‘People were shocked and amazed . . . they could not believe the tranquility of it all’This was the summer the Irish came to Aran, in the strangest tourist season in recent memorySat Sept 05 2020 - 02:33
Sporting upsets: ‘Boring’ Arsenal snatch the league from under Liverpool’s noses in 1989The title was destined for a city haunted by tragedy - Michael Thomas didn’t read the scriptMon Aug 31 2020 - 06:00
Sideline Cut: Emboldened NBA stars take protest to a new level in seismic weekPlayers’ burning sense of anger boils over and this time around the show did not go onSat Aug 29 2020 - 07:00
Why We Swim: A love letter to swimming, crammed with facts and personal storiesBook review: Bonnie Tsui looks at swimming culture and skill with a memoir-like qualitySun Aug 23 2020 - 06:00
Irish sport prospers in spite of a political system that doesn’t give a damnAll sports organisations in this country are doing their level bestSat Aug 22 2020 - 08:00
It’s taken a global pandemic to show that the GAA is local to its very coreThere has never been a bigger appetite for club games among a national audienceSat Aug 22 2020 - 06:00
My sporting disappointment: Jimmy White and the elusive World ChampionshipThe Whirlwind was alluring and made it all feel possible but never tasted Crucible gloryMon Aug 10 2020 - 06:00
Shots in the Dark: A portrait of Britain as a struggling teamBook review: David Kynaston takes the UK’s temperature as old certainties crumbleTue Aug 04 2020 - 06:00
Sporting Cathedrals: How the Olympiastadion overcame historyThe stadium still stands as one of the most intact physical symbols of the Nazi regimeMon Aug 03 2020 - 08:00
On and off court, LeBron James remains a voice of justice in the USKeith Duggan: In strange season, Lakers star is insistent on justice for Breonna TaylorSat Aug 01 2020 - 08:00
Connemara’s tourism industry rides seasonal tide but fears uncertain futureCovid-19 has changed Connemara’s season, removing the people that are its lifebloodSat Aug 01 2020 - 01:00
The former NBA coach who is teaching Connacht ‘the why’David Howarth is enjoying the less ‘shiny’ world of rugby after life in the NBASat Jul 25 2020 - 06:00
Keith Duggan: Mike Tyson’s aura of wildness still defining his second actFormer champion is making a return to the ring for what will be a huge pay daySat Jul 25 2020 - 06:00
Keith Duggan: An empty Madison Square Garden locker room, Patrick Ewing and meHouses of Sport: First visit to New York’s most famous arena was quite an experienceMon Jul 20 2020 - 06:00
Keith Duggan: For so many, Jack Charlton’s voice was the soundtrack to IrelandSecond Captains clip of interview with Jimmy Armfield brought it all back homeFri Jul 17 2020 - 18:00
Keith Duggan: Bubba Wallace tweet shows just how troubled Donald Trump’s mind isWhile a pandemic rages, the commander-in-chief falls back on what he knows bestSat Jul 11 2020 - 07:00
Andy Moran on moving on from a Mayo career that glowed golden to the end‘There was no regret. But still, you do have a massive void in your life’Sat Jul 11 2020 - 06:00
Game Changers: Futuristic views set Herbert Chapman apartLegendary Arsenal manager was ahead of his time on and off the pitch in every wayWed Jul 08 2020 - 06:00
The Best Of Times: Taylor’s triumph a beautiful, unforgettable moment of perfectionAugust 10th, 2012: Keith Duggan reports from the ExCeL Arena in LondonMon Jun 29 2020 - 06:00
30 years of frustration melt away as Liverpool finally reclaim their perchFor the supporters of certain generations, and the overseas army, this is the sweetest of triumphsSat Jun 27 2020 - 08:00
Harsh reality of being a pro footballer in Ireland laid bare in documentaryCraig Speer had unique access to out-of-contract players as they battled to stay in the gameSat Jun 27 2020 - 06:00
Keith Duggan: How we could all do with a dose of that Italia 90 feeling just now30 years ago it seemed like the whole of Ireland burst out on to the streets at the same timeFri Jun 26 2020 - 06:00
FG will try to form a government, ‘but not at any price’This is the start of a realignment in Irish politics; it is time for FG to get radicalFri Jun 26 2020 - 01:00
Keith Duggan: West mourns two men at the beating heart of GAADeaths of Brendan Coffey and Garda Colm Horkan remind us what’s really importantSat Jun 20 2020 - 06:00
Hoteliers see light at end of the tunnel after ‘avalanche of setbacks’West coast businesses make changes in hope public will return after bewildering few monthsFri Jun 19 2020 - 01:27
