Crying about Leinster’s press coverage makes Leo Cullen look a bit sillyNotion that the gilded princes of Irish sport are given a hard time by media is laughable to those involved in every other sportSat May 09 2026 - 06:00
Rob Finnerty moves out of the shadows of Shane Walsh and Damien Comer as Galway’s leader With Pádraic Joyce’s two marquee forwards besieged by injuries over the past three seasons, Finnerty is stepping up in a big waySat May 09 2026 - 06:00
Weekend’s GAA fixtures, throw-in times and TV details, including Kerry v CorkWaterford hurlers will have their work cut out against Cork, while the Rebel footballers might just fancy their chances against KerryFri May 08 2026 - 21:58
Last-minute goal saves Waterford in thriller with careless All-Ireland champions TipperaryKevin Mahony’s 75th-minute strike was a fitting end to a chaotic and glorious second-half comeback for the home sideSun Apr 26 2026 - 20:06
Malachy Clerkin: So, are we going to keep submitting to misogynistic abuse?This week it was the turn of Karren Brady and Vogue Williams to find themselves in the crosshairs of online misogynistsSat Apr 25 2026 - 06:00
The Roscommon enigma: ‘Give us no chance and we could upset the odds. Give us every chance and we might let you down’Rossies often punch above their weight yet are without a win in Croke Park since 1980Sat Apr 25 2026 - 06:00
Kilkenny miles off the pace in 15-point defeat to improving GalwayRed card for John Donnelly pivotal as Derek Lyng’s side post their worst Leinster championship defeat in 36 years Sat Apr 18 2026 - 19:33
Malachy Clerkin: Kobe McDonald is a reminder that GAA people are as selfish as pro sports fansPressuring intercounty players to devote themselves to club and county is just as tawdry as the AFL picking them off for profitSat Apr 18 2026 - 06:00
All-Ireland hurling championship power rankings: Where is your county in the pecking order? Denis Walsh, Seán Moran, Gordon Manning and Malachy Clerkin rank the teams gunning for Liam MacCarthySat Apr 18 2026 - 06:00
LIV Golf made the other tours smarten up but if the Saudis kill it off, it won’t be missedThe breakaway golf league was little more than a sportswashing project and now it looks like it has outlived its usefulnessThu Apr 16 2026 - 11:24
Rory McIlroy’s second Masters win was spectacular in its non-McIlroynessThe Masters champion kept his head while all around are losing theirs. Who ever thought we’d see the day?Mon Apr 13 2026 - 09:21
Malachy Clerkin: It’s clear Gaelic football rules aren’t quite right yet – but throw it in, refAny other tweaks and nips and tucks to football rules will have to wait until after the championshipFri Apr 10 2026 - 13:00
Tiger Woods didn’t have a chance against the machine of fame, but that doesn’t excuse himAddiction is a scourge that warrants sympathy, but a wealthy man with a history of car accidents should employ a driverFri Apr 03 2026 - 14:59
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 mountainThu Apr 02 2026 - 12:00
Séamus Coleman keeps pushing his Ireland team-mates to the very last drop of effortIf this was his final time in an Ireland jersey, he couldn’t have left very much more on the pitchTue Mar 31 2026 - 22:36
Seán O’Shea shows how hard it is to be a great Kerry footballer in a David Clifford worldNobody in Kerry history has scored more points than the player Jack O’Connor calls the spiritual leader of the dressingroomSun Mar 29 2026 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: A brutal end but the seeds sown by Ireland’s campaign will sprout long into the futureJust as nothing lifts the country like an Ireland football team going well, nothing hurts like the dashed hopes of nearly getting thereFri Mar 27 2026 - 15:12
Ireland gave everything in war of attrition but the Czechs held their nerve in the shoot-outFor so long, Heimir Hallgrímsson’s side were good enough to go through but in the end, penalties sent them crashing outThu Mar 26 2026 - 23:12
Thirty years of highs and lows: The most memorable moments from Ireland’s playoff historyThirty years of highs and lows, including a farewell at Anfield, a melee in Turkey, joy in Iran and scandal in Paris Wed Mar 25 2026 - 12:59
With more ups and downs than a trampoline park, there’s nothing like the last day of the leagueLongford and Wexford are promoted with the last kicks of their campaigns, Dublin are relegated with theirsSun Mar 22 2026 - 18:28
Michael Lyster, long-time presenter of The Sunday Game, dies aged 71Taoiseach Micheál Martin pays tribute to ’a moderniser of sport broadcasting’Sun Mar 22 2026 - 15:52
Malachy Clerkin: Fifa’s risible punishment of Israeli FA is a dereliction of dutyThe world governing body was scathing in its condemnation of the IFA for discrimination but let it off with a slap on the wristSun Mar 22 2026 - 06:00
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 strangersSat Mar 21 2026 - 06:00
Kieran McGeeney’s quest for clarity in the rules is a doomed pursuitThe 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 areaMon Mar 16 2026 - 12:53
‘Le solo, le passe à la main’: How Armagh’s Rory Grugan has been promoting Gaelic football in FranceThe All-Ireland winner on his winter spent teaching Gaelic football through French in FranceSun Mar 15 2026 - 06:00
Rampant Armagh come from behind to see off low-energy Dublin in relegation battleOisín Conaty scores wonder goal as Kieran McGeeney’s side overturned 11-point deficitSat Mar 14 2026 - 22:29
