Michael Cusack
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Sordid murder of hurling brothers still resonates in south Galway
- Hurling
- November 28, 2020, 06:00
“Sometimes I’ve had dreams about the Loughnane brothers,” says Martina Blackwell, standing in the gentle glow of the turf fire in the stone-cut Loughn(...)

When Down’s 1960 All-Ireland victory brought down barriers
- Gaelic Football
- September 30, 2020, 06:00
Of all the many conversations I’ve had over the years about the rise of the 1960 Down team, one in particular stands out to this day. And it wasn’t wi(...)

Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe, who was murdered seven years ago by Aaron Brady during an armed robbery at Lordship Credit Union near Dundalk, Co Lout(...)

Gavin Cummiskey: Time for Irish players to support their Pacific Island peers
- Rugby
- June 9, 2020, 01:00
Rugby is a cosy cartel. Always has been and recent events suggest it always will be. We are talking about the pandemic and about Bill Beaumont’s re-(...)

Sideline Cut: He had to ask himself the hardest question: Could I be missing Pat Spillane?
- Gaelic Games
- March 21, 2020, 07:00
It truly is a dark and fallen world when you find yourself fondly remembering Joe Brolly’s parka jacket. Remember that? Perhaps not. It already seems (...)

Rural broadband: Full list of high-speed internet hubs
- Technology
- November 19, 2019, 16:56
Some 300 towns and villages across Ireland are to get high-speed internet hubs while they await the arrival of the National Broadband Plan. The full l(...)

Sports books of 2018: The best, the rest and all in between
- Sport
- December 8, 2018, 08:00
The Best Tony 10 by Declan Lynch and Tony O’Reilly – Gill Books, €16.99 The story of Tony O’Reilly, the Carlow postmaster who stole €1.75m(...)

Yours Gaelicly – how modern hurling pucked off on the letters page of ‘The Irish Times’
- Opinion
- October 3, 2018, 18:20
Everybody knows that the GAA was founded in Hayes’s Hotel, Thurles, in 1884. Less well-known, although perhaps just as crucial, is a meeting that happ(...)

Exploring the history of hurling and how it shaped Tipperary
- Hurling
- September 8, 2018, 07:00
As early as 1886, newspapermen began to refer to Tipperary as “the home of hurling”. As much as it may have galled the rest of the country’s hurlers, (...)

The Game – The Story of Hurling: epic clash of history and hype at the speed of a sliotar
- TV, Radio, Web
- July 30, 2018, 22:40
The voices come in a cascade of reverence. “Hurling’s a game for the gods,” proclaim the first soothing, familiar tones. “And gods played it.” “The (...)