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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.

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Colin Sheridan: Arne Slot's firing means Liverpool has done exactly what everybody else does

Football clubs no longer ask whether a manager can recover a dressing room. They ask whether it is worth trying.

Mon, 01 Jun, 2026

Colin Sheridan: There comes no pleasure in writing critically about Sally Rooney

Colin Sheridan: There comes no pleasure in writing critically about Sally Rooney

Allowing 'Intermezzo' to be published in Hebrew through an Israeli publisher deemed compliant with the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement raises a question larger than Rooney herself: What do we validate when we make exceptions?

Sat, 30 May, 2026

England World Cup Squad Announcement - Wembley Stadium - Friday May 22nd

Colin Sheridan: Picking a squad by numbers, Tuchel's England is all system and no soul

The Three Lions boss has decided to leave some of English football's biggest talent at home.

Mon, 25 May, 2026

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Colin Sheridan: Harm caused by reality TV is increasingly hard to ignore

This entertainment model increasingly appears dependent upon emotional destabilisation, sexual exposure, and psychological risk

Sat, 23 May, 2026

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Colin Sheridan: O’Neill and Coleman united by an Irishness football still badly needs

Long after tactical systems evolve and television money transforms the sport yet again, football will still fundamentally belong to personalities.

Mon, 18 May, 2026

Colin Sheridan: Unexpected Cold War era book shows little has changed

Colin Sheridan: Unexpected Cold War era book shows little has changed

A few weeks ago, I got a book in the post with no explanation at all. It feels like one of the most civilised acts available to us, writes Colin Sheridan

Sat, 16 May, 2026

Tired student trying to study in the night

Your child’s exams are a test of your parenting skills

A teenager studying for their first state exams will already be stressed. Parents should aim to be a calm, helpful counterpoint

Tue, 12 May, 2026

Colin Sheridan: How Everest turned from the world’s tallest mountain into peak posturing

Colin Sheridan: How Everest turned from the world’s tallest mountain into peak posturing

Perhaps Everest merely exaggerates something that already exists in sport. The pursuit of prestige has always had the power to make intelligent people irrational.

Mon, 11 May, 2026

Colin Sheridan: Pressure grows on university over partnership with Israeli military-linked institution

Colin Sheridan: Pressure grows on university over partnership with Israeli military-linked institution

Campaigners say they will continue protesting until University of Galway's partnership with Israel's Technion, which has links to the Israeli Defence Forces, is brought to an end

Sat, 09 May, 2026

Palestine and Ireland flags at US military out of Shannon

Colin Sheridan: Demanding accountability from a government or a society is not racism

If every expression of outrage at the destruction of Gaza and the annihilation of the Palestinian people is redefined as anti-Jewish hatred, then the word has completely lost its meaning

Sat, 09 May, 2026