Managers wipe away tears of frustrationWHILE WE were busy doffing our caps to Rory McIlroy on Sunday night we couldn’t but spare a thought for his 60-odd former managers…Thu May 06 2010 - 01:00
Rafa's Diddy Men miss the bus to Knotty AshTV VIEW: ON REFLECTION, that gag doing the rounds last week wasn’t funny at all: “Liverpool have just announced their side to…Mon May 03 2010 - 01:00
Recession not leaving top managers in povertyWhen he was in Dublin yesterday to launch the annual Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind fund-raising campaign Roy Keane admitted …Fri Apr 30 2010 - 01:00
Typical Italian display takes the swivel out of Bill's chairTV VIEW: AS WE’VE long since learned, the easiest way to judge just how excited Bill is about the 90 minutes in store on any…Thu Apr 29 2010 - 01:00
eBay's Tammy finds a great deal on MastersWEEK THREE and we already have a rather magnificent seven teams through the €700,000 earnings mark, their fortunes to date somewhat…Thu Apr 29 2010 - 01:00
Stricker's tweak puts 61 managers out of jointEVERY YEAR it’s the same, we have this vision of Golf Masters managers arming themselves with medical encyclopedias trying to…Thu Apr 29 2010 - 01:00
Jamie's harrowing week finishes with Chelsea's goal eruptionTV VIEW: WHILE YOU couldn’t, need it be said, condone his actions, it was hard to be too critical of Ronnie O’Sullivan at the…Mon Apr 26 2010 - 01:00
Monkstown into cup finalGLENANNE AND MONKSTOWN will contest an all-Leinster Irish Senior Cup final in a fortnight’s time after the clubs came through…Mon Apr 26 2010 - 01:00
Harlequins' draw ensures play-offFOR THE SECOND year running, Cork Harlequins and UCC will meet in a play-off to decide the Munster Division One title after Harlequins…Mon Apr 26 2010 - 01:00
Merson revels at phenomenal drama, just phenomenalTV VIEW: THERE WAS, Paul Merson appeared to conclude, literally only one word for the weekend’s Premier League football: phenomenal…Mon Apr 19 2010 - 01:00
Ireland's plans for Chile groundedUNLIKE THE Irish hockey squad the schedule for the World Cup Qualifier in Chile, due to start next Saturday, is up in the air…Mon Apr 19 2010 - 01:00
Ireland squad all set for Chile jobWOMEN’S HOCKEY: AFTER THEIR final training camp at Belfield tomorrow the Ireland squad sets off for Chile on Sunday, six days…Fri Apr 16 2010 - 01:00
Managers give bargain Both a wide berthMARCUS BOTH’S confidence was, by all accounts, at a low ebb last year, his quest for the second triumph of note in his career…Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
Great minds think alike as season kicks offMARK TWAIN’S definition of “optimist” – “Day-dreamer more elegantly spelled” – came to mind when we browsed through our managers…Thu Apr 15 2010 - 01:00
Walsh still on cloud nine after festival funSPORTSWOMAN OF THE MONTH MARCH, KATIE WALSH: IN LIGHT of her location we were fortunate enough to be able to get through to …Wed Apr 14 2010 - 01:00
McDonnell secures titleWOMEN’S HOCKEY: JEAN McDONNELL, not for the first time this season, was the toast of Railway Union on Saturday when she scored…Mon Apr 12 2010 - 01:00
Grand old banter at Aintree as Ginger points to his 'pillock' sonTV VIEW: IF YOU exclude the Champions League quarter-finals, the Masters, Leinster and Munster’s European adventures, the Grand…Mon Apr 12 2010 - 01:00
Railway Union can retain title with winWOMEN’S HOCKEY: AFTER BEATING UCD 2-0 in their penultimate Leinster Division One fixture on Wednesday night, Railway Union can…Fri Apr 09 2010 - 01:00
Megyn not quite ready to forgive but the lads seem ready to move onTV VIEW: “AN EXTRAORDINARY 36 minutes with Tiger Woods,” said Fox News’ Megyn Kelly after the press conference in Augusta, her…Tue Apr 06 2010 - 01:00
Bowe tackles twin impostors and totally holds his integrityTV VIEW: IT WAS, perhaps, a week that had Tommy Bowe dusting down his old school poetry book in search of the verse about tackling…Mon Apr 05 2010 - 01:00
Irish panel prepares for World Cup qualifierWOMEN'S HOCKEY: WITH THE World Cup Qualifier in Chile now just three weeks away and while their club-mates enjoy their Easter…Fri Apr 02 2010 - 01:00
Dunphy is no bottler as he hails Gilesie's courage and braveryTV VIEW: BILL O’HERLIHY promised us a night that would “epitomise the beautiful game” and, maintaining the theme, we were then…Thu Apr 01 2010 - 01:00
Ulster win senior title on goal differenceHOCKEY INTERPROVINCIALS: A SUZANNE Beaney goal 10 minutes from time against Leinster at Grange Road yesterday gave Ulster the…Mon Mar 29 2010 - 01:00
Leinster complete notable doubleLEINSTER DID the senior and under-21 interprovincial double at Grange Road yesterday, the teams taking maximum points from their…Mon Mar 29 2010 - 01:00
