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Dalo's Hurling Show: Celebration police versus Corkness, Limerick taking on water, Carlow send message to GAA
Anthony Daly, TJ Ryan and Mark Landers review the weekend's hurling, with analysis from Sean Flynn.

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The Gaelic Football Show: a special day in Clones ends in shootout drama

SChristy O'Connor: More agony for Armagh, more elation for Donegal under McGuinness

SColin Sheridan: Losing the numbers game but winning what matters

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Cathal Dennehy: Irish in no position to criticise Amy Broadhurst defection decision

SÉamonn Fitzmaurice: Have Donegal been asked the right questions? And has McGuinness more answers?

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S Enda McEvoy: Cork may not possess Limerick’s panoply of virtues, but must match their bloody-mindedness
Events in Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Saturday evening will unfold along the lines chosen by Limerick.
Sat, 11 May, 2024

Giving the old Páirc a perfect send off is Paudie O'Sullivan's Cork forever moment
“My last touch for Cork was a goal in Thurles. I said to him, there are not many fellas on the panel who would have scored that goal."
Fri, 10 May, 2024

S Liam Sheedy: Training camps play magical part in creating champs. Antrim deserve that too
Antrim players are giving their heart and soul to represent their clubs on the county stage and fully deserve, in my view, a few days where they get to prepare like professionals.
Fri, 10 May, 2024

Roy Keane: I’d play a reserve or youth team player ahead of Casemiro
The Brazilian midfielder struggled badly in defence against Crystal Palace this week.
Fri, 10 May, 2024

Real Madrid’s unshakeable faith feels like a dark art for defeated Bayern
Late Champions League semi-final comeback was merely the latest escape act for the Spanish giants led by Carlo Ancelotti
Thu, 09 May, 2024

S Donal Lenihan: Leinster's recent Champions Cup final pain will make them even more anxious to get over the line
Despite great success in the competition, the Champions Cup has delivered nothing but pain and suffering for Leinster fans in recent times on the back of some really harrowing last minute defeats.
Wed, 08 May, 2024

S Fogarty Forum: Munster is the envy of the GAA
The appeal of the Munster Hurling Championship is not being replicated elsewhere.
Tue, 07 May, 2024

S Derek McGrath: Limerick speeded it all up, will Tipp stick or twist?
The tempo setter of the Treaty organisation Nickie Quaid was in more of a hurry last Sunday.
Fri, 03 May, 2024

S John Riordan: NBA's pair of heartbreakers shaking up the heartland
Timberwolves guard Anthony Edwards is as box office as it gets and there seems to be a general acceptance that he will carry the torch for the next ten years.
Thu, 02 May, 2024

S Maurice Brosnan: Seven questions arising from the All-Ireland football championships draw
What blockbuster matchups can we anticipate?
Wed, 01 May, 2024

S Seanie McGrath: What has happened to Cork cuteness?
On Sunday, it was Clare who brought the smarts and leadership.
Tue, 30 Apr, 2024

S Anthony Daly: Clare come back fighting, but what is in Tipp's bellies
Tipp were right there with the All-Ireland champions for the first 25 minutes. Limerick were playing good stuff, but only in patches...
Mon, 29 Apr, 2024

S Kieran Shannon: Cork much kinder to the championship than the championship is to them
Will Cork lose again? Again, don’t know: with this crew, it could go either way. Will we be there? Sure when you know it’s bound to be another thriller as they’re involved, definitely.
Mon, 29 Apr, 2024

S Christy O'Connor's talking points: Armagh learning from harsh lessons
Down arrived in Clones on Saturday evening with a different strategy in mind, one of containment and confinement, looking to frustrate Armagh in a tactical arm-wrestle, a low scoring dogfight.
Mon, 29 Apr, 2024

Eimear Ryan: What might represent a positive year for Tipp hurling?
Tipp are last into round-robin action. What would a successful year look like?
Thu, 25 Apr, 2024

S Tommy Martin: Unreasonable disruptor McGuinness pulls off a very modern heist
Jim McGuinness is the living embodiment of George Bernard Shaw’s theory that “all progress depends on the unreasonable man”.
Thu, 25 Apr, 2024

