Meet Team Ireland - Jack Woolley (Taekwando)Tallaght native Jack Woolley became the first Irish taekwondo athlete to compete at the Olympic Games when he qualified for Tokyo and is now bound for ParisMon Jul 22 2024 - 19:00
Meet Team Ireland - BadmintonBadminton: Nhat Nguyen and Rachael Darragh delighted to both make the grade for ParisMon Jul 22 2024 - 19:00
Morning Brief: Hurling season gets a ‘grand opera of a finale’A game full of mesmerising chaos and staggering twists in Croke Park; disappointment for Shane Lowry; and a heat check for Rhasidat AdelekeMon Jul 22 2024 - 10:45
TV View: Clare and Cork deliver a game that ‘we should just shut up and watch’The pundits were in no doubt that this was a final for the ages, with the only complaint being that there wasn’t a replaySun Jul 21 2024 - 20:43
An Olympian, a revolutionary and a Christy Moore song: Bob Hilliard was the boxing Irish clergyman who fought against FrancoIt is unlikely that many Irish Olympians could lay claim to getting a mention in a Christy Moore song and being early proponents of the notion that you should ‘vote early, vote often’Sat Jul 06 2024 - 06:00
Tributes to ‘national treasure’ Micheál Ó Muircheartaigh as three quarter-finals fail to impressIt must be a dizzy life being an England lad as Bellingham goes from hero to zero to heroMon Jul 01 2024 - 06:00
EuroZone: Trying to put outrageous words in Gareth Southgate’s mouthHow not to make a meal with Italy’s manager, and what Kai Havertz likes to eatSun Jun 30 2024 - 16:18
Euro Zone: Sunak v Starmer can’t compete with Georgia’s stunning victory over PortugalNo free-kick goals in the Euros; Konsa finds the funny side of Gordon’s bike injuryFri Jun 28 2024 - 20:00
Dilapidated Casement holds a decrepit mirror up to Northern Irish societyPeadar Mogan’s journey from teenage encounter to playing for Jim McGuinness; Olympic hopes on the line at national championshipsFri Jun 28 2024 - 09:40
Euro Zone: The excellent Ally McCoist delivers another zingerExcuses central for Belgium’s poor show against Ukraine; Turkey and Czech Republic’s dirty matchThu Jun 27 2024 - 17:46
Euro 2024 has been a hit but late trains and drab England have added the angstCiarán Murphy wasn’t impressed with the Cork footballers at the weekend, while Dave Hannigan brings us the story of Bill Belichick and his 24-year-old girlfriendThu Jun 27 2024 - 10:00
Euro Zone: England’s body language suggested it was going to be a long night against SloveniaRichard Keys calls for Harry Redknapp to replace Southgate; big pressure put on Lamine YamalWed Jun 26 2024 - 16:59
Darragh Ó Sé and Pat Fox remember ‘original, one-off’ Micheál Ó MuircheartaighIrish sporting world pays tribute on death of legendary broadcaster; England stumble on at Euros as Austra impress; Gordon D’Arcy on Irish provincial painWed Jun 26 2024 - 12:36
Euro Zone: How Paul Gascoigne kept his haunted house free of ghostsGareth Southgate gets inundated with advice on England’s starting XI, while Declan Rice responds to criticism from ‘bitter’ James McCleanTue Jun 25 2024 - 17:24
Which counties have momentum ahead of All-Ireland quarter-finals?Ireland prepare to depart for tough tour in South Africa; England prepare to face Slovenia in final group gameTue Jun 25 2024 - 10:14
Euro Zone: No flagging shirt sales as pink proves a hit in Germany Scotland’s sorry attack; and Declan Rice’s unwitting rebukeMon Jun 24 2024 - 20:28
Football’s final eight learn their fate as Cork, Mayo, Tyrone and Monaghan departClare skip into hurling semi-final clash with Kilkenny; Scotland sent homeward after painful defeat to Hungary; Harrington’s hat-trick at Dick’sMon Jun 24 2024 - 11:26
Mary Hannigan: Lamine Yamal’s name is popping up in discussions about Germany’s child labour lawsLaws in Germany for sport people under-18s prohibit them from working past 11pm in the eveningMon Jun 24 2024 - 06:00
Mary Hannigan: Harry Kane was bombarded with questions such as ‘why have England been pants?’Harry endured his 40-minute press conference, photos of dogs in Scotland jerseys, sent in by viewers, were popping up on the right of the screen, as part of the build-up to Sunday evening’s do-or-die meeting with HungaryMon Jun 24 2024 - 06:00
Euro Zone: England fans, keep Gelsenkirchen’s name out of your mouthGerman media reacts after a number of England fans had some less than complimentary things to say of their visit to the cityFri Jun 21 2024 - 17:11
Sports Briefing: ‘A performance of bone-jarring ineptitude’ - England booed off by their own fansIrish rugby running on empty, Joe Canning tips Clare and Cork in All-Ireland quarter-finalsFri Jun 21 2024 - 10:30
Euro Zone: Lineker falls foul of the UK press yet again over Lampard gagBBC presenter makes a ‘savage’ balding jibe at the former Chelsea man, says the UK Daily MailThu Jun 20 2024 - 18:19
Sports Briefing: Germany Kroos into next round of Euro 2024England take on Denmark today while Ciarán Murphy finds it hard to think of anything more brutal than McIlroy’s US Open collapseThu Jun 20 2024 - 09:55
Euro Zone: Chesney Hawkes writes new England song for Jude BellinghamEuros mania takes over for Real Madrid midfielder, while Gary Lineker provokes ire of Daily Mail columnistsWed Jun 19 2024 - 15:27
Sporting heartache hits hard from missing out on selection to painful defeatsAndy Farrell names 25 for South Africa; Tough Sevens calls; What went wrong for Irish sides in semi-finals; Dublin weak spots; Euro zingersWed Jun 19 2024 - 11:28
