Columns - Irish Examiner

Michael Moynihan

15 reasons why this is greatest week of the year

This week will be one to enjoy for fans of Cork and Tipperary.

Mon, 16 May, 2016

Tactical innovation is a given for any progressive game

The end of hurling, or the end of the end of hurling? When you have well-known players like Ken McGrath tweeting that they’re glad to have played when they did then you suspect that something is amiss in the game.

Mon, 09 May, 2016

Shamefully, sexism in sport is alive and well

Not a good week for fully developed human beings interested in sport?

Mon, 02 May, 2016

Dublin's financial advantage has echoes in US baseball

Imagine a national sports body at odds with its constituent parts about money.

Mon, 25 Apr, 2016

Learning from the death of Joao Carvalho

The terrible death of Joao Carvalho last week after an MMA event in Dublin dominated many sports conversations in recent days. 

Mon, 18 Apr, 2016

Sports coverage goes from the sublime to the superfluous

Eventually you’re moved to action.

Mon, 11 Apr, 2016

OBITUARY: Davy Walsh, former Irish soccer international

Davy Walsh was the first Catholic to play for Linfield, in the 1940s, before moving to West Brom, writes Michael Moynihan

Fri, 08 Apr, 2016

A frozen heartbeat from half a century away

One of your columnist’s (many) obsessions is the pre-game team photograph.

Mon, 04 Apr, 2016

Dick Hodgins: 'Between April and July, he’d be on the phone all night'

Dick Hodgins, former athlete and Cork City Sports administrator

Fri, 01 Apr, 2016

Four horsemen of New Camp

Many things in the world have not been named; and many things, if they have been named, have never been described. — Susan Sontag.

Mon, 28 Mar, 2016