Columns - Irish Examiner

Larry Ryan

Trampling on the grassroots - How far should elite sport encroach on clubs?

A trip round the primary school circuit lately, to see would anyone take the twins, pulled my handbrake on a Dunphian u-turn.

Sat, 23 Apr, 2016

Poetry in motion - the Patsy Dorgan Interview

Legendary Cork Hibernians centre-half Patsy Dorgan was recently inducted into the All-Ireland Hall Of Fame at a reunion event in Cork attended by many of his former Hibs teammates. Now 80 and living in Trinidad, from where he has published three books of poetry, one of Cork’s most beloved sporting sons shared memories of a graceful life, on and off the field.

Fri, 22 Apr, 2016

Anything is possible for football’s true believers

Patsy Dorgan, the most elegant of League of Ireland centre-halves, explained, for an upcoming feature, how The Dream came true for him.

Sat, 16 Apr, 2016

Doping not a big big deal

Leicester got another lucky break during the week.

Sat, 09 Apr, 2016

GAA needs room for manoeuvre

Not all of the GAA’s proudest traditions have proved robust. 

Sat, 02 Apr, 2016

Goodbye to football men

It is not an uncommon scenario; the rugby man, with all his connections and influence, sending the football man, with his talents, away from the office disappointed.

Sat, 26 Mar, 2016

Football fans made a hash of Twitter

Nostalgia is an awareness that we ruin everything. And so it is with Twitter, which will celebrate its 10th birthday on Monday, with everyone pining for the good old days of 2011 or 2012.

Sat, 19 Mar, 2016

Maria Sharapova and the science of redemption

A GRIPPING week, when the high horse galloped neck and neck with the spinning machine.

Sat, 12 Mar, 2016

Arsenal's bottle isn’t all about optics

Business opportunity. Even as football’s stats and analytics industries grow apace, there is nobody yet adequately measuring what we now know to be the most persuasive indicator of performance; seemingly insignificant gestures and habits.

Sat, 05 Mar, 2016

Trust the cynics to wave the 'imaginary yellow card'

An important anniversary will soon be reached; the great modern Premier League fear of mime is almost ten years old.

Sat, 27 Feb, 2016