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World Athletics Championships. Budapest 2023.
S Cathal Dennehy: Catch him if you can - Katir case tells us something of athletics culture
The Spaniard's rivals have been outspoken about Katir's whereabouts rules vioations. 

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

Oleksandr Usyk v Tyson Fury - Press Conference - Thursday December 19th
S Spike O'Sullivan: Usyk to become untouchable as the best heavyweight of his generation 
Can Fury avenge the first loss of his professional life or will Usyk cement his place as arguably the pound-for-pound king of the last 30-odd years?

Sat, 21 Dec, 2024

Tadhg Beirne leads his team through the team tunnel dejected after the game 13/12/2024
S Ronan O'Gara: Munster's snakes and ladders isn't my game now, but . . .
Massive frustration at the issues and standards and culture that has seen the former European champions tumble backwards so far into the pack that they are no longer distinguishable, even in Europe, once their crucible

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

Donegal v Tyrone - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Preliminary Quarter-Final
S Paul Rouse: GAA's move to take control of GAAGO raises lots of questions
Why has the GAA decided to make this offer to RTÉ now and what does it mean?

Fri, 20 Dec, 2024

The Pitch: Signing of Ronan O’Gara completes Declan Kelly’s comeback
S The Pitch: Signing of Ronan O’Gara completes Declan Kelly’s comeback
As a close friend of Tipp go-getter Declan Kelly once said: 'Declan is the only man I know to fall upwards'

Thu, 19 Dec, 2024

BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2024 - Salford
S Tommy Martin: Are shows like Match of the Day and The Sunday Game running out of road?
Why, in these days of on-demand entertainment, would a Fulham fan wait the guts of an hour for three minutes of their goalless draw with Brentford?

Thu, 19 Dec, 2024

Neil Ewing: Raise a toast to the sports heroes who won respect if not medals
S Neil Ewing: Raise a toast to the sports heroes who won respect if not medals
Not every sporting legend wears a medal around their neck. For some, just being at the start line, or on the pitch, is a war won, beating back injury, intimidation or mental strain

Wed, 18 Dec, 2024

Donal Lenihan on 'Unbreakable': We laughed at old times, secretly relieved we could all still do so
S Donal Lenihan on 'Unbreakable': We laughed at old times, secretly relieved we could all still do so
Watching the documentary on England's 2003 World Cup winners proved a fairly harrowing watch. On the surface, they were hard-nosed, mentally strong and highly committed group of 'unbreakable' men. We now know different 

Wed, 18 Dec, 2024

Dalo's Hurling Show: Semis showcase strength of club game, now GAA needs strong leadership
S Dalo's Hurling Show: Semis showcase strength of club game, now GAA needs strong leadership
Anthony Daly, TJ Ryan and Mark Landers review the weekend's hurling and worry about the GAA's future if Revenue targets amateurs and volunteers.

 Listen | Tue, 17 Dec, 2024

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Munster darts derby: Limerick's O’Connor and Tipperary's Slevin set for Ally Pally clash
S Munster darts derby: Limerick's O’Connor and Tipperary's Slevin set for Ally Pally clash
Willie O'Connor and Dylan Slevin meet in the first round of the World Darts Championship on Friday night. 

Tue, 17 Dec, 2024

Manchester United v Everton - Premier League - Old Trafford
S Kieran Shannon: Amorim action in dropping Rashford speaks louder than words
The Old Trafford boss -- and sport's best coaches -- know you'll be defined by your choices. 

Tue, 17 Dec, 2024

Mayo v Galway - Connacht GAA Football Senior Championship Semi-Final
S Fogarty Forum: Why all eyes are on Mayo this week
Mayo GAA are the guinea pigs for Revenue's risk review of county boards. What they declare as taxable could set a precedent for future audits.

Tue, 17 Dec, 2024

A view of Investec Champions Cup sleeve branding on ASM Clermont Auvergne's Lucas Tauzin 14/12/2024
S Peter Jackson: Weakened South African sides show up competition's flaws
The Stormers and The Sharks limped home from London yesterday on a weekend when the credibility of the Champions Cup took a fearful bashing.

Mon, 16 Dec, 2024

Dublin v Mayo - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Semi-Final
S Colin Sheridan: Mayo football on the off-season agenda once more
On the eighth page of Edwin McGreal’s epic opus on Mayo club football “Our Finest Hour,” there is a colour-coded map of North Mayo parishes, and the GAA clubs therein.

Mon, 16 Dec, 2024

Hotel review: This Georgian hideaway in Limerick City is an intimate and friendly place to stay
S Hotel review: This Georgian hideaway in Limerick City is an intimate and friendly place to stay
Friendliness and style are the USPs of this boutique Blue Book Georgian hideaway in the city

Sun, 15 Dec, 2024

Restaurant review: Kinsale is so lucky to have a dining experience like Rare
S Restaurant review: Kinsale is so lucky to have a dining experience like Rare
Rare dazzles with culinary treasures

Sun, 15 Dec, 2024

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S Camera Classics: 80 of the world's most stunning sports pictures from 2024
Saluting the snappers who frame the sporting images of the year, from the school pitch to the Olympics

Sun, 15 Dec, 2024

Ballygunner v Sarsfields - AIB Munster GAA Senior Club Hurling Championship Final
S Christy O'Connor: Why has the most competive province stopped producing All-Ireland winners?
Why do Munster teams struggle so much in the All-Ireland club championship?

