Ronnie Whelan

TV View: Roy Keane gets stuck into the FAI while Ronnie Whelan learns nothing

Even ‘the greatest human being on Earth’ couldn’t uplift Ireland against England

Sun Sept 08 2024 - 19:14

TV View: No glossing over bleak landscape for Stephen Kenny’s Ireland

Picture looks ominous for manager as Richie Sadlier says ‘words don’t matter any more’

Sun Nov 19 2023 - 19:00

Chiedozie Ogbene: I was meant to be a doctor but that didn’t work out as planned

Key figure of Kenny’s new-look Ireland is focused on winning and making his family proud

Sat Jan 29 2022 - 10:00

Former Liverpool and Arsenal player Ray Kennedy dies, aged 70

John Aldridge and Ronnie Whelan pay tributes to former Anfield team-mate

Tue Nov 30 2021 - 17:17

TV View: Champagne football finally flows for Ireland and Kenny

Brady and Sadlier refuse to share their toys but all ends amicably after Luxembourg win

Sun Nov 14 2021 - 22:23

TV View: It’s. Just. Not. Fair – Ronnie Whelan and Ali Daei rail against cruelty of it all

RTÉ’s coverage started with positive news, sadly for Shane Long it was him

Wed Sept 01 2021 - 23:04

Olympic TV View: George Hamilton’s opening ceremony solo run deserves a gold medal

RTÉ’s main man on the mic could have done with sidekick Ronnie Whelan

Fri Jul 23 2021 - 19:18

RTÉ quartet set to be crowned grumpiest punditry team of Euro 2020

The tetchiness of Didi, Duffer, Kenny and Ronnie is proving deliciously enjoyable

Sun Jun 20 2021 - 21:57

TV View: Slumbering start to Day Eight ends in a full-on Braveheart at Wembley

Roy Keane struggles to calm down Graeme Souness ahead of the big game

Fri Jun 18 2021 - 23:04

TV View: Ronnie Whelan fails to judge the mood as football stops to applaud Eriksen

Over on ITV, Clive Tyldesley takes it to the other extreme during Denmark v Belgium game

Thu Jun 17 2021 - 21:46

Liverpool revival continues with dominant win at West Ham

Injury-hit champions close the gap on Manchester City ahead of next weekend’s clash

Sun Jan 31 2021 - 18:52

England v Republic of Ireland – The last six meetings

Tight games between old foes fail to produce a winner across the last 25 years

Wed Nov 11 2020 - 21:28

Worst Sporting Moment: Drowned and nearly out as Jack Charlton era peters out

Ireland went to Lisbon in November 1995 with hopes high. They were soon washed away

Fri Aug 21 2020 - 06:00

Former Cork Hibs and Home Farm boss David Bacuzzi dies from Covid-19

Londoner led Hibs to league title in 1971 and also managed teams to win three FAI Cups

Wed Apr 22 2020 - 16:41

My favourite sporting moment: The day Pfaff’s long fingers denied Ireland

A packed South Terrace, a gifted Ireland side and an inspired Belgium goalkeeper

Fri Apr 17 2020 - 06:00

Sporting Poetry: Seeing far beyond the scoreboard

From George Best to Christy Ring, theirs is an eye that picks up things others do not

Sat Apr 04 2020 - 06:00

The Boys In Green: ‘I was kind of wired’ – Eamon Dunphy on his epic meltdown

TV review: Ross Whitaker captures the excitement as Jack Charlton’s team united the country in joy

Mon Mar 09 2020 - 22:35

TV View: After Swiss defeat it’s time to light the candles folks

Familiar foes now stand between Ireland and a place in the Euro 2020 finals

Tue Oct 15 2019 - 22:47

TV View: Japan serve up a three-star Michelin treat in Yokohama

All you could do was gorge on host’s display and worry about All Blacks another day

Sun Oct 13 2019 - 21:18

Paul Howard: Love affair with Liverpool tugging at my heartstrings again

The club’s glory years in my childhood have proved frustratingly elusive ever since

Sat Apr 27 2019 - 07:00

Miriam Lord: Healy-Rae’s Delaney devotion reaches fever pitch

The Seanad is led to the guillotine as McDowell stages a judicial uprising

Sat Apr 20 2019 - 01:00

TV View: Crumbs of comfort hard to find from Leinster House to the Nou Camp

World’s best player gets a helping hand as Manchester United go a little Molinari against Barca

Tue Apr 16 2019 - 22:36

TV View: 15-love to Ireland on a night of grand slam entertainment

Irksome agitators chucking tennis balls polarise opinion as Ireland play some ball

Tue Mar 26 2019 - 23:04

Lisa Fallon: I heard him say: ‘This lot turned up with some f**king bird managing them!’

The only female coach working in men’s pro football in Ireland on her battle for acceptance

Mon Feb 04 2019 - 14:50

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

Liam Miller tribute match attendance likely to exceed all records in Cork

Páirc Uí Chaoimh expected to be at full capacity of 45,000 on Tuesday night

Mon Sept 24 2018 - 00:06

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

TV View: Paul Pogba makes the RTÉ lads eat their words

French midfielder’s play described as ‘Croke Park stuff’ before impressive performance

Tue Jul 10 2018 - 21:53

TV View: George unimpressed with Spain’s plastic cutlery

No cutting edge, was Hamilton’s verdict. It was all a far cry from the glory of Saturday

Sun Jul 01 2018 - 22:08

Euro 88: When everything seemed possible

In six days in Germany in 1988, Ireland learned we could do a little better as a country

Sat Jun 09 2018 - 06:00

Euro 88 – One of the finest of all Ireland’s performances

Jack Charlton knew how good his team were, and how far they could have gone