The sporting activity that Behan really loved was swimming – he is still remembered by people jumping into the tide out at Seapoint and the 40 Foot.

The lessons from history tell us that the only way that the World Cup will not happen is if there is a world war.

What could be more illustrative of the impact of global warming on sport than the fact that the Olympic movement currently has a working group examining the prospect of opening the Winter Olympics to non-snow and non-ice-based sports.

Jim Ratcliffe's interview with Sky News revealed himself in all manner of ways.

It does not necessarily mean that this world will disappear. Indeed, it almost certainly won’t.

The first voice heard on Irish radio 100 years ago was that of Séamus Hughes. 

An evening in Marrakech watching Côte d'Ivoire play Burkina Faso in a knockout game offers a unique experience.

Irish sport reveals the hollowness of anti-immigrant rhetoric and reminds us how unity, not fear, has always sustained this country

In UCD, there was a dedicated pool hall in the basement of the Arts Building; it was known to students as ‘The Trap’. Rarely can a room have been better named.

Next month – January 1926 – marks the centenary of the establishment of the Irish national radio station 2RN, the forerunner of RTÉ Radio.