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<p>CHASING GLORY DAYS: It has been 22 years since Neptun claimed the title and are still searching for the right person to lead them to glory. Picture: Jim Coughlan.</p>

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Kieran Shannon: 22 years and counting - Neptune still searching for their old spark

Such homegrown and stay-home leaders are harder to mould and find than before. But it’s Neptune’s job and challenge to identify and mould them and keep them as it is to find a coach who won’t be as quick to bite the dust.

SRonan O'Gara: Where rivals have options, we have age-old old-age questions

<p>FIVE REASONS: The All Blacks may have shown vulnerability of late but come kick-off time at Soldier Field on Saturday there will be a frisson once again among those clamouring to watch. It is a special moment when the All Blacks are in town. Picture: ©INPHO/Photosport/Grant Down</p>

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Mick Cleary: Five reasons why the All Blacks fixture is still rugby’s draw card

'When homegrown players achieve, that's the real inspiration': Ballinora chair on the important things in GAA

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'When homegrown players achieve, that's the real inspiration': Ballinora chair on the important things in GAA

SJack Anderson: When gambling sees an opportunity, trouble isn't far behind

SPaul Rouse: Don't think game manipulation for gambling couldn't happen here

Seánie McGrath: Sars are so fine-tuned, so dialed in — that's testament to Crowley and Co

S Seánie McGrath: Sars are so fine-tuned, so dialed in — that's testament to Crowley and Co

From Aghabullogue’s rise to Sars and Midleton’s showdown, Cork’s hurling finals capture the passion, pressure and pride of club sport

Sat, 18 Oct, 2025

Jack Anderson: Sport always follows the money but 'enhanced' sport is eye-opening dishonesty

S Jack Anderson: Sport always follows the money but 'enhanced' sport is eye-opening dishonesty

Don’t be fooled by the faux scientific arguments made by organisers of the Enhanced Games/

Fri, 17 Oct, 2025

Cape Verde v Eswatini - FIFA World Cup 2026 African Qualifier

S Paul Rouse: Cape Verde emotion underlines Ireland's need for an identity

There is the sense of a wider national apathy. The days when the national team playing a World Cup qualifying match would have dominated all sporting discourse in the country are now long gone.

Fri, 17 Oct, 2025

Nemo Rangers made to go the extra by Newcestown in semi-final saga

Nemo Rangers made to go the extra by Newcestown in semi-final saga

The city club found away to eventually get the job done and book a final spot on Leeside once more.

Sun, 12 Oct, 2025

Manchán Magan 16/3/2025

S Paul Rouse: There was nobody in this world like Manchán Magan

Manchán himself has pointed out that he had no real interest in sport, but the way that TG4 presented Gaelic games from the late 1990s offered an entirely new dimension to Irish life.

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

Kieran Shannon: Jim Gavin a great football man not cut out for the senior hurling of politics

S Kieran Shannon: Jim Gavin a great football man not cut out for the senior hurling of politics

The scale of Jim Gavin’s fall and fallout means the private and public rehabilitation will take a long time.

Tue, 07 Oct, 2025

Cork Premier SHC: Sars' unflinching faith delivers another October escape

S Cork Premier SHC: Sars' unflinching faith delivers another October escape

For the third October in succession, Sars shaded the county semi-final by a single point. From frequently blinking to an inability to flinch.

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

Ange Postecoglou Unveiling - City Ground

S Colin Sheridan: Ange Postecoglou walking a fine line of maintaining status to continue run of second-year triumphs

When Shane Lowry holed the winning putt at the Ryder Cup, it felt like a man remembering who he is.

Mon, 06 Oct, 2025

Seánie McGrath: Can surprise docket Barrs keep riding crest of wave to the final?

S Seánie McGrath: Can surprise docket Barrs keep riding crest of wave to the final?

The Barrs are always in the conversation at the beginning of every championship. But it couldn’t be overlooked how poor they were last year.

Sat, 04 Oct, 2025

GAA Special Congress 2024

S Maurice Brosnan: The inside story of the Football Review Committee

If Gaelic football requires another FRC to usher in grand change, it has failed. Saturday is a stepping stone, not the destination.

