Waterford’s Seán Walsh is tackled by Cork’s Cormac O’Brien (left) and Seán O’Donoghue during their Munster SHC Round 5 clash at SuperValu Páirc Ui Chaoimh. Photo: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile Football is the main event and hurling the sideshow this season. Ireland’s beautiful game needs two outstanding provincial finals to change the balance of power back in … Read more
Manchester United manager Ruben Amorim (centre) applauds the fans after the Premier League match at St James’ Park. November 20, 2021 was a sliding-doors moment for two Uniteds. Newcastle would soon be bounding merrily along the platform. Their Manchester namesakes got themselves jammed in the door. They’re still stuck there. History repeated itself for Eddie … Read more
Patrick Horgan, left, and Tim O’Mahony after Cork’s hurling league final win over Tipperary. Photo: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile We need Cork to win this year’s Liam MacCarthy Cup. Hurling needs it, the GAA needs it and Irish sport as a whole needs it. It would illuminate the summer. A Cork victory would pack the same … Read more
Conor McGregor at the White House Conor McGregor is a toxic leprechaun. He’s a modern day minstrel like those who once blacked up to enact demeaning caricatures for a prejudiced audience. McGregor’s Irishness doesn’t preclude him from greening up. Some African American performers blacked up back in the day. Times were hard and they needed … Read more
Liverpool’s Mohamed Salah (left) and Dominik Szoboszlai stand dejected Liverpool’s Carabao Cup final defeat was a timely reminder of just how bad a hangover can be for you. St Patrick’s Day revellers take note. Apparently still reeling from their Champions League exit, the Reds gave their worst Wembley performance since the infamous White Suit … Read more
United mismanaged in the boardroom and on the pitch ‘Amorim seems to oscillate wildly between fits of despair and of disdain for his own players.’ Photo: Clive Brunskill / Getty Jim Ratcliffe is the Elon Musk of Old Trafford. He’s doing to Manchester United what his counterpart is doing to American public services. Meanwhile, Ruben … Read more
United mismanaged in the boardroom and on the pitch ‘Amorim seems to oscillate wildly between fits of despair and of disdain for his own players.’ Photo: Clive Brunskill / Getty Jim Ratcliffe is the Elon Musk of Old Trafford. He’s doing to Manchester United what his counterpart is doing to American public services. Meanwhile, Ruben … Read more
You know you’ve made it when they whinge about you James Lowe of Ireland in action against England. Photo: Brendan Moran / Sportsfile Irish rugby success is proving too much for our rivals to swallow. Their bitterness is epitomised by a journalist who’s beginning to resemble a baboon frantically displaying his arse in the hope … Read more
Rules can lead to a Treasure Island of adventure and excitement Jim Gavin at the Division 3 match between Offaly and Sligo at O’Connor Park. Photo: Matt Browne/Sportsfile FRC fears look as ill-founded as Y2K panic. Planes didn’t fall from the skies as the clock ticked into a new millennium. And the first weekend of … Read more
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