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SCathal Dennehy: Is Irish funding about driving future success or rewarding performances?
Jack Anderson
SJack Anderson: Odds stacked against regulator in problem gambling race
Paul Rouse
SPaul Rouse: Getting lost in running is one of the great escapes from the world
Antrim v Laois - Allianz Hurling League Division 1B
S Fogarty Forum: Play Antrim v Armagh in Belfast and move on
Connacht GAA estimated they lost out on over €100,000 as a consequence of their pre-season tournament not being played. Ulster’s blow would be in excess of double that amount. Would Ulster GAA be so adamant about Antrim v Armagh not being played in Corrigan Park had the McKenna Cup been staged this year?

Tue, 18 Mar, 2025

Players Championship Golf
S Colin Sheridan: Rory McIlroy must keep focus inside the ropes
The U20s needs a time slot separate to all senior competition. It should be non-negotiable. Let that be the next issue President Jarlath Burns tackles and let him do it fast.

Mon, 17 Mar, 2025

Dublin v Galway - Allianz Football League Division 1
S Christy O'Connor: The colleges GAA landscape constantly evolving
Today's Croke Cup final is the first decider since 2009 where a Kilkenny school isn’t in the final as Thurles CBS face Presentation College Athenry, who are chasing a maiden title.

Sun, 16 Mar, 2025

Ireland v England - Guinness Six Nations 2025
S Ronan O'Gara: It all starts with that old Paul O'Connell expression, the TNTs
As Ireland seek a strong Six Nations finish, France’s depth, mentality, and Galthié’s tactical masterclass spark key discussions

Fri, 14 Mar, 2025

Antrim v Laois - Allianz Hurling League Division 1B
S Paul Rouse: Time for Jarlath Burns to intervene on behalf of Antrim
According to reporting by Mark Sidebottom of the BBC, at a meeting of the Ulster Competitions Control Committee, Antrim GAA proposed Corrigan Park as a venue. All nine Ulster counties were present at the meeting, but none seconded the motion.

Fri, 14 Mar, 2025

Kilkenny v Galway - Allianz Hurling League Division 1A
S Anthony Daly: Galway are motoring but Limerick will provide the best NCT
Micheál Donohue has built a new spine, with  new leaders. Let’s see how they match up now?

Sat, 08 Mar, 2025

Cheltenham file photo
S Ruby Walsh: How to piece together the Cheltenham Festival jigsaw puzzle
We have all the declarations for this weekend's action, but until tomorrow morning, ante-post betting is still an option for the Cheltenham Festival. I doubt there is any value left hanging about.

Sat, 08 Mar, 2025

Tipp manager Babs Keating with players 26/8/1988
S Enda McEvoy: When Kilkenny were laughing at Tipp in the league at Nowlan Park
Here’s a tale of two Tipp trips to Nowlan Park 20 years apart.

Sat, 08 Mar, 2025

Katie Taylor lands a punch on Amanda Serrano 15/11/2024
Katie Taylor v Amanda Serrano trilogy fight confirmed for Madison Square Garden
The New York City venue will host their third bout, having hosted their first fight back in 2022, while they also faced off in Texas last year. 

Thu, 06 Mar, 2025

PALACE V MAN U
S Colin Sheridan: Cantona kick was JFK for my generation
On a cold winter's night 30 years ago Eric Cantona launched himself at Crystal Palace fan Matthew Simmons

Mon, 03 Mar, 2025

Tyrone v Kerry - Allianz Football League Division 1
S Paul Rouse: These rules are working, not much change is needed
On Friday evening, the GAA’s Football Review Committee meet to consider their next move in the process of overhauling Gaelic football.

Fri, 28 Feb, 2025

Northampton Saints v Munster Rugby - Investec Champions Cup Round Of 16
S Ronan O'Gara: If I’m Clayton McMillan, I’m not letting Peter O'Mahony walk without a chat 
Munster welcomes new coach Clayton McMillan amid retirements and leadership shifts. How will the province adapt and evolve?

Fri, 28 Feb, 2025

Galway v Donegal - Allianz Football League Division 1
S Kieran Shannon: Heads or tails — the wind is back at the centre of strategy
From Wexford’s 1996 triumph to Dublin’s dramatic comeback, GAA teams are mastering ‘what-if’ planning to outsmart opponents

Tue, 25 Feb, 2025

Wales v Ireland - Guinness Men's Six Nations - Principality Stadium
S Duncan Casey: Wales problems not solved but Sherratt brought sense, shape and structure
The moral victory and lift Wales can take from Saturday's performance against Ireland cannot be overstated.

