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Kieran Shannon
SKieran Shannon: Character not in question but Ireland must eradicate latest flaw
John fogarty
SJohn Fogarty: Hurling gets nicher as football gets richer
Ronan OGara
SRonan O'Gara: A new start, but any other coach would have been sacked by now
APTOPIX Israel Palestinians Gaza
S Jack Anderson: Amid crimes against humanity, sport has been largely silent and played on
Surely now for international sport, there cannot be a wrong argument when it comes to the need to do something, anything, symbolic, meaningful or otherwise to condemn what is happening in Gaza?

Fri, 05 Sep, 2025

Around The Games - Olympic Games Paris 2024: Day 15
S Paul Rouse: Sport is making the entire globe our hometown
Everything to do with this process of globalising sport has accelerated.

Fri, 05 Sep, 2025

Colin Sheridan: The end of Simmons and Russillo marks the end of something rare and oddly comforting in sports media
S Colin Sheridan: The end of Simmons and Russillo marks the end of something rare and oddly comforting in sports media
The Simmons-Russillo bromance was one of the last authentic buddy dynamics in a media landscape increasingly dominated by algorithm-friendly duos assembled in corporate boardrooms.

Mon, 01 Sep, 2025

Clare v Cork - oneills.com Munster GAA U20 Hurling Championship Semi-Final
S Seánie McGrath: Ben O'Connor is an innovator who will demand creativity from Cork players
Ben O'Connor will want his players to be independent minded inside the white lines.

Fri, 29 Aug, 2025

Cork v Tipperary - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
'I feel now it is best for me to seek a different challenge' - Pat Ryan’s parting words as Cork manager
Ryan confirmed in a statement that Cork GAA had requested him to remain on as manager into a sixth season and beyond, but after consultation with his family and close associates, he felt it was time to call a halt to his time in charge.

Sat, 23 Aug, 2025

Traditional coaching fails under pressure — but chaos can transform learning in sport
S Traditional coaching fails under pressure — but chaos can transform learning in sport
Traditional coaching relies on repetition, but a new player-led, chaos-embracing approach shows why instinct beats drills under pressure

Wed, 20 Aug, 2025

Colin Sheridan: Tom Brady questions Wayne Rooney’s work ethic – but Rooney hits back with class
S Colin Sheridan: Tom Brady questions Wayne Rooney’s work ethic – but Rooney hits back with class
Tom Brady’s critique of Wayne Rooney’s training methods revealed more about a clash of sporting cultures than actual work ethic

Mon, 18 Aug, 2025

Gillette Fusion GAA Coaching Clinic with Sean Og O hAilpin and Jason Sherlock
S How clubs can tackle volunteer coaching challenges
Over a million hours of coaching are volunteered in Ireland each week but many see themselves stepping away within the next two years. Here’s why, and how to stop it.

Sat, 16 Aug, 2025

Colin Sheridan: Don Connellan - the best of men, who quietly won in life - on and off the pitch
S Colin Sheridan: Don Connellan - the best of men, who quietly won in life - on and off the pitch
Don Connellan excelled with Roscommon and, first, with a special group in university in Galway. 

Mon, 11 Aug, 2025

Cork v Galway - 2025 Glen Dimplex All Ireland Senior Camogie Championship Final
Galway hold off Cork to clinch All-Ireland camogie crown
The Rebels were denied a three-in-a-row after Hannah Looney was dismissed in the first half. 

Sun, 10 Aug, 2025

BIO MUHAMMAD ALI-FOREMAN
S Jack Anderson: The long-term disease of the knockout blow
Even though it was written 50 years ago, lines from Norman Mailer's The Fight still resonate.

Fri, 08 Aug, 2025

Croker to cricket: how Jack B Yeats put Irish sport in the frame  
S Croker to cricket: how Jack B Yeats put Irish sport in the frame  
In terms of sport, it is clear that Jack B. Yeats was very familiar with Croke Park and had been going to the ground for years.

Thu, 07 Aug, 2025

Israel v Ireland - FIBA Women's EuroBasket Championship Qualifier
S Colin Sheridan: Time to call time on Israel's sports whitewash 
As the horror in Gaza continues, Israel continues to field teams internationally.

Mon, 04 Aug, 2025

Hannah Tyrell lifts the Brendan Martin Cup 3/8/2025
S Christy O'Connor Talking Points: Tyrrell goes out with a bang as Canavan All-Ireland dynasty continues
Hannah Tyrrell hangs up her boots but not completely on her own terms as a knee injury sees her leave Croke Park for the final time. 

