Connacht's date with Dragons in real doubtMAGNERS LEAGUE: CONNACHT’S OPENING game of the year could yet be postponed if a solution is not found for the frozen Sportsground…Tue Jan 05 2010 - 00:00
Dipping in to a decade of noughty momentsSIDELINE CUT: THE NOUGHTIES. Ten years: that is a lot of ball gamesSat Jan 02 2010 - 00:00
Dipping in to a decade of noughty momentsSIDELINE CUT: THE NOUGHTIES. Ten years: that is a lot of ball gamesSat Jan 02 2010 - 00:00
Cusack's story the pick of a bumper cropSPORTS BOOKS : NOT SO long ago, the publication of a GAA book was a rare occurrenceSat Dec 19 2009 - 00:00
Bring on the 10k slog and the tight SpeedosSIDELINE CUT : Christmas is coming along with the amateur road runners and the beach belly-floppersSat Dec 19 2009 - 00:00
Fogarty happy to take chanceTHE TOGETHERNESS of the Munster dressingroom may be the envy of professional rugby clubs around the worldFri Dec 18 2009 - 00:00
Munster know they must step up a levelHEINEKEN CUP POOL ONE: THESE ARE strange days for MunsterThu Dec 17 2009 - 00:00
Reform effort not quite up to the markSIDELINE CUT : Gaelic football is flawed but at its best it is excitingSat Dec 12 2009 - 00:00
Classy Corofin retain their title in convincing styleCONNACHT SFC FINAL: Corofin 2-14 Charlestown 0-7 MAD DOGS and Englishmen may go out in the midday sun but only the Irish can…Mon Nov 30 2009 - 00:00
Time for Trap to endure white-knuckle rideSIDELINE CUT : Football logic needs to be turned on its head tonight and again on Wednesday evening in Paris if our World Cup…Sat Nov 14 2009 - 00:00
Charlestown's composure proves keyCONNACHT SFC SEMI-FINALS/Charlestown 1-9 Castlerea 0-11: EIGHTY MINUTES of madness in Kiltoom and at the end, the Roscommon …Mon Nov 09 2009 - 00:00
Weekend PreviewsSunday- Leinster SHC First Round: Oulart-the-Ballagh (Wexford) v Ballyhale Shamrocks (Kilkenny) Wexford Park, 2Sat Oct 31 2009 - 00:00
The world needs its share of eccentricsSIDELINE CUT : Ballooning surely has as much right to be categorised as a sport as, for instance, darts or curling or Ireland…Sat Oct 17 2009 - 01:00
Ninth for Shefflin but McCrabbe nabs firstALL STARS: THIS YEAR’S Vodafone All-Star hurling team reaffirmed the dominance of Kilkenny and illustrated how steep the slant…Fri Oct 16 2009 - 01:00
Irish medal hopes in Rio just got brighterSIDELINE CUT : We have a better chance of a medal now than we would have done had the skateboarders of the world been welcomed…Sat Oct 10 2009 - 01:00
September pilgrimage a fact of life for KerrySIDELINE CUT : Their team’s consistent excellence, that is now bordering on indecent, compels poor Kerry folk to undertake an…Sat Sept 19 2009 - 01:00
Pitch invasions mad . . . but our kind of madSIDELINE CUT : The GAA are probably right to end the wonderful bedlam of fans stampeding across the Croke Park swardSat Sept 05 2009 - 01:00
Middle-aged yobs happy to roll back the yearsSIDELINE CUT : Last Wednesday night's events at Upton Park looked more like a last hurrah for the veteran hooligans, even though…Sat Aug 29 2009 - 01:00
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
