Malachy Clerkin
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Hugh McIlvanney’s mode of sports journalism is all but extinct now
- Sport
- January 28, 2019, 06:00
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(...)

Added Time: Is Euro 2020 qualification now a certainty? Let’s get carried away
- Sport
- December 3, 2018, 11:55
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(...)

Seán Moran: Silence on the mountains as GAA loses legendary voices
- Gaelic Games
- November 21, 2018, 06:00
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(...)

Running the rule over the GAA’s new football rules
- Gaelic Football
- November 17, 2018, 07:00
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 (...)

GAA accepts escalating travel costs an issue for counties
- Gaelic Football
- September 11, 2018, 05:00
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 (...)

Added Time: The various angles of the Serena Williams debate
- Sport
- September 10, 2018, 11:39
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(...)

Even Serena Williams can on occasion be wrong
- Other Sports
- September 10, 2018
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(...)

Casey doesn't play ball as Glynn gets no change from Limerick
- Hurling
- August 20, 2018, 06:00
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(...)

Added Time: Shane Ross elbows his way into hockey spotlight
- Sport
- August 7, 2018, 12:23
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(...)

Mannion up for the challenge as Galway thoughts turn to final hurdle
- Hurling
- August 7, 2018, 07:00
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(...)