Play McClean, Trap - ah go on, go on, go onVIEW FROM THE COUCH: IT WAS only Day Five but already tempers were fraying a bit, not just on the streets of Warsaw but also…Wed Jun 13 2012 - 01:00
All riot, so: Fr Ted fans intercede in PoznanTHE EURO ZONE: A SOCCER MISCELLANY: Photo of the weekend (any weekend), taken during the trouble in Poznan on Saturday night…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Not a great start to the olé days it has to be saidTV VIEW: YOU KNOW, it might be best if we don’t qualify for one of these things for another 10 years; it’ll take that long for…Mon Jun 11 2012 - 01:00
Messi ruled out for geographical reasonsTV VIEW: The first in a series of columns on television coverage of the finalsFri Jun 08 2012 - 01:00
Kay's Mulligan is not too costlyWELL, WE’D hazard a guess that most of our leading managers are working hard to erase the Memorial from their memory, none more…Thu Jun 07 2012 - 01:00
Very little horse sense from Pat and Joe when it comes to conesTV VIEW: GO ON, own up, how many of you reckoned Joseph O’Brien had timed his Derby charge on Camelot entirely wrong, that he…Mon Jun 04 2012 - 01:00
Jack's VI makes up the groundWELL, IF Ernie Els wasn’t happy with the Wentworth greens last weekend, suggesting they had all the consistency of a bouncy castle…Thu May 31 2012 - 01:00
The feeling of a long hot summer ahead as Joe goes on the attackTV VIEW: IT WAS bucketing down in Monaco while the sun was splitting the goalposts in Thurles, and it’s not often you can say…Mon May 28 2012 - 01:00
Fifa seeks level playing field with plan to dope test refereesREPORTS AND updates from the annual medical conference of Fifa, football’s world governing body, are rarely all that eye-catching…Fri May 25 2012 - 01:00
Hyland succeeds by avoiding dudsTHE STATS are bleak enough: after seven weeks of the competition roughly 22 per cent of our players have actually cost their …Thu May 24 2012 - 01:00
Low lies Tyrone as Leinster win All-IrelandTV VIEW: SITTING ALONGSIDE Paul Wallace and Tyrone Howe on the Sky Sports panel, Sasanach Will Greenwood felt a bit of an interloper…Mon May 21 2012 - 01:00
It's Chelsea what did it, and Hosie Boss WingerTV VIEW : AND SATURDAY had started so well too, with Katie Taylor doing her thing and Leinster doing theirsMon May 21 2012 - 01:00
Kuchar rockets Cully up the tableAFTER THE weekend he had, Noel Connors probably has as much of a fondness for Sawgrass as Rory McIlroy – our Kildare manager …Thu May 17 2012 - 01:00
Split-screen Premier drama leaves even big Quinny speechlessTV VIEW: IF, SAY, a few Martians dropped in to visit us earthlings some time soon and, while expressing befuddlement at curious…Mon May 14 2012 - 01:00
Snap out of it: Cabbie gets wrong guyALL IN THE GAME: END OF SEASON AWARDS: YOU meet the greatest footballer on planet earth. And Javier MascheranoMon May 14 2012 - 01:00
Lisnagarvey bid for doubleMEN’S HOCKEY: A WEEK AFTER winning the Irish Hockey League for the first time with a 3-1 win over YMCA in the final, Lisnagarvey…Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Railway Union look to extend runWOMEN’S HOCKEY: RAILWAY UNION will attempt this weekend to extend a remarkable record that has seen them unbeaten in all competitions…Fri May 11 2012 - 01:00
Walsh blazing a trail among jockeysTHE IRISH TIMES/IRISH SPORTS COUNCIL SPORTSWOMAN OF THE YEAR AWARDS: SO, HOW many times has Katie Walsh watched re-runs of the…Wed May 09 2012 - 01:00
United might, they could, they should, but they probably won'tTV VIEW: EVEN BY the time events were done and dusted in Newcastle, Sky Sports’ Ed Chamberlin was still wondering if there might…Mon May 07 2012 - 01:00
Magee in singles for London but must wait on doublesBadminton : Irish champion Chloe Magee had her qualification for the Olympic Games confirmed yesterday by her sport’s governing…Sat May 05 2012 - 01:00
Familiar look to semi-final line-upSINCE THE Irish Hockey League began in 2009 Loreto, Railway Union and Pegasus have won the competition, and all three clubs take…Fri May 04 2012 - 01:00
Clane's Connors off to MoyvalleyFANTASY GOLF 2012: AFTER HOLDING on to top spot on our overall leaderboard since we started up four weeks ago, Noel Connors …Thu May 03 2012 - 01:00
The nuisance neighbours take a big step towards the titleTHE EVENING began on Sky Sports News outside the City of Manchester Stadium with a man from Stockport dressed as a sheikh who…Tue May 01 2012 - 01:00
Railway through to last fourMEN’S HOCKEY: RAILWAY UNION moved a step closer to reaching their first Irish Senior Cup final since 1975 when they won through…Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