Sat, 04 Oct, 2025

Trump

S Jack Anderson: In sport, we don't learn from history, we repeat it

I have spent a lifetime in universities. At their worst, academics tell students what to think and what to write; at their best, how to think and how to write. The latter, how to write, is an endangered skill.

Fri, 03 Oct, 2025

Steelers fans on Hill 16 28/9/2025

S Christy O'Connor: NFL show the 46th big non-GAA sporting event at Croke Park

Sunday may have been all razzmatazz but three sellout crowds in the fourth largest stadium in Europe - the largest not used primarily for football – in just the last 17 months proves that there has been a lot more non-GAA events staged in Croke Park than people think.

Mon, 29 Sep, 2025

2025 Ryder Cup – Afternoon Fourball Matches

S Colin Sheridan: America's early collapse leaves to much to do

Fans had cleared their diaries, cancelled plans, and faked their own deaths in HR systems to carve out three days of uninterrupted spectacle. They were promised duels, late-night tension, the crackle of hostility across the fairways. What they got was a European victory parade delivered two days early.

Mon, 29 Sep, 2025

Newcestown into Cork Premier SFC semi-final as they overcome Carrigaline on penalties

S Newcestown into Cork Premier SFC semi-final as they overcome Carrigaline on penalties

In a fortnight Newcestown will play the aristocrats of Cork football, Nemo Rangers.

Sun, 28 Sep, 2025

Autism spectrum disorder ASD written on a paper.

Ciara Reilly: Autism is not caused by paracetamol, vaccines or mothers — it's a natural neurotype

Conspiracy theories about autism persist, but the real issue is not 'causes' — it’s the systemic failure to support autistic people

Wed, 24 Sep, 2025

Kate O’Connor 20/9/2025

Kate O’Connor makes history winning silver in heptathlon at World Championships

Dundalk athlete Kate O’Connor set five personal bests on her way to a historic world silver medal in Tokyo

Sat, 20 Sep, 2025

Dublin v Armagh - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 2

S Paul Rouse: GAA must do more to stand against cowards who claim the tricolour for exclusion

The Association's capacity to bind communities together is vital in a changing Ireland.

Fri, 19 Sep, 2025

Open Workout For LIVE On Netflix: Jake Paul Vs. Mike Tyson

Katie Taylor takes time away from boxing 'to attend to personal matters'

The Bray woman has been named 'Champion in Recess'.

Thu, 18 Sep, 2025

President Trump Concludes Stay In Doonbeg

S Colin Sheridan: Doonbeg decision tethers Irish golf to a name synonymous with division and vulgarity

By choosing Doonbeg, the authorities have made it clear which side they’re on.

Mon, 15 Sep, 2025

RUGBYU-WC-2025-WOMEN-FRA-RSA

S Ciara Griffin: Set-piece battles and playmaker duels define World Cup quarter-finals

Ireland cannot simply play reactively in Sunday's World Cup quarter-final. They must impose their own rhythm and find opportunities to stretch a French defence that, while robust, can be unpicked with width and pace

Sat, 13 Sep, 2025

Arsenal FC v Real Madrid C.F. - UEFA Champions League 2024/25 Quarter Final First Leg

S Arsenal's artist: Passing Gooners stop and whisper, 'is that him?'

Northbanksy might never sign his name, but around the N5 Arsenal are of north London, his signature is already everywhere

Fri, 12 Sep, 2025

Heimir Hallgrímsson 8/9/2025

S Kieran Shannon: Character not in question but Ireland must eradicate latest flaw

Adam Idah’s header against Hungary last Saturday night followed a rich tradition of Ireland levellers.

Tue, 09 Sep, 2025

Cork v Tipperary - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Final

S John Fogarty: Hurling gets nicher as football gets richer

The demise of the All-Ireland preliminary quarter-finals would have knock-on effects.

Tue, 09 Sep, 2025

RUGBYU-EUR-CUP-LA ROCHELLE-LEINSTER

S Ronan O'Gara: A new start, but any other coach would have been sacked by now

This is my fifth season in charge, and I’m fairly sure some lads are tired of hearing my voice. That’s fine, I’m working on that

Fri, 05 Sep, 2025

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