Kevin O Callaghan

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Actor Michael Caine and England player Bobby Moore of the POW XI celebrate during a match against Germany for the film Escape to Victory. Photograph: Allsport UK /Allsport
Max Von Sydow’s role in Escape to Victory must be one of his best

With four minutes remaining and the Allied prisoners trailing the Germans 4-3, Luis Fernandez (Pele) rises from the bench, shrugs off the pain of brok(...)

Dublin’s Stephen Cluxton saves a shot from Keith Cribbin of Kildare during the Leinster semi-final at Croke Park. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
Career landmark for Cluxton as Dublin outclass Kildare

Dublin 0-26 Kildare 0-11 The beatings will continue until morale improves. Dublin, playing at walking pace, were rarely threatened and never worried(...)

Longford’s Michael Quinn scores his team’s third goal against Kildare. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
Longford and Kildare draw in a curious sort of epic

Kildare 1-21 Longford 3-15 AET This was one of those draws where you’d struggle to make a cast-iron argument that either side deserved to win. It was(...)

Life aquatic: a spider crab in Keem Bay, on Achill Island. Photograph: Richard Thorn
You’ve heard of the greenway. What about the blueway?

This summer Laura Taylor hitched up a trailer, took it to south Co Mayo and offered guided snorkelling tours of Achill Island’s tranquil Keem Bay. Cap(...)