Larry Ryan - Columnist - IRISH EXAMINER
LARRY RYAN: There's something about Mauricio Pochettino
Mauricio Pochettino’s disregard for the Carabao Cup may have spared Tottenham players another medicinal dose of Robbie Williams.
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LARRY RYAN: Putting banter to bed
It seems to be official. ‘Banter is being phased out’, ran the headline on skysports.com this week.
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LARRY RYAN: More to life than having the ball
Things took an unusual turn, for a Liam Brady column, on the morning of Cardiff.
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LARRY RYAN: Pawns on Roy’s chess board
Keano’s superpower might have been football, but he discovered another along the way in his magnetism. And how a nation hangs on every word he utters, or is uttered about him, writes Larry Ryan.
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LARRY RYAN: Golf: a game that quickly calls in its debts
Not too long ago, Larry Ryan couldn't hold a club. But Ronan Collins, PGA Professional at Fota Island, knocked him into some kind of shape at Fota’s state-of-the-art Golf Academy. But is he dicing with danger?
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LARRY RYAN: Feeding Gaelic football’s controvassy monster
The first great GAA summer of controvassy — or conspóid, as we have decided it should be written, by rule — has finished up in the style to which we have rapidly become accustomed, writes Larry Ryan.
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LARRY RYAN: Thanks for the memories, Jimmy
Larry Ryan pays tribute to Jimmy Magee and remembers his best moments...
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LARRY RYAN: Did the Banana Boat go through Foxford?
In the days before last year’s football final, an extraordinary thing happened that would change the Examiner forever — the great Knowledgable Noel got it wrong.
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LARRY RYAN: Why does every international break prompt morose introspection?
We may have to accept that it is baked into our DNA as football people to worry and grumble about our DNA as football people following every international break.
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LARRY RYAN: Detecting hope and fear on Deadline Day
The transfer window reminds us of the ultimate futility of many of our hopes and dreams, writes Larry Ryan.
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LARRY RYAN: Excesses of modern football pulling on the fans’ elastic
It is back. But we should pause to consider those we have lost. The latest defectors. Those who have seen enough. Who have, as they will tell you often, “lost interest now”.
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Wearing glitter make-up for Halloween? You need to know this hack for taking it off
See how 10 different animals at Chester Zoo interact with their spooky pumpkin treats
This incredible photograph of a ‘centigoat’ has arrived just in time for Halloween
9 of the world’s prettiest clock towers to act as your reminder that clocks are going back
This guy’s Stranger Things Halloween costume is sublime
See the beautiful golden snitch ring created by a Harry Potter fan
‘Words can’t express how I feel’: Katie Taylor is champion of the world!
A different world: Munster rugby star Tomás O’Leary on lining out for childhood GAA club
Seani's on fire! Maguire scores scorcher of a goal for Preston
Cork City’s night of champions
John Muldoon sympathises with Andrew Conway over red card
Jose Mourinho turns page on Mauricio Pochettino book gripes
Match in 60 seconds: Connacht prevail in tight match against Munster
Classy Aghada win Cork Intermediate title
Price of the pound doesn’t upset Katie Taylor
The new Paul Galvin designed Kerry jersey is an absolute stunner
