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Colin Sheridan

Colin Sheridan is a writer and columnist. A former officer in the Irish Defence Forces he has extensive deployment experience as a peacekeeper with the United Nations, having lived and worked in the former Yugoslavia, West Africa, Afghanistan, Lebanon and Palestine.

Arsenal v Southampton - Premier League - Emirates Stadium

Colin Sheridan: Dear Arsenal, don't kid yourself second is anywhere

The purpose of this letter is to impress upon you the importance of the next few days for your club - not just as a team - but as an idea

Mon, 24 Apr, 2023

AFC Bournemouth v Brighton and Hove Albion - Premier League - Vitality Stadium

Colin Sheridan: Let Adeleke and Ferguson enjoy the here and now

Today, Rhasidat Adeleke, 20, and Evan Ferguson, 18, stand on the precipice of a type of greatness none of us could ever really imagine for ourselves, and certainly not for our kids

Mon, 17 Apr, 2023

Colin Sheridan: Rory McIlroy's long Good Friday

Colin Sheridan: Rory McIlroy's long Good Friday

Sometimes the great ones make it all too easy for us to pick them apart.

Mon, 10 Apr, 2023

Kevin McStay 2/4/2023

Colin Sheridan: Whatever happened, Kevin McStay has Mayo finely tuned

This is a piece about Sunday's Allianz Football League final between Galway and Mayo, an article about something that has already happened, written before it ever happened

Mon, 03 Apr, 2023

Argentina v Panama - International Friendly

Colin Sheridan: Premier League soon a proxy playground

“We’ve taken Aqaba!” Peter O’Toole, Lawrence of Arabia Last Thursday night in Buenos Aires, football - in the truest sense of the phrase - came home.

Mon, 27 Mar, 2023

11/3/2015

S Colin Sheridan: A decade of game-changing Second Captains

Second Captains have managed what few, perhaps even themselves, thought possible. A chart-topping podcast with international clout, almost daily output, and a bevy of quality contributors

Mon, 13 Mar, 2023

Los Angeles Rams v Green Bay Packers

Colin Sheridan: Aaron Rodgers - the silent, dark, retreat

The Green Bay Packers QB will reflect on his next move at a Darkness Retreat, he says.

Sat, 25 Feb, 2023

The Genesis Invitational - Round One

Colin Sheridan: Puerile Tiger proves powerful men are rarely funny

The golf icon's Tampax prank was offensive, sure, because it was crass and lazily misogynistic, but also because it was so utterly terrible.

Mon, 20 Feb, 2023

A view of the Official IRFU Hospitality at the Marian College Marquee 11/2/2023

Colin Sheridan: Even I'll miss rugby if game fails to adapt and survive

If the sport fails to address incidences like Uni Antonio’s hit on Rob Herring, rugby is in trouble.

Mon, 13 Feb, 2023

Kilmacud Crokes General Views

Colin Sheridan: GAA learning that silence not always golden

This was one of those debacles which, by the Monday after the game, was upgraded to a fiasco, in large part because of the oxygen the GAA allowed it

Mon, 06 Feb, 2023