S Fogarty Forum: Fitzgerald answers the critics again
The Déise caught Cork cold on the opening weekend of the hurling championship.
Tue, 23 Apr, 2024

S The Gaelic Football Show: Where are Kerry? Have Derry been rumbled? Should Cork be happy and jeepers keepers
Paddy Kelly joins Tony Leen, Paul Rouse and James Horan to reflect on the weekend's championship action.
Mon, 22 Apr, 2024

Patrick Kelly: Cork impress, but fade in the Killarney heat
Hurley remains Cork’s most dangerous forward but Cork need Conor Corbett and Chris Óg Jones to reach another level if they are to continue closing the gap to the top table.
Mon, 22 Apr, 2024

S Dalo's Hurling Show Live: the big championship preview
Seamus Callanan joined Anthony Daly, Mark Landers, TJ Ryan and hundreds of Irish Examiner readers for lots of insight and some brave predictions at a sold-out Castletroy Park Hotel on Friday night.
Sat, 20 Apr, 2024

'You had to face your demons' - racewalker Kate Veale on the rocky road to Paris
The Waterford native is aiming to at last line out for her country at the Olympics this summer.
Sat, 20 Apr, 2024

Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Who's landing the first heavyweight punch of the championship?
From Killarney to Derry, the weekend has the feel of a summer revving up. At last.
Sat, 20 Apr, 2024

S Dion Fanning: The game is rigged and best move is not to play
Along with Arsenal and Liverpool, City were knocked out of Europe this week, but their exit was not accompanied by the vituperative response that accompanied the failure of the others.
Sat, 20 Apr, 2024

S Welcome to the club: the inside story on how Kerry delivered the All-Ireland no-one expected
It's a decade since Éamonn Fitzmaurice and the Kingdom struck one against the head. The 2014 campaign began with a stutter but with careful tending of burgeoning talents, they climbed the tallest and most demanding peaks through perseverance and sheer will. Here's how they did it in the words of their leader.
Fri, 19 Apr, 2024

S Paul Rouse: A heartbeat? Evidence there's life in provincial championships yet
It is reported that at that moment the Kildare manager Glenn Ryan turned and started walking down towards the dressing-room end of the pitch; that is what championship football can do to you.
Fri, 19 Apr, 2024

S Kieran Shannon: Home is where the heart is for Derry at Celtic Park
Some wanted to abandon the city stadium during the county's lean years, but the good times are back at the historic ground.
Fri, 19 Apr, 2024

S Enda McEvoy: Are Cork the pinch of chilli to heat up this championship recipe?
An opening weekend blockbuster in Ennis, a potential Waterford ambush for Cork in Walsh Park, And that's just for starters. Take caution, advises the sage Kilkenny cat. There's plenty to consider beyond April 21.
Thu, 18 Apr, 2024

S Tommy Martin: Men forever loom large but Ireland women carving their own space
A 4.45pm kick-off, pretty close to Saturday tea-time sports primetime, all set to put on a show…and what do the blokes at the European Champions Cup do? Plonk the biggest club game in world rugby this year right on top of them.
Thu, 18 Apr, 2024

S Donal Lenihan: Behind enemy lines after welcoming Ronan O'Gara and La Rochelle
The decision to offer Leinster's opponents a training pitch seemingly did not go down well in Dublin ahead of the Champions Cup quarter final.
Wed, 17 Apr, 2024

S Jack Anderson: The need for Gaelic football to be more Camelot than Kissinger
Here's half a dozen starting points for Jim Gavin and his committee. It is a sad indictment of Gaelic football that contemporary coaching innovation seems to surround what can be done with the most defensive player on the pitch
Tue, 16 Apr, 2024

S Dalo's Hurling Show: 'We'll go down anyway' - buzz is building for Championship
Anthony Daly, Mark Landers and TJ Ryan reckon things could be up in a heap after two rounds in Munster.
Tue, 16 Apr, 2024

S The Gaelic Football Show: Ciaran Kilkenny on Leinster, the Dubs' rivals and more
The multiple All-Ireland winner joins Paul Rouse, Maurice Brosnan and James Horan to reflect on the win over Meath and look ahead of the championship action.
Tue, 16 Apr, 2024

