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Ennis test ticks all the boxes for Éamonn Fitzmaurice

Ennis test ticks all the boxes for Éamonn Fitzmaurice

Éamonn Fitzmaurice couldn’t have written away for a script as perfect as yesterday’s Ennis test of mettle for Kerry.

Mon, 12 Jun, 2017

Cork football is as close to rock bottom as it has been in decades

Cork football is as close to rock bottom as it has been in decades

The idea that for Cork the only way is up is completely wrong. There’s new depths there to plummet, writes Colm Cooper.

Sat, 10 Jun, 2017

The impact of big mouths, bully boys and brave men

The impact of big mouths, bully boys and brave men

Colm Cooper recalls being tormented by Ryan McMenamin, serenaded by Philly McMahon and the worst thing ever said to him on a football field.

Sat, 03 Jun, 2017

"The costliest point I ever scored came in an All-Ireland Club semi-final in 2014"

"The costliest point I ever scored came in an All-Ireland Club semi-final in 2014"

In the first of a series of Championship insights, our new football columnist Colm Cooper empathises with those injured, frustrated and worst of all, forgotten.

Sun, 28 May, 2017