Qualifier experience 'brought us through'PECULIAR SCENES in the underworld of Croke Park, with Meath lads throwing their gear on to the bus while up on the green swathe…Mon Aug 10 2009 - 01:00
Time for teams to trust their own instinctsSIDELINE CUT: THIS YEAR’S All-Ireland football championship has given rise to the argument that much of the prevailing theory…Sat Aug 08 2009 - 01:00
A detour through McCabelandTHE SATURDAY INTERVIEW - PATRICK MCCABE: His latest novel recently completed, Patrick McCabe is focusing on the brave and antic…Sat Aug 01 2009 - 01:00
Grand old teams still parade their talentsSIDELINE CUT: The parade of old teams at Croke Park, nostalgic as it is, offers proof that teams remain teams long after their…Sat Aug 01 2009 - 01:00
Promise there but moods will determineGalway v Donegal: THIS MATCH has the potential to be one of the delights of the GAA summer.Sat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
Kerry struggling, yes, but don't write them offSIDELINE CUT : Even when not firing on all cylinders, the Kingdom have always been extremely hard to beatSat Jul 25 2009 - 01:00
Galway have enough to edge itCONNACHT SFC: Galway V Mayo , Venue: Pearse Stadium , Throw-in: 4pm, tomorrow, On TV: Live on TV3Sat Jul 18 2009 - 01:00
Classy Tipperary remain on courseTipperary 4-14 Waterford 2-16 THE AFTERNOON ended with quiet sighs of relief from natives as Tipperary defended their provincial…Mon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
Tipperary achieve what they had set out to doGAELIC GAMES: THERE was an afterglow of satisfaction in Thurles which, for yesterday at least, was at the heart of hurling country…Mon Jul 13 2009 - 01:00
Could be a good year for TipperaryTipperary v Waterford: THE MUNSTER final always runs the dangers of suffering from U2 syndrome: around almost as long as the…Sat Jul 11 2009 - 01:00
Moving picturesTribe , the unmissable collection of photographs by Galway film-maker Pat Comer, was one of the incidental hits of the recent…Sat Jun 27 2009 - 01:00
Superbrat's legacy still fresh in our memoriesSIDELINE CUT: In 1980, nothing prepared the members of Wimbledon for the electrifying impact JP McEnroe would have on their …Sat Jun 20 2009 - 01:00
Kilkenny ready to repel Galway's challengeKilkenny v Galway : GUESS WHO’S coming to dinner? The rights and wrongs of Galway’s inclusion in the Leinster hurling championship…Sat Jun 20 2009 - 01:00
We wait for the bonfire to take a good holdSIDELINE CUT: The big summer show has already been on for over a month, but it is becoming clear it's starting to take on a …Sat Jun 13 2009 - 01:00
Chance for Donegal to build up a head of steamDONEGAL v ANTRIM: IT WOULD have suited Antrim had this tie been fixed for three weeks agoSat Jun 13 2009 - 01:00
Both sides content to live for another dayFLUSHED UNDER a peaked cap, Darragh Ó Sé stood outside a box room of a television studio waiting for his interviewMon Jun 08 2009 - 01:00
Dublin better watch out for the MeathiesSIDELINE CUT : DUBLIN AGAINST Meath has been the archetypal clash of city and country and has provided great national entertainment…Sat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Growing anticipation of a Killarney classicMUNSTER SFC Kerry v Cork: THE OLD firmSat Jun 06 2009 - 01:00
Harte hails Dooher as one of a kindAS THESE derby days go, it was as good as it gets for Tyrone manager Mickey HarteMon Jun 01 2009 - 01:00
Short career long on impactBeckett described him as a genius but former Lion Ollie Campbell remains as modest as ever.Wed May 27 2009 - 01:00
Cassidy and Kielt look to big pictureAFTERWARDS, Damian Cassidy looked like a man in a hurry to get back away to think about the match.Mon May 25 2009 - 01:00
Collars up for the new People's Team, roight?SIDELINE CUT : Critics of Leinster hear ye: this is an Irish team - featuring probably the best Irish sportsman of our time - …Sat May 23 2009 - 01:00
Harte's aces likely to top latest house of Jack'sSIDELINE CUT: Kerry may again be the bookies’ pets for All-Ireland success but it’s hard to look past dormant TyroneSat May 16 2009 - 01:00
Time for fall guys to stand up and be countedTHE GOOD people of Connacht and Ulster have become refugees in the hurricane caused by this rugby gameSat May 02 2009 - 01:00
This will be the real litmus test for manager KeaneSIDELINE CUT: With the money available, it is not inconceivable Keane can work his own magic with the clubSat Apr 25 2009 - 01:00
