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The Gaelic Football Show: Kerry and Galway's big calls and no fairness for Donegal
S The Gaelic Football Show: Kerry and Galway's big calls and no fairness for Donegal
Paul Rouse, James Horan and Maurice Brosnan look forward to this weekend's All-Ireland SFC quarter-finals,

 Listen | Mon, 23 Jun, 2025

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Dublin v Limerick - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final
S Anthony Daly: Legacy is secure but this is a crossroads for Limerick and Kiely
This Limerick team is one of the greatest in the history of the game. There may be many more great days ahead but this was certainly a crossroads moment in the journey of this outfit.

Mon, 23 Jun, 2025

Kerry v Cavan - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Preliminary Quarter-Final
S Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Ranking the last eight All-Ireland SFC contenders
Every county still standing has lost at least once. Armagh, Tyrone and Dublin have lost twice. Teams have come into and fallen out of form on a remarkably regular basis

Mon, 23 Jun, 2025

Players pose with an Australian mascot 22/6/2025
S Colin Sheridan: The Lions as a modern concept is utterly idiotic
Let us once again gather our collective rugbying delusions, pour them into an overpriced jersey, stick them on a Qantas flight, and pretend that this Lions tour is the very heart of rugby tradition.

Mon, 23 Jun, 2025

Dublin v Limerick - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final
S Christy O'Connor: Dublin pulled off hurling’s biggest shock in 50 years
This victory was so seismic that it’s legitimate to say there is little to compare with it across the last half-century.

Sun, 22 Jun, 2025

Dublin v Limerick - GAA Hurling All-Ireland Senior Championship Quarter-Final
S Brian Gavin: Dubs' defeat of Limerick took a lot of refereeing
Liam Gordon put himself in pole position for the All-Ireland final by doing an excellent job.

Sun, 22 Jun, 2025

Nickie Quaid clears the balll 7/6/2025
S Enda McEvoy: Limerick now a normal team but definitely not an ordinary team
Some other observations. Deciding the Munster final by way of a penalty shootout was not some monstrous insult inflicted on the honest horny-handed sons of the soil by the faceless powers, unelected bureaucrats etc in Croke Park. 

Sat, 21 Jun, 2025

Dublin v Cork - Bank of Ireland All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Semi-Final
S The day Cork stunned Dublin: The loudest All-Ireland semi-final ever at Croke Park
In 2010, Cork faced Dublin in an All-Ireland semi-final where sound, psychology and raw will shaped history. Kieran Shannon looks back.

Sat, 21 Jun, 2025

Declan O'Sullivan with his son Ollie after the game 21/9/2014
S Éamonn Fitzmaurice: behind closed doors in the Kingdom - how Kerry respond to a looming crisis
Our chief football analyst knows only too well what sort of mood the Kerry camp will be in this week after their nine-point hammering by Meath

Fri, 20 Jun, 2025

Galway v Limerick - Allianz Hurling League Division 1 Group B
S Christy O'Connor: Eamon O’Shea now has to let his head rule his heart 
When Cork last played Dublin in Croke Park, in the 2022 All-Ireland quarter-final, 12 of the players which featured that afternoon had never played in Croke Park before. It showed when Dublin cruised to an 11-point win.

Fri, 20 Jun, 2025

What a Difference a Day Makes: Siobhán Peoples on losing her brother to suicide
S What a Difference a Day Makes: Siobhán Peoples on losing her brother to suicide
Ennis fiddler Siobhán Peoples tells Helen O’Callaghan about the impact on her family of losing her brother to suicide – and describes how she eventually found peace.

Fri, 20 Jun, 2025

Snow Patrol review: Cork lit up with nostalgic hits on Ireland’s hottest day of the year
S Snow Patrol review: Cork lit up with nostalgic hits on Ireland’s hottest day of the year
On a balmy summer night, the iconic band thrilled Cork fans with classics and new tracks alike

Fri, 20 Jun, 2025

Travelers Championship Golf
S Cathal Dennehy Has Rory McIlroy simply forgotten the joy is in the journey?
The void can envelop those who spent so long striving towards a goal only to find themselves lost, and lacking in purpose, after they achieve it.