Euro Zone: Retired Spanish boxer deals French fans a bitter blowJero Garcia says Mbappé's recovery from a broken nose is going to be ’complicated’Wed Jun 19 2024 - 06:00
Rory McIlroy feels pain of ‘toughest’ day in his careerThe US Open inquest continues; Michael Murphy is impressed by Dublin; Owen Doyle is unimpressed by a refereeing performanceTue Jun 18 2024 - 10:30
Euro Zone: The Serbia player so bad that zero was deemed too good for himA big Hungarian baby, and how to put Jude Bellingham’s feats into perspectiveTue Jun 18 2024 - 06:00
Agony for Rory McIlroy as nothing drops his wayGolfer came up short in the US Open; Mayo and Galway go the long way round; Munster and Leinster’s journeys come to an endMon Jun 17 2024 - 10:53
Euro Zone: Reporters left red-faced as Scotland fans turn the air blueLiverpool player Dominik Szoboszlai looks on the birght side of not playingMon Jun 17 2024 - 06:00
TV View: O’Callaghan puts the boot in as ‘Mighty Ducks’ end Leinster’s seasonTV View: Former Munster star Donncha O'Callaghan taken aback by ‘terrible performance’ from Leinster that should ‘rock the foundations’Mon Jun 17 2024 - 06:00
Euro 2024: All in the Game — potential weapons banned from stadiums … and bananas Hellmann’s showcase sidelined Grealish; Albanian supporters to swamp Italian fans; blinkered Gazza; and moreFri Jun 14 2024 - 15:52
Medals from Rome can have a ripple effectRhasidat Adeleke has proved an inspiration; Rory McIlroy gets off to a flyer at the US Open; Ken Early settles into a stadium seat for Euro 2024Fri Jun 14 2024 - 10:23
Mary Hannigan: A European Championships we will never forgetIreland take home a record haul of medals; John O’Shea calls for clarity on manager’s role; GAA needs better stadiumsThu Jun 13 2024 - 09:40
Mary Hannigan: Ronaldo no cod as Ireland flirt with humiliationJohn O’Shea’s interim tenure ends, unless he has another one; Sharlene Mawdsley reaches another European finalWed Jun 12 2024 - 11:43
Ireland head for the beach as Ronaldo and Portugal set sights on GermanyJames McClean makes his RTÉ debut and adds to clamour for John O’Shea to become permanent Ireland bossTue Jun 11 2024 - 22:22
Silver lining is that Adeleke’s race is far from runThe Tallaght athlete’s first senior individual medal won’t be her last; Michael Murphy on the GAA injury epidemic; Owen Doyle how to make rugby saferTue Jun 11 2024 - 10:25
Mary Hannigan: No superlatives remaining for Irish athletes in RomeRhasidat Adeleke, Ciara Mageean and Thomas Barr all go again after gold medal success; Limerick hurlers make more historyMon Jun 10 2024 - 10:24
Spain end Ireland’s hopes of FIH Pro League qualification Goals from Patricia Alvarez and Lola Riera in the first half enough for the hosts to secure winSun Jun 09 2024 - 20:26
TV View: Irish relay team’s magical performance receives the masterclass commentary it deservesThe Golden Wonders were likely considerably more composed than the bulk of us watching themSun Jun 09 2024 - 19:47
Ireland reach Nations Cup final with win over New Zealand Irish women’s hockey team will play Spain for a place in next year’s FIH Pro LeagueSat Jun 08 2024 - 20:43
Sweden finally find a way through Ireland’s brave resistance in Stockholm Magdalena Eriksson’s late goal from a corner denied Eileen Gleeson’s side a first point of the campaignTue Jun 04 2024 - 20:21
Challenging times continue for Ireland, on the doubleThe WNT continue their uphill qualifying campaign against Sweden; Seamus Coleman knows who he would like to see get the role of MNT managerTue Jun 04 2024 - 10:11
Sweden v Ireland: Eileen Gleeson faces selection headache as squad struggles against top-ranked sidesManager reporting fully fit squad available for Tuesday’s game, including Katie McCabe, who had hamstring problem in Thursday’s 3-0 defeat to SwedenMon Jun 03 2024 - 19:51
Sweden catch Ireland on the counter as they try to push forwardMissed chances in the first half leave manager Gleeson exasperatedMon Jun 03 2024 - 06:00
Mary Hannigan: Ireland are competing but they’re nowhere close thus far to pointingThis was to be the game where Ireland might steal a point but Sweden’s clinical edge shows Eileen Gleeson’s side what they’re missingFri May 31 2024 - 22:06
McCabe’s presence a boost for Ireland in advance of tough Sweden testArsenal's Katie McCabe returns from club duties in Australia to help Republic of Ireland in the first of two back-to-back European Championship qualifiers against World Cup semi-finalists SwedenFri May 31 2024 - 06:00
Aoife Mannion: ‘I’m hoping some of our learning can come to fruition against Sweden’After a triumphant end to the club season, the Manchester United player sees reasons for optimism as the Republic of Ireland prepare for two crucial Euro 2025 qualifiersThu May 30 2024 - 06:00
Leinster look forward to the next bit of silver on offerJacques Nienaber knows where Leinster went wrong; Darragh Ó Sé knows where the GAA went wrong; John O’Shea thinks Duffer has it wrongWed May 29 2024 - 12:00
Jess Ziu: ‘I’m just happy to be able to step on to the pitch’Having come back from serious injury, the versatile Republic of Ireland player says she’s grateful to have a chance to appear in the upcoming matches against SwedenWed May 29 2024 - 06:00