McKean spearheads Leinster's challenge to retain their titleWOMEN’S HOCKEY INTERPROVINCIAL CHAMPIONSHIP: AFTER ENDING Ulster’s hopes of a senior interprovincial four-in-a-row in Garryduff…Fri Mar 26 2010 - 00:00
Recession not leaving top managers in povertyWhen he was in Dublin yesterday to launch the annual Irish Guide Dogs for the Blind fund-raising campaign Roy Keane admitted …Wed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
Ulster win senior title on goal differenceHOCKEY INTERPROVINCIALS: A SUZANNE Beaney goal 10 minutes from time against Leinster at Grange Road yesterday gave Ulster the…Wed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
Leinster complete notable doubleLEINSTER DID the senior and under-21 interprovincial double at Grange Road yesterday, the teams taking maximum points from their…Wed Mar 24 2010 - 00:00
Cheltenham craic galore as Walshes win all round themTV VIEW: IT’S ALWAYS a tricky one when you’re asked to plump for your very favourite sporting spectacle of this or any other…Mon Mar 22 2010 - 00:00
Top two set for title showdownWOMEN’S HOCKEY: NEXT MONTH’S league meeting between Hermes and Railway Union increasingly has the look of a title-decider after…Mon Mar 22 2010 - 00:00
Coláiste Iognáid on course for crownWOMEN’S HOCKEY: IT’S ANOTHER hectic weekend on the club front with the provincial league seasons edging towards a conclusion…Fri Mar 19 2010 - 00:00
Hermes knock out LoretoHOCKEY WOMEN : THE CHAMPIONS of Leinster, Ulster and Munster – Railway Union, Pegasus and Cork Harlequins – have all made it…Mon Mar 15 2010 - 00:00
Deccie loses the run of himself again as Gatty goes as GaeilgeTV VIEW: WE WERE trying to remember on Saturday the last time we heard a New Zealand coach of Wales speaking in Irish to an …Mon Mar 15 2010 - 00:00
Leinster down to two-team contestHOCKEY MEN’S: AFTER GLENANNE dropped out of the reckoning over the weekend, the contest for the Leinster Division One title …Mon Mar 15 2010 - 00:00
Loreto braced for must-win encounterHOCKEY: GOING INTO Sunday’s final round of pool matches, only Railway Union are already certain of their spot in the last four…Fri Mar 12 2010 - 00:00
Seventh award in seven years says it allSPORTSWOMAN OF THE MONTH FEBRUARY/JESSICA KÜRTEN: IT’S A fair indication of Jessica Kürten’s consistency, at the very highest…Wed Mar 10 2010 - 00:00
Two-nil up at half-time and it looked like walkies for LongieTV VIEW: SKY NEWS TOLD us last Wednesday afternoon that if we wanted to see live coverage of the open-top bus parade through…Mon Mar 08 2010 - 00:00
Ireland fall short in finalWOMEN’S HOCKEY: LESS THAN two months before the teams are due to meet again in their World Cup qualifying tournament, Scotland…Mon Mar 08 2010 - 00:00
O'Flynn looks to stake claimHOCKEY: AUDREY O’FLYNN, who made her senior debut against Belgium last month, has been given another chance by Gene Muller to…Fri Mar 05 2010 - 00:00
Thank God we're all over that Parisian heartbreak. Or notTV VIEW: WHEN THE rugby lads lost in Paris last month they bemoaned the fact they had to wait two whole weeks before their next…Wed Mar 03 2010 - 00:00
St Andrew's retain title with late strikesHOCKEY LEINSTER SCHOOLS’ SENIOR CUP/St Andrews 2 Alexandra 0: TWO GOALS in the last seven minutes of yesterday’s final at Grange…Wed Mar 03 2010 - 00:00
Bull would prefer teeth pulled than milk plaudits . . . no BullTV VIEW: WE WERE trying to remember who John Hayes reminded us of on Saturday when he led the Irish team out at Twickenham with…Mon Mar 01 2010 - 00:00
Railway Union and Pegasus progressWomen's Hockey: WITH ONE round of pool matches still to go Railway Union and Pegasus booked their places in the semi-finals …Mon Mar 01 2010 - 00:00
Railway hope to seal semi-final spotWOMEN’S HOCKEY: AFTER ALMOST a three-month gap the Irish Hockey League resumes this weekend with several clubs still in contention…Fri Feb 26 2010 - 00:00
Irish girls get their first actionAFTER AN eventful build-up to their Winter Olympics, during which their qualification for the bobsleigh event in Vancouver was…Tue Feb 23 2010 - 00:00
Pembroke upset Hermes in CupTHEY HAVE struggled in the league so far this season, Saturday’s draw with UCD leaving them second from bottom of the table, …Mon Feb 22 2010 - 00:00
From tobogganing in Thurles to Wee Willie's Limerick streakTV VIEW: A MOST peculiar sporting week that, and confirmation of its quirkiness was the sight of almost as much snow in Thurles…Mon Feb 22 2010 - 00:00
Three-way battle in LeinsterWOMEN’S HOCKEY: WHILE REIGNING Munster and Ulster champions Cork Harlequins and Pegasus are playing catch-up in their respective…Fri Feb 19 2010 - 00:00
Masters of doom in full cry but Tom refuses to raise white flagTV VIEW: AN UNCOMFORTABLE sporting weekend, not least for the Irish Winter Olympics team who were sandwiched between Iran and…Mon Feb 15 2010 - 00:00
