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Johnny Heaney shakes hands after the game with Stephen McMenamin 26/2/2023
S Tommy Martin: Free spirits Galway and Donegal have too much in common for beef
Donegal people speak with Ulster accents but there’s always been as much Connacht in them.

Thu, 11 Jul, 2024

Cristiano Ronaldo File Photo
S Tommy Martin: Has Cristiano Ronaldo gone back to being a cod?
Why won't the superstar grow old gracefully?

Thu, 04 Jul, 2024

Tommy Martin: Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh described games and an Ireland that's now gone
S Tommy Martin: Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh described games and an Ireland that's now gone
The beloved broadcaster's death gave Irish people another chance to marvel at how one man’s voice served as a singular national soundtrack.

Thu, 27 Jun, 2024

Derry v Westmeath - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 3
S Tommy Martin: Is Castlebar on Saturday Mickey Harte's last stand?
If his team summon some of Harte's dogged contrariness, they might just live to fight another day.

Thu, 20 Jun, 2024

2024 European Athletics Championships - Day One
S Tommy Martin: What are the secrets of a golden commentary? 
RTÉ's Greg Allen met the moment as much as the Irish athletes in Rome in front of him over the past week. 

Fri, 14 Jun, 2024

England v Iceland - International Friendly - Wembley Stadium
S Tommy Martin: With handbrake off are England scorching home or rolling backwards?
Are England finally ready to win or will they be undone by the Maguire paradox?

Thu, 13 Jun, 2024

Republic of Ireland v Switzerland - International Friendly
S Tommy Martin: Football has a way of getting beyond the lies and prejudice
It is rare that the managerless Irish soccer team is a shining light at the moment, but in offering a glimpse of an Ireland that celebrates ethnic diversity then it’s pretty elite.

Thu, 06 Jun, 2024

Manchester United v Chelsea FC - Premier League
S Tommy Martin: Barely room for gaffers to budge in busy corridors of power
The massed ranks of decision makers at Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge make it hard for managers to budge.

Thu, 30 May, 2024

Dublin v Kilkenny - Leinster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Round 4
S Tommy Martin: Enjoy this magnificent hurling summer. Autumn is coming
If Gaelic football resembles the three-point turn scene in Austin Powers, trying to back its way out of tactical and structural dead ends, hurling seems designed to accommodate each modern rationalisation and just get better.

Thu, 23 May, 2024

Tommy Martin: Has age of the superstar been replaced by the system?
S Tommy Martin: Has age of the superstar been replaced by the system?
Who is the best player in the world right now? Is it Mbappé, who won a World Cup in his teens but on Tuesday was being playfully tossed between Nico Schlotterbeck and Mats Hummels like a hacky sack?

Thu, 09 May, 2024

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