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Once obtaining a solid grounding for myself in journalism working with the BBC, like so many other young Irish people, I fled for pastures new. After two years of living and working in Thailand, I returned to Ireland equipped with a ballsy Dublin blade (nordie for girlfriend), ready to take on the world. A few days spent in the capital …

I try and I try and I try… This column has repeatedly gone down the road of condemning those who choose to compare sports because as previously stated, it is futile and pointless. However, it’s hard not to get enraged as fans from all sides of the sporting spectrum come together in the pursuit of slating one another. With the …

Ireland’s track record reads like the plot to a ‘Carry-On’ film when it comes to sporting bodies, such is the way we are guaranteed to become embroiled in some sort of PR disaster year on year. The Olympic Council of Ireland (formerly OCI, now OFI) embarrassed the nation amid the ticketing scandal in 2016. John Delaney’s use of the FAI …

The second honeymoon period is well and truly over for Mick McCarthy as Ireland continue to struggle to qualify for a major tournament they’re helping to host. While they very much remain in the hunt for Euro 2020 qualification, this was facilitated by the fixture schedule and it’s hard to envision a shock result against Denmark next month. That being …

With five Leinster Championships to his name, it’s a sorry state of affairs when a legend like Colm O’Rourke is calling for provincial systems to be scrapped. While the talk of two-tiers seems to be the most important issue facing the GAA, speaking at his Hall of Fame unveiling last month, O’Rourke made it clear where he thinks problems lie. …

We all let ourselves down last week. Ireland’s inept performance saw them become the victims of a legitimate giant-killing at the Rugby World Cup. Japan were excellent, no doubt about it and fully deserving of their victory. However, for the second-placed team in the world to lose to a second-tier nation is totally and wholly unacceptable. We in the media …

A lot has been said about Jim Gavin’s demeanour after boldly going where no Gael had gone before on Saturday evening. Putting Jason Sherlock and Declan Darcy up for interview was intriguing. While having his father present at the media scrum was touching. It did feel like a finality of sorts. As though it had come to its natural ending …

Oh, how the tables have turned… Eleven days ago, Kerry had only hope in their quest to defeat the Dubs and stop the five-in-a-row. Now, we stare down the barrel of a highly anticipated replay that has most people second-guessing on what to expect. Last Sunday week’s game had everything. The atmosphere was intense, the football immense and the closing …

August 8, 2008 Joe Kernan’s Armagh are Ulster Champions for the seventh time in ten seasons. However, with just one All-Ireland title to their name, there’s a feeling of last chance saloon as they rock up to Croke Park to take on Wexford in an All-Ireland quarter-final. The Orchard County are heavy favourites and the game seems to be going …

As the renewal of Gaelic football’s most storied rivalry looms closer and closer, this All-Ireland final feels somewhat different than years gone by. With Dublin and Kerry we are used to humdinger battles that could turn on a knife-edge but heading into this meeting between the pair there seems to be a school of thought that Kerry have no hope …

Tipperary are All-Ireland champions and deservedly so after a second-half blitz that totally tamed Brian Cody’s cats on Sunday. However, despite the tantalising hurling put on show by Callanan and co. The dominating narrative is Richie Hogan’s red card which is fair considering the controversial nature and how the game transpired following his dismissal. For what it’s worth, it was …

One of hurling’s biggest rivalries is set to be renewed on Sunday when Kilkenny and Tipperary meet in the showpiece event of the season; the All-Ireland SHC final. It’s the sixth All-Ireland decider involving the two heavyweight counties in 10 seasons (2014 final went to a replay) as the decade rounds off the way it started with Liam Sheedy and …

“Ask not what your county can do for you but what you can do for your county.” Remember the advert that used to jump out of the page when you were intently scrolling through the match-day programme shortly before throw-in on Championship day? It’s an old one but a good one and one that perfectly ties in with the ethos …

Last year the line was that Croke Park shouldn’t be used on the opening weekend of the Super 8s.  This year the line is that no Super 8s games should be held at HQ whatsoever which is a plausible idea given how crowds at smaller provincial grounds generate an atmosphere and excitement seldom seen in the modern era of Croke …

It was difficult not to get swept away in the furore around Shane Lowry’s Open Championship victory given the magnitude of what the Clara man achieved. Lowry blew his world-class competition out of the water in Portrush before winning by six shots and scenes of the Offaly native walking up the 18th fairway, fighting his way through the crowd as …

Reporter: “Do you think the luck of an Irishman got England over the line?” Eoin Morgan: “We had Allah with us as well. I spoke to Adil (Rashid), he said; ‘Allah was definitely with us’. And I said; ‘we had the rub of the green’. It actually epitomises our team. We’ve got a quite diverse background and cultures and guys …

Roscommon’s Connacht title win was never the surprise result that many people made it out to be. They were up against a depleted Galway side devoid of their captain and travelled to Salthill brimming with Connacht final experience and full of confidence having turned over the Tribesmen at the same venue two seasons prior. As it transpired, an inspirational second-half …

July is always a very contentious time of year in Northern Ireland with the annual celebrations of ‘The Twelfth’ more often than not highlighting the division between the states two communities. Ulster has made headlines around the world for all the wrong reasons and one area that’s name is constantly dragged through the mud is Lurgan. Known very much for …