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
‘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
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
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
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
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
Two Irish sporting evangelists wait out the storm in the city that doesn’t sleepJohn Riordan and Simon Gillespie on life in New York during the coronavirus pandemicSat Apr 11 2020 - 06:00
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
My favourite sporting moment: Donegal and Kildare’s high summer street operaAn unexpected epic of an All-Ireland quarter-final provides magic escapism in July 2011Mon Apr 06 2020 - 06:00
Sideline Cut: The fascinating final chapter in Tiger’s tale left in limbo for nowNext week we should have all been transfixed with sport’s version of the Truman ShowSat Apr 04 2020 - 11:06
Pat Critchley: ‘You teach or coach the person first and the subject or the game second’A lifetime in the classroom and on the sidelines has brought rich dividends for Laois manSat Apr 04 2020 - 06:00
A beautiful, happy accident - Moneyball is the best sports movie everA gorgeous study of human frailty and the ways in which people are under-valuedSat Mar 28 2020 - 10:00
Coronavirus: Galwegians adjust to a new traffic-free realityOn a sunny Thursday in Salthill’s near-empty promenade, the mood is quiet and terseSat Mar 28 2020 - 06:00
Nicholas Quinn: ‘Swimming became how I dealt with grief’Olympic swimmer on the tragic death of his father and his dilemma over postponement of GamesSat Mar 28 2020 - 06:00
Sideline Cut: He had to ask himself the hardest question: Could I be missing Pat Spillane?Absence starkly illuminates the real point and genius behind the GAASat Mar 21 2020 - 07:00
St Jarlath’s legacy continues to course through veins of Galway footballMayo’s history also richly endowed by the Tuam school’s glorious contribution to the gameSat Mar 14 2020 - 06:00
Cheltenham's horsey set unmoved by some poxy little global pandemicOutside world can only look on aghast as festival continues amid coronavirus crisisFri Mar 13 2020 - 17:20
Morality of holding the Olympic Games now seriously open to questionWorldwide battle to contain coronavirus means organisers have a huge call to makeSat Mar 07 2020 - 09:00
The Boys in Green: ‘It felt as if we had been in recession my entire life when Italia ’90 happened’A new two-part documentary looks back on Ireland and the Jack Charlton eraSat Mar 07 2020 - 06:00
Galway far from perfect but do enough to stay in the mixCork exit the league quietly after one campaign despite putting it up to their hostsSun Mar 01 2020 - 17:09
Sun Yang both casualty and culprit but China will move onWhat chance did swimmer have in country with such warped attitude to doping?Sat Feb 29 2020 - 09:00
Allianz Hurling League: Previews, throw-ins and verdictsKeith Duggan looks at the final round of games in Division 1A and 1BSat Feb 29 2020 - 06:00
After Tuam humbling and injury toll, can Tyrone turn the tide?Mickey Harte’s side have been pushed out to 20/1 for the All-Ireland and now meet DublinSat Feb 29 2020 - 06:00
Galway’s ‘massacre of a beating’ on Tyrone a statement of intent to DublinPadraic Joyce’s side’s irresistible attacking display yielded 2-25 in Tuam StadiumMon Feb 24 2020 - 06:00
Galway prove their winning quality with Tyrone demolitionVisitors to Tuam suffer heaviest defeat in the Mickey Harte era as Tribesmen flourishSun Feb 23 2020 - 18:15
Keeping Donegal on the road to success a costly businessCounty chairman McGrath battled to keep spending on team under the €1m mark in 2019Sat Feb 22 2020 - 07:00
Keith Duggan: Liverpool’s charming man casting a shadow over GuardiolaChampions League success now an imperative for Guardiola and Manchester CitySat Feb 22 2020 - 06:00
