Columns - Irish Examiner

Michael Moynihan

Sport Ireland not keeping up appearances on inclusion

During the week Sport Ireland opened a national indoor sports arena. Or manrena, maybe.

Mon, 30 Jan, 2017

Neptune build a new golden generation for basketball

Michael Moynihan examines Cork’s Neptune basketball team and the future that may lay ahead for them given past successes.

Fri, 27 Jan, 2017

Caveats come with hosting global events like World Cup

Dublin in the lunar light of a raw dawn last Friday. I was up early in the capital for a Sport for Business gig looking ahead to the year to come, and kudos to Rob Hartnett and Mick O’Keeffe for a smooth operation at the unearthly hour (a fact-checker writes: 8.05am is nobody’s idea of ‘unearthly’, Michael).

Mon, 23 Jan, 2017

Donald Trump’s sporting dalliance

At the end of this week Donald Trump will officially become President of the United States.

Mon, 16 Jan, 2017

Soccer is about to score in China, bigtime

I see that Cristiano Ronaldo’s agent recently claimed that his client was offered a hefty €100 million per year contract to play soccer in China, a sign of the financial muscle being exerted by the Far East.

Mon, 09 Jan, 2017

Truth getting hazy in the dawn of 2017

Welcome to 2017. Already it’s better than last year simply because it’s not 2016, even if some of you are probably still a little fragile this morning.

Mon, 02 Jan, 2017

Leeds United v Birmingham City - FA Cup with Budweiser Third Round

A Yorkshire Tragedy offers a warning from history

When I read a review of Anthony Clavane’s new book last weekend, the sketchy outline convinced me immediately it had to be read.

Mon, 02 Jan, 2017

Find out what lay behind the birth of the 'blood and bandage'

Tonight there’s a documentary on TG4 which I heartily recommend, and not for the viewer-retardant fact that I appear in it.

Mon, 26 Dec, 2016

Literary journal shows it has pulling power

Winter Papers, the literary journal edited by Kevin Barry and Olivia Smith, was launched, or re-launched, on Saturday in Cork.

Mon, 19 Dec, 2016

Engaging in a different kind of sports debate

I stumbled across a very interesting chat the other day between Malcolm Gladwell and Bill Simmons on the future of American football - and whether it has a future.

Mon, 05 Dec, 2016