Greens wary over lack of detail in ‘vague’ programme for governmentMembers believe it will take a lot of persuasion to get two-thirds to endorse documentThu Jun 18 2020 - 01:00
GAA needs to ask if it could be doing more in the case of diversityFlags are not the only things that need to disappear in Ireland’s reckoningSat Jun 13 2020 - 08:00
‘I think people are worried if they can pick up a book off the shelf’Kenny’s Bookshop in Galway reopens but business is not as straightforward anymoreMon Jun 08 2020 - 17:11
Sideline Cut: Marcus Rashford proves himself a leading man off the pitch alsoManchester United’s young striker has been a shining light during a grim time in BritainSat Jun 06 2020 - 12:00
Without the tourists, the Galway Market is a very different place to shop‘I am hopeful that people will start coming to see the market as a real local market’Sun May 31 2020 - 16:57
Ger Loughnane and the spark that lit Clare’s hurling revolutionThe Game Changers: The first in a new series on those who changed teams and sportsSun May 31 2020 - 09:00
Connell losing touch with club championship is real tragedy of Normal PeopleOnly hope now is he comes home, apologises to the lads and makes the ‘savage’ contributionSat May 30 2020 - 11:11
‘God couldn’t have come up with a better pathogen to attack theatre’Druid was on the up before coronavirus. Now it must reimagine how the show can go onSat May 30 2020 - 03:00
Sideline Cut: Vignette shows why Bird is the true shark in The Last DanceThat Jordan never got the pleasure of seeing Bird defeated is an itch he can never scratchSat May 23 2020 - 06:00
Coming fourth in the Olympics didn’t change this fearless quartet, time didNeville Maxwell, Tony O’Connor, Derek Holland and Sam Lynch recall Atlanta 1996Sat May 23 2020 - 06:00
Galway could go out again but it was only the weather that was back to normalIf someone dropped a coin at the top of Quay Street you might have heard it hit the cobbles down around Sally LongsMon May 18 2020 - 19:50
Sporting Controversies: Early whistle sounds before chaos descends on Croke ParkKeith Duggan looks back on the 1998 All-Ireland hurling semi-final replay between Offaly and ClareSun May 17 2020 - 10:00
Daniel Kinahan’s role as boxing’s new kingmaker is no cause for Irish celebrationThe disparity between his domestic and international reputation could not be greaterSat May 16 2020 - 08:00
Covid-19: Aran islanders face uncertain future amid fallout from pandemicThe islanders have kept coronavirus out, but eventually they will have to let visitors back inSat May 09 2020 - 01:00
Schooldays over: Ireland’s Class of 2020 cheated out of a proper endingThe Covid crisis was like a bomb that blew their social and academic world to smithereensFri May 08 2020 - 17:00
Lockdown easing: ‘To be able to get out again is great’Cocooning in Ballinrobe has been hard for a generation best at face-to-face contactWed May 06 2020 - 02:41
Garda checkpoints in Galway: ‘If we stop, the traffic and footfall will grow’Most are complying with bank holiday restrictions, say gardaí, but visibility is crucialSun May 03 2020 - 17:29
There’s too much at stake for the Premier League not to finishKeith Duggan: It's not only matters at the top that make voiding the league impossibleSat May 02 2020 - 06:00
Enda McNulty on standing guard at the door of your own mindFormer Armagh player talks to Keith Duggan about advice, learnings and lifeSat May 02 2020 - 06:00
‘A life-saver’: The daily online exercise class for older peopleSiel Bleu has been keeping older people active in their homes during lockdownSat May 02 2020 - 06:00
Joe Burrow’s speed-of-light ascent is every bit of the American dreamFrom back-up quarterback to Heisman Trophy winner to No 1 pick in the NFL draftSat Apr 25 2020 - 08:00
Hair cuts to square cuts: How cricket became part of life in BallaghaderreenClub has survived through thick and thin in the famous football border townSat Apr 25 2020 - 06:00
Michael Jordan set to have centre stage all to himself once again10-part documentary on basketball star’s final season with Chicago Bulls starts on SundaySat Apr 18 2020 - 08:00
Is it even fair to ask GAA players to perform in empty stadiums?It’s one of the many questions that the GAA must ask ahead of any Championship actionSat Apr 18 2020 - 08:00
FAI may have stumbled on right choice again in Stephen KennyDubliner confident that Ireland can develop a more expressive football styleSat Apr 11 2020 - 06:00
