Ken Early

Radio review: RTÉ’s preview of 2020 turns unexpectedly sombre, as Second Captains get more sport from a determined diplomat

Morning Sports Briefing: Keep ahead of the game with ‘The Irish Times’ sports team

Neymar failed to get on the scoresheet but the five-time winners had more than enough

Morning Sports Briefing: Keep ahead of the game with ‘The Irish Times’ sports team

Where to watch, when to watch and who to support as the 21st Coupe de Monde begins

A look at some of the more offbeat stories as the World Cup prepares for big kick-off

The most interesting question now is how the City coach will respond

Sports journalist Ken Early and musician James Vincent McMorrow in conversation

Humorous responses risk undercutting the seriousness of the rise of white extremism

Radio review: 2FM duo stick to cheeky banter and Second Captains tog out for RTÉ’s first team

Irish Times editor Kevin O’Sullivan recommends some of the many notable stories that resonated with readers in 2016

Five teams who will not be looking back at their Euros campaigns with any fondness

13-second knockout at UFC 194 prompts users to list ‘things that lasted longer than Aldo’

Martin O’Neill hopeful of O’Shea fitness, Towell the hero again for Dundalk, Legion and South Kerry to go again, greyhound racing and dog cruelty, Moyes to leave Sociedad and what to watch out for

Cricket’s saddest day, McCarthy with another injury, Pat Lam’s progress report, Beckenbauer in hot water, Delaney and FAI’s responsibility to explain and the rest of your morning’s sport headlines

Taylor does it again, Schmidt leads from the front, Lowry runs his luck, Tiger’s new trainer, Ched Evans set for six new offers and the rest of your morning’s sport headlines

Berlin 25: Fall of the Wall 25th anniversary

Young Galway forward improving by the day ahead of Croke Park clash with Kerry

Shefflin, Cooper and Neymar cast long shadows from which fledgling heroes must emerge

Online radio show to continue on irishtimes.com with audiences exceeding those of many well known commercial radio programmes

Pat Kenny’s move to Newstalk was the big story, but there were more notable presences - and absences - on radio in 2013

No matter what happens with the two of them, there won’t be a dull moment

The Irish actor shines as a 1920s gangster in a complex British cousin of Boardwalk Empire, but it’s surprisingly easy to follow the blokey banter in Second Captains Live

When the five-man team that made ‘Off the Ball’ resigned from Newstalk six months ago, they wasted no time developing a podcast and, now, a TV sports show

Irish Times podcasts will increase to four shows per week from the start of August

The two can be directly compared on their handling of Rooney

Manchester United manager combined acute emotional intelligence with an urge to dominate

Second Captains to present series of shows in partnership with The Irish Times

A 1960s crowd sang songs, a 2010s crowd films itself

Just as he evolved towards a more subdued personal style, he found himself managing the first truly bad team of his career

Off the Ball’s biggest story this week was off air, so could Ger Gilroy play super sub?