I have a plan. The question is what will happen to that plan when I get punched in the face

When it comes to the playing of women’s sport in Ireland, it is a simple fact that what happened in England was largely replicated in Ireland.

The best thing about Dublin losing in 2021 is what it now means for the 2022 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship.

Yeats won a silver medal at the 1924 Paris Olympics for a painting entitled, ‘The Liffey Swim’.

The Irish affinity with Formula One racing was most recently manifest in the lives of Eddie Jordan, Eddie Irvine, Derek Daly, and Rosemary Smith.

The bookies' success is rooted in the presentation of losing money through gambling as a form of entertainment, or enhanced enjoyment.

As well as sport that is shown on free-to-air broadcasters (such as RTÉ) and pay-TV companies (such as Sky Sports), sport can now be found on streaming services (such as Amazon Prime), on the websites of newspapers (such as the ‘Irish Examiner’) and on apps run by sports organisations themselves (such as NFL Game Pass) or dedicated to particular sports organisations (such as GAAGO).

Some 22 teams entered to compete when the draw was made in February 1887; the local belief was that the champion club of Cork would be a good bet to go on and win the overall All-Ireland honours

A different aspect of the relationship between sport and political protest is revealed this month with the publication of a book which details the story of the recent strikes around Ireland by Debenhams workers.

At the core of this matter is how a sports organisation should cater for all of it members who wish to play games. The challenge is always to provide games for players at an appropriate level