Columns - Irish Examiner

Paul Rouse

Rule change should be embraced, not feared

The history of Gaelic football is littered with disputes, controversies, and occasional pronouncements that its extinction was both imminent and welcome, writes Paul Rouse

Fri, 22 Jul, 2016

Fionnuala McCormack right to highlight fraud of ‘country-hopping’ but we are all complicit

The best thing about Fionnuala McCormack’s glorious denunciation of the sham that is international sport is that this is a fraud in which so many are complicit, writes Paul Rouse.

Fri, 15 Jul, 2016

Perfecting Park life in New York

The white man in the suit was sweating.

Fri, 08 Jul, 2016

This is what it's like to see a game of baseball at Fenway Park

It’s not easy to eat your way through a baseball match.

Fri, 01 Jul, 2016

USGA penalty pantomime a throwback 130 years

Fri, 24 Jun, 2016

€30m for redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaíomh is money badly spent

The €30m pledged by the Government in support of the redevelopment of Páirc Uí Chaíomh is money badly spent. To understand why this is the case, take even a cursory look at the recent results of a survey of sports participation in Ireland.

Fri, 17 Jun, 2016

The history of the split that will see two Irish teams at #Euro2016

The fact that two teams from Ireland will compete at Euro 2016 in France this month is a legacy of the divided politics of Ireland, writes Paul Rouse

Fri, 10 Jun, 2016

What if we could bottle the innocence and excitement of youth?

Schools athletics is a wonderful antidote to the cynicism which has captured athletics globally at the highest level, writes Paul Rouse

Fri, 03 Jun, 2016

'The Hurley Maker’s Son' reveals how hurling is embedded in rhythm of life for some

Larry Deeley was cutting ash trees to make hurleys when he died. It was the end of September 1978. 

Thu, 19 May, 2016

Ger Brennan begins new chapter after glory days with Dublin

Brennan talks about readjusting to life after inter-county football.

Thu, 12 May, 2016