One of Heimir Hallgrimsson's strengths is his ability to identify Ireland's shortcomings in post-match interviews. Unfortunately, he seems unable to do anything about them. It's time for radical thinking. 

We are literally right beside the nation that spends the most on buying footballers. It would be like living next to the world’s biggest cider market and never thinking to plant a few apple trees.

Last Sunday was a cultural takeover and it was loud.

We welcome 41-year-old Aaron Rodgers to Croke Park this weekend. How is he still doing it? And why? 

Frank's early progress at Tottenham is a blow for the school of thought that managers need time.

Worthy as they are, all the talk of structures and academies won’t butter any parsnips when the time comes for this Ireland team to go again.

The continuing absence of a sports psychologist has generated headlines in the build-up to Saturday’s World Cup qualifying opener against Hungary.

The presidency is the ultimate honour for any Irish citizen, but maybe Jim Gavin is overqualified.

The return of the Black Cats brings the kind of passionate intensity the Premier League needs

Every top-rated show has one like it – when character arcs run out of steam and the plot seems aimless.