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Dara Ó Cinnéide selector and Éanna Ó Conchúir at full time 11/1/2026

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

Troy Parrott and Séamus Coleman celebrate after the match 16/11/2025

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

St Mirren v Celtic - Premier Sports Cup Final - Barclays Hampden

S Tommy Martin: Clubs sweeping up the pieces as crisis carousel swings into action

The consolation for fans wearying of their team’s latest omnishambles is that it will soon move on to the next hapless outfit.

Thu, 18 Dec, 2025

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S Tommy Martin: The Salah war began when Jurgen Klopp left the battlefield

People don’t get to choose their endings, true, but how did it come to this for arguably the iconic player of the modern Anfield era?

Thu, 11 Dec, 2025

Tottenham Hotspur v Fulham - Premier League

S Tommy Martin: How much abuse are fans entitled to give their own players?

How much stick can fans reasonably dish out to make themselves feel better?

Thu, 04 Dec, 2025

Hungary v Republic of Ireland - FIFA World Cup 2026 Qualifier

S Tommy Martin: The World Cup is now a giant machine for generating happiness

A bigger World Cup has spread happiness all over the globe .

Thu, 20 Nov, 2025

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S Tommy Martin: Persistence with O'Neill the big difference between Irelands north and south

Ireland are now the poor relations of the Celtic quadrangle, and comparisons with Northern Ireland are not flattering.

Thu, 13 Nov, 2025

Ireland v New Zealand - Gallagher Cup Match

S Tommy Martin: Rugby still chasing the dollar but America is a hard place to change

Rugby has money but it stretches only so far. You see it whenever the sport tries to reach beyond its limits.

Thu, 06 Nov, 2025

Brendan Rodgers File Photo

S Tommy Martin: History has taught us it doesn't tend to end well at Parkhead

A billionaire will put up with a lot of things, but being associated in public discourse with a reasonably priced family hatchback is a slander too far

Thu, 30 Oct, 2025

Tommy Martin: Like Ronaldo and United, has ravenous Haaland outgrown City?

S Tommy Martin: Like Ronaldo and United, has ravenous Haaland outgrown City?

It's no slight on City to say he is one of those exceptions to that thing about no man being bigger than the club.

Wed, 22 Oct, 2025