Tiger returns with more muscle in the tankSIDELINE CUT: THE US MASTERS tournament has such a rich range of stories that nobody seems to have noticed that Tiger Woods …Sat Apr 11 2009 - 01:00
Sheedy's men show their resilienceNATIONAL HURLING LEAGUE DIVISION ONE: Tipperary 1-17 Galway 1-15 : AS NEWS reached Salthill of the special welcome Kilkenny …Mon Apr 06 2009 - 01:00
Is another Irish soccer civil war now a Given?SIDELINE CUT: The ferocious front-spin the Irish goalkeeper put on the ball in Italy means he scored the goal and thus renders…Sat Apr 04 2009 - 01:00
Testament according to TommyTHE SATURDAY INTERVIEW : ‘THE THEATRE is make believe, that’s where it’s at.” – Lenny Bruce.Sat Apr 04 2009 - 01:00
Managing to glorify the 'I' in BainisteoirSIDELINE CUT: SOMETIMES WHEN GAA stars are trying to downplay their own effervescence and flair, they will turn grave and pious…Sat Mar 21 2009 - 00:00
O'Mahony still calling for patienceGAA FOCUS ON MAYO: THREE SUMMERS ago, Dublin and Mayo played out a thrilling All-Ireland semi-final in Croke Park – a match …Sat Mar 21 2009 - 00:00
A great football story - even if it's not trueSIDELINE CUT: THERE IS an army of otherwise gruff and time-wizened Irishmen who are liable to swoon and turn dreamy at the mere…Sat Mar 14 2009 - 00:00
Dublin battle through the stormNFL DIVISION ONE: Dublin 0-13 Donegal 1-8: IT IS on days and in places like this that this Dublin team will learn about itself…Mon Mar 09 2009 - 00:00
Hardcore GAA fans in a league of their ownSIDELINE: THE MOST heroic of all GAA people are to be found among the small and imperishable army of fans who follow their county…Sat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
The original rogue traderTHE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: NICK LEESON: ‘THREE-EIGHT-FOUR-OH-SIXSat Mar 07 2009 - 00:00
This time England free to play different roleSIDELINE CUT: It is time to acknowledge that Ireland versus England, Six Nations 2007, was one of the weirdest evenings in the…Sat Feb 28 2009 - 00:00
A fully anointed man of lettersTHE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: IN LONDON’s fabled publishing houses, one expression above all captures the heartless essence of what…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
A fully anointed man of lettersTHE SATURDAY INTERVIEW: IN LONDON’s fabled publishing houses, one expression above all captures the heartless essence of what…Sat Feb 21 2009 - 00:00
This Irish crew measures up to French cruIT IS an open secret among the international rugby fraternity that the raison d’etre of the game is to provide a fitting stage…Sat Feb 07 2009 - 00:00
Wallace delighted with new roleCOULD PADDY Wallace be the missing jigsaw piece? The flair and potential of the Irish back line named by Declan Kidney is beyond…Wed Feb 04 2009 - 00:00
Derry get over yellow peril to prove their class enduresDerry 1-9 Mayo 0-10: THE FOOTBALL landscape may have changed considerably since Derry were crowned National League champions…Mon Feb 02 2009 - 00:00
Erratic Benitez becoming a figure of funSIDELINE CUT: THE CHANTS on the football terraces across England and the insinuations in the newspapers all hint that Rafa Benitez…Sat Jan 31 2009 - 00:00
Tyrone-Dubs match sets off festive fireworksDublin v Tyrone AS BIRTHDAY parties go, tonight’s bash near the North Circular Road is guaranteed to be the talk of the town…Sat Jan 31 2009 - 00:00
Write off the humble newspaper at your perilSIDELINE CUT: If newspapers are to become a thing of the past, what are people going to use to clear out their ashes and carry…Sat Jan 17 2009 - 00:00
Lot of the fan beyond the ken of serious folk"IT WAS my fate, my destiny, to be a fan," wrote Frederick Exley in A Fan's NotesSat Dec 20 2008 - 00:00
Eerie echoes accompany GAA season's endSIDELINE CUT: IT IS one of the peculiar glories of the GAA that the great cathedrals in Clones or Thurles or Limerick are pencilled…Sat Dec 13 2008 - 00:00
Premier League circus loses a compelling actEXIT GHOST. When Sunderland take the field at Old Trafford this evening, the shadow of Roy Keane will, not for first time, stalk…Sat Dec 06 2008 - 00:00
A thrilla that stands up to repeated viewingSIDELINE CUT: JUST AS the dust has settled on Obamarama and the great leap forward for race relations in America, there comes…Sat Nov 15 2008 - 00:00
