Two Cork owners won't see their horse run today as hoped. Adrian Russell reflects on the luck of draw. [More]

Adrian Russell In the news last week a media storm brewed because, apparently, our college students are being awarded higher marks than ever. Though politicians and captains of industry bemoaned the perceived dumbing down in third-level out-put, sports fans could not but applaud improving standard... [More]

Adrian Russell looks at what the association can take from the NFL's showpiece. [More]

Adrian Russell laments the passing of a historic theatre with a special green hue [More]

This is Lance Armstrong abandoning the Tour of Ireland yesterday in Cork city centre, just before ‘the monster’ he had come to tame – St Patrick’s Hill – yawned in front of him. The above quote was the honest analysis of a very annoyed American woman who walked back d... [More]

Cruelly, the last song the great Louis Armstrong recorded before he died was ‘We have all the time in the world’. Cork City FC is alive and kicking, despite the John Grisham courtroom drama that’s unfolded this week, but they’re certainly not singing from the rooftops. &... [More]

Daragh Ó Conchúir explains it's all rosey in the Garden as legend Mick O'Dwyer works his magic in Wicklow [More]

By Fintan O'Toole Anxiety was rapidly starting to set in outside Wembley this afternoon, with just 90 minutes from kick-off and no discernible sign of an FA Cup Final ticket being pressed into my palm. All week the budget limits I had erected were consistently shifted upward as the desire to attend... [More]

Adrian Russell A season high of 4,026 souls funnelled into Turner’s Cross on Friday night to witness Cork City go top of the League of Ireland Premier Division with another workmanlike 1-0 victory over Derry City.  When Shamrock Rovers dramatically beat rivals Bohs 24 hours later, th... [More]