Pictured is Jamie Burns, scorer of a remarkable five goals in double winners Seaview Celtic’s 7-1 demolition of Piltown in last...
Author: Jamie OKeeffe
Universal approval
Universal approval
What to say about Barcelona that hasn’t already been described to death since Saturday’s superlative-stretching performance in...
Excuses, excuses
Excuses, excuses
Ireland might have collected their first silverware since Jack Charlton’s team took Iceland by storm a quarter-of-a-century ago...
Micky Harte finds inspiration from likes of Oisin and Eoin
Micky Harte finds inspiration from likes of Oisin and Eoin
Two Waterford boys who will take part in the World Transplant Games in Sweden, starting on June 17, have been described as an...
Truth serum
Truth serum
America’s indifferent attitude to drug-taking in sport could change as the federal probe into alleged doping by seven-time Tour...
Mission improbable accomplished
Mission improbable accomplished
Whether they got a sneak preview of Osama’s ‘Is féidir linn’ speech or what, something happened midway through last Saturday’s...
Protocols and photocalls
Protocols and photocalls
An ex-GAA president escorting Queen Elizabeth II by the elbow is scarcely on a par with Martin Johnson making Mary McAleese take...
Hoops better than Blues?
Hoops better than Blues?
Having clinched their ninth Premier League title in 12 seasons, there’s a strong argument to be made that Carrick United may...
Bobby Power’s iron will steered the way
Bobby Power’s iron will steered the way
Carrick has a history of producing stellar and steely sportsmen. Bobby Power, ‘Mr Carrick Wheelers’, was one such person in...
God’s Gift to Golf
God’s Gift to Golf
He rewrote the course-management manual, redefined the bounds of possibility, but superlatives aside, more than anything Seve...
Class versus crass
Class versus crass
Anyone I’ve spoken to who saw last week’s low-key BBC2 documentary about Bobby Charlton was struck by the same thing – the sheer...
Tom’s mile of a lifetime
Tom’s mile of a lifetime
Tom Queally’s stunning runway success on flat racing’s latest ‘wonderhorse’ Frankel in the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket on...
