To cheer or to jeer, that is the question, writes Kieran Shannon.

Aaron Kernan’s retirement at 30 years of age disappointed many, including Joe Brolly. But it wasn’t because the Armagh great was some kind of indentured slave. It was just time to re-prioritise his life.

Another January afternoon out in Tallaght and the National Basketball Arena is throbbing, writes Kieran Shannon.

Wherever she goes, it seems he has to follow, writes Kieran Shannon.

The straight-talking, record-breaking O’Reilly brothers are on the verge of another Cup final win for UCC Blue Demons tonight in the National Basketball Arena. They discuss how little coaching there was back in the day and how there’s plenty of it going on in the Mardyke these nights.

Back for more punishment, all so that we can all have even more fun and rows, writes Kieran Shannon.

The eve of another cup final weekend and with it a sense of history about it for those of us steeped in Irish hoops, writes Kieran Shannon.

It’s some progress, we suppose, writes Kieran Shannon.

Limerick stalwart John Galvin is thankful for a career that was short of glory but full of honour. He has made peace with the disappointments and is ready to revisit them, writes Kieran Shannon.

It is less a matter of what’s professional practice as what’s good practice. The best managers and management teams understand this, writes <b>Kieran Shannon</b>.