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Kieran Shannon

Kieran Shannon: Kiladangan goal the closest any sport can come to basketball's buzzer-beaters

Whatever chance there is that Bryan McLoughney may know of Anthony Davis — the LA Laker, whatever about the former Cork footballer and Sunday Game panellist — it’d be fair to assume that the man commonly referred to as AD wouldn’t be familiar with ...

Tue, 22 Sep, 2020

Kieran Shannon: Cork’s 1990 double can be equalled but never bettered

Billy’s men had managed to do it. The Double. And Beat Meath.

Wed, 16 Sep, 2020

Republic of Ireland Squad Training and Press Conference

Kieran Shannon: Cork may have made Roy Keane but Dublin shaped him too

There are many striking scenes in Eoin O’Callaghan’s often-fascinating book, Keane: Origins, but a particularly vivid one is when an 18-year-old Roy is taking the Monday train from Cork to Dublin, where he’s undergoing a year-long full-time FÁS ...

Wed, 09 Sep, 2020

Kieran Shannon: Even before a ball has been kicked, Stephen Kenny has impressed

Euro 2020 in 2021 represents such a glorious opportunity — two wins and we’re there. That’s why Sofia tomorrow means so much more than most opening games of a new Irish manager

Wed, 02 Sep, 2020

Kieran Shannon: Every game will matter when split season dream becomes reality

If common sense prevails, the split season will be in place next year - and every club and county player will benefit

Wed, 26 Aug, 2020

Kieran Shannon: Token gestures do little to build trust

There’s a substantial difference between symbolism and tokenism. Symbolism is meaningful. It signifies and represents a value, an idea, an ideal. Done right, it can be powerful, even beautiful. Profound. Tokenism is something shallow. Hollow.

Wed, 19 Aug, 2020

Kieran Shannon: Restructured Champions League gives Messi and Barcelona a chance

With RB Leipzig, Atalanta, and Lyon still all in the mix, you’ve to go back to 2004 for a more unlikely quarter-final line-up.

Wed, 12 Aug, 2020

Republic of Ireland v Denmark - FIFA 2018 World Cup Qualifier Play-off 2nd leg

Taylor, Lynch, and McClean unwilling to follow crowd and sing Milgram 37

It’s not that it’s easy to go with the flow and go with the crowd. It’s just that it’s common, writes Kieran Shannon 

Wed, 07 Nov, 2018

From soaring to scoring, Brian Fenton is amongst the greats

When Alan Brogan recently selected the 15 footballers he felt should be honoured at Friday’s All-Stars, he ran out of superlatives for Brian Fenton.

Wed, 31 Oct, 2018

What will it take for GAA to suitably tackle brawl culture?

On Monday evening just past, probably after a few of them would have seen footage of a brawl below in Kerry on their Twitter feed on their way out the door, the 2018 Clare senior county hurling champions Ballyea returned to the Local Inn, where for the second consecutive night they were welcomed by a special constituency of people.

Wed, 24 Oct, 2018