Motorbike crash survivor Mark Rohan wins gold back in saddleTHEY TELL you to get back on the bike. They don’t necessarily tell you to get on your back when you’re on that bikeThu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
New cycle of success as Irish pairs land bronzePARALYMPIC GAMES: JAMES BROWN and Damien Shaw came and stood in the mixed zone, their world nothing but twilight just for the…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Day eight: Irish in actionJason Smyth Athletics (T13 200m) Olympic Stadium, 11Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
With enough in the tank to outpace a LionPARALYMPIC GAMES: WHEN THEY go looking for a bit of hush for the anthems at the Paralympic Games, the line is always the same…Thu Sept 06 2012 - 01:00
Barry and Kearney add to the haulPARALYMPIC GAMES : THE DELUGE is showing no sign of drying outWed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Strength you never imagined possiblePARALYMPIC GAMES: STRENGTH IS all around you at the Paralympics. It’s just not always strength as you know itWed Sept 05 2012 - 01:00
Never a doubt as McKillop strikes gold againWHEN CATHERINE McKillop walked out from under the stand, her son Michael put his hands to his face and slowly splayed his fingers…Tue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
McKillop storms to second gold in LondonIN EVERYTHING, there is room for a little sweetnessTue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
McKillop storms to second goldIn everything, there is room for a little sweetnessTue Sept 04 2012 - 01:00
Walsh and Meehan pedal to silverPARALYMPIC GAMES: ALL WEEK here, the velodrome has been the most incorrigible teaseMon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Smyth and McKillop produce their golden moments in record stylePARALYMPICS : THAT HUG. Long after the action had finished on Saturday night, that hug was the image that stuckMon Sept 03 2012 - 01:00
Firth claims first gold for IrelandPARALYMPICS: IRELAND’S PARALYMPICS got the kick-start it needed last night and it came in the shape of Bethany Firth.Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Not for the faint of heart or the lily of liverWHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL GERMANY v USA: FOR THE sports nerd, the Paralympics is a new logarithm every daySat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Kenny in tribute to Irish gold medallistTaoiseach Enda Kenny has paid tribute to Bethany Firth, who won Ireland’s first gold medal of the Paralympic Games in London …Sat Sept 01 2012 - 01:00
Brown and Shaw in almost perfect tandemCYCLING MEN'S INDIVIDUAL B PURSUIT: IN A sweatbox velodrome where the air hung like a sub-tropical fug, Ireland came within …Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Du Toit is supreme as Keane makes a splashSWIMMING 100m BUTTERFLY: ELLEN KEANE finished seventh in the S9 100m Butterfly in the Aquatic Centre last night, a creditable…Fri Aug 31 2012 - 01:00
Hawking looks up to the starsPARALYMPICS: OPENING CEREMONIES are like water slidesThu Aug 30 2012 - 01:00
Donegal have just final leg to climbCHAMPIONSHIP 2012 ALL-IRELAND SFC SEMI-FINAL: STRIP AWAY the frenzy and park the emotion just for a minuteMon Aug 27 2012 - 01:00
At the heart of the ParalympicsThe Paralympic Games are about to take off, and Irishwoman Daráine Mulvihill is right at the heart of Channel 4’s extensive coverage…Sat Aug 25 2012 - 01:00
'The guys are fit but they could improve their work-rate'MATCH REACTION : DECLAN RYAN was jigging when it was all over. You don’t often see Declan Ryan jiggingMon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
It's the short way for TipperaryGAA : SLOWLY, SLYLY and without any great measure of fuss, Tipperary are fitting the season for sizeMon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
Clinical Tipperary complete first taskTipperary 2-17 Waterford 0-16 : THE BARE maths of the closing verdict says that this was the most one-sided encounter in this…Mon Jul 16 2012 - 01:00
Momentum to push Tipp throughIF GALWAY’S win over Kilkenny did nothing else, it put everyone on notice. Tipperary especially.Sat Jul 14 2012 - 01:00
Galway blow summer wide openGAELIC GAMES: WELL NOW. Turns out the championship isn’t a one-model catwalk after allMon Jul 09 2012 - 01:00
Wexford flatter to deceive yet againLEINSTER SFC SEMI-FINAL: Dublin 2-11 Wexford 1-10 THIS IS beginning to amount to cruel and unusual punishment if you’re a Wexford…Mon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
