Malachy Clerkin: Mayo’s decision to oust Kevin McStay was fair enough but the way they did it was foul Understandable desire for change after three years without notable progressionThu Jun 26 2025 - 12:40
Damien Duff’s desire to be hated never made any senseDuffer parted ways with Shelbourne in a shock move over the weekendMon Jun 23 2025 - 15:43
Football prelims had a whiff of predictability, but it’s anyone’s guess from here to the finalHeavyweights such as Donegal, Kerry and Dublin have all displayed flaws on road to quarter-finalsSun Jun 22 2025 - 19:34
Relentless Down give Galway huge test but experience sees Pádraic Joyce’s contenders throughOdhran Murdock sublime for the home side as Shane Walsh and Mathhew Thompson star for last year’s All-Ireland finalistsSun Jun 22 2025 - 17:33
Malachy Clerkin: I cannot wait for Lions tour, but why does rugby always feel this need for overblown nonsense?Beauty of a Lions tour is its unique one-moment-in-time energy – sell that instead of all the tired battleworn guffSat Jun 21 2025 - 06:00
Dara Ó Cinnéide: ‘I’m getting sick of this #WeAreKerry stuff. What does it actually mean anymore?’Kerry need to bring the anger and get nasty if they’re going to dig themselves out of this holeSat Jun 21 2025 - 06:00
Lousy game-management, too few scorers - what Mayo, Derry and the Rossies can teach the teams that remainThe counties who got knocked out of the football championship had fatal flaws that the others must avoid from here on outMon Jun 16 2025 - 13:19
Mayo exit championship in most Mayo way possible Galway the most dangerous third-place team in Monday’s draw after thrilling win over ArmaghSun Jun 15 2025 - 20:44
‘This wasn’t a fair one’: Donegal’s Jim McGuinness criticises choice of Dr Hyde Park as neutral venue against MayoMcGuinness says Donegal raised the matter with the CCCC to no availSun Jun 15 2025 - 19:46
Stephen Rochford the right man for Mayo with the season on the lineLee Keegan believes Rochford’s willingness to try the unpredictable could prove decisiveSat Jun 14 2025 - 06:00
US Open: Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry fight to make the cutSam Burns has shot the round of the day with a 65 to race up the leaderboard on Day Two of the year’s third majorFri Jun 13 2025 - 19:58
Malachy Clerkin: Calling the football championship wide open is a polite way of saying every team is flawedWhen the landscape shows up to nine teams able to win Sam Maguire or stop someone else, the format doesn’t matter a damnFri Jun 13 2025 - 16:49
LIV Golf shows what happens when a niche sport goes to war with itself – rugby should take noteProfessional rugby probably needs to change to stay viable, but the R360 breakaway league proposal seems a fanciful solutionSat Jun 07 2025 - 06:00
Galway’s Conor Whelan: ‘Mental health is not as abstract as people sometimes make it sound’A decade after his debut, the Galway forward talks about his cousin’s suicide, having a PhD due this week and how travel keeps him freshSat Jun 07 2025 - 06:00
Ireland 1 Slovenia 0: How Carla Ward’s side rated at Páirc Uí Chaoimh Emily Murphy pick of the bunch as Ireland finished second in groupTue Jun 03 2025 - 20:52
‘There’s no way of getting into the psychology of it’ – Stephen Rochford responds to Mayo’s win over TyronePaddy Durcan made his first championship start in 14 months for Mayo, contributing three points and taking Man of the Match Sun Jun 01 2025 - 12:27
Con O’Callaghan’s loss highlights how long it’s been since Dublin found a diamondWith Armagh coming to HQ, Dessie Farrell fields a squad that has seen a huge amount of churn and looks light on stardustSat May 31 2025 - 06:00
Derry’s annus horribilis: Failure to beat Galway would give Oak Leaf county a thoroughly unwanted distinctionInjury, poor decisions and bad luck mean Derry are facing the possibility of a full year without a winSat May 31 2025 - 06:00
Crunch time for Mayo and Galway on bumper weekend of GAA actionPreviews to the weekend’s games from the All-Ireland Series, Tailteann Cup and hurling finalsFri May 30 2025 - 12:00
Tyrone beat Donegal at the death; Wins for Armagh, Monaghan and Meath – As it happenedGoals flying in at all the venues as Ger Brennan blames Leinster final hangover for Louth defeat to MonaghanSat May 24 2025 - 22:13
Louth have ended their Leinster title famine – can they avoid the fate that usually follows?Ger Brennan must overcome the terrible record of counties who have ended decades-long waits for provincial success Sat May 24 2025 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: At Manchester United, this awful season is everybody’s and nobody’s faultThere is no accountability at the most venal, most disorganised, most hubris-laden sporting organisation on the planetFri May 23 2025 - 18:00
Ponderous Mayo find out how dangerous it is to overthink their gameplan in the new-rules eraGAA weekend that was: Mayo lose to Cavan for the first time since 1948Mon May 19 2025 - 12:00
Limerick’s monumental display a stark reminder of their enduring powerCrushing of Cork shows John Kiely’s side are as big and bad and forbidding as ever they wereSun May 18 2025 - 20:15
Tipperary overcome nightmare start to overwhelm Waterford and qualify from Munster Andrew Ormond and Jake Morris in top form for Liam Cahill’s side as they win their first championship game in Thurles since 2019Sun May 18 2025 - 17:59
