Malachy Clerkin

Malachy Clerkin

Malachy Clerkin is a sports writer with The Irish Times.

Did the referee cost Cork their Munster title? A foul-by-foul analysis of frees awarded in hurling final

A review of the tape shows that Cork can feel slightly aggrieved by the refereeing - but that wasn’t what cost them their title

Ben O’Connor’s complaint about free count in the Munster final not backed up by numbers

Cork manager adamant they conceded ‘twice as many frees’ as Limerick but the count was 18-13

Years later, one comment is still that little pebble in the shoe of Dublin hurling

When Anthony Daly’s side lost to Tipperary in 2014, some traditional hurling voices weren’t long putting the boot in

The World Cup is a deathless carnival of garbage, a dictators’ masquerade ball. Can’t wait for it

Fifa’s spivs and charlatans know that no matter what they do to the tournament, they’ll always be able to weaponise our addiction to it

Malachy Clerkin: The Ger Brennan saga would have fizzled out without Jarlath Burns making his snide aside

The GAA president has a habit of holding forth as if he’s still a media pundit rather than the head of a massive, knotted, deeply territorial organisation

Armagh easily beat Derry in the rain, Westmeath beat Cavan after extra-time – as it happened

A full house awaits the new Leinster champions at Cusack Park as they open their All-Ireland campaign

Weekend’s GAA fixtures, throw-in times and TV details, including Under-20 finals

Tyrone face Kerry in All-Ireland under-20 football final as Clare meet neighbours Galway in hurling decider

Malachy Clerkin: The five most annoying things about Declan Rice

The least he could have done after turning his back on Ireland was turn out to be no good – sadly, that’s not the case

Donegal hammer Kerry, 14-man Cork beat Meath in classic – as it happened

All-Ireland series kicks off, Tailteann Cup continues

Weekend’s football fixtures, throw-in times and TV details, including Kerry v Donegal

All-Ireland series gets underway with big-time clashes in Killarney, Salthill and the Hyde

Pádraig O’Hora on climbing Everest: ‘I’m over the moon to have achieved what I set out to do’

Former Mayo footballer was part of three-man Irish team to reach the summit on Wednesday morning

Nothing is perfect in the GAA so enjoy the football championship when it’s in a good place

The latest format change comes at a time when the game isn’t just better, it’s more democratic than it’s been for ages

Pádraig O’Hora and Irish team reach the summit of Everest

Three-man team summits the world’s highest mountain in Nepal early on Wednesday morning after 47-day expedition

Pádraig O’Hora makes it to within 400m of the top of Everest before weather forces his team to turn around

All going well, the former Mayo footballer, along with teammates Adam Sweeney and Éanna McGowan, will make another summit push tonight

Malachy Clerkin: If you’re sneering at a Galway footballer maybe going on Love Island, you’re the loser

Seán Fitzgerald is hoping to make the cut for the UK’s biggest TV dating show, forsaking Galway’s Sam Maguire effort to do it

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