Columns - Irish Examiner

Tony Leen

Growing evidence this Kerry crop merit the hype

There's a recurring narrative attaching to this group of nascent Kerry football talents that demands they wipe the floor with anything that crosses their path. Three minor All-Irelands on the trot allied to a clutch of All-Ireland Colleges titles will do that, writes Tony Leen.

Wed, 29 Mar, 2017

Plenty of f’s and effort in Saturday night slugfest

It didn’t require a trained lip-reader to decipher the sentiments of the Kerry players at the final whistle in Tralee, two words repeated and rhyming with book it.

Mon, 20 Mar, 2017

Irish Rowing: For our next trick…

So what happened next? Right after Paul and Gary O’Donovan became rowing royalty with their Olympic medal honesty in and out of the water in Rio de Janeiro.

Fri, 09 Dec, 2016

Classy Dr Crokes can make anyone look bad in a hurry

They have won five of the last seven Kerry football championship, and on days like these, it’s hard to figure how Dr Crokes contrive to lose any game at all.

Mon, 28 Nov, 2016

Hard sells and hard hats at Páirc Uí Chaoimh

They had hard hats and soft figures at the construction site that will become the new Páirc Uí Chaoimh, but the person who will juggle the roster for use of only two pitches may need the hardest hat of all.

Thu, 17 Nov, 2016