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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.

Ireland v Tonga - 2023 Rugby World Cup Pool B

S Colin Sheridan: Rugby World Cup has been a turgid tournament so far

It’s a World Cup, but only because it’s marketed as such. For at least the first month of it, there is little or no substance or drama or intrigue.

Mon, 18 Sep, 2023

FREEDIVING-NORWAY-ARCTIC

S Colin Sheridan: Finding freedom deep in the dark

The Deepest Breath will see you subconsciously holding your own breath.

Mon, 11 Sep, 2023

Manchester United v Rochdale - Carabao Cup - Third Round - Old Trafford

S Colin Sheridan: what if we bought a football club?

There are worse ways Ireland could squander the money we have sloshing around.

Mon, 04 Sep, 2023

Cavan v Armagh - Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship Quarter-Final

S Colin Sheridan: Backroom team employment boom is completely bonkers

I do realise that all Cavan are doing is what is expected of them; by their players, their fans and GAA society generally.

Mon, 28 Aug, 2023

Colin Sheridan: The unlikely redemption of Lucas Glover

S Colin Sheridan: The unlikely redemption of Lucas Glover

Winning once is hard enough, but doing so in consecutive starts is ridiculous, especially for a man with a well documented decade-long battle with the yips which almost saw him resorting to putting left handed.

Mon, 21 Aug, 2023

The Ireland team huddle 8/8/2023

S Colin Sheridan: Ireland's World Cup voyage is remarkably free of baggage

Andy Farrell is a veteran of England's disastrous 2015 campaign, and his forwards coach Paul O’Connell could do a series of Ted Talks on successive abysmal Irish experiences at World Cups

Mon, 14 Aug, 2023

The Galway Races Summer Festival 2023 - Day Seven - Galway Racecourse

S Colin Sheridan: 'Are ya going racing?' - Almost everyone in Galway, 2002-2009

One friend once did six days and six nights. He later recounted “I’ve never been to war…but that was my Vietnam”

Mon, 07 Aug, 2023

Dublin v Kerry - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final

S Colin Sheridan: At what cost should Croke Park continue to grow?

'Growing the game' has become a catchy phrase that easily rolls off the tongue, but at what cost should Croke Park continue to grow, when its nuclear family is struggling to feed itself?

Mon, 31 Jul, 2023

NUI Galway v University of Limerick - Electric Ireland HE GAA Sigerson Cup Final

S Colin Sheridan: The night Kerry talisman David Clifford showed his mortal side

The last time the Fossa marksman was held scoreless from play was the Sigerson decider against NUIG.

Fri, 28 Jul, 2023

The Open 2023 - Day Four - Royal Liverpool

S Colin Sheridan: If you hate golf, you can’t possibly understand it

You may as well hate puppies and babies and flowers and the first snows of winter. Golf is spiritual. It’s solitary, while simultaneously being an act of companionship

Mon, 24 Jul, 2023