I see that Australian sportsman Israel Folau got himself in hot water over the last few weeks with remarks about gay people.

It’s funny to consider how much talk there is about hands in Irish sport once you concentrate on it, writes Michael Moynihan

The Belfast rape trial ended last week. The past few weeks saw the mix seethe, as preoccupations intersected in Belfast’s Court No. 12: crime, celebrity, sex, power, class, sport. All of it.

There was quite the buzz last week about a New York Times piece by one Farhad Manjoo, in which he said he’d given up on social media for a couple of months, relying instead for his news on three newspapers delivered daily (the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and his local paper, the San Francisco Chronicle).

Chrissy McKaigue’s comments bear repeating, writes Michael Moynihan.

Michael Moynihan offers a few random observations form the Winter Olympics.

Why does the outside chatter get under people’s skin? asks Michael Moynihan

The great American comedian George Carlin had a terrific routine in which he talked about the language used in American football, writes Michael Moynihan.