Mon, 24 Feb, 2025

Christy O'Connor's talking points: Is being the number two more appealing than manager role?
S Christy O'Connor's talking points: Is being the number two more appealing than manager role?
Can Cork find a few more options from that young cohort to make them even better?

Fri, 21 Feb, 2025

Ronan O'Gara: Some weeks it's clearer that sport is about relationships more than the finished product
Ronan O'Gara: Some weeks it's clearer that sport is about relationships more than the finished product
These weeks the big questions are probably the most important. What do you stand for? What essentially do you want out of this?

Fri, 21 Feb, 2025

TOPSHOT-SKOREA-UN-ENVIRONMENT-PLASTICS
S Paul Rouse: None of our sporting organisations are serious about the environment
It does not seem to matter if a match in played in a dedicated sports ground owned by a club or in a public park – people seem to have no difficulty in leaving behind whatever suits them.

Fri, 21 Feb, 2025

Wales v South Africa - Autumn International - Principality Stadium
S Mick Cleary: Mission Impossible – Can Wales do a Tom Cruise?
Sherratt has made the right first move in recalling the likes of Gareth Anscombe, Max Llewellyn and Jarrod Evans to the training squad.

Fri, 21 Feb, 2025

Beterbiev v Bivol 2: The Last Crescendo - Press Conference
S Spike O’Sullivan: Beterbiev-Bivol and the 'fight card of the century' is a Super Bowl of boxing — for the purists
These are two pure, true fighters. They’re so good that they don’t need to talk trash.

Fri, 21 Feb, 2025

Shamrock Rovers v Molde - UEFA Conference League Knockout Phase Play-off 2nd Leg
Penalty shootout brings Shamrock Rovers' European odyssey to an end
The Irish side also had two penalty shouts waved away, both of them correctly, and they couldn’t make their numerical advantage count when Molde, as they had last Thursday, lost a man to a red card, this one after 90 minutes.

Thu, 20 Feb, 2025

TENNIS-AUS-OPEN-PODIUM
S Doping: Better to be Rich and Guilty than Poor and Innocent
The Sinner case shows once again that antidoping regulation at the elite level of sport is now just as much a product of lawyer’s argument than of athlete sampling.

Thu, 20 Feb, 2025

Ireland v New Zealand - International match
My kind of town: Ireland to face All Blacks in Chicago rematch this November
Ireland and New Zealand will face off in a highly anticipated rematch at Chicago’s Soldier Field on November 1

Tue, 18 Feb, 2025

Eamonn Coghlan Helsinki 1983
S Cathal Dennehy: Eamonn Coghlan legacy surpasses records made on the track
You’d have to think that if the Coghlan of 1983 could be transposed to 2025, with advances in so many areas, he’d have been right there with Jakob Ingebrigtsen. 

Sat, 15 Feb, 2025

UCD v DCU - Electric Ireland HE GAA Sigerson Cup Final
S Paul Rouse: Final game under old rules underlined need for change
Whatever precisely happens now with Gaelic football, it is clear that there is no going back.

Fri, 14 Feb, 2025

Scotland v Ireland - Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship
S Duncan Casey: Scotland are all icing but Ireland's recipe takes the cake
You will rarely see Scotland grind a team down and inflict their ‘slow poison’.

Tue, 11 Feb, 2025

Wales v Georgia - Rugby World Cup 2023 - Pool C - Stade de la Beaujoire
S Peter Jackson: Georgia head coach Richard Cockerill extends invitation to play Wales
Never in the professional era has a Lions year coincided with the country which had supplied more Test players than the other three in such a sorry state.

Mon, 10 Feb, 2025

Galway v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Preliminary Quarter-Final
S Colin Sheridan: Is there a danger Galway are the new Mayo?
Win while you can, is the message for Galway, because the good times don’t last forever.

