Malachy O Rourke

A creative blueprint which is in part the brainchild of former Árd Stiúrthoir Paraic Duffy means Monaghan may actually be one of the few counties stri(...)

Dublin 0-17 Monaghan 2-12 This is the only foolproof way to beat Dublin – score the go-ahead point as the clock ticks past the last minute of injury-(...)

It’s 30 years since Monaghan beat Kerry in Monaghan and when Cormac Reilly blew his whistle at the end the roar in Inniskeen reverberated around the s(...)

(2.0 unless stated) Allianz Hurling League Division 1A Clare v Cork, Cusack Park [Live, TG 4] – On a form-line worked through Kilkenny, Clare were m(...)

Most in need of a title The easy and annual answer to this one is, Mayo. If only they could win the league they’d be better set up for the championsh(...)

Dublin manager Jim Gavin spoke extensively (for him) about concerns relating to Diarmuid Connolly’s enforced exile which inconveniently ends the night(...)

Dublin 1-19 Monaghan 0-12 Reaching the All-Ireland football quarter-finals used to confer membership of an elite club. Barring disaster, being involv(...)

The hope for Diarmuid Connolly is that all the “hard work done in the shadows” will prove sufficient. Dublin face Tyrone in their latest All-Ireland s(...)

All-Ireland SFC quarter-final – Dublin v Monaghan Venue: Croke Park. Throw-in: 6pm. Referee: Conor Lane (Cork). TV: Sky Sports Arena. The theory (...)

Monaghan 1-24 Down 1-16 Once bitten, twice shy; and Monaghan – ultimately when it mattered more – got revenge on their Ulster conquerors Down in an e(...)