Thu, 05 Nov, 2020
A beloved part of many an Irish childhood, the artist, author, and environmentalist Don Conroy tells Donal O’Keeffe why he loves his ‘abusive’ friend Dustin the Turkey, why big men hug him at festivals, and why he worries for Greta Thunberg.
Thu, 22 Aug, 2019
Just how much should we trust TripAdvisor? Pat Fitzpatrick puts the website to the test on holiday — but also in his native Cork.
Fri, 02 Aug, 2019
*Spoiler alert*
Fri, 05 Jul, 2019
The tournament has been beset by problems in recent years and tournament organisers, the USGA admitted they went “too far” with the set up of Shinnecock Hills last year after only three players broke par in the third round.
Tue, 28 May, 2019
Graeme McDowell was happy to escape Bethpage with only superficial damage as he looks forward to returning to the scene of his greatest triumph.
Sun, 19 May, 2019
Brooks Koepka insists there was no fight between himself and team-mate Dustin Johnson in the aftermath of Europe's convincing Ryder Cup victory over the United States in Paris.
Wed, 03 Oct, 2018
Pádraig Harrington made an encouraging start to the Travelers Championship yesterday, posting a four-under par round of 66 to lie just three behind early leader Zach Johnson.
Fri, 22 Jun, 2018
Bosco is still enthralling children to this day, and Ireland’s favourite red-head is now putting his talents to raising money for the LauraLynn children’s hospice, writes Liz O’Brien
Thu, 28 Dec, 2017
A dream came true for Dustin the Turkey in Dublin last night.
Wed, 22 Nov, 2017
The Jewish dream team of Adam Sandler, Ben Stiller and Dustin Hoffman star in Noah Baumbach’s new Netflix comedy drama, writes Helen Barlow
Tue, 10 Oct, 2017
Bring It All Back to a simpler time when things were rapid, pure class and deadly.
Thu, 10 Aug, 2017
The list of places Brooks Koepka had to go to win golf tournaments looks like a page straight out of a travelogue: Spain. Scotland. Turkey. Japan.
Tue, 20 Jun, 2017
Caddie Ricky Elliott gave up on his tour dream to become a humble assistant pro but he never lost his love of the game and got the thrill of his life — and a $216,000 (€193,427) bonus — when he helped Brooks Koepka win the US Open at Erin Hills on Sunday.
It’s only small — 1.68 inches in diameter — but it has always been a big issue in golf. Almost from the day that the first Scottish shepherd picked up a stick and whacked a wee stone across a field, there have been disputes about golf balls.
Mon, 19 Jun, 2017
Old man par is usually your friend at the US Open but Erin Hills is such an unknown quantity that the world’s best are hedging their bets on the winning score this week.
Thu, 15 Jun, 2017
Complete with white suit, black shirt and flawless 80s hair.
Sun, 07 May, 2017
World number one Dustin Johnson is a serious doubt for the Masters after injuring his back in a "serious fall" today, his agent has said.
Wed, 05 Apr, 2017
With the golf Dustin Johnson is playing right now, he is clearly the golfer to beat at this week’s Masters.
No wonder Rory McIlroy finds the Masters stressful.
Sun, 01 Jan, 2017
A wave of nostalgia for the Irish kids’ TV of yore greeted the news that RTÉ will outsource all its TV programming for young people to independent production companies.
Sun, 27 Nov, 2016
There has been a mixed reaction to the news that RTÉ is outsourcing all of its TV programming for young people to independent production companies.
Fri, 25 Nov, 2016
Fri, 18 Nov, 2016
“I was probably a bit hard on myself right then, coming in as well. I think if I had just relaxed a little bit more, I could have done something a bit better."
Tue, 21 Jun, 2016
He was leading the US Open but Shane Lowry might as well have been chatting over the garden gate to a neighbour as he headed done the par-five 12th at Oakmont with a one-shot lead.
Sun, 19 Jun, 2016
Cork's famous St. Patrick's Hill will host the Red Bull Soapbox Race this Sunday, June 5 at 12pm.
Fri, 03 Jun, 2016
Although the chat wasn’t all Bayside High based, this was Dustin’s first interview since his release from jail.
Thu, 19 May, 2016
They don't know they're born.
Tue, 05 Apr, 2016
Want to feel old today? Course you do.
World number one Jordan Spieth will look to make amends for one of the few mistakes he made in 2015 by winning the Northern Trust Open this week.
Thu, 18 Feb, 2016
Thu, 21 Jan, 2016
Mon, 14 Dec, 2015
YOU can’t print that,” says Dustin. And he’s right. Whether he’s slagging off celebrities or revealing his fantasies about Irish models, the cheeky turkey loves to flex his wings and push the boundaries, showing little mercy for his prey.
Sat, 05 Dec, 2015
At one point yesterday, it was probably harder to find messages on social media platforms that were not about Paul O’Connell, as tributes flooded in for the Ireland rugby captain who has now played his last game for his country.
Wed, 14 Oct, 2015
Rory McIlroy will begin Friday’s PGA Championship second round five shots off the pace but satisfied to have come through a testing examination of the left ankle he injured just five weeks ago.
Fri, 14 Aug, 2015
Fit-again Rory McIlroy will not add tournaments to his 2015 schedule in order to make up lost time for his injury-enforced absence this summer.
Martin Kaymer got ever so slightly aggrieved yesterday as he held court in the PGA Championship interview room at Whistling Straits.
Thu, 13 Aug, 2015
Jordan Spieth made another entry into golf’s history books and steadied himself for a third leg of an historic calendar Grand Slam after dramatically sealing a Masters-US Open double at Chambers Bay early on Monday morning.
Tue, 23 Jun, 2015
The US Open lived up to its reputation as a survival contest as Jordan Spieth outlasted the field to claim his second major title in consecutive starts, but only after Dustin Johnson three-putted the last.
Mon, 22 Jun, 2015
Johnny Logan, still the undisputed king of the Eurovision stage belted out not one but two winning songs — ‘What’s Another Year’ in 1980 and ‘Hold me Now’ in 1987. And in between those dates, he wasn’t sitting on his laurels as his composition ‘Why Me’ performed by Linda Martin in 1992 earned us another accolade thanks to the white-suited performer.
Fri, 15 May, 2015
World-famous ice cream makers Ben & Jerry’s is encouraging Irish people to vote yes in the upcoming marriage equality referendum.
Mon, 27 Apr, 2015
For many people, getting up for work is a chore made more difficult by having to wear a tie.
Fri, 24 Apr, 2015
Dustin and Bosco have had their say on same-sex marriage, and the upcoming referendum.
Who would have succeeded in a golfing rivalry between Jack Nicklaus and Tiger Woods is a debate that has stirred at a thousand clubhouse bars more than 15 years, but Graeme McDowell believes the game’s next giants will turn the hypothetical into reality.
Tue, 14 Apr, 2015
Graeme McDowell remains confident of taking his place in next fortnight’s Masters despite withdrawing with a lower left ankle injury after nine holes of the Valero Texas Open.
Fri, 27 Mar, 2015
Les Dennis's on-screen character in 'Coronation Street' has the same life threatening heart condition that killed his father.
Wed, 24 Dec, 2014
He’s back!!!
Sat, 06 Dec, 2014
Childhood favourite Bosco made his return to Irish TV to promote a charity single on the Late Late show last night.
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