Sat, 14 Dec, 2024

Heimir Hallgrímsson visits FAI Football Camp
S Cathal Dennehy: Who is looking after the people looking after the people?
As things stand, coaching is all too often a one-way ticket to mental, physical, or emotional exhaustion.

Sat, 14 Dec, 2024

Ruby Walsh: Latest strategy for Irish horse racing far from convincing
S Ruby Walsh: Latest strategy for Irish horse racing far from convincing
Madarra can turn the tables on Il Ridoto in the December Gold Cup at Cheltenham.

Sat, 14 Dec, 2024

Elaine Loughlin: Social Democrats learn lesson of accountability the hard way
S Elaine Loughlin: Social Democrats learn lesson of accountability the hard way
Politicians cannot fervently hold other parties and members of Government to account without applying that same level of accountability to themselves

Sat, 14 Dec, 2024

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S Ronan O'Gara: This will take a mammoth effort from Munster to beat Castres
Also, on Sam Prendergast, my bad. I now see where all the hot air about the Leinster kid was coming from. He's good.

Fri, 13 Dec, 2024

This competition is now closed. Congratulations to Marcella O'Gorman
S This competition is now closed. Congratulations to Marcella O'Gorman
We're celebrating the festive season with our 12 Days of Christmas Competitions. From December 2 - 13, we’re giving away 12 fantastic prizes - one each day - with over €5,000 in prizes to be won.

Fri, 13 Dec, 2024

Offaly v Dublin - Dioralyte O'Byrne Cup Quarter-Final
S Paul Rouse: Rulemakers need to stand their ground when backlash arrives
The same people who will be lamenting the decisions of referees who apply this new sanction of the black card are most likely be the very ones who either coached tactical fouling or lamented the naivety of the team that didn’t foul and were exposed instead to the quick transition.

Fri, 13 Dec, 2024

Cuala v Ardee St Mary's - AIB Leinster GAA Senior Club Football Championship Final
S Jack Anderson: No going back once a sport moves to non-amateur status
For most GAA people, the GAA’s Official Guide is a bit like an IKEA manual, you only ever read it after you’ve done something wrong, and Gavin happily admitted the same.

Fri, 13 Dec, 2024

Jennifer Horgan: How do you save someone you love from marrying the wrong person?
S Jennifer Horgan: How do you save someone you love from marrying the wrong person?
Life could also end tomorrow — that’s one trick of fate that helps us get past the sheer madness of matrimony

Fri, 13 Dec, 2024

Dalo's Hurling Show: All-Ireland semis, Revenue and charging U16s
S Dalo's Hurling Show: All-Ireland semis, Revenue and charging U16s
Anthony Daly, TJ Ryan and Mark Landers preview the weekend's hurling.

 Listen | Thu, 12 Dec, 2024

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This competition is now closed. Congratulations to Cian O'Connor
S This competition is now closed. Congratulations to Cian O'Connor
We're celebrating the festive season with our 12 Days of Christmas Competitions. From December 2 - 13, we’re giving away 12 fantastic prizes - one each day - with over €5,000 in prizes to be won.

Thu, 12 Dec, 2024

Giving a christmas present
S The big Irish Christmas gift guide: More than 170 local brands and businesses to support
With ongoing delays affecting international deliveries through Holyhead, it's a good time to shop local for your Christmas presents. Here are dozens of ideas to make every person on your gifting list happy this Christmas

Thu, 12 Dec, 2024

Munster v Stade Francais Paris - Champions Cup Round 1
S Tommy Martin: Why TMS (that’s Too Much Sport) viewing numbers are tumbling
Too Much Rugby is a smaller scale version of Too Much Football, which reaches new levels of bloated madness with next year’s FIFA Club World Cup

Thu, 12 Dec, 2024

Sunny Edwards v Galal Yafai - BP Pulse Live - Birmingham
S The Pitch: DAZN to seek Irish broadcast partner to share its $1bn FIFA risk
The FIFA deal works out at an investment by the platform of €15m per game, almost three times more than the cost of a Premier League fixture.

Thu, 12 Dec, 2024

Munster v Ulster - United Rugby Championship
S Duncan Casey: Anyone strongly allied to Rowntree's Munster was in a sticky spot
Munster state that head of athletic performance Ged McNamara is currently ‘on leave’ but sources say this is also a permanent departure. 

Thu, 12 Dec, 2024

Michael Moynihan: Stuck for a superb Christmas gift? This one rewards every reader
S Michael Moynihan: Stuck for a superb Christmas gift? This one rewards every reader
If anyone in your house enjoys history, politics, or revolution then this is the book to buy

Thu, 12 Dec, 2024

Leinster Rugby Squad Training
S Donal Lenihan: Toulouse and Leinster look down from a lofty plateau
Munster are crying out for the stability a long-term director of rugby would bring and allow the new head coach to concentrate solely on the preparation and selection of the side.