Mon, 04 Aug, 2025

Armagh v Donegal - Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship Final
S Christy O'Connor's talking points: Handing out the awards for Championship 2025
One-sided matches may have blighted the tail end of the campaign but this was a Championship which will live long in the memory 

Sat, 02 Aug, 2025

Paul Rouse: Nenagh's Maloney a pioneering figure in Tipp GAA
S Paul Rouse: Nenagh's Maloney a pioneering figure in Tipp GAA
Plaques unveiled in Nenagh are a fitting tribute in a hurling year that could not have ended in a more suitable way.

Fri, 01 Aug, 2025

David Clifford and Paudie Clifford during the homecoming 28/7/2025
S Kieran Shannon: Ulster may be the great disrupters, but Kerry remain the great adapters
Never in their proud history have the Kingdom beaten three All-Ireland champions en route to their own Sam Maguire success

Tue, 29 Jul, 2025

Kerry v Donegal - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
S Fogarty Forum: Good old umbrage fuelled Kerry and Tipp
Jim Gavin’s intention was to make it the most exciting field sport in the world but GAA president Jarlath Burns was declaring it in his presentation of the Sam Maguire Cup on Sunday.

Tue, 29 Jul, 2025

Joe Schmidt and Dan Sheehan shakes hands after the match 26/7/2025
S Duncan Casey: Wallabies restore some pride but they were too late to Lions party
Joe Schmidt made sure Australia got their act together for the second test in Melbourne.

Tue, 29 Jul, 2025

Kerry v Donegal - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
S Éamonn Fitzmaurice: A Kerry tactical masterpiece seals Jack's royal flush 
Kerry's All-Ireland win was delivered with a total footballing display, enabled by a tactical masterclass and underpinned by workrate.

Mon, 28 Jul, 2025

Australia v British & Irish Lions - 2nd Test
S Donal Lenihan: Wounded Wallabies rescue series and make victory that much sweeter
The Australians are a special breed of competitive animal especially when taken for granted.

Mon, 28 Jul, 2025

Kerry v Donegal - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
S Colin Sheridan: GAA not making the most of cultural goldmines that is the All-Ireland finals
The GAA could do more to make the All-Ireland finals more of a spectacle. 

Mon, 28 Jul, 2025

Craig Morgan's All-Ireland Final Diary: This is for you, Dillon
S Craig Morgan's All-Ireland Final Diary: This is for you, Dillon
Kilruane MacDonaghs defender Craig Morgan kept a diary of a momentous All-Ireland week for Tipperary. 

Sun, 27 Jul, 2025

Kerry v Armagh - Allianz Football League Division 1
S Joe O'Connor: 'He’s ahead of the curve. Doesn’t give a f*ck what people think or say about him'
Joe O'Connor is the new star of Rock Street. Kieran Donaghy says of him: 'He’s a bit like a Michael Darragh Macauley. His own person, authentic, yet will do anything for you and the team to the point of exhaustion'

Sun, 27 Jul, 2025

Will Skelton with Owen Farrell after the game 19/7/2025
S Ronan O’Gara: Even when there’s a Will, there isn’t always a way
Melbourne offers the Wallabies a final lifeline — but Joe Schmidt’s side must find belief before it’s too late

Sat, 26 Jul, 2025

Ryan McHugh attempts a two pointer 13/7/2025
S Christy O'Connor Talking Points: McHugh looking to do something no player has done in at least a century – if ever 
The biggest challenge for McGuinness was in trying to identify gaps, internally and in the opposition, and then try and find a solution to fill them.

Sat, 26 Jul, 2025

Kieran Shannon: The Mac and Jack show: the first all-returning All-Ireland
S Kieran Shannon: The Mac and Jack show: the first all-returning All-Ireland
Sunday is the first All-Ireland where the respective bainisteoirs are returning managers. It isn't always a good idea, and only works in exceptional circumstances - with change required on all sides

Fri, 25 Jul, 2025

Kerry v Galway - Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final Replay
S 2000 and beyond: Éamonn Fitzmaurice's inside story of Kerry’s All-Ireland success 25 years ago
As I have aged I have a much better appreciation of the fantastic journey I was personally on at the time, and by extension my family with me

Fri, 25 Jul, 2025

Kerry man in Donegal: Braced by the Atlantic and a shared football obsession
S Kerry man in Donegal: Braced by the Atlantic and a shared football obsession
Sting thought he had connectivity issues when he penned 'Englishman in New York' but if he really wants to know what it feels like to be an alien in the midst of a vibrant, throbbing populace, he should try to be a Kerryman in Donegal this week

Thu, 24 Jul, 2025

The Lions team during the anthem 19/7/2025
S Colin Sheridan: Lions Tour - it’s complete and utter nonsense
A touring team comprised of four nations (who can barely agree on a toastie recipe) heading off to play a country—Australia—that gives about as much attention to rugby union as it does to the concept of humility... it shouldn’t move the needle.

