Tiny allocation sees green army in Lyon scramble for ticketsIrish fans hope the French might love them enough to get them into the gameSat Jun 25 2016 - 01:02
Euro 2016: Republic’s fans recover voices in calm after stormAfter late triumph against Italy, Irish fans nurse their tonsilsFri Jun 24 2016 - 01:00
Robbie Brady’s late, late show sets up clash with hosts FranceOn night to remember against reeling Italians midfielder clinches qualification spotThu Jun 23 2016 - 01:00
Frank McNally: For Irish fans, only a win against Italy will doEuro 2016: There are musical events happening all over France. And some footballWed Jun 22 2016 - 01:00
Fans hope Ireland can distil kick-ass spirit from green grapesEuro 2016: Makers of cognac may have lesson for Martin O’Neill’s team as they face ItalyTue Jun 21 2016 - 01:00
French continue to be seduced by Irish charm at the EurosGAA county colours are donned in Bordeaux to help get over trauma of defeatMon Jun 20 2016 - 01:00
Frank McNally: Irish fans face last stand in LilleTalk of Belgian disunity counts for little in comprehensive victory over IrelandSun Jun 19 2016 - 09:15
Euro 2016: Glass is half full for Irish fans in BordeauxSupporters hope for a result in Belgium match that would extend their French adventureSat Jun 18 2016 - 01:00
Irish ready to clean up in battle to retain ‘best fans’ titleForget about football . . . real competition is to decide which team has the best supportersFri Jun 17 2016 - 01:00
Paris says ‘au revoir’ to Irish fans, but not all that sadlyAs fans head to Bordeaux, Parisians breathe a sigh of relief following ‘la folie Irlandaise’Thu Jun 16 2016 - 01:00
Euro 2016: Romantic Irish dream the dream in ParisThe party continues in France, but now soccer fans’ thoughts are turning to BelgiumWed Jun 15 2016 - 01:00
Green shirts take over ‘red light’ districtPost-Bataclan fears banished as fans send message that terrorists never winMon Jun 13 2016 - 22:35
Frank McNally: A game more exciting than Irish have right to expectWe discovered Republic of Ireland had a bit missing - namely, any defensive composureMon Jun 13 2016 - 21:54
Frank McNally: Fields of Athenry chime with MarseillaiseNot even heavy security has been able to spoil air of fraternity enveloping French capitalMon Jun 13 2016 - 01:00
Italia 90: All has changed since the day the nation held its breathThe people have transformed as much as the country – which was more untamed thenSun Jun 12 2016 - 23:00
Heathen Eden – An Irishman’s Diary about living next door to the Forbidden Fruit festivalThu Jun 09 2016 - 01:01
Nobel endeavour – An Irishman’s Diary about how WB Yeats won literature’s greatest prizeWed Jun 08 2016 - 01:01
A city making strange – An Irishman’s Diary on the quirks (and quarks) of DublinSat Jun 04 2016 - 01:01
Euro 2016: Frank McNally's A to Z guideAlbania to Zlatan, to a now slightly arthritic Joxer, here's everything you need to knowFri Jun 03 2016 - 10:00
An Irishman’s Diary about Tom Clarke, James Joyce, and the ‘Tit-Bits’ magazine insurance schemeFri Jun 03 2016 - 01:01
Not a pretty pass – An Irishman’s Diary about the horrors of getting a new passport pictureThu Jun 02 2016 - 01:01
Broadway to Heaven – An Irishman’s Diary about the Little Church Around the CornerSat May 28 2016 - 01:01
All chieftains great and small – An Irishman’s Diary about Hugh O’Neill (and some of his followers)Fri May 27 2016 - 01:01
Baggage carousel – An Irishman’s Diary about what happens when you lose all your valuables in StrasbourgThu May 26 2016 - 01:01
The art of potatoes – An Irishman’s Diary about Patrick Kavanagh, Antoine-Augustin Parmentier, and an exhibition at ImmaWed May 25 2016 - 01:01
Alsace but no sauce – An Irishman’s Diary about the Asparagus Festival of HoerdtSat May 21 2016 - 01:01
Pilgrim Progress – An Irishman’s Diary about Le Corbusier’s chapel at RonchampFri May 20 2016 - 01:01
A moveable feast – An Irishman’s Diary about the European Parliament in StrasbourgThu May 19 2016 - 01:01
Dublin’s Ha’penny Bridge reaches its 200th birthdayLandmark has survived despite criticism by WB Yeats and the scourge of ‘love locks’Thu May 19 2016 - 01:00
An Irishman’s Diary: Alison Hackett and Leonardo da VinciRenaissance man meets Renaissance womanSat May 07 2016 - 01:00
April mayhem – An Irishman’s Diary about Walpurgisnacht, Bealtaine, and the Battle of the SommeSat Apr 30 2016 - 01:00
How I became a city slicker – An Irishman’s Diary on the conveniences of life in DublinFri Apr 29 2016 - 01:00
Punchestown: Mr Softee’s 99s move slowly on a woeful dayFrank McNally: Results in keeping with the fickle weather as favourites lose outThu Apr 28 2016 - 01:00
Bard news – An Irishman’s Diary about Shakespeare, the anti-Stratford movement, and woollen bagpipesWed Apr 27 2016 - 01:00
The Wind that Shook South Georgia – An Irishman’s Diary about the 1916 Rising and the Voyage of the ‘James Caird’Sat Apr 23 2016 - 01:00
Brass Eternal – An Irishman’s Diary about Ireland’s oldest band – the St James’s Brass and ReedFri Apr 22 2016 - 01:00
Lands of the Rising Sun – An Irishman’s Diary about Cork, Japan, and running before breakfastThu Apr 21 2016 - 01:00
Letters after her name – An Irishman’s Diary about the strange fame of Helene HanffFri Apr 15 2016 - 01:00
Rooms for a rent – An Irishman’s Diary on the restored venue of the 1921 Treaty debatesWed Apr 13 2016 - 01:00
A shot to nothing – An Irishman’s Diary on the Dublin woman who tried to assassinate MussoliniSat Apr 09 2016 - 01:00
Leipzig on the Lee – An Irishman’s Diary about a postwar dystopia, set in CorkFri Apr 08 2016 - 01:00
Haitchers gonna haitch – An Irishman’s Diary on Hiberno-English and the Queen’s EnglishThu Apr 07 2016 - 01:00
