Simply qualifying for the Olympics isn’t enough for Clare swimmer Chris Bryan. A PhD student in sport psychology, he is setting his sights on an Olympic medal.

BEDTIME is 8pm, you tell your child. 

Many parents believe success is doing well at school and in exams.

Even though John Delaney is being extremely well paid to excel in the area of leadership, we’ve often wondered has he ever dedicated a tiny chunk of his time and salary to study a course or even read a book on the subject?

IT has to be one of the most magical coach-player relationships in all of Irish sport, this bond the 70-something Eamonn Ryan and his Rebels have, and six All-Irelands in seven years is far too crude a measure of it.