Mon, 10 Feb, 2025

Conor Meany on basketball: Demons dominate derby but these two may meet again
S Conor Meany on basketball: Demons dominate derby but these two may meet again
The league's leading scorer Patrick Robinson was the difference in the Cork derby with 36 points

Mon, 10 Feb, 2025

Ireland v Scotland - Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship
S Ronan O'Gara: Scots jigsaw has missing piece, but Ireland built around Bundee
Watching the Ireland-England game last Saturday made me appreciate the importance of the IRFU hanging onto to prize assets like Aki

Sun, 09 Feb, 2025

Ireland v Scotland - 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool B
S Donal Lenihan: Ireland occupy the most important Scots territory -  in their heads 
From a psychological sporting perspective, Ireland currently dominate Scotland

Sun, 09 Feb, 2025

Alan Kerins/Anthony Daly 2/8/1999
S Anthony Daly: We never had any baggage with Galway but much has changed
If anything, I always had a grá for Galway, as most people in Clare had in the 1980s and early 1990s before we were successful

Sat, 08 Feb, 2025

Ireland v Scotland - Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship
S Mick Cleary: Five things for Ireland to fear in Scotland
Ireland have not lost in Edinburgh since 2017 while Scotland travel south in a fortnight’s time looking to claim their fifth Calcutta Cup in succession.

Fri, 07 Feb, 2025

Ireland v England - Guinness Six Nations Rugby Championship
S Donal Lenihan: Oh how things have changed in the world of the rugby replacement
Rugby has evolved into a 23-man game, where the quality of the bench can determine victory or defeat

Wed, 05 Feb, 2025

Limerick v Wexford - Allianz Football League Division 4
S Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Division 4 in Rathkeale, but the rules of engagement are the same
I have attended Division 3 and Division 4 games down the years but not as many as I would like to. And every season I vow to try and get to a few more.

Mon, 03 Feb, 2025

A view of the Guinness Six Nations trophy 21/1/2025
S Six Nations special: The full rundown on each country – plus Donal Lenihan’s verdict
Ahead of the tournament kick off on Friday night, here's everything you need to know. 

Fri, 31 Jan, 2025

Warren Gatland 21/1/2025
Warren Gatland aims for one last miracle before 150th game with Wales
The coach whose enduring belief that the next match is always winnable is not ready to abandon all hope just yet

Fri, 31 Jan, 2025

Jac Morgan, Maro Itoje, Antoine Dupont, Caelan Doris, Rory Darge and Michele Lamaro 21/1/2025
S Mick Cleary: Five big talking points to whet our Six Nations appetite
Paying to watch, Ireland's on the brink of history, inconsistent Scotland (and England) and French flair

Fri, 31 Jan, 2025

BMW PGA Championship 2021 - Pro-Am - Wentworth Golf Club
S Paul Rouse: Is the line between success and failure often just luck?
Sports psychologists make clear that there are techniques that help athletes recover from setbacks, but to present success in overcoming outrageous misfortune as a triumph of resilience is grossly simplistic.

Fri, 31 Jan, 2025

Irish Examiner Rugby Podcast: Ronan O'Gara previews the Six Nations
Irish Examiner Rugby Podcast: Ronan O'Gara previews the Six Nations
The La Rochelle coach -- and Irish rugby legend -- speaks to Tony Leen about a tournament he knows well.

 Listen | Thu, 30 Jan, 2025

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Simon Easterby 21/1/2025
Irish Examiner Rugby Podcast: Six Nations preview
Donal Lenihan joins Brendan O'Brien and Simon Lewis to look ahead to the 2025 Six Nations, assess Ireland's chances without Andy Farrell and pick their likely tournament winners

 Listen | Wed, 29 Jan, 2025

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TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 - Day 3
S Colin Sheridan: Kaepernick proves it pays to remain silent 
The NFL, which had protected and forgiven all manner of criminals, including countless domestic abusers, consciously cancelled Kaepernick for deigning to protest racial and social injustice.

Mon, 27 Jan, 2025

Galway v Armagh - Allianz Football League Division 1
S Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Risky business? If teams embrace new rules, they'll be rewarded
Football's new dawn is about the potential that the new rules can have on the game.

Mon, 27 Jan, 2025

Cork v Clare - Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 2
S Liam Sheedy: No substitute for landing a cup in the middle of the dressing room
You only have to clock the massive spend on county teams to realise any drop in gate receipts will hit the balance sheet hard. No manager will want to be responsible for it.

Fri, 24 Jan, 2025

Northampton Saints v Munster - Investec Champions Cup Pool 3
S Ronan O'Gara: Munster in La Rochelle will be magic. But it will have to wait
The intrepid have nothing on the Munster supporter who needs to find a way across land and sea to get to a European Cup game.

Thu, 23 Jan, 2025

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