Not for the first time, Eamon Dunphy looked on the verge of tears in analysing Sunday’s world soccer showpiece, which was...
Author: Jamie OKeeffe
Empty rhetoric
Empty rhetoric
So there were 35,000-and-something at the match, eh? And where might the other 20,000 have fitted in to fill the stadium to its...
Tramore benefits from annual student boon
Tramore benefits from annual student boon
There was a fiesta atmosphere in Tramore this week as hundreds of Spanish students celebrated their country’s World Cup triumph....
Empty rhetoric
Empty rhetoric
So there were 35,000-and-something at the match, eh? And where might the other 20,000 have fitted in to fill the stadium to its...
Choice Words
Choice Words
“You know, I used to follow the soccer across channel but, recently, I’ve just become disgusted with it. I think all the money...
No-one does drama like the Déise
No-one does drama like the Déise
There are degrees of controversy and everything has a context. The furore over the carry-on in Croke Park on Sunday owes itself...
Nice work if you can get it
Nice work if you can get it
As the Dáil broke yesterday (Thurs) for an elongated three-month holiday, a Waterford city councillor described the Government’s...
Siblings rivalry among Munster Final miscellany
Siblings rivalry among Munster Final miscellany
Related to a hurler It’s conceivable that at some point in Sunday’s proceedings five sets of siblings could be on the field of...
New Irish U23 champion Sam secures ‘stagiaire’ pro offer
New Irish U23 champion Sam secures ‘stagiaire’ pro offer
Carrick-on-Suir teenager Sam Bennett, who won the Irish national Under-23 Road Race Championship on Sunday, is to join the...
Reality bites as egos crash land
Reality bites as egos crash land
Seeing is believing, and the blinkers were finally removed from a nation in Bloemfontein on Sunday. For while the match...
The camera doesn’t lie
The camera doesn’t lie
At the break RTÉ’s analysis focused on the farcical goal that wasn’t and the refusal of FIFA president Blatter to allow...
Anyone for tennis elbow?
Anyone for tennis elbow?
The greatest tennis match of all time? Well, John Isner versus Nicolas Mahut at SW19 was, at 11hrs 5mins, the longest by a...
