Denis Walsh

Denis Walsh

Denis Walsh is a sports writer with The Irish Times

Dodgy boxes are everywhere and that’s bad news for football as it heads for saturation point

Wealth of options at piracy subscribers’ fingertips means big sporting events are losing their value

Tom Brady has brought attention to Birmingham, and the shtick of a saviour

The former NFL star’s investment in the club may be measured in pence rather than pounds, but then his role is more ‘visionary’ than ‘operational’

Team Europe ready to take sportswashing’s poster boy on board for Ryder Cup

The Ryder Cup had a chance to rise above the venality of golf’s grubby power game. That opportunity has been spurned

‘It’s so brilliant to see them hopping off each other’: How camogie moved the goalposts – again

Of the four principal games in the Gaelic games family none has changed more profoundly than camogie since the turn of the century

All-Ireland camogie final: Cork’s three-in-a-row dream unlikely to be stopped

Galway looking to improve their disappointing record in finals

Now it’s clear who the real beneficiaries of the GAA’s split season are

The split season has consistently been portrayed as a triumph for clubs and club players. But the reality is different

Paris Olympics, one year on: ‘It’s a very difficult pill to swallow. It probably always will be’

Sports fans soon move on from the Games but for athletes, it is rarely so simple

Cork must rise above groans of fickle fans and take heed of Jimmy Barry-Murphy’s words

History tells us it is more than possible to bounce back from humiliating defeats on the biggest day

The great David Clifford delivers his most complete performance when it matters most

Donegal had no answer for the greatest forward of all time with Sam Maguire at stake

Donegal player ratings: Conor O’Donnell impresses at both ends but key men fail to make impact

Players struggled as Donegal’s zonal defence was cut to shreds by Kerry at Croke Park

Kerry’s hopes rest on the shoulders of a giant, but can David Clifford bear the weight?

While some players may see it as a burden, the high king of forwards wears his crown lightly going in to his fourth All-Ireland final

Ashamed to be seen in public just one year ago, Tipperary’s redemption story defies belief

Stunning All-Ireland triumph was built on the ashes of disastrous 2024 campaign

There will always be incidents of outrageous wrongdoing when it comes to All-Ireland tickets

There are never enough tickets to satisfy everyone who feels entitled to one

Tipperary’s cannonball run delivers greatest of all prizes

Savvy Tipp game plan frustrates and drains Cork in thrilling All-Ireland final

Cork player ratings: Shane Barrett starts strong but too many fail to reach final crescendo

When momentum swung Tipperary's way after the break, Cork offered little by way of reply

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