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‘There will be a united Ireland before there is a united Ireland football team’
The Lost Sportswriter: Vincent Hogan interview
Ireland-Israel: a fraught weekend, the aftermath and Part II
Ireland’s Nations League games against Israel
Lowry or Trump: whose star shone brightest at the Irish Open?
Does the GAA have an AFL problem?
SNAP REACTION: Katie Taylor bows out with Croke Park fairytale victory
Who is the real Katie Taylor, and what does she mean to the Irish public?
How important is Troy Parrott’s Spanish transfer for Irish football?
Will Katie Taylor’s Croke Park homecoming be shown on RTÉ?
Does Jeff Bezos care about the soul of Liverpool FC?
The psychology of Mayo
How much is too much sport on TV?
Why VAR has absolutely no place in the GAA
Trump’s World Cup, where sport and politics mix freely
What’s the story with Rhasidat Adeleke?
Is this World Cup good?
The Predictions Episode
What is the deal with Gianni Infantino?
Munster’s leadership crisis evident in Randle U-turn
Why sports tickets have become a rip-off
What Irish sport tells us about our rural/urban divide
Gav rides the Rorycoaster at Augusta
An unusual Masters: Tiger absent and Rory back as champion
The tragedy of Tiger Woods
SNAP REACTION: Ireland’s World Cup dream ends in penalty shootout heartbreak
One win. Then one more win
How those who sent racist abuse to Edwin Edogbo could be caught
Is the GAA trying to back out of integration?
How RTÉ handed the GAA a goldmine for €3m
The stark hypocrisy of Ireland’s stance on politics in sport
Should Ireland play football against Israel?
Trump vs Team USA at the Winter Olympics
Thrills, spills and politics: Why you should watch the Winter Olympics
How we talk about parenthood in professional sport
What’s Ireland’s problem with cyclists?
Unlike democracies, Manchester United need a strong man
Will Trump have invaded any of his co-hosts by the World Cup?
Should we be worried about the Ireland rugby team?
Succession or betrayal? The complicated endgame for Mo Salah and Liverpool FC
Are Ireland’s stars missing out on the Netflixification of sport?
How should football talk about Diogo Jota’s death?
Why are we so happy? How does football make us feel this way?
Hungary v Ireland - The aftermath, with Gavin Cooney, David Sneyd and Shane Keegan
How sport exposes Ireland’s housing crisis
Ciarán Murphy on why hurling and the Irish language have a similar struggle
Why the loss of Irish journalism jobs is bad news for sports fans
The GAA is dropping the ball on Integration
The f****d-up thinking behind the Enhanced Games
Blathnaid Raleigh on the aftermath of a rape trial and the two sides of sport
Why didn’t Jim Gavin stick to football?
How ‘hideous, nasty’ Ryder Cup jeering crossed the line
The Ryder Cup: Where sport, money and politics collide
Why are we happy to let the NFL into Croke Park?
Is it realistic to expect Ireland to qualify for a World Cup?
Will Jim Gavin regret running for President?
Is horse racing a sport or an industry?
Why Cork choked - and why that's okay
An extraordinary development in the George Gibney saga
How Katie Taylor definitively settled her trilogy against Amanda Serrano
Previewing Taylor-Serrano III - The last fight of Katie’s career?
The shattering of DJ Carey’s reputation
If we can fix Gaelic football, we can fix anything
Could you get in trouble for using a dodgy box?
Arise Sir Becks: What David Beckham tells us about modern football and celebrity
How the GAA allowed hurling become a minority sport
The highlights and the weirder parts of this summer’s biggest sports events
How I came to play and love team sports at the age of 51
Gary Lineker, and the UK media coverage of Israel
Rory McIlroy: Unburdened and dangerous
‘The skort is an expression of frustration’ - Rena Buckley on camogie controversy
The GAA’s split season isn’t working
Has Irish Rugby admitted that Leinster have become too strong?
Rory McIlroy’s Masters glory: Why does it mean so much?
Why do we care so much about Rory McIlroy now?
Is kids' sport too competitive?
From UFC to the Áras: Conor McGregor’s fight to stay famous
How the gambling industry captured sport
Rob Heffernan on how Ireland can become an athletics powerhouse
Why our national football teams are going to get worse before they get better
How Colin Healy's treatment shows the FAI is still dysfunctional
Should inter-county GAA players be paid?
Is it fair to ban trans women from female sport?
What has happened to Marcus Rashford?
What is the new government going to do for sport?
Media training is not a ‘personality transplant’: Leinster's side of the story
What is the purpose of RTÉ Sport?
How our sports stars have their personalities removed
Rory Gallagher, Naas - and what’s next for the GAA?
The Review of 2024
How to write a William Hill-winning sports book
Taxing Times: Could Revenue’s audits change the GAA forever?
What is football’s rainbow laces problem?
GE24: Hutch, SF as the FAI, and political player ratings
The fallout from the Conor McGregor case
Are Ireland mismanaging the post-Sexton era?
Why Katie Taylor was the rightful winner against Amanda Serrano
Is Katie Taylor wrong to box on Tyson-Paul undercard?
Is Ireland rugby country?
Will Damien Duff change Irish football?