Sending off leaves just one man downPOST-MATCH TALK: In the ecosystem of a team defending an All-Ireland, a day like this does no harm at allMon Jul 02 2012 - 01:00
Dismal Dublin reap Kilkenny whirlwindKilkenny 2-21 Dublin 0-9: IF A single moment crystallised this Leinster semi-final it was TJ Reid’s goal for Kilkenny on 18 …Mon Jun 25 2012 - 01:00
A Triggs'-eye view: 'You'll never see a dog doing that on Britain's Got Talent'Roy Keane’s dog Triggs didn’t get the beautiful game at first, but after watching United beat Liverpool in 1998 her career in…Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00
Error-prone Faithful make it easy for GalwayGalway 5-23 Offaly 3-15: AN ERRATIC old hotch-potch of a game that won’t do much to alter the sleeping patterns of either Brian…Mon Jun 18 2012 - 01:00
Tyrone keep calm in a tight finishULSTER SFC QUARTER-FINAL: Tyrone 0-19 Armagh 1-13: THE NAMES change and the faces get fresher by the year but for as long as…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Determined O'Neill rewarded after long road back to the topMUNSTER SFC SEMI-FINAL: To come back once from a cruciate injury and be a successful intercounty footballer is one thingSat Jun 09 2012 - 01:00
Tipperary empty the bench to spare the horror showGAELIC GAMES: STUDIES INTO quite what explains the popularity of horror movies tend to find their way to one of two conclusions…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Lethargic Kingdom leave plenty in the tankKerry 0-16 Tipperary 0-10: AS JACK O’Connor stood in the centre of the pitch afterwards with his players circled around him, …Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Hannigan and company braced for the annual uphill struggleTipperary’s midfielder knows they must pick up the pieces again following a disastrous league campaign and the departure of former…Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Nothing shocking about Longford's victoryLEINSTER SFC FIRST ROUND: Longford 1-10 Laois 0-12 : IT WAS reasonable to wonder in the build-up to this Leinster championship…Mon May 21 2012 - 01:00
Stage set for summer of swings and roundaboutsTwo things you need to know about Tomás O’Connor and his place in the world, both of them to do with his afternoon in Croke Park…Mon May 14 2012 - 01:00
How war in the Pacific brought madness to these shoresSAIPAN - TEN YEARS ON Roy and Mick had an argument and the entire country lost the run of itself – 10 years on, the only thing…Sat May 12 2012 - 01:00
'Cork were strong today, they were very good'IT MUST feel like a lonely road at times being a Cork footballerMon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
Kildare kick on to claim titleKildare 0-16 Tyrone 0-11: A flurry of points in the closing 10 minutes was enough to secure Kildare their first piece of silverware…Sun Apr 29 2012 - 01:00
Dunne's fitness a big worry for TardelliEURO 2012: THE SLOWER-than-expected return to fitness of Richard Dunne was the most pressing matter on the mind of Republic …Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
Mayo do their best to rouse summerA PRE-SUMMER sleepwalk of an afternoon in Croke Park yesterday, where the action came dropping slow and at times came not at …Mon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
All too easy as Cork have stroll in the ParkCork 2-17 Down 1-12 THIS IS all becoming very habit-forming for CorkMon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
McCartan regrets costly late errorsIN THE end it was all just a bit of housekeeping for Cork, although Conor Counihan is far too well-mannered to allow such an …Mon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
Please, please, please, let me get what I want - to watch some golfTV VIEW: DAY TWO of watching the Masters but not watching the Masters (because the all-powerful blazers who run the Masters …Sat Apr 07 2012 - 01:00
Majorless Monty has to sit and suffer like us poor viewersTV VIEW: THE THING with watching the Masters is that you spend most of your time not watching the MastersFri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
Harrington and Byrd under par - so are SkyTV VIEW: USED TO be the Masters was only fed to us in little bits and piecesThu Apr 05 2012 - 01:00
Old firm on top gives hint of summerGAELIC GAMES: FOR ALL the warp and weave thrown up by the 2012 hurling league, the final table tells the oldest story in the…Mon Apr 02 2012 - 01:00