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Shane Dowling column: Munster final build-up is nuts already
Munster Senior Hurling Championship
The drama that unfolded in Munster was off the scale. Whether you were in Thurles or Limerick, nobody knew who was going to end up where.
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Colm Boyle column: Monaghan must go after Derry this time
All-Ireland Football championship
Monaghan won’t win this game on limited possession and need to pin Derry back in their own half as much as possible.
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Shane Dowling column: Stick or twist time for John Kiely and Pat Ryan ahead of Limerick-Cork showdown
Sport Opinion
I predicted from the outset that Cork wouldn’t come out of Munster and if they give Diarmaid Byrnes or Kyle Hayes the same liberty that was afforded to Diarmuid Ryan in Ennis last Sunday, they can forget about it.
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It is Stephen Kenny NOT Gareth Southgate who has the impossible job
Republic of Ireland national football team
Managing expectations with a shallow talent pool is a nightmare task for Kenny.
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Colm Boyle column: Free shot for Mayo as they head to Killarney to face Kerry
Mayo GAA
It’s very clear that Kerry want to remind the opposition of where they are and all the history and tradition that goes with it.
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Shane Dowling column: Siege mentality can play into Limerick's hands against Tipperary
Sport Opinion
The rumour mill went into overdrive with Limerick lately amid nonsense talk of unrest in the camp but whoever the genius was sitting at home with his blinds closed stirring it up on Twitter, they may just have added fuel to Limerick’s fire.
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Colm Boyle column: Non-event Connacht final so far removed from what I grew up with and played in
Mayo GAA
The final whistle put everyone out of their misery, not least the Sligo players. The raising of the Nestor Cup by the Galway captain Sean Kelly raised a meek round of applause from the small crowd that stayed around.
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Shane Dowling column: Credit to Clare - the Banner is clearly rising
Clare GAA
They’ve won the Munster minor title this year having been beaten on penalties in last year’s final. They’re in the Munster under-20 final. Many of the Dean Ryan Cup team in Ardscoil Ris is backboned by Clare players.
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Colm Boyle column: New-look All-Ireland series an anti-climax before it's even started
All-Ireland Football championship
The GAA has got it badly wrong here - 24 games to eliminate four teams is ridiculous. It was simply not possible to have a group of death. Instead we have four groups of life!
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Shane Dowling column: Time for Waterford players to stand up, it can't always be the manager's fault
Sport Opinion
When you have as poor a record as these lads have, with your fourth manager since 2018, then you need to start looking at yourselves.
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Colm Boyle column: Time to dump the square ball rule and limit the handpass
Sport Opinion
In 2019, the five-handpass limit was brought into football for the preseason competitions and it didn’t go any further. It certainly wasn’t pretty but, then again, football at that time of year rarely is.
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Shane Dowling column: Job Liam Cahill and Mikey Bevans have done in Tipperary cannot be overstated
Sport Opinion
It’s not so long ago that there was uproar in Tipperary, nobody wanted the manager’s job and a whole host of their best players had just retired or were injured.
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Colm Boyle column: Tyrone-Monaghan showed that players can provide brilliant football if let off the leash
Sport Opinion
I’m struggling to think of the last time I’ve seen two teams constantly pushed up with real desire to win the opposition kickouts.
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Shane Dowling column: Davy Fitzgerald leaving us all guessing as Waterford set sights on Limerick
Waterford GAA
What I or anyone else thinks is all largely moot because you can be sure that Davy Fitzgerald is lining up something that’s off the charts, something that none of us will have seen coming
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Colm Boyle column: Revitalised Tyrone to dismiss a fading Monaghan force
The GAA
Sometimes you feel that Monaghan want to beat Tyrone so much that their performance suffers as a result.
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Shane Dowling column: The GAA couldn't be any further out of touch right now
The GAA
A wonderful initiative around next month’s Limerick-Tipperary game in aid of the Dillon Quirke Foundation is set to run aground.
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Colm Boyle column: Roscommon is a game you cannot lose as a Mayo footballer
Sport Opinion
The pressure is all on Mayo in these games. If Roscommon win one every now and again, their supporters are happy enough.
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Shane Dowling column: Losing to Kilkenny in 2017 changed Limerick, beating them in 2018 made us
Sport Opinion
We beat Kilkenny for the first time since 1973 in a quarter-final in Thurles in what was, for me, THE moment for Limerick hurling.
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Colm Boyle column: Mayo and Galway to finish the League as they started it with a humdinger
Allianz Football League
Mayo have stolen most of the headlines since as a new-look team under Kevin McStay’s management has been heralded but Galway, in their own way, have been just as impressive in Padraic Joyce’s fourth season at the helm.
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Brian Kerr is a dissenting voice that is needed
Stephen Kenny
Former Ireland boss doesn't deserve kicking he gets for his analysis of Kenny
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Colm Boyle column: Writing was on the wall for Donegal boss Paddy Carr after Mayo thumping
Sport Opinion
Jim McGuinness's comments could have waited until the end of the season at the very least.
