Michael Walker: John Wayne should have had a Jackie Charlton calendar

A leader, and for his willingness to be blunt, to challenge orthodoxy, he was cherished

Game Changers: Shay Brennan the first foreign-born player to answer Ireland’s call

Manchester-born defender blazed a trail subsequently followed by over 100 players

Sporting Controversies: Ma’s Army, turtle blood and Sonia’s stolen gold

Medals won by Chinese women would later be said to have been ‘showered in doping’

My favourite sporting moment: Family matters as Scoil Bhríde bring it all back home

The best games I ever saw in Croke Park were two Cumann na mBunscol epics

My favourite sporting moment: The day Pfaff’s long fingers denied Ireland

A packed South Terrace, a gifted Ireland side and an inspired Belgium goalkeeper

Winning Triple Crowns: ‘Seeing Jack Kyle was a spiritual experience’

A history of Ireland’s wins throws up some mythical tales and unforgettable moments

How do Klopp’s Liverpool measure up against greats of past?

Club on course for best ever league season but longevity needed to challenge Paisley’s side

Ireland’s do or die games: The nights we did - and the nights we died

From McAteer against the Netherlands to, yep, Henry against us (and the rules)

Rugby World Cup - Thompson: ‘Everyone had written us off . . . It’s a very special moment’

Jamie Joseph: ‘We’ve been preparing for this game for a hell of a lot longer than what the Irish have’

Paul Howard: Love affair with Liverpool tugging at my heartstrings again

The club’s glory years in my childhood have proved frustratingly elusive ever since

Miriam Lord: Healy-Rae’s Delaney devotion reaches fever pitch

The Seanad is led to the guillotine as McDowell stages a judicial uprising

International indecision nothing new for McCarthy

As he prepares to name his first Ireland squad, McCarthy could be forgiven a sense of déjà vu

TV View: Liverpool’s bows and arrows fail to hit their target at Anfield

Little sign of a bazooka in sight all night as two sides draw a blank

Ireland in no position to raise a hue and cry over Rice’s call

For decades national team have benefitted from service of players born and bred in Britain

In their own words: Ireland’s rise to a world rugby powerhouse

Donald McRae talks to players past and present ahead of the start of the Six Nations

Ireland football is where Ireland rugby was 20 years ago: in the doldrums

Sideline Cut: On a night in November 1997, two Ireland teams set off on wildly different paths

The Windsor Park boys of 1993: What happened next and where are they now?

When Northern Ireland hosted the Republic in a vital World Cup qualifier

Ken Early: Footballers aren’t patriots, they just play matches

Most players declare for Ireland through convenience, not a deep love for the country

Euro 88 – One of the finest of all Ireland’s performances

Jack Charlton knew how good his team were, and how far they could have gone

Ray Houghton: ‘I hit the spot. Then it was pandemonium’

‘It was my first international goal, first big tournament. There was this massive high’

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