Alan Shipnuck on LIV Golf: ‘Everything happened in secret. Every negotiation, every deal, every betrayal’New book LIV and Let Die shows nuances and shades of grey in golf’s response to breakaway tourSat Nov 04 2023 - 06:00
Johnny Sexton is wrong: Ireland needed more than a quarter-final exit to inspire the nationMaking a World Cup final would have expanded Irish rugby’s circle enormously; going out in the quarter-final again made it feel no differentSat Oct 28 2023 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: At my uncle’s funeral, we talked football, fathers and Jack McCarronThe Scotstown player transferred from a tiny club to the only superclub in the county but in the week we buried my uncle, I’m inclined to give him a passSat Oct 21 2023 - 17:54
Bluffer’s Guide to Ireland going out of the Rugby World CupHow to talk the talk following Ireland’s defeat to New Zealand – if you can stomach it . . .Sun Oct 15 2023 - 10:10
Billy McCarthy glad to be back in a county final after doing his cruciate three times in two yearsThurles Sarsfields hurler was set to reach the top of the game but injuries have made it a long and lonely road just to get back on the pitchSun Oct 15 2023 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: In bleak times, the sheer comedy value of Conor McGregor is to be treasuredDespite winning one fight in seven years, the former MMA champion has caused the UFC to split with its drug-testing agency because of disagreements around his comebackSat Oct 14 2023 - 06:30
Ireland confirmed as co-hosts of Euro 2028 as Uefa accepts joint bid with UKTwo separate bids were presented to Uefa’s 18-person executive committee in Nyon on TuesdayTue Oct 10 2023 - 14:13
Bluffer’s Guide: How to talk the talk after Ireland’s 36-14 win over ScotlandPeople are going to be talking rugby at you for the next while - here’s what to say (and what not to say)Sun Oct 08 2023 - 11:10
Brian Fenton: ‘For sure I’ll be back next year. I’d love to do 10 seasons for Dublin’The Dublin midfielder says his club’s run to only their third ever semi-final has taken him by surpriseSat Oct 07 2023 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: The Liverpool offside fiasco shows why football needs more VAR, not less of itThe way you kill off conspiracy theories is by making VAR a transparent, smooth-running and functional piece of game administration - not the clown show we saw last weekendFri Oct 06 2023 - 18:16
Malachy Clerkin: Great that Euro 2028 is coming to Ireland, but enough already with the guff about its legacyThe Europan Championships are coming so prepare to spend the next five years listening to endless nonsense from the FAI and GovernmentWed Oct 04 2023 - 13:35
Eamon Dunphy’s classic ‘Only A Game?’ is still as fresh and real as ever, 50 years later‘I did it to try and understand myself. And also to try and give young lads a sense of what this game was really like. Because everybody wanted to be a footballer. But this is pain’Sun Oct 01 2023 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: It’s okay not to take the so-called big issues in the GAA all that seriouslyWe get far too caught up in debating the minutiae of every little thing in the associationSat Sept 30 2023 - 06:00
Ryder Cup: Europe dominate USA as Rory McIlroy wins both his matchesRory McIlroy and Tommy Fleetwood make it 4-0 on the opening morning foursomes on FridayFri Sept 29 2023 - 18:05
Malachy Clerkin: Rory McIlroy shows the LIV golfers what they’re missing out on at the Ryder CupFrom broken down TGVs to the disconnect in Irish women’s football to Shane Lowry’s GAA background ...Thu Sept 28 2023 - 10:31
Malachy Clerkin: New era for Ireland as they hammer hapless HungaryFootball from Budapest, golf from Rome, rugby from France and Katie Taylor in Dublin - all in your morning Irish Times sports coverageWed Sept 27 2023 - 10:57
Katie Taylor: ‘I want to be involved in history-making fights’Chantelle Cameron camp annoyed at having to come back to Dublin for the rematch after beating Taylor first time around in MayTue Sept 26 2023 - 19:43
Malachy Clerkin: It’s Ryder Cup week and Rory McIlroy is laughing at himselfThe fall-out from the weekend in Paris, anticipation of what’s to come in Rome and Mary Hannigan in Budapest, all in your Irish Times Sport this morningTue Sept 26 2023 - 10:47
Malachy Clerkin: Ireland’s World Cup bandwagon just keeps growing and growingThe win over South Africa, Europe’s Solheim Cup triumph, a landmark day at Lansdowne and the north London Derby are all on the plate in today’s Irish Times SportMon Sept 25 2023 - 11:57
TV View: Exhausted Jerry Flannery put through the emotional wringer as Ireland beat the SpringboksRTÉ misstepped when jumping back to studio just as 40,000 Irish fans started to launch into the chorus of ZombieSun Sept 24 2023 - 12:28
Kerry’s Tony Brosnan was five days away from his first All-Ireland football final. Then his lung collapsedAfter a nightmarish few weeks the Kerry forward made a surprise return for his club, Dr Crokes, last SundaySun Sept 24 2023 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Ryder Cup far less fun without players who left for LIV GolfNo Ryder Cup complete without players willing to make a show of themselves, but pantomime villains have left to take the Saudi moneySat Sept 23 2023 - 06:00
Kellie Harrington: ‘I’m sorry for the tweet I put up. I’m sorry for the hurt that I caused’The Olympic champion got embroiled in a Twitter controversy about immigration and compounded it by getting annoyed in an Off The Ball interview - now she says the presenter ‘was just doing his job’Sat Sept 16 2023 - 05:00
Malachy Clerkin: So what if Evan Ferguson is fit to play for Brighton? Isn’t that what we want?Missing out on the games against France and the Netherlands was the right thing for the player, which is ultimately going to be the right thing for IrelandFri Sept 15 2023 - 18:48
East Belfast GAA will keep thriving, regardless of the bomb threats and the hate‘If this was a club in any other part of the country, in the South, there’d be uproar over it,’ says club member Dave McGreevySun Sept 10 2023 - 05:00
Malachy Clerkin: Please, rugby. Don’t ruin the Rugby World Cup for the rest of usThe country is genuinely excited for the next seven weeks but the more you claim rugby as the most popular sport in Ireland, the less goodwill you’ll findFri Sept 08 2023 - 14:30
Rory McIlroy digs and claws out round to flip the script on his Irish Open opening dayWhere Shane Lowry played liquid golf, McIlroy looked gassed but he only finished a shot behind his fellow IrishmanThu Sept 07 2023 - 15:51
Malachy Clerkin: Stephen Kenny’s bad run of luck looks set to continue against FranceA Euro qualifier, an Irish Open, a World Cup opener and a column on gun violence in American high school football, all in your Irish Times Sport this morning.Thu Sept 07 2023 - 10:45
Rory McIlroy lends mesmeric aura to an event that craves his presenceThe superstar’s presence at the K Club lends a completely different weight to the Irish OpenWed Sept 06 2023 - 22:54
Evan Ferguson’s injury demolishes any lingering optimism over European campaignThe Republic of Ireland’s players still believe, Paul O’Connell’s optimism and the murky world of the GAA rule-bookWed Sept 06 2023 - 09:21
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
