The Irish Times

Keith Duggan: Forget Euro 2028, Irish soccer’s awakening has begun

Domestic league is on the up and national team is selling out the Aviva for friendlies

Sat Mar 26 2022 - 09:00

League of Ireland season launch sees issue of facilities crop up again

Clubs are hopeful that dire need for funding is not hindered by FAI’s Euro 2028 bid

Wed Feb 09 2022 - 23:00

Luxembourg boss doubles down on ‘British’ tag amid bad sportsmanship accusation

Stephen Kenny bemused by counterpart’s gripe as he defends Ireland skilled history

Sun Nov 14 2021 - 22:44

Mick McCarthy sees another managerial life slip away as Cardiff cut him loose

Former Ireland boss had joined Welsh club after short stay at Apoel Nicosia

Sun Oct 24 2021 - 14:41

Stephen Kenny justified in making future Ireland plans as things start falling into place

Listening to the players it’s clear they have bought in completely to the manager’s approach

Wed Oct 13 2021 - 23:00

Sideline Cut: Leeds United are back and it’s wonderful

Manchester United and Leeds have vastly different expectations since Cantona left

Sat Aug 14 2021 - 06:00

Ciarán Murphy: Predictions are embedded in sport but why do we need them?

Pundits often find out these things are taken to heart and can come back to haunt them

Thu Jun 24 2021 - 05:15

Sideline Cut: It might just be easier to unite a country than to break up a dressingroom

Two international sides on a tiny island should tell onlookers everything about the Irish

Sat Mar 27 2021 - 06:00

Glory days: How Eamon Dunphy brought Matt Busby to book

It’s the book he’s most proud of, published just before Manchester United went mega

Sat Jan 30 2021 - 07:00

TV View: We’ll be hugging over Zoom when Ireland finally score

8,000 are present in Helsinki as Mick McCarthy reminds us it’s a results business

Wed Oct 14 2020 - 20:38

Brawls to handballs: The complete guide to Ireland’s playoff history

It took five attempts to win one and there’s been more heartbreak than joy down the years

Thu Oct 08 2020 - 06:00

Keith Duggan: How we could all do with a dose of that Italia 90 feeling just now

30 years ago it seemed like the whole of Ireland burst out on to the streets at the same time

Fri Jun 26 2020 - 06:00

Ghosts and goalposts: The soul of street football in Dublin’s Gloucester Diamond

Eamon Dunphy among those to hone their trade beneath creaking inner-city tenements

Sat May 30 2020 - 07:00

Giants in Green: Michael Walker’s greatest all-time all-Ireland XI

Our soccer columnist takes a look back on the footballing giants in green

Sat Mar 21 2020 - 07:00

Tipping Point: Extinction fears for TV species of lesser spotted Shit Stirrer

There’s still nothing better than a loose-tongued gouger lobbing grenades into the mix

Mon Feb 24 2020 - 07:00

New FAI chairman Roy Barrett is a puzzling choice to some

Stockbroker’s decision to accept role likely motivated by love of soccer, say friends

Fri Jan 10 2020 - 02:41

TV View: The three wise men return as the boy Jaysus comes bearing gifts

Premier Sports brought the band back together for their first midweek game

Tue Dec 03 2019 - 22:35

Irish football’s division more than ever looks an anachronism

Tipping point: Brexit crisis could represent a chance for some positive Irish sporting unity

Mon Dec 24 2018 - 07:00

Irish soccer was built on skill and not teams of giants

Jimmy McIlroy's innovation captured the tradition of brains over brawn in Irish soccer

Sat Oct 27 2018 - 11:30

Sideline Cut: Fundamental reform the only way forward for Irish football

The age of the big persona leading limited Ireland to improbable glory has passed

Sat Sept 15 2018 - 07:30

Eamon Dunphy was showbiz, baby, and now we could die of boredom

The departing RTÉ analyst was considerably more about entertainment than information

Wed Jul 25 2018 - 22:19

TV View: Russia 2018 simply magnifique as final blends brilliant with the bonkers

Roy Keane was one of many pundits fuming about France’s penalty as Pogba boogies away

Sun Jul 15 2018 - 23:35

Two decades on: Après Match are ready for Russia

When it comes to tournament telly, there’s only one Après Match

Sat Jun 02 2018 - 07:00

The Eamon Dunphy file on the wonder of Wes Hoolahan

The street footballer who nearly saved the football nation was lauded in the RTE studio

Thu Feb 08 2018 - 08:56

Rugby on RTÉ: ‘It was like herding cats, like dealing with children’

After losing Six Nations coverage, the days of international rugby on RTÉ are ending

Sat Nov 25 2017 - 07:00

Eamon Dunphy: ‘I’m not part of official Ireland’

Interview: The pundit and podcaster talks Celtic Tiger, family and his ‘Buddhist’ outlook

Sat Sept 02 2017 - 06:00

Conor McGregor: The poster child of an on-demand generation

Like Christy Ring, Roy Keane and Brian O’Driscoll before him, he captures imagination

Fri Aug 25 2017 - 12:30

Joanne O’Riordan: I love Barça but Cork City are my little secret

John Delaney’s problematic children have become my problematic favourites

Thu Jul 13 2017 - 06:30

John Giles review: ‘I didn’t consider myself Irish’

To play soccer in 1950s Ireland was to defy a nationalist agenda. John Giles had plenty to renounce

Mon Jul 03 2017 - 22:36

Bank of Ireland to invest €1.2m in Enterprise Town programme

Initiative designed to boost economic activity and foster networking in local areas

Mon Mar 13 2017 - 04:25

Irish women’s soccer pioneer who conquered Europe

Anne O’Brien did the unimaginable in the 1970s – earn a living playing soccer

Thu Sept 08 2016 - 05:30

Sport’s top 10 bleedin’ obvious: No one gives a stuff about golf at the Olympics

You’ve got to be a bit of a weirdo to play senior intercounty GAA and MMA isn't a sport

Mon Jul 18 2016 - 06:30

President pays tribute to ‘best of the game’ John Giles

Former player and manager ends a 31-year association with RTÉ as a football analyst

Mon Jul 11 2016 - 15:29

TV View: Giles bows out as Portugal draw clear at the death

Viewers dealt a selection dilemma for Euro 2016 final as Eder lights up a damp squib

Sun Jul 10 2016 - 23:39