Fri, 20 Jun, 2025

GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Series National Launch
S Paul Rouse: All-Ireland winner? Nothing is inevitable. It is hard to say even what is likely. We are all guessing
In Tullamore last Saturday, there were Kerry forwards who appeared to adopt a non-combatant approach to tackling. It’s rarely convincing to hear a defeat ascribed to the fact that the winners 'wanted it more'

Thu, 19 Jun, 2025

Hotel review: This secluded Co Wicklow five-star boasts spectacular views and great service
S Hotel review: This secluded Co Wicklow five-star boasts spectacular views and great service
Beautifully secluded, with great food, service, and a top spa, this five-star resort delivers value and joy

Thu, 19 Jun, 2025

Dalo's Hurling Show: Three big weekends left and some serious quarter-final questions
S Dalo's Hurling Show: Three big weekends left and some serious quarter-final questions
Anthony Daly, TJ Ryan and Mark Landers preview the All-Ireland SHC quarter-finals and review the minor semis.

 Listen | Thu, 19 Jun, 2025

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Drogheda United v Shamrock Rovers - SSE Airtricity Men's Premier Division
S Tommy Martin: Drogheda cockup a sore part of LOI's growing pains 
It feels like a league with the profile of Ireland’s is going to have to get used to multi-club ownership issues.

Thu, 19 Jun, 2025

Kerry v Meath - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 3
S Eight Gaelic football championship observations: Who are the leading All-Star contenders right now?
From Kerry's kickout collapse to Caulfield the creator, Maurice Brosnan goes through what he noticed from the latest round in the football championship.

Wed, 18 Jun, 2025

My Wedding Day with Ruth McIlroy: 'The day of our wedding was the first time we saw the venue'
S My Wedding Day with Ruth McIlroy: 'The day of our wedding was the first time we saw the venue'
"I ended up having to get my dress made, which meant I didn't get the whole experience of shopping for a wedding dress — but because I was having a dress made, I focused very much on it being comfortable."

Wed, 18 Jun, 2025

Adam Foley lifts the cup 10/11/2024
S John Fallon: Drogheda United not the sole culprits for €525k blunder
Double Pass in action on academy auditing and extra WSL teams means extra top-level gametime for Irish.

Wed, 18 Jun, 2025

Von der Leyen dice que la respuesta de Israel a Hamás "mostrará que es una democracia"
S Billy Kelleher: Ursula von der Leyen does not speak for the EU on Israel and Iran
This is not the first time the European Commission president has exceeded her powers in relation to foreign policy — when it comes to Israel, she just can't help herself

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

Mick Clifford: Arts Council CEO Maureen Kennelly was an easy target for minister
S Mick Clifford: Arts Council CEO Maureen Kennelly was an easy target for minister
Minister O'Donovan has thrown Arts Council's Maureen Kennelly under the bus rather than properly deal with departmental dysfunction, writes Mick Clifford

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

Jarlath Burns 21/2/2025
S Fogarty Forum: Grasping the thorny rose that is amateurism in the GAA
A blind eye being turned to the payments to some inter-county and several club managers is one of the main ways in which the GAA is not living up to its amateur ethos. 

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

Limerick v Cork - Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Final
S Kieran Shannon: Penalty shootouts do not suit football and hurling. Here's a better idea
It makes sense for most GAA games to be decided on the day. Just not by penalties.

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

Clare v Cork - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 1
S Patrick Kelly: Cork are growing in confidence ahead of mouthwatering trip to Croke Park
The victory against Roscommon was a complete Cork performance. Every metric of their game was impressive.

