Malachy Clerkin

We are a self-important people, sportswriters. Like, even just read that sentence back. You’d be hard pressed to start a Monday morning with much more(...)

If you’re confused by the glossy sheen in the sky over Dublin this morning, fear not - it’s just a reflection of the shiny suits of the Uefa executive(...)

For GAA enthusiasts in the afterlife, it has recently become more difficult to get a word in edgeways with the sad departures on successive Sundays of(...)

On a clear and mild Thursday night in the middle of October, three freshers football teams went out to the GAA pitch in Abbotstown and tried out some (...)

The GAA says that whereas it is open to any proposals for assisting counties with their financial burdens, the payment across the board of travel and (...)

Japan’s Naomi Osaka won her first Grand Slam tennis title at the weekend, giving a brilliant display to take the US Open title, but her achievement ha(...)

What are we supposed to think about Serena Williams? Up until a few years ago this seemed a question so blindingly straightforward as to make you look(...)

In the official match programme figures – and far be it from us to take such a document at anything other than its word – Mike Casey stands at six fee(...)

Nothing like a wholesome, happy sporting triumph to bring on a good dose of political cynicism. Sports minister Shane Ross couldn’t even allow the Ire(...)

On the longest road to an All-Ireland final, Pádraig Mannion surely has the most mileage put in of anybody. James Skehill and Daithí Burke have pla(...)