Malachy Clerkin: After some late speedbumps, France just want the World Cup to get started Owen Doyle’s refereeing column, the news from Stephen Kenny’s squad and yet another Manchester United player in trouble for domestic abuse allegationsTue Sept 05 2023 - 10:32
Malachy Clerkin: The Irish Open needs Rory McIlroy but the opposite isn’t always the caseThe latest from the Ireland camp in France, Ken Early on the Saudi disruptors and Ian O’Riordan on sticking with marathon training even if it goes off trackMon Sept 04 2023 - 10:02
FAI made the right decision on Vera Pauw but they have to come out and own it nowSilence from the association has left the public confused as to why the manager who got Ireland to their only World Cup has been sent packingSat Sept 02 2023 - 05:00
Malachy Clerkin: Richie Hogan was a golden hurler who made the rest of us feel joy and wonderInjuries ruined the back half of his career but the 2014 Hurler of the Year will always be remembered for his geniusFri Sept 01 2023 - 16:01
Malachy Clerkin: Vera Pauw comes out firing against the FAI as ruckus rages onRichard Fitzpatrick on Rubiales, Johnny Watterson on the Springboks, Brian O’Connor on dirt-track racing in America - all in your Irish Times this morningFri Sept 01 2023 - 11:51
Malachy Clerkin: Digging through the rubble of the end of the Vera Pauw eraKaren Duggan, Dave Hannigan and Ciarán Murphy are all on top form in their columns in the sports section todayThu Aug 31 2023 - 10:06
Malachy Clerkin: The Vera Pauw era ends after marathon FAI board meetingSoccer, racing and the return of Gordon D’Arcy all feature in today’s sports sectionWed Aug 30 2023 - 11:40
Malachy Clerkin: Bringing seven forwards off the bench isn’t good for safety in rugbyIreland’s World Cup opponents, Vera Pauw’s fate and an Irishman in the NFLTue Aug 29 2023 - 11:46
Malachy Clerkin: Ireland World Cup squad announced while Johnny Sexton admits to ‘regrets’The upcoming Rugby World Cup, the just-finished World Athletics Championships and Ken Early on Eddie Howe - all in your Irish Times this morningMon Aug 28 2023 - 10:41
Ireland 17 Samoa 13 as it happened - Sloppy performance but Ireland see it out in the endCian Healy’s World Cup in doubt as he is carried off with a first-half calf injurySat Aug 26 2023 - 22:19
David Clifford interview: ‘Our mom would have absolutely hated if we missed a game because of her’Kerry superstar, and club Fossa linchpin, reflects on a summer of loss, both on and off the pitchSat Aug 26 2023 - 05:00
Malachy Clerkin: When a sports administrator like Rubiales thinks he’s a rock star, it’s time to get ridLuis Rubiales sent Spain into convulsions this week, first with his behaviour at the World Cup final and then with his refusal to resignFri Aug 25 2023 - 19:42
Malachy Clerkin: The clock is ticking and Samoa game is last-chance saloon for Andy Farrell’s squadMason Greenwood, Rhasidat Adeleke and the disparity of frees awarded in hurling all feature in today’s sports pagesFri Aug 25 2023 - 09:32
Malachy Clerkin: Bittersweet mix of heartbreak and pride on the Rhasidat Adeleke rollercoasterRhasidat Adeleke finished fourth in her 400m final while optimism grows in the IRFU about Dan Sheehan’s recoveryThu Aug 24 2023 - 09:53
Malachy Clerkin: Ciara Mageean somewhere between a proud smile and a quiet tearReports and previews from the World Athletics Championships, news on Dan Sheehan from the Ireland rugby camp, all the latest on Jim McGuinnessWed Aug 23 2023 - 10:27
TV View: Virgin Media takes the Ryanair approach as everyone roars the house down for Ciara MageeanPortaferry’s finest can only finish fourth and Mark English does his stint in the dentist’s waiting roomTue Aug 22 2023 - 22:08
Malachy Clerkin: Jim McGuinness’ return makes Donegal a serious proposition againTeams saw Donegal as a soft touch in the league and championship last year, that will not happen again next yearTue Aug 22 2023 - 12:15
FT Ireland 29 England 10: Andy Farrell’s team win World Cup warm-up matchIreland make it four wins in a row against England, look back on the action as it happened ...Sat Aug 19 2023 - 19:37
Mason Greenwood saga is another example of the squalid, rudderless club Manchester United have becomeAllowing the saga to spill into the new season is in keeping with all the other fiascos from the past decadeSat Aug 19 2023 - 05:00
Ahead of his 100th cap, there might not be a more loved Ireland rugby player than Keith EarlsMunster winger presumed as recently as April that this day would never comeWed Aug 16 2023 - 05:00
Ireland camp remaining coy about Jack Conan’s injury progressJeremy Loughman has been drafted in as cover for Dave Kilcoyne but no update on whether Conan’s foot injury is a long-term worryTue Aug 15 2023 - 17:50
Football Review of the Year: Footballer of the Year contenders, Game of the Year, highs and lowsOur panel look back on a championship which failed to fully ignite but had moments of high drama and qualityMon Jul 31 2023 - 13:01
In possibly his last game for Dublin, James McCarthy shows why they got the gang back togetherThis All-Ireland was the ultimate One Last Job - it might be the last time we see some of the legends of the gameSun Jul 30 2023 - 20:50
Dublin get the gang back together to bring Sam Maguire back to the cityJames McCarthy hails his ninth All-Ireland title as the most special he has ever wonSun Jul 30 2023 - 20:37
Dublin hold nerve to see off Kerry in frenzied All-Ireland final endgameDessie Farrell’s side had more right answers after intense decider at Croke ParkSun Jul 30 2023 - 17:49
