Columns - Irish Examiner

Tony Leen

Sports editor and long standing journalst and writer with the Irish Examiner.

OBITUARY: Former chairman of Cork GAA, and PRO for Cork and Munster GAA Jim Forbes

Like every good communicator, Jim Forbes was always listening, writes Tony Leen

Fri, 16 Sep, 2016

For Kerry's prospects, it’s crucial Éamonn Fitzmaurice remains at the helm

For all the plaudits — dangerous ones before a final — swirling around Peter Keane’s Kerry minors, few in the Kingdom were looking to teenagers for succour yesterday.

Tue, 30 Aug, 2016

Once more with feeling, Dublin figure out the Kerry question

For all of Kerry’s frustration - and much of it must be with themselves - the scale of Dublin’s resilience is truly a thing of wonder.

Mon, 29 Aug, 2016

Dublin v Donegal - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship - Quarter-Final

Tomas Quinn: Dublin finally finding holes in blanket defence

Walking up to Croke Park on Saturday evening was the first time all year there has been any real sense of anticipation for the football games we were about to see at GAA headquarters.

Mon, 08 Aug, 2016

The day Tipperary pulled up to the big table for good

We’ve come a long way when the question you’re asking each other this morning is whether Tipperary could take down a Tyrone or a Mayo in an All-Ireland football semi-final.

Mon, 01 Aug, 2016

With only a brief pause for prize-giving, Kerry drive on

Such is the way of these things now Munster finals wins, even four of them in a row, are viewed through the prism and in the context of August and September.

Mon, 04 Jul, 2016

Is it time to rethink the Championship format?

Conflicting arguments on the retention of the traditional Championship format emerged from Killarney and Thurles on Sunday. 

Mon, 13 Jun, 2016

Jose Mourinho: A huge personality for a huge club

Manchester United has appointed a wounded animal with a ferocious appetite to prove some people wrong, writes Tony Leen

Fri, 27 May, 2016

By any measure, Dublin are yards ahead

Afterwards there were tales of rape and pillage, of drug tests in dungeons. But the 11-point winning margin for Dublin in yesterday’s League Division 1 final is as good a metric as any by which to fire the engines of the summer scrimmage.

Mon, 25 Apr, 2016

Old Head the golfing gem that’s the cherry on top for Ireland’s gourmet capital

It drives spin-off business in Kinsale to the tune of around €10m every year. Little wonder the reopening yesterday of the acclaimed Old Head golf links for 2016 has the town smiling. It isn’t just a boon for golfers, writes Tony Leen

Fri, 15 Apr, 2016