific things but they failed to live up to them hereSat Sept 06 2025 - 22:43
Ireland player ratings: CaoimhĂn Kelleher recovers well but a nightmare evening for some Dismal first half rectified by mammoth late push from Heimir HallgrĂmssonâs sideSat Sept 06 2025 - 22:05
Malachy Clerkin: It will take a miracle to beat Ballygunner â maybe Austin Gleeson can conjure oneGleeson is a poster boy for the generation of Waterford hurlers who canât get a sniff of a county medal, but everything ends eventuallySat Sept 06 2025 - 06:00
Heimir HallgrĂmsson has given Ireland hope, but now is the moment to follow throughIreland managerâs calm and logical approach sets the tone for World Cup campaign that starts against HungarySat Sept 06 2025 - 06:00
With so many captains in the Ireland squad, leadership shouldnât be a problemSix of Heimir Halgrimssonâs 23-man panel have worn the armband at club level already this seasonThu Sept 04 2025 - 06:00
Live Ryder Cup team announcement: No surprises as Shane Lowry confirmed on Team Europe Matt Fitzpatrick, Jon Rahm, Sepp Straka, Ludvig Aberg and Viktor Hovland join Lowry as captainâs picks for BethpageMon Sept 01 2025 - 14:39
The story of Killeagh: How a hurling club in east Cork inspired the summerâs best-loved songKingfishr guitarist Eoin Fitzgibbon was challenged to write a song about Killeagh; now itâs the most famous GAA club name in Ireland Sat Aug 30 2025 - 06:00
The question isnât how Jim Gavin will run for President, itâs why he would want toThe former Dublin manager is a meticulous, mission-orientated planner - if he goes for the Ăras, he will do whatever it takes to winFri Aug 29 2025 - 17:09
US Ryder Cup team announcement: Keegan Bradley confirms he wonât play in the Ryder Cup â As it happenedBradley picks Justin Thomas, Xander Schauffele, Patrick Cantlay, Ben Griffin, Cameron Young and Sam BurnsWed Aug 27 2025 - 17:04
The Keegan Bradley situation is equal parts hilarious, confusing and just plain mad Thereâs a terrible irony in the fact that any US captain would pick Bradley this time, with the one possible exception of Bradley himselfTue Aug 26 2025 - 13:22
Dublin manager Paul Casey: âI think everybody played close to their best. To do it on this day of all days is very, very satisfyingâMeath go down to a 12-point defeat the All-Ireland final after freezing on the one day you canât afford to freezeSun Aug 03 2025 - 20:54
Dublin turn up the heat on Meath and emerge as deserving championsGoals saw game decided in the first half as Dublin got big performances from every part of the fieldSun Aug 03 2025 - 19:48
Hannah Tyrrell: âI just wanted to prove people wrong. Iâm very competitive. I donât let anybody winâAn elite sporting career that featured an FAI Cup medal, a Six Nations title and an All-Ireland comes to an end against Meath this weekendSun Aug 03 2025 - 06:00
Improving Meath have grown with every game but Dublinâs firepower will probably be enough If Vikki Wall and Emma Duggan catch fire, a Meath win will be no shock but Dublinâs 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: âWeâve got to take it on the chin. Weâve also got to tip our hat to Kerryâ Donegal manager says his team made too many mistakes that they havenât been making all yearSun Jul 27 2025 - 20:52
Kerry meet the moment to blow Donegal away for one of the sweetest All-Irelands theyâve ever wonJack OâConnor: âWe werenât going to sit back and just see what they had to offer. We were really going after themâSun 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: âOur momentum and our energy was terrible in the second halfâThe 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 â how Cork managed to lose the second half by 3-14 to 0-2Shane Barrettâs 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 Tippâs 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: âThe two of us were in tears. Obviously weâd have loved Dillon to be thereâDillon 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 isnât the clash of styles you think it isKerry have changed their game plan to suit Donegal before so donât be surprised if they tone down the kicking in order to winMon Jul 14 2025 - 12:51
Michael Murphy: âI was coming back in to help in every way possible that I couldâDonegalâs 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
