You're excited. I understand that. Favourite team, favourite venue. Favourite spot in that favourite venue from which to watch your favourite team. Soon the comfortable routine will reassert itself

We ordinary citizens can't change our minds if our bets go badly. Yet a company that demolished buildings to build apartments can now say its plan was unviable and will build offices instead

A weekend without a hurling game for yours truly which means one thing. Time to reflect. And giving Mare of Easttown a shot, given you’re all talking about it. Two things, then.

Nobody feels a need to come up with some kind of rhyming shorthand for urban landmarks — it's a superiority thing

Never mind the tree falling in the forest, does Semple Stadium still exist if there are no games being played there?

Rather than a view on Manchester United, or the chances of a holiday in Spain later in the year, what about an insight into the changing face of the city, the impact of gentrification and renewal?

The passing of an athlete always gives us pause.

A city that can safely be navigated by children is a city that welcomes everyone, writes Michael Moynihan

There are games going on, and it’s exquisite torture to know there are games going on and yet not be able to see them. I can gauge how much people want to see those games by their willingness to sit next to me for an hour and a half in order to do so

Cork City Council's decision suggests a resolve to enhance the city's distinctive character, and may make it a better place to live