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Paul Howard: I said I’d never love another dog as much as I loved Humphrey. I was wrong

Paul Howard: I said I’d never love another dog as much as I loved Humphrey. I was wrong

‘These two puppies walk around the house, shoulder to shoulder, like cops on the beat. Feeding time is chaos. But we don’t care. We remember the silence’

Sun Nov 10 2024 - 06:00

Obsessed. The Autobiography by Johnny Sexton: One of the best Irish sports books ever written

Obsessed. The Autobiography by Johnny Sexton: One of the best Irish sports books ever written

Paul Howard hails a frank and revealing book that achieves the rare feat of being worthy of the brilliant career that preceded it

Sat Oct 12 2024 - 05:00

Paul Howard on the Falkland Islands: ‘Coming here confirms the stupid wastefulness of it all’

Paul Howard on the Falkland Islands: ‘Coming here confirms the stupid wastefulness of it all’

This was number one on the writer’s bucket list, but a lifelong fascination culminates in a tour that leaves him ‘dark and depressed’

Mon Sept 23 2024 - 05:00

Paul Howard: I never loved an animal as much as I loved Humphrey. For 13 and a half years, he was my constant companion

Paul Howard: I never loved an animal as much as I loved Humphrey. For 13 and a half years, he was my constant companion

As all dog lovers know, our lives are so very long by comparison, making it always feel too soon to say goodbye

Sun Jun 30 2024 - 05:00

Cathal Lombard’s Olympics story sounded too good to be true. In the end, it was

Cathal Lombard’s Olympics story sounded too good to be true. In the end, it was

Athlete went in a year from being barely known outside of Cork to preparing for the 2004 Athens Olympics as the fastest non-African in the world over 10,000m. It really was too good to be true

Sat Jun 29 2024 - 06:00

‘If he had his pipe in his mouth, I was playing well’: Victor Costello on his father’s influence in his success

‘If he had his pipe in his mouth, I was playing well’: Victor Costello on his father’s influence in his success

Paddy Costello was a shot putter, an international rugby player and an inspiration to his son, to whom he conveyed tips through his deeds, notes and pipe

Sat Jun 15 2024 - 06:00

Requiem for a middleweight: the life and death of Darren Sutherland

Requiem for a middleweight: the life and death of Darren Sutherland

He was an Olympic medallist, but that was only one side of Sutherland. Fifteen years after his death, his family continues to remember him as the ‘amazing man’ he was outside the ring

Sat Jun 08 2024 - 06:00

Paul Howard on that most peculiar craft – writing, an act of daring

Paul Howard on that most peculiar craft – writing, an act of daring

It’s such an eclectic mix of material – from an ode to Smithfield, to the sporting Tallafornian

Tue May 17 2022 - 00:00

Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes: Simply superb

Again, Rachel by Marian Keyes: Simply superb

Book review: ‘She is hands down the funniest writer in the business,’ says Paul Howard

Sun Feb 20 2022 - 06:00

Paul Howard: ‘I thought I was having a heart attack. That was how it started’

Paul Howard: ‘I thought I was having a heart attack. That was how it started’

I’ve been drawing up a list of all the things I plan to eat after my operation has been completed

Sun Aug 22 2021 - 06:00

Chris de Burgh on the power of live music: ‘Last time I stood on stage was 572 days ago’

Chris de Burgh on the power of live music: ‘Last time I stood on stage was 572 days ago’

‘In this pandemic, music seems to have been shuffled right down to the bottom of the pile’

Sat Jul 03 2021 - 06:00

Paul Howard: Ten things I’ve learned writing Ross O’Carroll-Kelly

Paul Howard: Ten things I’ve learned writing Ross O’Carroll-Kelly

I have changed Ireland in one small way – causing the demise of the name Ross

Sat Apr 03 2021 - 06:00

Paul Howard: My top 20 Larry David Moments

Paul Howard: My top 20 Larry David Moments

My lockdown project has been to catalogue my experiences of excruciating embarrassment

Sun Aug 30 2020 - 06:00

Italia 90: In a quiet Transylvania bar, Daniel Timofte’s missed penalty still haunts him

Italia 90: In a quiet Transylvania bar, Daniel Timofte’s missed penalty still haunts him

Paul Howard remembers meeting the man on the other side of Ireland’s greatest moment

Tue Jun 23 2020 - 06:00

Paul Howard: Love affair with Liverpool tugging at my heartstrings again

Paul Howard: Love affair with Liverpool tugging at my heartstrings again

The club’s glory years in my childhood have proved frustratingly elusive ever since

Sat Apr 27 2019 - 07:00

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