Dubs back in rare ould times
Dublin 0-13; Tyrone 0-8 In a week in which its city balladeer Pete St John was laid to rest, it was apposite that on the Gaelic football front, we ...
March 15, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Ireland on cusp of Triple Crown after Twickenham win
Ireland 32; England 15 Ireland have it in their own hands to become Triple Crown winners this Saturday at home to Scotland in the Aviva Stadium but...
March 14, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Sports
Congress: ‘yes’ to new format for ‘23
A revamped All-Ireland Senior Football Championship was voted in by Congress at the weekend for next year’s series with the tiered All Ireland stru...
March 09, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Sports
Irish score 9 tries vs. depleted Italy
Ireland 57; Italy 6 In the end it wasn’t even a good training session as Ireland, with two extra players on the pitch for three-quarters of the gam...
March 02, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Ireland go over 9 times against depleted Italy
Ireland 57; Italy 6 In the end it wasn’t even a good training session as Ireland, with two extra players on the pitch for three-quarters of the gam...
February 28, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Sports
Dubs suffer 3rd loss as Mayo impress
Mayo 2-11; Dublin 0-12 Beating Dublin twice in a row means it’s heady days for Mayo, who hadn’t managed to get by them for the best part of a decad...
February 24, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Sports
Armagh follow up with 2nd upset
Armagh 2-14; Tyrone 0-14 This win should all be about Armagh, given how they bearded the Lion called Dublin in Croke Park the previous weekend and ...
February 10, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Sports
New Irish style slays Welsh Dragon
Ireland 29; Wales 7 Andy Farrell’s new Ireland game plan is a delight to watch as it puts an emphasis on front-foot rugby unlike that of his predec...
February 09, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Sports
Kilcoo win ‘unwatchable’ final
Kilcoo 3-10; Derrygonnelly 0-3 Kilcoo won’t be the first team to win a game by 16 points in a final, but in terms of a spectacle, this game would e...
January 20, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Sports
Aki magic hands Connacht win
Connacht 10 - Munster 8 The New Year in the Sportsground served up a right old ding-ding between these age-old rivals with Connacht ending up on th...
January 06, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Sports
Dublin, Kerry have eyes on prize
Notwithstanding the variants that Covid-19 is spitting out at us as it attempts to play spoilsport with leagues and championship among other more s...
January 06, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Irish bully NZ into submission
Ireland 29; New Zealand 20 In more than half a century watching Ireland rugby teams play, this was the best performance over 80 minutes than I can ...
November 15, 2021
by P.J. Cunningham