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In League with Gaddafi: This folly wouldn’t make top five of Irish football fiascos
- TV, Radio, Web
- December 9, 2019, 22:35
“It may not have been the brightest thing anyone ever did in football,” offers Brian Kerr early during In League with Gaddafi (RTÉ Two, Monday) a bris(...)

High Court appoints interim examiner to Limerick FC
- High Court
- September 6, 2019, 17:43
The High Court has appointed an interim examiner to League of Ireland side Limerick FC. The appointment was made after the court heard that an indepe(...)

Shane Ross believes FAI’s decision to bring in Noel Mooney ‘a backward step’
- International
- May 26, 2019, 17:02
The FAI has declined to comment following a request for a reaction to a damning assessment by Minister for Sport Shane Ross to the decision to bring N(...)

Time for domestic football to benefit from a slice of betting tax cake
- Soccer
- February 25, 2019, 06:00
One of the more interesting ideas to come out of a public meeting organised by the politician Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, and attended by Niall Quinn, the othe(...)

League of Ireland should appreciate what it is – not fret about what it isn’t
- National League
- February 11, 2019, 07:00
A new season of the SSE Airtricity League of Ireland kicks off on Friday. The prospect means little to most of us. Indifference is mainly the lot of I(...)

Derry City’s Devine determined to reconnect the team to the town
- National League
- February 9, 2019, 08:00
Declan Devine pushes the brochure across the desk in the manager’s office. Derry, city walls, tours, it said. We were in the Brandywell stadium on Thu(...)

Work on Finn Harps’ new €6m stadium set to resume this year
- National League
- February 8, 2019, 06:00
Finn Harps have been given a major boost as they prepare to begin their 50th season in the League of Ireland. Work on their new €6 million stadium is (...)

A cautionary tale: The life and death of one-armed striker Jimmy Hasty
- National League
- October 20, 2018, 08:00
Dock Street, Belfast: a grey, midweek October lunchtime. As the American Bar opens its doors optimistically, a juggernaut zooms by bound for one of th(...)

Michael O’Neill: globalisation of British football has left Irish leagues behind
- Soccer
- October 6, 2018, 06:00
In a quiet corner of an Edinburgh café, Michael O’Neill has a list of names in front of him. It is a short list. It features players born in Ireland w(...)

Liam Miller tribute match attendance likely to exceed all records in Cork
- Irish News
- September 24, 2018, 00:06
The Liam Miller tribute match, due to take place on Tuesday looks destined to comfortably exceed the existing record for the biggest ever attendance a(...)