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Shane Dowling column: There'll be no phoney war between Limerick and Tipperary
Limerick GAA
For Tipp, it’s a win-win scenario. Lose by a few points and they’ve still had a great League and developed the team. Win and their confidence will be boosted no end.
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Colm Boyle column: Tyrone can prevail in relegation four-pointer with Monaghan
Sport Opinion
I wrote a few weeks ago that I felt that the level in Division One this year has been substandard, but that has also contributed to it being very unpredictable.
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Katie Taylor homecoming against Chantelle Cameron will come with awkward questions
Katie Taylor v Chantelle Cameron
Katie Taylor faces Chantelle Cameron on May 20 in Dublin
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Republic of Ireland Soccer TeamFormer Ireland stars deliver parting shots at Stephen KennyKenny's time in charge of the Boys in Green looks destined to come to an end as his contract expires after a dire Euro 2024 qualifying campaign
The greatest Republic of Ireland XI of all-time according to AI
Republic of Ireland national football team
The likes of Roy Keane, Paul McGrath and Liam Brady are all involved
Manchester United legend Steve Bruce on the Ireland role and potential link-up with Roy Keane
Republic of Ireland national football team
Steve Bruce would love to hear from the FAI once the manager's position is free
Next Ireland manager betting odds as Stephen Kenny set for last game as boss
Republic of Ireland national football team
Kenny looks destined to depart the Ireland hot seat after tonight's international friendly against New Zealand at the Aviva Stadium
Olympic hero Sonia O’Sullivan tells of the toll athletics took on her body
Sonia O'Sullivan
Her Olympic silver medal in 2000 capped a string of successes for the star
Katie Taylor v Chantelle CameronChantelle Cameron v Katie Taylor 2 public workout interrupted by TikToker challenging Thomas Carty to fightThomas Carty was confronted by a man on an escalator shouting abuse in his direction and challenging him to a fight
The greatest Gaelic football team of all-time according to AI with David Clifford not included
GAA
We asked AI to name the "greatest Gaelic football team of all time based on players in all positions"
'It’s a great job now – an absolutely great job now' - Stephen Kenny on the job he leaves behind
Republic of Ireland national football team
Stephen Kenny's ambition ultimately brought him to a dark place, but it has offered a glimmer of light for the future of Irish football.
Munster are a 'big target' now as Leinster want revenge, says Ireland star
Munster Rugby
Jeremy Loughman also speaks about his reunion with new Reds signing Oli Jager - who has won Super Rugby titles with Crusaders after the duo won a Leinster Senior Cup together at Blackrock College
Andy ready to go - why Ireland's Omobamidele won't stay patient for Forest debut
Premier League
"Personally I think the boys have been amazing, I feel like the group has shifted the culture of how it was back then," said Omobamidele of the Stephen Kenny era, which ended tonight. "Like, I grew up watching Ireland teams. "The manager's been massive. That point where he had the faith to bring me on against Portugal, that lit the fire in my early career stage, that's when everything started to fall into place for me. I owe him a massive debt for that"
GalwayWoman wins 'biggest ever' prize in Irish radio history live on air as kids steal showThe sweet moment was heard live on air and brought about wide smiles in the studio
Woman declares brother 'dead to me' after husband's horror killing
Kilkenny
In an exclusive interview with this paper, mother-of-seven Elizabeth Cash said she can never forgive her brother Andy - after he was found guilty of her husband John Cash’s killing earlier this week.
Former Ireland stars deliver parting shots at Stephen Kenny
Republic of Ireland Soccer Team
Kenny's time in charge of the Boys in Green looks destined to come to an end as his contract expires after a dire Euro 2024 qualifying campaign
The greatest Republic of Ireland XI of all-time according to AI
Republic of Ireland national football team
The likes of Roy Keane, Paul McGrath and Liam Brady are all involved
Lottie Ryan opens up on pain of seeing her brother forced to emigrate
Lottie Ryan
"Now, Elliott is in the position that so many people in the country are in, he's like, 'Housing is just too expensive'."
RTEIrish mum's joy as deaf son Eoghan, 9, has his first day at schoolThe mother-of-three opens up in a new RTE documentary Deaf Not Dumb about the struggle to get him into school
Chantelle Cameron v Katie Taylor 2 public workout interrupted by TikToker challenging Thomas Carty to fight
Katie Taylor v Chantelle Cameron
Thomas Carty was confronted by a man on an escalator shouting abuse in his direction and challenging him to a fight
Ireland weather: First 'relatively widespread frost' of season on Friday before temperatures rise
Weather
Temperatures are set to drop to between -3C and +2C on Friday before they shoot up again for Saturday
The greatest Gaelic football team of all-time according to AI with David Clifford not included
GAA
We asked AI to name the "greatest Gaelic football team of all time based on players in all positions"
'It’s a great job now – an absolutely great job now' - Stephen Kenny on the job he leaves behind
Republic of Ireland national football team
Stephen Kenny's ambition ultimately brought him to a dark place, but it has offered a glimmer of light for the future of Irish football.