Mon, 21 Jul, 2025

Ronan Maher lifts the Liam MacCarthy Cup 20/7/2025
A second half for the ages as Tipperary blow Cork away to secure 29th All-Ireland hurling title
Cork had a six point lead at half time, but Tipp rallied in the second period to seal the Liam MacCarthy Cup.

Sun, 20 Jul, 2025

Australia v British & Irish Lions - 1st Test
Lions player ratings: Tadhg Beirne and Tom Curry star in first Test
Jamison Gibson-Park and Finn Russell were also excellent for the Lions as they defeated Australia 27-19 in the first Test of the series. 

Sat, 19 Jul, 2025

Dan Sheehan scores his sides third try despite Harry Potter 19/7/2025
Lions overpower Australia with early dominance to claim first Test win
The Lions raced into a 24-5 lead but needed late grit to repel a fierce Wallabies second-half comeback in Brisbane

Sat, 19 Jul, 2025

Denis Walsh and Nicky English 1990
S Jack Anderson: Circle never closes on the hurling rivalry that is Tipp and Cork
As a Limerick man, this pairing is like Russia v China at the Olympics; I'm not sure I want either to win.

Fri, 18 Jul, 2025

Cork GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Final Media Conference
S Kieran Shannon: Cork captain Robert Downey turns to the Glen for advice, comfort and inspiration
Most people or players of Rob Downey’s age aren’t inclined to meet up weekly with old-timers talking about old times. The Cork skipper is not most people or players. Instead of being bored or burdened by his club’s past, he is intrigued and inspired by it. 

Fri, 18 Jul, 2025

Christy O'Connor: Ryan or Cahill can join Kiely in double territory
S Christy O'Connor: Ryan or Cahill can join Kiely in double territory
John Kiely is the only one of the four to have managed the double, but he will be joined by either Pat Ryan or  Liam Cahill on Sunday; Ryan managed Cork to successive All-Ireland U20 titles in 2020 and 2021; Cahill led Tipp to the last All-Ireland U21 title in 2018, and the first U20 crown in 2019.

Thu, 17 Jul, 2025

Paul Rouse: A special hurling rivalry began in Cork city in 1886
S Paul Rouse: A special hurling rivalry began in Cork city in 1886
The Leahys of Boherlahan accumulated many All-Ireland medals. Of Cpt Johnny Leahy, they say that when he was brought into the county hospital in Thurles in his later years, they threw straw on the street outside his window so the hooves of passing horses wouldn’t disturb his rest.

Mon, 14 Jul, 2025

Cork v Dublin - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final
S Seánie McGrath: The GAA owe a serious debt of gratitude to the Cork hurlers
It is exclusively because of Cork that the sell-out sign was even being readied for the county's All-Ireland semi-final against Dublin. 

Tue, 08 Jul, 2025

Kilkenny v Tipperary - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
S Liam Sheedy: Tipp have been transformed, but will need another gear in Croke Park
Dublin are the story of this hurling championship, but Tipperary’s rise is just as compelling. And the form of John McGrath and Jason Forde is central to this narrative.

Sun, 06 Jul, 2025

Cork v Dublin - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final
Ruthless Cork book All-Ireland SHC final spot in goal fest against Dublin
Cork will be favourites to end their 20 year wait to bring the Liam McCarthy Cup down south.

Sat, 05 Jul, 2025

Kilkenny v Galway - Leinster GAA Senior Hurling Championship Final
S Enda McEvoy: Something a little different about this Kilkenny, a smidgen of added cohesiveness 
Avoid conceding more than two goals and Kilkenny have no excuses not to win.

Sat, 05 Jul, 2025

CYCLING-TDF-2025-PRESENTATION
S Cathal Dennehy: Is there a difference between doing the right thing and being seen to do the right thing?
David Brailsford will again pull the strings for the Jim Ratcliffe-owned Team Ineos Grenadiers at this year’s Tour de France, which starts in Lille today.

Sat, 05 Jul, 2025

Clare v Cork - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final
S Anthony Daly: Something special happening in Dublin hurling again, but this is Cork's time
Twelve years after I had Cork in an All-Ireland semi-final, Dublin's chance has arrived again

Fri, 04 Jul, 2025

Liverpool FC ‘devastated’ after Diogo Jota killed in car accident in Spain
Liverpool FC ‘devastated’ after Diogo Jota killed in car accident in Spain
Jota’s brother André Silva, a 25-year-old Penafiel player, has also passed away following the accident

Thu, 03 Jul, 2025

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