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Kieran Shannon

Struggling players better off listening to Enda McNulty than Joe Brolly

I must be hanging around in the wrong circles.

Tue, 22 Dec, 2015

True to his word, Conor McGregor brought complete performance

For folks above a certain age, trying to understand the phenomenon that is Conor McGregor and the UFC is a lot like to trying to dig young people’s music.

Tue, 15 Dec, 2015

Hurling can take lead and show football way forward

Football’s missed its chance now.

Tue, 08 Dec, 2015

Skill must become the cornerstone of success

All around the country they’re making their plans for next year. 

Tue, 01 Dec, 2015

When it comes to ‘player power’, it’s strictly business

When it comes to players wanting management moved on, there are lot more nuances and paradoxes at play than meets the eyes and headlines.

Tue, 24 Nov, 2015

Leader Brendan Cummins destined to go down Donal Óg Cusack and Davy Fitzgerald route

Last week in a hotel in Ennis, the Clare hurlers were introduced to Dónal Óg Cusack for the first time. 

Tue, 17 Nov, 2015

Ed Randolph Interview: Ed and shoulders above the rest

From Florida to Ennistymon, with the divided street of Belfast in between, Ed Randolph has made an impression wherever he pitched up to play basketball. Just like his son, and Republic of Ireland keeper, Darren, writes Kieran Shannon.

Sun, 15 Nov, 2015

Kobe Bryant now looking the weary wolf as time catches up

It’s as if this is payback for all their years of greatness and hubris.

Tue, 10 Nov, 2015

The Kieran Shannon Interview: Paddy Barnes

He’s nine months out from another Olympics in Rio. A third consecutive medal would be an unprecedented achievement for an Irish athlete. But another bronze would have little attraction to Paddy Barnes. At this stage the goal, the plan, is get gold and then go pro. “Everything I now do is for family, for Eireann. If I’m earning money I’m putting it away so she can grow up to be something," he tells Kieran Shannon

Sat, 07 Nov, 2015

The time has come to finally realise coaching is an art

Even now, after he’s gone and the Oireachtas hearing and the forest of newsprint his name and departure triggered, we don’t know what we’ve lost in Billy Walsh.

Tue, 03 Nov, 2015