Tue, 17 Jun, 2025

Roscommon v Cork - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 3
S Christy O'Connor: Close encounters of the championship kind
The new rules have changed predictive scoring patterns and trends but Saturday’s meeting was another stress test to see if both Armagh and Galway are still as close as they have been - or if Armagh had moved ahead of the Connacht side.

Mon, 16 Jun, 2025

Darren McHale and Michael Murphy argue 15/6/2025
S Éamonn Fitzmaurice: Gladiatorial battles whet the appetite for do-or-die phase
Derry and Mayo gone. Meath are flying. Cork survive. A Con O’Callaghan-powered Dublin ominously move forward. Meanwhile an injury-stricken and flat Kerry face three weeks on the bounce to make an All-Ireland semi-final.

Mon, 16 Jun, 2025

The Gaelic Football Show: live analysis and reaction to Monday's football draws
S The Gaelic Football Show: live analysis and reaction to Monday's football draws
Paul Rouse, Maurice Brosnan and James Horan look back on the weekend action and discuss the morning's draws in a special live broadcast.  

 Listen | Mon, 16 Jun, 2025

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US Open Golf
S Colin Sheridan: Green Jacket not the panacea we thought it would be for Rory McIlroy 
Oakmont, a penance of a course that offered little by way of forgiveness to anybody, especially the geniuses in the field, had reduced him to a state of fatigue-induced petulance we have seen many times before.

Mon, 16 Jun, 2025

Teenage Boys Drinking Beer
S Terry Prone: Advertisers pushing boundaries to get their message to consumers
The playbook developed by Big Tobacco is now being used by several industries, including, most notably, the alcohol industry

Mon, 16 Jun, 2025

Hotel review: This Killarney five-star woos with superb hospitality and dreamy rooms
S Hotel review: This Killarney five-star woos with superb hospitality and dreamy rooms
The distant clip-clop from jaunting carts or the beat of live music reminds you that you’re within mere metres to all of town centre attractions

Sun, 15 Jun, 2025

Restaurant review: Sushi gets elevated to an artform in this thrilling Galway experience
S Restaurant review: Sushi gets elevated to an artform in this thrilling Galway experience
Wa Sushi (formerly Wa Café) was created by Yoshimi Hayakawa, who has lived in Galway for over two decades

Sun, 15 Jun, 2025

The Saw Doctors review: Fans in Cork got everything they came for and more
S The Saw Doctors review: Fans in Cork got everything they came for and more
They even covered ‘After All’ by Cork legends The Frank & Walters in their encores. What more could you want? 

Sat, 14 Jun, 2025

Grand Slam Track - Philadelphia
S Cathal Dennehy: Grand Slam Track future uncertain after first season fails to cross finishing line
Over two months after Grand Slam Track's first event, many athletes have not received their full prize money from Kingston, though they’ve been assured they will get it.

Sat, 14 Jun, 2025

Rian Boran lifts the Joe McDonagh cup 8/6/2025
S Anthony Daly: Why the lack of respect for hurling and Kildare?
Was I surprised? What do you think? When it comes to disregarding hurling, Croke Park have become experts at it.

Sat, 14 Jun, 2025

Cavan v Donegal - GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 2
S Éamonn Fitzmaurice: From Michael Murphy to Meath nightmares, it's go-time for Sam hopefuls
In football's new world, it is a lot harder to play the type of slow controlled football that would suit a team on the go for a third week in a row, emphasising the importance of that top spot.

Sat, 14 Jun, 2025

2012 GAA All-Ireland Senior Championship Draws
S Donegal blood, Mayo heart: Sunday will be complicated for Martin Carney
Martin Carney was born in Donegal and played football for the county but would go on to win four Connacht titles with Mayo. When the counties face each other on Sunday, Carney will be on commentary duty for the Mayo-centric Mid-West Radio. 

