Denis Walsh: Mario Kempes didn’t find me by accident - this was a targeted hitNostalgia is not what it used to be. It has been commodified like everything else, because we have no secrets from our phonesMon Feb 02 2026 - 06:00
Late rally gets Waterford over the line against LimerickDéise respond after off-colour performance against CorkSun Feb 01 2026 - 18:32
Caelan Doris: ‘Therapy opened a can of worms for me. I didn’t know what I was going to find’A series of concussions forced Ireland rugby captain Caelan Doris to confront anxiety, emotional repression and inherited trauma. What followed was a reckoning that changed how he lives, leads and listensSat Jan 31 2026 - 06:00
‘There’s no way of buttering it up. Limerick hurlers are back in the pack’Is the sun about to set on Limerick’s empire or are they still in contention for 2026?Fri Jan 30 2026 - 14:00
Cork’s new era begins with a flourish, but toll of All-Ireland scars yet to be revealedDespite change of manager, Rebels remained direct as ever on their way to comprehensive defeat of WaterfordMon Jan 26 2026 - 06:00
Where’s the beef? Pro golf needs more salty rivalries to cut through all the sugarThrough the decades, some tension between the best players in the world was par for the courseMon Jan 26 2026 - 06:00
National Hurling League team-by-team guide to Divisions 1A and 1BLimerick could shine in 1A, while Clare and Dublin tipped to get promotion from 1BFri Jan 23 2026 - 17:00
Tipperary hurlers reminded us why the past is more powerful than the futureGroundwork for a remarkable All-Ireland triumph was laid when Liam Cahill least expected itMon Jan 19 2026 - 06:00
Ballygunner’s golden crop raise the bar to answer All-Ireland questionDéise kingpins end four-year wait for a second All-Ireland senior club titleSun Jan 18 2026 - 18:23
Ballygunner over-power Loughrea to claim second All-Ireland club hurling titleWaterford champions end string of almosts to return to club hurling top spotSun Jan 18 2026 - 18:06
You can’t fight luck in sport, you just learn to control itIn the exact science of modern sport, luck is the corrupting element that refuses to be sanitisedSat Jan 17 2026 - 06:00
Denis Walsh: The GAA community has no stomach for strict enforcement of rulesThe furore over the sending-off of Loughrea’s Cullen Killeen showed our mixed-up attitudes to disciplineMon Jan 12 2026 - 06:00
‘There are a few Leinster crybabies in my inbox’: Simon Zebo embraces punditry As Munster face Toulon, he recalls his pivotal try last time and talks on bringing his larger-than-life presence to TVSat Jan 10 2026 - 06:00
Extortionate prices are part and parcel of the Ryder Cup – Adare Manor will be no differentA Trophy Suite ticket for Thursday to Sunday comes in at €13,549.47 a head for 2027Mon Dec 29 2025 - 06:00
With diamonds made under pressure, 2025 saw Ireland’s sporting treasure chest overflowFrom golf to athletics, this year saw Irish sports stars show their mettle on the biggest stagesThu Dec 25 2025 - 06:00
Without each other, Willie Mullins and Gordon Elliott would never have scaled such heightsElliott might be ahead in the trainers’ championship but the shadow of his dominant rival looms large behind himMon Dec 22 2025 - 06:00
Paddy Power is not so mischievous any more but there’s still a dark side to what it doesThe bookmaker is a rising star on Wall Street but questions remain about its effectiveness at tackling gambling addictionSat Dec 20 2025 - 06:00
Even for great players like Mo Salah, the end can come suddenly and without warningThe Liverpool player’s precipitous drop in form and output is not an unusual phenomenon in sportMon Dec 15 2025 - 06:00
‘A seed was planted’: What is Jack Charlton’s legacy in Irish football? The Republic of Ireland’s unprecedented success under the manager inspired a generation, but not necessarily the FAISun Dec 14 2025 - 06:00
Ben O’Connor impresses on familiar turf but Munster mistakes frustrate an eager Páirc Uí Chaoimh crowdIn a game full of anxiety and errors the former Cork underage hurler put his hand up with a fine displaySat Dec 13 2025 - 20:29
Denis Walsh: GAA volunteers are taken for granted and now a reckoning has comeThe irony is that the longer someone volunteers in a club, the more they are actually taken for grantedMon Dec 08 2025 - 06:00
Conor Geaney free steals Munster title at the death for Dingle against St Finbarr’sStunning conclusion to final as Kerry side come from behind for most of the matchSun Dec 07 2025 - 17:14
All-Ireland winner George O’Connor on finding mental wellness after ‘years of pure hell’It takes courage to look for help, says the Wexford All-Ireland winner who has found contentment after a long struggle that included spells in residential careSat Dec 06 2025 - 06:00
Troy Parrott’s tears were a natural release from the helter-skelter of sporting endeavour‘In sport, crying has a different status. It excites a different line of questioning. Everyone assumes there must be something behind it’Mon Dec 01 2025 - 06:00
Ballygunner the undisputed kings of Munster as they see off Éire Óg to claim sixth provincial crown Dessie Hutchinson and Patrick Fitzgerald show their class in comfortable victory for Waterford championsSun Nov 30 2025 - 18:47