How Cork v Limerick became the biggest game in Irish sportFour years ago it wasn’t much of a contest, but an injection of pure uncut Cork has helped make this a rivalry for the ages Sun May 18 2025 - 06:00
Rhasidat Adeleke on life in the spotlight: ‘How do people like Beyoncé handle this? This is crazy!’Rhasidat Adeleke interview: Tallaght sprinter on navigating fame at 22, building her brand and the changes she has made ahead of September’s World Championships Sat May 17 2025 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: In Rachael Blackmore, horse racing had maybe its greatest ever assetThe Tipperary jockey was polite, careful, wary and, despite her efforts to the contrary, completely fascinatingSat May 17 2025 - 06:00
The Last Ditch by Eamonn Sweeney: Brave admissions about mental health struggles hit hard in follow-upThe Last Ditch by Eamonn Sweeney: Brave admissions about mental health struggles hit hard in follow-upMon May 12 2025 - 05:00
‘Why not us?’: Louth’s Sam Mulroy says belief was at heart of county’s march from lowest ebb to Leinster titleMeath manager Robbie Brennan magnanimous in defeat but questions award of crucial late freeSun May 11 2025 - 21:21
Sam Mulroy’s storybook second half sees Louth win Leinster for the first time since 1957Louth captain claimed 1-7 in win over Meath at Croke ParkSun May 11 2025 - 20:01
Shaun Patton and Ethan Rafferty make mockery of goalkeeper obituary writers, with both men key to Ulster final hopesWhen all is said and done between Armagh and Donegal, Anglo-Celt Cup could be won on kick-outsSat May 10 2025 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: Tailteann Cup has retained goodwill, but it might also be confirming need for a third-tier competitionSomething is not right when so many teams have no hope of making waves in football’s two championshipsSat May 10 2025 - 06:00
Patrick O’Donovan’s overstatements damage credibility of the International Sports Diplomacy FrameworkDocument is filled with ideas and goals that are impossible to disagree with but hard to measureWed May 07 2025 - 16:41
Dublin camogie breaks ranks and allows games go ahead even if players refuse to wear skorts Several teams lined out in shorts during Tuesday night’s round of senior league gamesWed May 07 2025 - 12:13
GAA live updates: Galway beat Mayo in classic Connacht final as Kerry ease to Munster title Four goals in the first half leave Kerry a simple task in putting away Clare for their 86th provincial titleSun May 04 2025 - 18:01
Malachy Clerkin: Lamine Yamal is incredible and it would be great if we could just leave him aloneThis Barcelona prodigy has already played an abnormal number of games for his age, so it would be unsurprising if he burns outSat May 03 2025 - 06:00
Mayo’s Aidan O’Shea still divides opinion like nobody else in the GAAAidan O’Shea is going for his ninth Connacht medal this weekendSat May 03 2025 - 06:00
After 5,418 days Dublin have finally lost in Leinster and Jim Gavin’s new rules made it possibleHundreds of careers of quality intercounty players in the province came and went without the hope of a day like thisMon Apr 28 2025 - 14:56
Efficient Donegal deservedly take the spoils over willing Monaghan Home side missed seven two-pointers in Clones, which was more to blame than late hooter chaosSun Apr 20 2025 - 18:07
Derry’s Anton Tohill on mental health and sport: ‘The biggest wake up call for me was Red Óg’Derry midfielder was close to Red Óg Murphy in Australia and now gives GPA mental health workshops to GAA clubsSun Apr 20 2025 - 06:00
Malachy Clerkin: The Ulster Championship is awkward, parochial and still deeply essentialGetting rid of the provincial championships makes sense, except everybody in the north is clawing and scratching to win the Anglo-Celt CupSat Apr 19 2025 - 06:00
Rory McIlroy’s Masters win isn’t about golf, really at all. It is about lifeRory McIlroy's career Grand Slam ends the weirdest glitch in golfMon Apr 14 2025 - 10:19
Rory McIlroy winning the 2025 Masters as it happened: Irish golfer completes the career Grand Slam in playoffMcIlroy played a wonderful shot to the first playoff hole and holed his three-footer to make historyMon Apr 14 2025 - 00:26
Malachy Clerkin: It’s the glorious mystery of sport that keeps us coming back for more Why do we do this to ourselves? Why do we kid ourselves so often and so fecklessly?Fri Apr 11 2025 - 19:23
The Masters 2025 live updates: Rory McIlroy’s challenge falls away as Justin Rose leads Strong Irish challenge at Augusta as McIlroy and Lowry hold their own on a stacked leaderboardFri Apr 11 2025 - 00:03
Patrick McBrearty and Dáire Ó Baoill star as Donegal show Derry the doorJim McGuinness’s side overcome cagey opening to comfortably take care of the visitors in Ulster Championship openerSun Apr 06 2025 - 18:05
‘There’s no control in games anymore’: Darragh Ó Sé, Dean Rock and Conor McManus chat about the 2025 All-IrelandDonegal’s kickers, Kerry’s midfield, the unreasonable demands of a condensed season - our football columnists run the rule over the summer aheadSun Apr 06 2025 - 06:01
For once hoping the championship will produce good football doesn’t make you a prize idiotThe FRC’s rules changes have not just changed the game they’ve made it one of the most open championships in yearsFri Apr 04 2025 - 20:10
Rory McIlroy at The Masters: Brace for the next chapter in one of Ireland’s greatest sporting sagasFrom his first Masters appearance in 2009, McIlroy has always been the talk of the place, whether in contention or bombing outSat Mar 29 2025 - 06:00
