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Saturday 31 October 2020
Ireland had encouraging variety in their kicking game as they beat Italy in Dublin.
Dublin and Laois shared 56 scores last night, eight more than their clash in July 2019.
Gráinne McElwain – best known as the face of TG4′s ladies football coverage – is Sky Sports’ presenter for the 2020 championship.
Rob Kearney has won two Grand Slams, four Six Nations titles and four Champions Cups but he tells Garry Doyle that luck was a key factor in his success.
Dr Una May of Sport Ireland and Swim Ireland’s Kate Hills on child protection in Irish sport.
Let coaches know how much they’re appreciated, because the importance of participation in sport for young people has never been more clear.
At one stage they were not even the best team in Devon but today Exeter Chiefs can become the No1 side in Europe.
Former Antrim player Owen Gallagher on a year starting out as doctor and Galway football glory with Moycullen.
Sport may be secondary to life’s greater challenges right now but that does not stop us yearning for the day when stadium doors re-open and communities are allowed come together again.
55 years ago, Frank O’Neill was part of the Irish team that fell narrowly short of reaching the 1966 World Cup.
Robert Blair Mayne played for Ireland and the Lions before going on to a remarkable wartime career.
Dundalk’s win over Moldova’s Sheriff Tiraspol on Thursday has left them 90 minutes away from a place in the Europa League group stages and the €3m prize that goes with that. But Shane Keegan, a key member of their management team, says it is about the glory not just the money.
Dr. Paddy Crowley played for UCC in the 1970 Cork final, managed them in the ’99 final and is involved again in today’s semi-final.
Sloppy errors, aerial losses, maul failings, scrum penalties, and a brilliant Sarries try were all involved.
Bennett is set to become the first Irishman in 31 years to win the prestigious green jersey when the Tour de France finishes up in Paris today.
Caelan Doris came through Ballina RFC and Blackrock College to establish himself as a major prospect for Irish rugby.
The southern province were second best in the kicking game as they suffered another semi-final defeat.
Burdened by a €6.7m debt, Bohemians were forced to cut their cloth to suit. As a result they have turned their club around both on and off the pitch ahead of today’s top of the table encounter against Shamrock Rovers.
Although he initially looked uneasy with the new style, Shane Duffy showed some of Ireland’s traditional strengths to rescue a draw in Bulgaria.
Sene Naoupu is excited about Ireland Women’s next few months after overcoming a health scare.
The long, long wait for Kenny’s first game in charge comes to an end in the Uefa Nations League tonight.
The Dubliner recently completed a move to Jose Mourinho’s side.
Irishman JP Doyle was made redundant by the RFU in England earlier this month.
Dessie Hutchinson continues to thrive since returning to Waterford hurling after five years in England.
The42 chats to directors Ian Bonhôte and Peter Ettedgui about ‘Rising Phoenix’.
Sarah Rowe’s parents, Gráinne and Alan, have had a huge influence on the Mayo star’s glittering career so far.
Ireland international Niamh Fahey on being appointed the Reds’ new skipper.
The history-making side’s captain, Niamh Kenna, is back in the top-flight after a six-year hiatus.
St Patrick’s Athletic nearly went out of business in the ’90s but through the ingenuity of Brian Kerr and Pat Dolan they ended up as team of the decade.
Conan Byrne recalls his initiation into the League of Ireland and how it shaped his love for the domestic game.
Being released at the age of 19 was ‘the best thing that could have happened’ to Gavin Donoghue.
As the curtain comes down on this English football season, Tony Galvin remembers the part he played in the most famous goal in Tottenham’s history.
The ex-Premier League defender remembers the Charlton era and pays tribute to an Irish icon.
The 2010 All-Ireland winner passed away yesterday.
Former Galway player Alan Kerins on his family’s close links to Jack Charlton.
It was 40 years ago this week when the reggae singer performed at Dalymount Park.
Egan was a promising GAA star before he set off in pursuit of a professional football career.
Brian Scott faced a choice of risking his health or following his dream. Amazingly, the Munster man walked through the pain barrier for months before injury brought an end to the 27-year-old’s career.
Director Jon Shenk speaks about his new documentary ‘Athlete A’ and how a deeply flawed system led to years of sexual abuse in gymnastics.
WELL, IT’S HALLOWEEN, the spookiest day of the year.
Among many traditions for Oíche Shamhna is the barmbrack.
There was a bit of chatter on social media yesterday about how the loaves should be cut after a woman posted a photo of a “crime scene” in which her husband had cut the barmbrack into triangular slices, as you would with a birthday cake.
So, today we want to know… What’s the correct way to slice a barmbrack?
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Tracy Ward explains how burnout affects us – and what to do if we’re feeling it.
The goalposts – and polling analysis – have shifted since 2016, Noel Rock writes.
Windy; rain and drizzle this morning
Max: 12 °C
Min: 8 °C
Very windy; cloudy with a little rain
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Rather cloudy, a little rain; windy
Max: 11 °C
Min: 5 °C
How a GAA broadcasting legend found himself commentating on JFK's funeral
Michael O’Hehir described it as the toughest broadcast of his career.