The shock resignation of Liam Sheedy was only surprising in that it’s so rare for successful sportspeople to quit while they’re...
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Lovely hurling?
Lovely hurling?
Speaking of beauty being in the eye of the beholder, I’m still agog at Davy Fitzgerald’s assertion in his selected media musings...
Belief can enable Irish to go beyond
Belief can enable Irish to go beyond
I’m at a bit of a loss, no pun intended, as to what to say about last Friday’s meltdown against Russia at the shiny new Aviva...
Pair of Pauls
Pair of Pauls
He mightn’t ever have been called a drunken moron on the Jay Leno show, but it’s impossible not to conclude that Paul...
Free-scoring forwards
Free-scoring forwards
The major talking point from last weekend’s Waterford senior hurling championship quarter-finals was the remarkable result from...
Kenny’s Kop on
Kenny’s Kop on
As the saying goes, some of my best friends are Liverpool fans, so it’s with more trepidation than delight that I broach the...
Only show in town
Only show in town
Some disquiet was voiced at Monday’s fifteen-minute fait accompli in Dungarvan about the defensive style of play Davy Fitzgerald...
Crowd control or mind control?
Crowd control or mind control?
Cork couldn’t hit a barn door in the first half of Sunday’s All-Ireland football final against a dogged but unseasoned Down...
Micheál was one in a million
Micheál was one in a million
Much like last Friday’s ‘Late Late’ item with Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh was a missed opportunity, RTÉ never made the most of the...
Suspicion sticks
Suspicion sticks
Ken Doherty says the only thing his friend John Higgins has been guilty of is stupidity. The Scot, a two-time world champion,...
