Place: Dublin Arena

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

soccer

Stage set for Ireland v Spain in 2020

Should both countries qualify, Ireland and Spain are set to meet in the group stages of the multi-city Euro 2020 Finals.

As Dundalk pay the penalty, it's time to give refs a second look

soccer

Dundalk now left needing a miracle

soccer

Dundalk just two steps from heaven

soccer

Irish confident as Euro 2020 D-Day dawns

sport

Top sports bodies asked to dig deep for Campus

It’s tough at the top — but the fish supper comes free

RIGHT up there with ‘why would you do that?’, ‘what the hell did you say to her?’ and ‘where’s that tenner you owe me?’, ‘what’s it like being a reporter at big games?’, is the question I’m most asked.

Fri, 20 May, 2011

Porto sitting pretty in Dublin

THEY call Porto ‘the Dragons’ and, even if it was all more huff than Puff, they lived up to their nickname by breathing just about enough fire to incinerate the dream of battling Braga in the Europa League Final.

Thu, 19 May, 2011

Welch calls the shots on Dublin’s big show

THEY might still be regarded as the kid brother to the big guy out in Montrose but tonight TV3 get to feed the world.

Wed, 18 May, 2011

Dublin entering the final countdown

EVENT organisers said yesterday that there were only a few hundred tickets left for sale for tomorrow night’s Europa League Final in the Aviva Stadium — yet there is still no guarantee that the game will be a sellout.

Tue, 17 May, 2011

SELLING SPORT

News and opinions on the business side of sports

Sat, 30 Apr, 2011

A warning from the future at Lansdowne Road

Sport has got it badly wrong in the new reality where people are going to count every cent, and the era of building big stadia, and expecting to charge high prices to fill them, is over.

Wed, 10 Nov, 2010