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Heimir HallgrĂ­msson 19/3/2026
S Tommy Martin: Prague is all our tiny brains can handle right now
Sure, have a contract, Heimir. What could possibly go wrong?

Fri, 20 Mar, 2026

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S Tommy Martin: Arsenal ball leaves us colder than a Sheffield freezer, but less chill 
With the sheer amount of money, data, coaching, fitness, conditioning and skill available, is this the best football can come up with?

Fri, 06 Mar, 2026

Dundalk v Drogheda United - SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division
Tommy Martin: Flares and foreign policy a political football 
It was another week of crisis for Irish football's leaders.

Fri, 27 Feb, 2026

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S Tommy Martin: Silence is sometimes golden when it comes to sport's online racists
Sometimes you can’t engage. Sometimes there is no need to understand how the other side thinks, to reason and debate.

Fri, 20 Feb, 2026

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S Tommy Martin: The cost of taking a stand on Israel proved too high for FAI
The FAI will remain good little Europeans for the foreseeable future, turning up when they are supposed to and pocketing the resulting cheques.

Fri, 13 Feb, 2026

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S Tommy Martin: Chill, sometimes it’s fine to be rubbish for a while
It was almost possible to see Franno and Nick Popplewell trudging behind the posts while a cockerel danced a merry jig and Fred Cogley struggled to make himself heard above the Gallic din.

Sat, 07 Feb, 2026

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S Tommy Martin: Summer football to duck the rain? It may not be that simple
The rain has cooped up kids in the house of a Saturday morning rather than being out playing sport. But how can we fix it?

Sat, 31 Jan, 2026

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S Tommy Martin: Arteta's superweapon eliminating risk and danger 
Arsenal look every inch the real deal, even if they have not won too many hearts.

Sat, 24 Jan, 2026

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S Tommy Martin: Club glory all about wanting the parish to 'last ever more'
An Ghaeltacht chairman Dara Ó Cinnéide expressed brilliantly the truth in the club championships’ often homogenised message.

Fri, 16 Jan, 2026

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S Tommy Martin: Even if it's fleeting glimpse of glory, Troy allowed us to love again
Even if Ireland don’t qualify for the World Cup, we might see that night in Budapest as part of an historic narrative turning point.

Thu, 01 Jan, 2026

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