Rory McIlroy’s menu Rory McIlroy has put together a menu for the Masters Club dinner nearly as dramatic as the back nine he played at Augusta National to win the green jacket. There’s a taste of home in Northern Ireland with his mother’s bacon-wrapped dates as an appetiser and Irish Champ as a side dish. … Read more
They say sunlight is the best disinfectant, but rugby prefers the shade when it comes to issues like this Old Wesley RFC says Kristian Jensen has had ‘a positive presence’ since joining the club. Photo: Steve Humphreys Thirty-six years ago, on March 4, 1990, The Sunday Tribune published a withering letter about the competence of … Read more
‘The coldest day I’ve ever known on a bike’ – Paul Kimmage during the Etoile de Besseges race in 1986. In 2005, I gave an interview to The Sunday Times, in the UK, and was accurately described as having “severed all ties” with the sport. The reporter, Paul Kimmage, asked why I’d chosen imposed exile, … Read more
‘The coldest day I’ve ever known on a bike’ – Paul Kimmage during the Etoile de Besseges race in 1986. In 2005, I gave an interview to The Sunday Times, in the UK, and was accurately described as having “severed all ties” with the sport. The reporter, Paul Kimmage, asked why I’d chosen imposed exile, … Read more
Paul Kimmage with Monika Dukarska outside Leinster House last Wednesday. Photo: Mark Condren In the summer of 1990, five days before the Republic of Ireland’s opening game against England at the World Cup, I had just checked-in to a small hotel near Rome when the receptionist presented me with a note to call the office. … Read more
Paul Kimmage with Monika Dukarska outside Leinster House last Wednesday. Photo: Mark Condren In the summer of 1990, five days before the Republic of Ireland’s opening game against England at the World Cup, I had just checked-in to a small hotel near Rome when the receptionist presented me with a note to call the office. … Read more
Paul Kimmage with Monika Dukarska outside Leinster House last Wednesday. Photo: Mark Condren In the summer of 1990, five days before the Republic of Ireland’s opening game against England at the World Cup, I had just checked-in to a small hotel near Rome when the receptionist presented me with a note to call the office. … Read more
What will be their tune this Wednesday? Monika Dukarska (left) and Aileen Crowley after finishing in fifth place during the Women’s Pair final B at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Photo: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile You’ve got to hand it to Sport Ireland — they say what they like, and they like what they say. Take the … Read more
What will be their tune this Wednesday? Monika Dukarska (left) and Aileen Crowley after finishing in fifth place during the Women’s Pair final B at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021. Photo: Brendan Moran/Sportsfile You’ve got to hand it to Sport Ireland — they say what they like, and they like what they say. Take the … Read more
Augusta week never fails to deliver its share of excitement and this edition is no different Rory McIlroy of Ireland looks on from the 18th hole during the third round of the 2025 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club. (Photo by Andrew Redington/Getty Images) In August 1989, just a few weeks after my last … Read more