Martin O’Neill’s whole life has been leading up to answering Ireland’s callWho is more representative of the sheer strangeness of the football identity of this island?Tue Nov 05 2013 - 20:50
St Vincent’s emerge to threaten holders Ballymun’s crownNorthside giants set for a showdown in an intriguing Dublin senior football final at Parnell ParkSat Nov 02 2013 - 00:19
Portumna lift Galway SHC title with victory over Loughrea on poignant dayA minute’s silence was observed for Niall Donoghue before the senior matchMon Oct 28 2013 - 23:40
All-Ireland champions St Brigid’s easing into their strideRoscommon giants prove a class apart from gutsy Sligo champions TourlestraneMon Oct 28 2013 - 01:00
Genuine fans won’t compromise when it comes to quality sportInternational Rules has had its day and it’s time to call it a glorious failureSat Oct 26 2013 - 14:00
Carrickshock and Clara daring to dream as Kilkenny hosts a novel senior hurling finalVictory in Sunday’s decider would crown a momentous year for either clubSat Oct 26 2013 - 01:00
Magic Michael Murphy stars for Glenswilly after international exploitsGuides club to Donegal title with emphatic win over KillybegsMon Oct 21 2013 - 01:01
Hodgson likely to ride out the storm – until after the World Cup anywayDifficulties of managing at international level shown by the midweek treatment of England’s manager and our own Noel KingSat Oct 19 2013 - 02:00
Keys to the footballing Kingdom at stake as Stacks bid to end Dr Crokes’ four-in-a-row bidTraleee club keen to end a title drought stretching back to 1994Sat Oct 19 2013 - 01:00
All to easy for Corofin as Salthill fail to stop dominationGalway champions show sure signs of further progressionMon Oct 14 2013 - 01:00
Saracens forced to fight hard for victory in GalwayKieran Marmion inspires Connacht against English league leadersSat Oct 12 2013 - 12:35
Now is as good a time as any for Irish football to reinvent itselfTime to show the Joachim Löws of this world there is more to the Irish game than meets the eyeSat Oct 12 2013 - 01:00
Connacht have nothing to lose as Saracens arrive fearless on their European crusadeJohn Muldoon loves these Heineken Cup nights in Galway and feels there may be another upset on the cardsFri Oct 11 2013 - 01:00
While disappointed with results Pat Lam believes Connacht are heading in the right directionDespite last week’s defeat head coach is looking forward to facing Saracens on Friday nightWed Oct 09 2013 - 01:00
James Hunt and Niki Lauda drive a tale of dangerous lives in the fast lane‘Drive’ portrays a time when Formula One was rife with glamour and dangerSat Oct 05 2013 - 14:00
Banner folk basking in the glow of unexpected gloryAll-Ireland triumphs are a rare event in Clare and the mood in the county has been transformed by a famous victorySat Oct 05 2013 - 01:00
Davy tired and happy as epic season ends with young guns on top‘Flat out since February’ Clare boss gets his breath backMon Sept 30 2013 - 01:00
Clare bask in glory of perfect finale to a glorious summerO’Donnell the hat-trick hero for brilliant Banner but brave Cork play their full part too in an unforgettable All-Ireland hurling finalMon Sept 30 2013 - 01:00
Mayo’s underlying vulnerability evident throughout the summerEven as Mayo were growing over the summer, there were some nagging questionsSat Sept 28 2013 - 14:00
Organised Banner reaping the rewards for the systematic nurturing of underage talentFrom 2000-2007 Clare hardly won an underage game of note – now they are the game’s emerging standard-bearersSat Sept 28 2013 - 01:00
So near and yet so far, but dreams live on in a place that breathes footballThe wait for Sam continues, but Mayo people still have some reasons to be cheerfulTue Sept 24 2013 - 01:00
Dublin hold on to break Mayo hearts againOn a stunning autumn day in Croke Park the local boys finished the season as they startedMon Sept 23 2013 - 09:55
How many times can they walk away and find new ways of dealing with the same old hurt?Mayo defender Keith Higgins looks back on the chances that weren’t takenMon Sept 23 2013 - 01:00
Real Dubs fans love rural Ireland – they just wouldn’t want to live thereIt becomes difficult to tell real Dubs and half-Dubs apart. It is only on weekends like this the old loyalties re-emergeSat Sept 21 2013 - 14:00
