This being the age of instant information and analysis, the absolute worst thing you can be now isn’t too open or too defensive, it’s too predictable. Too rigid. Too one-dimensional.
As the youngest of three brothers, two of whom play for Munster, Billy Scannell was always determined to forge his own path, rather than be burdened by some kind of pressure to follow Niall and Rory – or his cousin Jack O’Sullivan, who is…
There’s a famous quote from novelist Anita Desai that “wherever you go becomes a part of you somehow”. Conor Grimes could never have guessed how a year of travel, finished off with a sojourn to India, would shape his future.
From scoring a title-clinching winner last week to lifting the League One trophy seven days ago, moments like these have been a long time coming for Conor Shaughnessy.
Strange how life turns. How it brings you from what you think you want to what you know you want. Take Aidan Forker, now an Armagh veteran, but the last time they won Ulster back in 2008 he didn’t know much about the team and cared less.
Eamonn Corcoran signs off with an expression of hope that he hasn’t been too negative. He hasn’t. Indeed, he routinely inserted possibilities where problems were identified.
In the relatively short time since she first made her debut in the adult ranks of inter-county football, Monagea’s Yvonne Lee has quickly established herself as an influential figure within the Limerick defence.
On a day when Willie Mullins is set to win the British Trainers’ Championship, I was looking at some of the figures regarding Irish-trained horses in Britain.
I’ll never forget how much losing an 11-point lead against Limerick in 2001 haunted us Waterford players. We stewed all winter about the glorious opportunity that slipped through our hands.
Johnny Kenny salvaged a point for Shamrock Rovers with a late equaliser as they were made to work extremely hard for a share of the spoils by Galway United at Tallaght Stadium.
Leicester have been promoted to the Premier League after QPR secured their Championship survival in style and dealt Leeds' automatic promotion hopes a major blow with a thumping 4-0 victory at Loftus Road.
Derry City claimed their first away win of the SSE Airtricity Men’s Premier Division season in their 600th away fixture since their inception when they proved too good for a disjointed Waterford FC for the second-time this campaign at the…
?The previous five clashes between these cross-Liffey rivals have each been decided by the bare minimum and this latest instalment stayed true to form as Shelbourne edged past St Patrick’s Athletic to remain top of the Premier Division.
Laois qualified for the quarter-final of the O’Nellls.com Leinster U-20 hurling championship with a comfortable nine-point victory over Kildare in Manguard Park, Newbridge.
Dundalk celebrated a new King as first half goals from Scott High and Robbie Benson helped them to a first win of the season against Bohemians at Oriel Park.
Crazy stuff, wasn’t it? Even so, Ulster got the job done and with a bonus point as well to give them maximum return in this vital encounter for the province’s play-off hopes.
The outcome was never in any doubt as Mayo cruised to a comfortable victory in the third round of the Connacht MFC at Tuam Stadium. A first-half goal from Harry McHale helped the winners to a half-time lead of nine points and a second goal…
There were two more medals in the pool for Ireland as Róisín Ní Riain and Nicole Turner added to their medal haul at the European Para-Swimming Championships in Funchal by both claiming bronze.