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We all know by now that Shane Long used to play hurling. His exploits in the GAA’s small-ball code have been well documented since his meteoric rise from Cork City teenager to Premier League star. The Gortnahoe-Glengoole man played two years county minor with Tipperary before concentrating on his burgeoning soccer career. Tipperary hurling’s loss was Irish football’s gain as …

2019 will be an incredible year for sport and to ensure you don’t miss a second of the action, we’ve compiled all the key dates into one essential guide. January 2019 26/27th: The Allianz Hurling and Football Leagues begin _____ February 2019 1st: Ireland v England – Women’s Six Nations 2nd: Ireland v England – Six Nations 8th: Scotland v …

Gaelic Games has leap-frogged soccer into pole position as the favourite sport in Ireland, according to the Teneo Sport and Sponsorship Index (TSSI) 2018. The TSSI is a survey carried out between 1,000 people nationally to assess the attitude of Irish people towards various different sports. The results show that Gaelic Games is now the country’s favourite sport with 21% …

2018 has been a tremendous year for Irish sport. While it hasn’t quite gone to plan for some more high-profile competitors such as Conor McGregor and the Irish football team, the depth of success for Ireland across many codes of sport is a testament to that. One of the significant recognitions of this glory comes at the RTÉ Sports Awards …

The GAA have finally seen sense on the Liam Miller fundraiser debacle. The controversy over the location for the tribute soccer match to the late Liam Miller caught fire over the week, as the GAA brass refused to buckle over pressure placed on them regarding the game’s venue. Although Pairc Ui Chaoimh in Cork has a much higher capacity at …

Ahead of Ireland's friendly against the USA we take a look back at ex-Everton and Fulham striker, and brilliantly Irish-sounding American, Brian McBride.

Liverpool and Real Madrid are in the Champions League final on the strength of their tradition as clubs.

Arsene Wenger’s bombshell announcement of his impending departure from Arsenal has brought into focus his 22-year legacy at the club. While written about in more detail elsewhere, the first decade of his reign was defined by the Frenchman’s rivalry with then-Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson, who’s Red Devils had a stranglehold on English football. Armed with his revolutionary views on …

It appeared that Arsene Wenger had earned that rare right only afforded to Alex Ferguson in England – being able to leave on his own terms. The managerial merry-go-round that has become modern football is clear to see, but given that Frenchman has survived sustained chants of ‘Wenger Out’ dating back as far as 2011, he had bucked a worrying trend. …

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The Boys in Green maintained their unbeaten run with a deserved 1-0 win over Poland, qualifying as top seeds for the upcoming European Championships in England.

Carlow GAA are dead right here… It’s fair to say that modern Ireland is an extremely ecumenical community in a sporting sense. The GAA’s Rule 27, better know as ‘The Ban’, is well and truly dead, having been abolished in 1971. This outlawed members of the Association from taking part in ‘foreign games’, or indeed attending such matches. Since then …

German side MSV Duisburg conceded one of the strangest goals in recent memory in the 18th minute of their 2. Bundesliga clash with FC Ingolstadt on Saturday, as their goalkeeper, Mark Flekken, chose an absolutely baffling moment to wander into his own net for a drink of water. It’s hard to tell from the video below when exactly Flekken decided …

The League of Ireland returned with a bang last week, as Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers played out a cracker in front of a full house at Dalymount and a national audience live on RTÉ. The levels of enthusiasm surrounding the first round of games was always going to be difficult to maintain, but on Friday evening there were numbers to suggest …

Cork City got their 2018 season off to a great start on Sunday, as they overcame Dundalk in Dundalk to claim the President’s Cup. John Caulfield’s side didn’t get off to such a great start in the game itself, however, as they fell a goal behind after 19 minutes, with Ronan Murray finding the net as snow swirled around Oriel …

Tributes have been pouring in for former Ireland international midfielder Liam Miller who died on Friday following a battle with cancer aged just 36 Miller’s former clubs, Manchester United, Celtic, Hibernian, Sunderland, Leeds United, and Cork City have extended condolences to the Cork native’s family in the last few hours, while a host of other clubs from the League of …

There were joyous scenes at Goodison Park tonight, as Everton picked up their first win since mid-December thanks to a brace from new signing Theo Walcott and Seamus Coleman played the full 90 minutes in his first senior appearance for the club since breaking his leg on international duty for Ireland ten months ago. Walcott opened the scoring after 25 …

There's some badly needed good news on the horizon for Arsenal after losing to relegation-threatened Swansea City.