S John Fogarty: A hue of finality looms over Munster hurling
How many of the five Munster SHC managers would survive failing to qualify from the province?
Tue, 16 Apr, 2024

S Kieran Shannon: Cork and Kerry rivalry reduced to afterthought in own province
Since May 2022 Clare-Limerick has usurped Tipp-Limerick as the most intriguing and intense rivalry in all of hurling and all of Munster.
Tue, 16 Apr, 2024

S Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Dublin take care of business but they'll be a different animal come summer
Dessie Farrell and his squad will use the provincial campaign as a tune-up for knockout football.
Mon, 15 Apr, 2024

S Peter Jackson: Leinster's KO of La Rochelle one for the ages
On the Richter Scale of champions chinned in the defence of their title, Leinster’s rocking of La Rochelle surpasses every knock-out in the ring of European rugby.
Mon, 15 Apr, 2024

Colin Sheridan: From living the American dream to fumbling it all
O.J. Simpson - on the bring of irrelevance -- found worldwide notoriety in the 1990s.
Mon, 15 Apr, 2024

S Donal Lenihan: Leinster earn their Croke Park moment
From here on in, it’s all about getting the job done.
Mon, 15 Apr, 2024

Ice-cool Scottie Scheffler claims second Masters title in three years
The world number one carded a closing 68 to finish 11 under par and four shots clear of Sweden’s Ludvig Aberg.
Mon, 15 Apr, 2024

Ruby Walsh: Embracing change is safe bet for the Grand National
The most significant change to the National is the field size, which is down to 34 runners, so here is a brief guide to help you pick the 2024 Grand National winner.
Sat, 13 Apr, 2024

S Enda McEvoy: Arsenal stay steady as rivals show signs of swaying
The Gaelic football championship season started last weekend. Maybe it should finish the same weekend it starts.
Sat, 13 Apr, 2024

S Ronan O'Gara: We travel to Dublin with a fair Cork tailwind
Being on Leeside has been lovely but it also gave us an extra day’s prep and for me over any other training base, familiarity. This was all necessary. The team needs repetition, because the machine isn’t functioning fully like I want it to.
Fri, 12 Apr, 2024

WATCH: Ronan O’Gara on strategy and Cork hospitality ahead of crunch clash with Leinster
The La Rochelle head coach has brought his squad to familiar territory ahead of the Aviva Stadium showdown this weekend.
Thu, 11 Apr, 2024

S Donal Lenihan: A pivotal week where Leinster coach Jacques Nienaber earns his corn
It's a stacked last eight in the Champions Cup - but once again Munster fell short this season. Give their luck with injuries and ill-health, one wonders is there much point in Muster head coach Graham Rowntree buying a lottery ticket any time soon?
Wed, 10 Apr, 2024

Eight observations from the Gaelic football championship
Sligo's big dog, Kelly off the leash and Kerry's stat repository gets band-aid.
Tue, 09 Apr, 2024

Crucible touching distance away for Irish hopefuls but the bar gets higher
The World Snooker Championship qualifiers begin in Sheffield on Monday. Fergal O’Brien and Aaron Hill are at different ends of their careers, but getting to the Crucible still means everything.
Mon, 08 Apr, 2024

S The Gaelic Football Show: a Mayo man in New York, Wicklow win as championship throws in
James Horan joins Paul Rouse and Maurice Brosnan from Manhattan before Oisín McConville reflects on his side's big victory. Plus the rest of the weekend talking points.
Mon, 08 Apr, 2024

S Cathal Dennehy: Counting the cost of not having anything to complain about
It'd be a great country if you could only roof it.
Mon, 08 Apr, 2024

S Colin Sheridan: Random encounters at the Cottage
A day trip to London brings delays but some reunions too.
Mon, 08 Apr, 2024

S Peter Jackson: Great explorer Ronan O'Gara keeps punishing campaign just afloat
It's next stop Dublin for La Rochelle.
Mon, 08 Apr, 2024

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LATEST TOP PICKS

Dalo's Hurling Show: Celebration police versus Corkness, Limerick taking on water, Carlow send message to GAA

The Gaelic Football Show: a special day in Clones ends in shootout drama

SChristy O'Connor: More agony for Armagh, more elation for Donegal under McGuinness

SColin Sheridan: Losing the numbers game but winning what matters

Cathal Dennehy: Irish in no position to criticise Amy Broadhurst defection decision

SÉamonn Fitzmaurice: Have Donegal been asked the right questions? And has McGuinness more answers?