UCD end holders' reignWOMEN’S HOCKEY: IN THE battle of the Leinster and Ulster champions at Belfield on Saturday, a late goal from Anna O’Flanagan…Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
Barnes just the ticket for blue brigadeTV VIEW: “HIS CELEBRATION is premature,” bellowed Miles Harrison, but it wasn’t entirely clear if he was referring to Wesley…Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00
Antislice cut above rest for ConnorsTHREE TOURNAMENTS down, just the 18 to go, and again Noel Connors leads the way with his Antislice line-up, China Open runner…Thu Apr 26 2012 - 01:00
League final shapes up to be provincial showdownMEN’S HOCKEY THE IRISH Hockey League final on May 6th will be an Ulster versus Leinster affair after Saturday’s results in the…Mon Apr 23 2012 - 01:00
How they would have laughed at the idea that City could be sexyTV VIEW ‘AN ABSOLOOO giveaway, a travesty..Mon Apr 23 2012 - 01:00
Pegasus progress to semi-final as UCD fail to take advantageWOMEN’S HOCKEY REIGNING IRISH Hockey League champions Pegasus survived a 3-1 home defeat by Hermes on Saturday to go through…Mon Apr 23 2012 - 01:00
Pritchard takes over seniors until OctoberWOMEN'S HOCKEY: FOR THE first time since 1997, when Terry Gregg stepped down from the role, the senior women’s team has a home…Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
Race heats up to seal league semi-final spotsMEN'S HOCKEY: WITH LISNAGARVEY the only side assured of a place in the semi-finals of the Irish Hockey League, which they will…Fri Apr 20 2012 - 01:00
Hubba Bubba - Watson plays it straight, both on and off the courseTV VIEW AS JOHN Barnes put it on ESPN on Saturday, “If Liverpool didn’t score, Everton would have won 1-0”Mon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
Lisnagarvey seal their semi-final spotHOCKEY LISNAGARVEY BECAME the first side to seal their place in the semi-finals of the Irish Hockey League on Saturday, two …Mon Apr 16 2012 - 01:00
Connors Masters opening eventSO, DID you have a Bubba-esque start to your Fantasy Golf challenge, or did your team leave you without a prayer at the Masters…Thu Apr 12 2012 - 01:00
The circuitous route to elite's downfall? Triggs must be barkingTV VIEW: WELL, THAT was a weekend and a halfMon Apr 09 2012 - 01:00
Tangled web: Rooney scores well with 'People' peopleALL IN THE GAME: A soccer miscellanyMon Apr 09 2012 - 01:00
Leinster set out to retain titleWOMEN’S HOCKEY: A WEEK after UCD won their first Leinster Division One title eight of their squad will be in action at the under…Fri Apr 06 2012 - 01:00
Railway denied by late goalWOMEN’S HOCKEY: CAITRIONA McGILP was the toast of her former club UCD on Saturday afternoon when her goal five minutes from …Mon Apr 02 2012 - 01:00
Fan's prayers aren't answered after pilgrimage from TbilisiTV VIEW: FROM THOMOND Park to the Meydan racecourse it was a cosmopolitan kind of a weekend, RTÉ’s Daire O’Brien telling us …Mon Apr 02 2012 - 01:00
Railway Union's title hopes hang on Hermes tieWOMEN’S HOCKEY: REIGNING LEINSTER champions Hermes stand between Railway Union and the division one title this weekend, the …Fri Mar 30 2012 - 01:00
Gierts hat-trick seals Ireland's fate as Belgium take London spotHOCKEY: Belgium 4 Ireland 1 : IRISH WOMEN’S hockey has suffered its fair share of disappointments over the years in the pursuit…Mon Mar 26 2012 - 01:00
Phoney war precedes vital final shootoutHOCKEY: WITH BOTH teams already through to tomorrow’s final, where the glittering prize for the winners will be a place in the…Sat Mar 24 2012 - 00:00
Three Rock promotedMEN'S HOCKEY: THREE ROCK Rovers’s trip to Turkey proved to be a successful one, the team earning promotion to the third tier…Mon Feb 20 2012 - 00:00
Gilesie and Keane of one mind as Wenger's cup of woe overflowsTV VIEW: A WEEK of sporting woes, on the whole, far too many crises to count, not least for that ESPN employee who thought “…Mon Feb 20 2012 - 00:00
Railway Union maintain leadWOMEN’S HOCKEY: THERE WERE no surprises in Saturday’s Leinster Division One games, the top five all getting the better of their…Mon Feb 20 2012 - 00:00
Railway well-placed for title run-inWOMEN'S HOCKEY: NICOLA GRAY’S first-half goal for UCD against Old Alexandra on Monday night proved enough for the students to…Fri Feb 17 2012 - 00:00
Kürten back where she belongs after move to ParisWHEN WE started these awards in the dim and distant past – 2004, to be precise – only squash professional Madeline Perry matched…Wed Feb 15 2012 - 00:00
Frozen BBC more clued-in to Paris chill than RTÉ gang in MontroseTV VIEW : YOU COULDN’T but sense that it was a touch chilly in Paris when Keith Wood appeared on our screens bedecked in so …Mon Feb 13 2012 - 00:00
