Tiger Woods didn’t have a chance against the machine of fame, but that doesn’t excuse him
Addiction is a scourge that warrants sympathy, but a wealthy man with a history of car accidents should employ a driver
Pádraig O’Hora: ‘My answer isn’t in the pub. My answer is in the sea or it’s on the mountain’
The ex-Mayo footballer is always searching for peace of mind – over the next two months, he will try to find it on the world’s highest mountain
Séamus Coleman keeps pushing his Ireland team-mates to the very last drop of effort
If this was his final time in an Ireland jersey, he couldn’t have left very much more on the pitch
Seán O’Shea shows how hard it is to be a great Kerry footballer in a David Clifford world
Nobody in Kerry history has scored more points than the player Jack O’Connor calls the spiritual leader of the dressingroom
Malachy Clerkin: A brutal end but the seeds sown by Ireland’s campaign will sprout long into the future
Just as nothing lifts the country like an Ireland football team going well, nothing hurts like the dashed hopes of nearly getting there
Ireland gave everything in war of attrition but the Czechs held their nerve in the shoot-out
For so long, Heimir Hallgrímsson’s side were good enough to go through but in the end, penalties sent them crashing out
Thirty years of highs and lows: The most memorable moments from Ireland’s playoff history
Thirty years of highs and lows, including a farewell at Anfield, a melee in Turkey, joy in Iran and scandal in Paris
With more ups and downs than a trampoline park, there’s nothing like the last day of the league
Longford and Wexford are promoted with the last kicks of their campaigns, Dublin are relegated with theirs
Michael Lyster, long-time presenter of The Sunday Game, dies aged 71
Taoiseach Micheál Martin pays tribute to ’a moderniser of sport broadcasting’
Malachy Clerkin: Fifa’s risible punishment of Israeli FA is a dereliction of duty
The world governing body was scathing in its condemnation of the IFA for discrimination but let it off with a slap on the wrist
From the airport to the maternity ward – where were you for Troy Parrott’s goal?
Ireland’s winner in Budapest was an explosion where the shrapnel came in the form of smiles and tears and hugs with strangers
Kieran McGeeney’s quest for clarity in the rules is a doomed pursuit
The Weekend That Was: It was ironic the Armagh manager cost his team a point against Dublin for breaking a rule that had got rid of a grey area
‘Le solo, le passe à la main’: How Armagh’s Rory Grugan has been promoting Gaelic football in France
The All-Ireland winner on his winter spent teaching Gaelic football through French in France
Rampant Armagh come from behind to see off low-energy Dublin in relegation battle
Oisín Conaty scores wonder goal as Kieran McGeeney’s side overturned 11-point deficit
Malachy Clerkin: Jockeys’ staged TV handshake won’t make racism row go away
Declan Queally’s complaint about Nico de Boinville cannot be brushed off as a tiff between two competitors