MORE TOP PICKS

S Enda McEvoy: Cork may not possess Limerick’s panoply of virtues, but must match their bloody-mindedness

Giving the old Páirc a perfect send off is Paudie O'Sullivan's Cork forever moment

S Liam Sheedy: Training camps play magical part in creating champs. Antrim deserve that too

Roy Keane: I’d play a reserve or youth team player ahead of Casemiro

Real Madrid’s unshakeable faith feels like a dark art for defeated Bayern

S Donal Lenihan: Leinster's recent Champions Cup final pain will make them even more anxious to get over the line

S Fogarty Forum: Munster is the envy of the GAA

S Derek McGrath: Limerick speeded it all up, will Tipp stick or twist?

S John Riordan: NBA's pair of heartbreakers shaking up the heartland

S Maurice Brosnan: Seven questions arising from the All-Ireland football championships draw

S Seanie McGrath: What has happened to Cork cuteness?

S Anthony Daly: Clare come back fighting, but what is in Tipp's bellies

S Kieran Shannon: Cork much kinder to the championship than the championship is to them

S Christy O'Connor's talking points: Armagh learning from harsh lessons

Eimear Ryan: What might represent a positive year for Tipp hurling?

S Tommy Martin: Unreasonable disruptor McGuinness pulls off a very modern heist

S Fogarty Forum: Fitzgerald answers the critics again

S The Gaelic Football Show: Where are Kerry? Have Derry been rumbled? Should Cork be happy and jeepers keepers

Patrick Kelly: Cork impress, but fade in the Killarney heat

S Dalo's Hurling Show Live: the big championship preview

'You had to face your demons' - racewalker Kate Veale on the rocky road to Paris

Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Who's landing the first heavyweight punch of the championship?

S Dion Fanning: The game is rigged and best move is not to play

S Welcome to the club: the inside story on how Kerry delivered the All-Ireland no-one expected

S Paul Rouse: A heartbeat? Evidence there's life in provincial championships yet

S Kieran Shannon: Home is where the heart is for Derry at Celtic Park

S Enda McEvoy: Are Cork the pinch of chilli to heat up this championship recipe?

S Tommy Martin: Men forever loom large but Ireland women carving their own space

S Donal Lenihan: Behind enemy lines after welcoming Ronan O'Gara and La Rochelle

S Jack Anderson: The need for Gaelic football to be more Camelot than Kissinger

S Dalo's Hurling Show: 'We'll go down anyway' - buzz is building for Championship

S The Gaelic Football Show: Ciaran Kilkenny on Leinster, the Dubs' rivals and more

S John Fogarty: A hue of finality looms over Munster hurling

S Kieran Shannon: Cork and Kerry rivalry reduced to afterthought in own province

S Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Dublin take care of business but they'll be a different animal come summer

S Peter Jackson: Leinster's KO of La Rochelle one for the ages

Colin Sheridan: From living the American dream to fumbling it all

S Donal Lenihan: Leinster earn their Croke Park moment

Ice-cool Scottie Scheffler claims second Masters title in three years

Ruby Walsh: Embracing change is safe bet for the Grand National

S Enda McEvoy: Arsenal stay steady as rivals show signs of swaying

S Ronan O'Gara: We travel to Dublin with a fair Cork tailwind

WATCH: Ronan O’Gara on strategy and Cork hospitality ahead of crunch clash with Leinster

S Donal Lenihan: A pivotal week where Leinster coach Jacques Nienaber earns his corn

Eight observations from the Gaelic football championship

Crucible touching distance away for Irish hopefuls but the bar gets higher

S The Gaelic Football Show: a Mayo man in New York, Wicklow win as championship throws in

S Cathal Dennehy: Counting the cost of not having anything to complain about

S Colin Sheridan: Random encounters at the Cottage

S Peter Jackson: Great explorer Ronan O'Gara keeps punishing campaign just afloat

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