Very few of us paid attention when Greg Cunningham’s transfer from Preston to Cardiff City went through in June.

Being in Ireland for July, I got to see some hurling and follow Limerick as they marched into the All-Ireland. Reading the programme for the Limerick v Kilkenny All-Ireland, one page stood out. It was a full page on a GAA campaign called “Reduce the Odds”.

Football’s back! Which, incidentally, is something you only say if you enjoy deliberately trolling League of Ireland fans.

I was in a bar down the road from Fitzgerald Stadium before the Kerry-Kildare game last Saturday. The volume on the TV was turned up as the Irish women’s hockey team began their second penalty shoot-out of the tournament for a place in the final of the World Cup.

Because this seems to be a week (or two) of Peak Hurling, I thought it might be the ideal time to use the game in order to reenact a great old George Plimpton piece.

At the height of the debate about opening up Croke Park to ‘foreign’ games, a hurling aficionado of my acquaintance offered up a soundbite for the ages.

Are we now the best little country in the world at rejecting a narrative? Bursting bubbles might be the true people’s game.

Mary Robinson said that climate change is a man-made problem that needs a feminist solution, writes Suzanne Harrington.  

IT has been a surprising hit in the house: the screensaver, writes Colm O'Regan. 

Japan’s meeting with Russia at the 2002 World Cup produced one of Eamon Dunphy’s most famous RTÉ moments.

The seats in the middle of the stand at a nice height are generally regarded as the best in which to view a game.

"To one’s enemies, I hate myself more than you ever could." — Alain de Botton

The controversy that flowed from the GAA’s initial decision not to allow the Liam Miller testimonial be played at Páirc Uí Chaoímh is a legacy of history.

It has been said that Pat Spillane is the Eamon Dunphy of RTÉ’s GAA coverage. It has also been said that George Hook was the Dunphy of RTÉ’s rugby coverage.

We need to talk about transcranial direct-current stimulation.

The same day Roy Keane adorned the front page of this paper by flying back into his hometown to launch the Liam Miller tribute match also happened to be the 25th anniversary of him joining Manchester United for a then record British transfer fee.

Public pressure continued to mount on the GAA yesterday with more public figures from the world of sport, politics, and beyond calling on the organisation to allow a tribute match to the late Liam Miller take place at Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Ultimately the exploits of Les Bleus won’t solve political tensions in France, says Tommy Martin

I felt it slightly. Did you? Maybe not happiness when they were winning. But definitely disappointment when they lost.