Mayo: A county and a people seeking liberation from pastIt is beyond time for Mayo to free themselves from the ghosts of past defeatsSat Sept 21 2013 - 00:40
Gangsters and Goodfellas: the long journey from Ballyshannon to a New York jail cellOctogenarian Peter Daly lived a colourful life in New York, from NYPD cop to years in jail on drug chargesSat Sept 14 2013 - 01:00
All is quiet in the Kingdom camp . . . too damn quiet, if you ask meMost Kerry people are walking juke boxes when it comes to ballads about dead Kerry heroesSat Aug 31 2013 - 14:00
In New York, the sons and daughters of Mayo prepare to bring it all back home for SamFlights are already being booked for Mayo’s own Croke Park GatheringMon Aug 26 2013 - 01:04
Andy Moran’s steady hand on the Mayo tillerInspirational captain is fully fit again and eager to lead his side into another All-Ireland finalSat Aug 24 2013 - 01:26
Much-maligned Tyrone still a force to be reckoned withThey may not be the most popular team but Mickey Harte’s men still possess the hauteur and class of former championsSat Aug 24 2013 - 01:00
Manning gets 35 years for passing US files to WikiLeaksQuestions remain as to how former army private had access to military intelligenceThu Aug 22 2013 - 01:00
Manning’s legal team to seek pardon from ObamaWhistleblower to argue he acted out of love for country and duty to othersWed Aug 21 2013 - 22:00
Dunne accused of stonewalling during US bankruptcy hearingJudge told of significant bankruptcy case involving $630m of unsecured debtTue Aug 20 2013 - 22:59
So why aren’t you managing the Spurs, then?Anyhow how hard can it be to manage an elite football team?Sat Aug 17 2013 - 13:00
Bloomberg bequeathes mixed legacy to New YorkersMayor’s stop-and-frisk policy a delicate issue for would-be successorsSat Aug 17 2013 - 01:00
NSA breaches privacy of thousands of US citizensSnowden-leaked NSA audit shows 2,276 instances of unlawful surveillance in a yearSat Aug 17 2013 - 01:00
The man who transformed Liverpool in his own imageRed or Dead is a moving story about Bill Shankly, his era, and the club he builtSat Aug 10 2013 - 01:00
The foul and the furyThe GAA embodies some of the best aspects of Irish life, but also many of our imperfections. Sean Cavanagh’s tackle last weekend was a reflection of our national ambivalence towards rulesSat Aug 10 2013 - 01:00
Dawn Upshaw’s trajectory: no airs or gracesDawn Upshaw has had a stellar opera career but she’s not in the business of making the music rarefied and is just as likely to be heard humming BeyoncéFri Aug 09 2013 - 01:00
Mayo diaspora’s thoughts turn to September glorySwashbuckling display fills the emigrants with hope that this could finally be The Year for Mayo footballMon Aug 05 2013 - 06:00
Exchange of honest managerial opinions whets the appetite for massive Mayo/Donegal clashMcGuinness’s and Horan’s views a refreshing change from the usual bland statementsSat Aug 03 2013 - 13:00
Philipp Meyer: a cautionary tale in the heart of a historyPhilipp Meyer’s second novel is a sturdy Western and a portrait of the violent clashes and land clearances that facilitated the rise of the US. It poses the question, what is that country about?Sat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
Aidan O’Shea finally moves from minor part to leading roleA star at underage level, O’Shea has finally found his feet as a senior with MayoSat Aug 03 2013 - 01:00
New York GAA marching to the beat of their own unique drumArrival of some intercounty players in the summer doesn’t change the basic equation for those promoting GAA in the Big AppleSat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00
Home thoughts from abroad on the All-Ireland championships‘A lone Donegal fan was in an empty carriage and had his head in his hands. He cut a forlorn figure. Who says nobody cares about the provincial championship?’Sat Jul 27 2013 - 01:00
If you haven’t hit Clones on Ulster final day, sure you haven’t livedMonaghan on home soil taking on All-Ireland champions Donegal is an occasion of unique pomp and grandeurSat Jul 20 2013 - 11:00
Zimmerman trial verdict sparks protestsAcquittal of George Zimmerman reverberates across the USMon Jul 15 2013 - 08:11
Without even drinking from a World Cup, Brazil have a hangoverThere are already rumblings of disconent from South AmericaSat Jul 13 2013 - 12:00