Ireland’s luck was out with the World Cup draw but the tournament told them the scale of the jobWherever this team goes now, they’ll always have those 44 minutes on Wednesday against Canada to build onSun Jul 30 2023 - 06:00
Dublin or Kerry? Our experts give their verdict on the All-Ireland football finalThe Irish Times GAA staff – plus special guest Cora Staunton – tease out the big questions that will decide the finalSun Jul 30 2023 - 06:00
It wasn’t a vintage All-Ireland, but Dublin and Kerry can deliver a grandstand finishThe one thing we can be sure of is that neither side will sit back and wait for a slow deathSat Jul 29 2023 - 06:00
The All-Ireland football final: By the numbersDublin have had 11 different goalscorers in this campaign, Kerry have had sevenFri Jul 28 2023 - 17:21
Ireland pay highest price for failure to apply the killer touch at World CupVera Pauw’s side weren’t able to make enough of the times they were dominant against Canada in the first halfWed Jul 26 2023 - 18:28
History-makers Limerick complete the four-in-a-row with dominant win over KilkennyJohn Kiely’s side put on a phenomenal second-half display to turn a nicely-poised final into a nine-point beatingSun Jul 23 2023 - 21:04
Another 30 points in a final as rampant Limerick have only history to play against nowFor the fourth All-Ireland final in a row, they’ve put up 30 points - only the greatest Kilkenny team had ever so much as done it once beforeSun Jul 23 2023 - 20:47
All-Ireland Hurling Final: By the numbersHegarty aiming to complete an amazing scoring sequence for the fourth year in a rowSun Jul 23 2023 - 12:59
LeBron and Limerick remind us that greatness is to be revelled in while we still have the chanceWe don’t talk about John Kiely’s side the way we did about Kilkenny and Dublin in the recent pastSat Jul 22 2023 - 06:00
Eoin Murphy and Nickie Quaid: The two best goalkeepers in hurling face off in a final for the agesEoin Murphy and Nickie Quaid have followed similar career paths and will be crucial to the outcome this weekendSat Jul 22 2023 - 05:00
Ireland were doing so well until Marissa Sheva’s lapse in concentrationThere was no badness in the challenge but it was a stonewall penalty that ruined all of Ireland’s good work up to thenThu Jul 20 2023 - 16:00
Chrissy McKaigue did as much as he could to stop David Clifford but Kerry’s marvel found a wayDerry came so close to making the final but a trio of killer wides in the second half were the differenceSun Jul 16 2023 - 20:49
Thank the GAA for Ireland’s Women’s World Cup soccer starsAmber Barrett, Niamh Fahey and many more of the Ireland squad come from a Gaelic football backgroundSun Jul 16 2023 - 08:00
Down the stretch, Dublin showed exactly why they got the gang back togetherWith Brian Fenton, Jack McCaffrey, Paul Mannion to the fore, they outscored Monaghan 1-5 to 0-1 after the hour markSat Jul 15 2023 - 21:40
The Monaghan man who brought the GAA to Dublin’s north inner-city When Brendan Crawley was a teacher in Dorset Street in the 1970s, he set up Matt Talbot GFC and opened up a portal to the worldSat Jul 15 2023 - 05:00
Dele Alli’s interview is astonishing – what a pity it had to be sponsored by a gambling companyGary Neville handled the whole thing with intelligence and empathy but SkyBet’s constant ads sounded a bum noteSat Jul 15 2023 - 05:00
Braying donkeys fail to shine a light on GAAGO - or on very much of anything reallyCommittee hearing was supposed to be about the future of sports broadcasting but got mired in the usual parish pump nonsenseWed Jul 12 2023 - 20:29
Kilkenny through to All-Ireland final as Clare fall into a pothole they dug for themselvesBy sacrificing a forward, Brian Lohan’s side paid far too much respect to the Leinster champions and ended up with too much to do in the second halfMon Jul 10 2023 - 05:00
All-Ireland hurling semi-final as it happened: Limerick blitz Galway to make finalMonstrous second-half display leaves John Kiely’s men on course for the four-in-a-rowSat Jul 08 2023 - 21:05
After a few dull years it’s about time All-Ireland hurling semi-final weekend thrilled us againAs Limerick have come back to the pack the other three counties surely arrive in Croke Park thinking ‘why not us?’Sat Jul 08 2023 - 05:00
History echoes for Limerick as they try to replace the irreplaceable Declan HannonWill Kyle Hayes line out at 6 in Saturday’s semi-final, or will Cian Lynch perform the kind of switch made famous by Éamonn Cregan in 1973?Fri Jul 07 2023 - 17:17
Mayo people will put up with a lot but they won’t accept meek surrenderThe Weekend That Was: Kevin McStay was probably correct that it hadn’t been a bad season, but the assertion was a little tin-eared given the ritual slaughter that had just taken placeMon Jul 03 2023 - 15:46
Malachy Clerkin: Echoes of 2019 as Dublin crush Mayo straight after half-timeA game that looked to be in the balance at the break swung for the Dubs in the space of just five minutesSun Jul 02 2023 - 21:29
On a war footing, Kerry signal intent with bullish victory over TyroneEven with David Clifford on an off-day, Kerry only took an hour to bury the idea that this is a wide open championshipSat Jul 01 2023 - 19:14
Armagh and Monaghan rivalry a competitive affair devoid of emnityBoth counties are akin to boxers staring each other down at the weigh-in before sharing a cab back to the hotelSat Jul 01 2023 - 05:00