Sat, 14 Jun, 2025

Mick Clifford: Carlow’s shooting tragedy forces a reckoning with how justice is administered
S Mick Clifford: Carlow’s shooting tragedy forces a reckoning with how justice is administered
The Evan Fitzgerald case highlights serious questions about garda operations, judicial transparency, and how vulnerable individuals are treated

Sat, 14 Jun, 2025

Padraig Brogan 1995
S Christy O'Connor: Nobody has greater appreciation for Mayo and Donegal rivalry than Padraig Brogan
When Donegal and Mayo meet, there's always that want to beat that crowd over the road. The counties have only ever clash six times in the championship.

Fri, 13 Jun, 2025

Limerick v Cork - Munster GAA Hurling Senior Championship Final
S Jack Anderson: No final replay an own goal for hurling
Not having a replay, in what would have been a sell out in Páirc Uí Chaoimh, means the GAA misses out on a week of marketing and publicity; it means that the Park is unlikely to be full again this year (at least not for a GAA game); and Munster GAA is down €1 million plus in revenue.

Fri, 13 Jun, 2025

Penn State v University of Central Florida - Croke Park Classic 2014
S Paul Rouse: NFL at Croke Park is welcome but military should not be part of spectacle
Will there be a fly-over of American military aircraft? And will the other trappings of imperial military power also be on display?

Fri, 13 Jun, 2025

Italy Freedom Flotilla
S Jennifer Horgan: Only twelve people on a boat to Gaza — but they carry the weight of millions
What we do with our empathy matters — and sometimes, twelve people can carry the weight of a nation’s conscience

Fri, 13 Jun, 2025

Business movers: People starting new jobs in Ireland
S Business movers: People starting new jobs in Ireland
New appointees with Trifecta Ireland, Coca-Cola Ireland, Blink Parametric, Teagasc, Ashview Consultants and Tuath Housing

Thu, 12 Jun, 2025

Veterinary expert joins board of Animal Health Ireland
S Veterinary expert joins board of Animal Health Ireland
Board of AHI boosted by Martin Blake's experience with Food Safety Authority of Ireland, UCD School of Veterinary Medicine, World Organisation for Animal Health and EU committees

Thu, 12 Jun, 2025

Portugal v Spain - UEFA Nations League 2025 Final
S Tommy Martin: Blubbering fortysomethings - Why I almost wept for the great egomaniacal teddy bear himself
Crying over a missed penalty at 39? Pull yourself together man. Blubbing over winning a tournament at 40? Ah come here you lovely big lummox.

Thu, 12 Jun, 2025

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S Duncan Casey: Descent into hell, and a heavenly rebound - the fascinating tales of French rugby's second tier
France's Pro D2 is sprinkled with wonderful stories, but none so remarkable as that of Grenoble's Antonin Berruyer, who will surely be the subject of a documentary sooner rather than later

Thu, 12 Jun, 2025

Paris 2024 Olympic Games - Day 14 - Athletics
S As his peers slow down, Mark English is only getting better
In the 800m at the Oslo Diamond League meeting on Thursday, Mark English will race five of last year's Olympic finalists.

Thu, 12 Jun, 2025

Manna Aero drone is seen as it delivers essential household and medical supplies in the Irish village of Moneygall
S Michael Moynihan: Drone deliveries could land in Cork — but at what cost to jobs, privacy, and peace of mind?
As drone deliveries expand from Dublin to Cork, we must ask what’s lost when convenience takes flight over people’s heads

Thu, 12 Jun, 2025

GERMANY V BOLIVIA
S 2026 World Cup: How far has the US game come since 1994's 'greatest show on earth'?
The biggest difference from 31 years ago is that football fever has finally gripped the USA, which will host three-quarters of the tournament

Wed, 11 Jun, 2025

A young boy and adult man in blue shirts giving a high five while holding basketballs
S Ciarán O'Sullivan on coaching: Look at me now - the interplay between talent and time
Questions fall like rain on the windscreen - soft, persistent, and stinging. “You had two clear chances in the first half.” The words arrive before the seatbelt clicks. From pitch to driveway, this space becomes purgatory.

Wed, 11 Jun, 2025

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