Malachy Clerkin: Jockeys’ staged TV handshake won’t make racism row go awayDeclan Queally’s complaint about Nico de Boinville cannot be brushed off as a tiff between two competitorsFri Mar 13 2026 - 17:42
Professional gambler Johnny Dineen: ‘It’s all I’ve ever done and it’s all I’m ever going to do’The popular racing pundit and ex-bookmaker makes his living gambling on horse racing but accepts it’s not a life for everyoneSun Mar 08 2026 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Seven Cheltenham storylines that have nothing to do with bettingFrom Harry Redknapp to Jimmy Mangan, the festival tells its stories like no other sporting week in the calendarSat Mar 07 2026 - 06:00
Ireland player ratings: Emily Murphy and Caitlin Hayes outstanding as Ireland come up just shortThe Newcastle United inside forward was a fizzing box of fireworks all night against vaunted French oppositionTue Mar 03 2026 - 21:40
Kobe McDonald in sparkling form again as Mayo see it out against Armagh in thrillerSchoolboy sub stars as Kieran McGeeney’s relegation-threatened side rack up fourth defeat in a rowSun Mar 01 2026 - 18:48
Malachy Clerkin: The GAA’s split season is a success – so why are we still debating it?It’s okay for those of us who said the GAA were mad to move the All-Ireland finals from September to admit we were wrongSat Feb 28 2026 - 06:00
Mark Robson on his abuser: ‘When he died, I went through a terrible time because I wanted to kill him’Rugby commentator has spent his life putting himself back together after being abused by paedophile Lindsay Brown when he was 11Sat Feb 28 2026 - 06:00
Jim McGuinness defends Kieran McGeeney’s kick-out ‘piggery’ depiction as fair comment‘It becomes a game of chance and the ball’s going to bounce one way or another’Sun Feb 22 2026 - 19:38
Kieran McGeeney counts the cost of Armagh’s wasteful shooting as Donegal move clear at the topLate Oisin Conaty penalty miss costs the home side at the Athletic GroundsSun Feb 22 2026 - 19:20
If Ireland decide not to play Israel, it will have nothing to do with anti-Semitism Irish football has perfectly legitimate reasons to pull out if it so wishes – the game here deserves better than any accusation of prejudiceSat Feb 21 2026 - 06:00
Ciarán Kilkenny responds to Ger Brennan’s ‘creative tension’ in his 15th season for DublinThe veteran Dublin player was substituted with the game in the balance against Monaghan on Saturday, a very rare occurrenceMon Feb 16 2026 - 12:00
Wasteful Dublin see off even more wasteful Monaghan as visitors miss six goal chancesGer Brennan’s side pick up the first league points of 2026 thanks to a late goal by sub Joe Quigley on his debutSat Feb 14 2026 - 22:06
The whole world will be watching Ireland v Israel. The FAI cannot mess this upNavigating the months ahead will require strong leadership and deft handling, qualities that have not been the FAI’s strong suitFri Feb 13 2026 - 10:03
Poor structures, underage failures and ageing stars: Why has the Dublin conveyor belt stopped?Ger Brennan may well cut All-Ireland winners from his panel but there’s no evidence that the young guns exist to replace themThu Feb 12 2026 - 12:50
Malachy Clerkin: Gaelic football’s old friend appeared the other day, out of the clear blue sky The evidence on the first two weeks of the league is that the stats Poindexters are being ignored in favour of lorrying it inSun Feb 08 2026 - 06:00
The player drain in women’s Gaelic football won’t end anytime soonWithin the next couple of seasons, Irish contingent in the AFLW is expected to rise to 50 playersSat Feb 07 2026 - 06:00
Donegal make hard work of it, but there is no such thing as a bad win over KerryJim McGuinness’s team were pretty comfortable, although the odd weakness will have to be worked onSun Feb 01 2026 - 19:00
Malachy Clerkin: Sport Ireland must avoid Rowing Ireland’s Oireachtas committee woesDáil hearings useful in holding sporting bodies’ feet to the fire, but they do not get to the nitty-grittySat Jan 31 2026 - 06:00
Jim McGuinness can sniff out disrespect in an instant, but chasing Kerry matters above allFallout from All-Ireland final no-show adds to significance of Sunday’s league game against championsSat Jan 31 2026 - 06:00
Jake Morris sees Tipperary home but Galway can take heart from defiant league openerOn a rotten night for hurling, the All-Ireland champions were put to the pin of their collar by Micheál Donoghue’s sideSat Jan 24 2026 - 21:34
NFL previews: Donegal aiming to upset the odds by beating refreshed Dublin in league openerMcGrath Cup losers Kerry missing players as they begin title defence against weakened RoscommonSat Jan 24 2026 - 06:00
Intercounty managers reborn as coaches all the rage as counties expand their expertiseA quarter of the counties setting out on this year’s football league have former intercounty managers among their coaching staffSat Jan 24 2026 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Welcome back to the league, the faithful droopy-eyed hound of the GAA familyMany teams have real problems they’ll want to fix in the next two monthsFri Jan 23 2026 - 15:44
NFL Division Four: Wicklow and Longford chasing promotion, with Carlow and Antrim in the mixWith no mid-range team slumming it in the basement division, this is the best chance in a while for teams to escape itMon Jan 19 2026 - 19:00