Wed, 11 Dec, 2024

This competition is now closed. Congratulations to Valerie Collins
S This competition is now closed. Congratulations to Valerie Collins
We're celebrating the festive season with our 12 Days of Christmas Competitions. From December 2 - 13, we’re giving away 12 fantastic prizes - one each day - with over €5,000 in prizes to be won.

Wed, 11 Dec, 2024

Republic of Ireland v Wales - UEFA Women's EURO 2025 Play-Off Round Two Second Leg
S John Fallon: Portents for women's Euro failure visible from start
Elsewhere a slow transfer window is set to ramp up with Shels eyeing recruits.

Wed, 11 Dec, 2024

Donegal v Derry - Dr McKenna Cup Semi-Final
S John Fogarty: The 10 counties primed to exploit two-point score
Which teams are primed to take advantage of the new proposals. 

Tue, 10 Dec, 2024

What a Difference a Day Makes: Clíona Standún on moving back to Ireland to save the family business
S What a Difference a Day Makes: Clíona Standún on moving back to Ireland to save the family business
Clíona Standún, third-generation co-owner of Co Galway-based Standún Stores, tells Helen O’Callaghan about the life-altering ultimatum she received from her dad when she was just 25 – return from her beloved life in London to manage the family business in Spiddal, or let it go.

Tue, 10 Dec, 2024

The Gaelic Football Show: End-of-year questions, Munster and Ulster deciders
S The Gaelic Football Show: End-of-year questions, Munster and Ulster deciders
Paul Rouse, Maurice Brosnan and James Horan reflect on the year and the weekend's action.

 Listen | Tue, 10 Dec, 2024

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This competition is now closed. Congratulations to James Murphy
S This competition is now closed. Congratulations to James Murphy
We're celebrating the festive season with our 12 Days of Christmas Competitions. From December 2 - 13, we’re giving away 12 fantastic prizes - one each day - with over €5,000 in prizes to be won.

Tue, 10 Dec, 2024

A general view a pick up 17/7/2020
S Kieran Shannon: Kids specialising in Gaelic games too early benefits no one, including GAA
Underage players being part of county development squads is reducing the number of sports those kids get to sample, which the research shows could transfer to and benefit their skills in Gaelic games. 

Tue, 10 Dec, 2024

Fergus Finlay: Our government formation system is wonky but also precious
S Fergus Finlay: Our government formation system is wonky but also precious
Our imperfect democracy seems to be the best we can do. And it’s always going to be that way

Tue, 10 Dec, 2024

Bristol Bears v Leinster - Champions Cup Round 1
S Donal Lenihan: Even Toulouse would struggle against Leinster's galaxy of stars
Andrew Porter, RG Snyman, Caelan Doris and Jordie Barrett formed somewhat of a Leinster bomb squad off the bench.

Mon, 09 Dec, 2024

This competition is now closed. Congratulations to Eanna O’Mullain
S This competition is now closed. Congratulations to Eanna O’Mullain
We're celebrating the festive season with our 12 Days of Christmas Competitions. From December 2 - 13, we’re giving away 12 fantastic prizes - one each day - with over €5,000 in prizes to be won.

Mon, 09 Dec, 2024

Rian O'Neill and manager Kieran McGeeney celebrate 28/7/2024
S Colin Sheridan: Expect Ulster to crack Gaelic football's new puzzle before the rest
What we have seen over the last two decades in the GAA is overdone redevelopment of county grounds, often with increased capacities that are unnecessary and rarely justified. Could Fitzgerald Stadium in Killarney be another example?

Mon, 09 Dec, 2024

Alex Nankivell with Baptiste Pesenti 7/12/2024
S Peter Jackson: Munster's Alex Nankivell escaped full force of the law that crashed down on Azagoh
Brennan brothers complete winning family double and Ulster almost bring Champions’ Cup into disrepute.

Mon, 09 Dec, 2024

Liam Treacy is challenged by Tom Doyle and Charlie Keating 8/12/2024
S Christy O'Connor: Loughmore-Castleiney find joining that elite provincial doubles bracket isn't easy
The manner of how Kilcoo coughed up the winning score to Errigal Ciaran in the Ulster final will haunt the Down club for years. 

Mon, 09 Dec, 2024

Harlem's hoarders Collyer Brothers
S Terry Prone: Hoarding’s hidden issues begin to emerge from the background
It’s difficult to diagnose sufferers, because the evidence for them having the disorder is concealed within their own homes

Mon, 09 Dec, 2024

Hotel review: Stylish and comfortable, this riverside Cork hotel is constantly innovating to impress
S Hotel review: Stylish and comfortable, this riverside Cork hotel is constantly innovating to impress
...and it's on the banks of our own lovely Lee.

Sun, 08 Dec, 2024

British-Irish Council - Edinburgh
S Elaine Loughlin: Simon Harris must choose his own piece on ministerial chessboard carefully
The finer details of the rotating Taoiseach and the Cabinet carve-up are important and will take up countless column inches of speculation and gossip

Sun, 08 Dec, 2024

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