Kieran Donaghy
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Malachy Clerkin: TV emphasises mediocrity of early-round club games
- Gaelic Games
- October 11, 2017, 07:00
By now, anyone with a vaguely GAA – or even just sport-orientated – social media feed will have come across Colm Cooper’s quick-free goal for Dr Croke(...)

Miriam Lord: Michael D’s bashfulness will plough on
- Politics
- September 23, 2017
Isn’t it sweet the way Michael D Higgins goes all coy and bashful when asked if he fancies a second term as President? On Tuesday at the Ploughing Ch(...)

Kevin McStay: Dublin’s ability to maintain tempo for 70 minutes will be decisive
- Gaelic Football
- September 17, 2017, 09:00
Maybe it’s the relatively rare modern occurrence of the same final for the second year or the crowded history between the counties but I don’t think t(...)

Mayo dig deep to shake off Kerry’s demon-like grip
- Gaelic Football
- August 26, 2017, 18:48
Getting there. It is part of the Mayo DNA. Reek Sunday comes in all sorts of guises. It’s swampy hot on the Jones’ Road for once – actual August weat(...)

Mayo once again show that they have no short-term memory
- Gaelic Football
- August 26, 2017, 14:06
Dublin 2-17 Tyrone 0-11 In the middle of all the historic achievement attending Mayo’s advance to a fourth All-Ireland final in six years – a first c(...)

Maligned Mayo should ignore the din and trust their instincts
- Gaelic Football
- August 26, 2017, 05:58
It has been a ghoulish week for coverage of Gaelic football. For the second successive championship summer, Mayo’s manager Stephen Rochford has been w(...)

Mayo can get it right against Kerry second time around
- Gaelic Games
- August 25, 2017, 18:43
This magnetic rivalry has become a guessing game. Weigh both teams up collectively or pound for pound and the scales are just about even. It must have(...)

Expert views: Who will win the All-Ireland football semi-finals this weekend?
- Gaelic Games
- August 25, 2017, 18:12
John Evans John Evans (Former Tipperary manager) What are the key areas in the Mayo v Kerry replay? Unusually it is the same for both(...)

Jack O’Shea foresees little change in Kerry-Mayo rematch
- Gaelic Games
- August 25, 2017, 06:00
Jack O’Shea, Kerry’s outstanding centrefielder of the Mick O’Dwyer era, says he doesn’t expect there to be much change in Saturday’s All-Ireland repla(...)

GAA statistics: Stephen Rochford is a risk taker, for better or worse
- Gaelic Football
- August 24, 2017, 06:00
What must the Mayo squad think of their manager Stephen Rochford. Brave? Ruthless? Tactical genius? A chancer? Since taking over Mayo ahead of the 20(...)