A long road of lessons learned brought Jason Ryan to BallygunnerFormer Wexford and Kildare manager looking to lead the Waterford champions back to Munster glory on SundaySat Nov 29 2025 - 06:00
In the end, oil money outlasted all the protests and sportswashing wonUproar faded away as murderous regime spent big in return for soft powerMon Nov 24 2025 - 06:00
Only Ireland’s courage saved them from a scoreboard thrashing against South AfricaIreland broke the law to survive but by breaking the law they had no chance of survivalSat Nov 22 2025 - 21:33
Why is South African rugby’s doping rap sheet much longer than everyone else’s? How can the IRFU know the extent of any use of banned substances in Irish schools?Fri Nov 21 2025 - 14:00
Succession planning the FAI way: Stunning World Cup campaign saves football bosses some botherHeimir Hallgrímsson well placed for new deal after securing World Cup playoff spotMon Nov 17 2025 - 06:00
Munster SHC semi-final: Éire Óg’s magic carpet ride continues after stunning extra-time winLoughmore-Castleiney had their chances but failed to score in the second period of extra-timeSun Nov 16 2025 - 18:10
Donal O’Rourke: ‘A lot of the talk out there was that Tipperary’s sweeper spooked Cork. That wasn’t the case’The 24/7 coach reflects on Cork’s All-Ireland defeat, Pat Ryan’s ‘devastating’ resignation, and a Déise homecomingSat Nov 15 2025 - 06:00
Would a male pundit ever be described as ‘the Fred West of football commentary’?Women soccer commentators still regular targets for prejudice and misogynyMon Nov 10 2025 - 06:00
‘The sessions are like a maths exam’: Managing the club-intercounty training balanceThe pattern of elite clubs looking for managers and coaches with intercounty experience is ingrained now – but at what point does playing for your local side stop being fun?Sat Nov 08 2025 - 06:00
The downfall of DJ Carey: Rumours, riches and a staggering mesh of fact and fictionThere were early accusations the hurling star was leveraging his name for money but Carey’s criminal scams took things to an entirely different levelMon Nov 03 2025 - 14:10
Denis Walsh: Joining an intercounty set-up is the biggest gamble any GAA player can takeAll over the country there are players who feel chewed up and spat outMon Nov 03 2025 - 06:00
Ballygunner keep up dominance over Limerick sides as strong finish sees off Na PiarsaighWaterford side suffer fright after going behind for the first time in the game with eight minutes remainingSun Nov 02 2025 - 18:49
Changes must come in Ireland squad as Andy Farrell faces biggest challenge yetIreland cannot go to the next World Cup with the same side that starts against New Zealand on SaturdayMon Oct 27 2025 - 06:00
The GAA and cocaine: ‘I saw the wildness that got into them after using this drug’Society’s drug issue poses a different challenge for the GAA than for other sporting bodies because it has always seen itself almost as a secular churchSat Oct 25 2025 - 06:00
Denis Walsh: Are you really opposed to cheating in sport? The Enhanced Games will do well in the United StatesMon Oct 20 2025 - 06:00
Cork SHC final: Jack O’Connor leads Sarsfields back to the top of the pileMidleton faced an uphill task after the loss of key players Conor Lehane and Eoin Moloney in the build up to finalSun Oct 19 2025 - 18:18
Andrew Porter: ‘I was lost, angry and missed my mum more than I thought was possible’ In his new book the Leinster and Ireland prop traces his once punishing self-criticism to his struggle with loss and grief as a boySat Oct 18 2025 - 06:00
Denis Walsh: Graham Lee’s hope and strength clear to see in impressive new documentary Nearly two years after a life-changing accident, the former jockey is drawing on some of the qualities that made him such a successful sportsman Mon Oct 13 2025 - 06:00
The rise of GAA super clubs has taken the romance out of the club championshipVarious county championships are dominated by a few clubs, who have almost professional set-upsSun Oct 12 2025 - 06:00
Savour this Golden Age of Irish golf as the future does not look as rosyOutside of McIlroy, Lowry and McKibbin, the last Irish player to win an event on the DP World Tour was in 2021Mon Oct 06 2025 - 06:00
Oisín Murphy: ‘Most of my destruction was done at home, getting drunk on my own’One of Europe’s top jockeys, in his new book Murphy admits to being a ‘deeply flawed young man’ in ceaseless conflict with himselfSun Oct 05 2025 - 06:00
Team Europe thought they held the moral high ground. In pro golf, there is no such thingIn his captain’s speech at the Ryder Cup, Luke Donald almost seemed to suggest money was a dirty wordMon Sept 29 2025 - 06:00
NFL brings riot of colour and noise to Croke Park as Steelers hold off late Vikings scoring raid Other sports fancy themselves as theatre but American football is pure sporting vaudevilleSun Sept 28 2025 - 20:08
Coming to Croke Park: Aaron Rodgers, US sporting great and castigated ‘critical thinker’The Pittsburgh Steelers player is among the best quarterbacks of all time but has attracted attention in recent years for leftfield pronouncements on a variety of subjectsSat Sept 27 2025 - 06:00
Denis Walsh: Patrick Horgan leaves a gaping hole that Cork will struggle to fillLongevity and durability set Horgan apart during his glittering intercounty careerWed Sept 24 2025 - 15:02
