Bend it like BrendanAston Villa supporter Brendan Gleeson is in Dublin filming Studs, the tale of a hapless football teamSat Mar 19 2005 - 00:00
Kerr calls on experience to test Israeli defencesSoccer/World Cup Qualifying Group Four: While conceding the outcome of next week's trip to Tel Aviv, for the fifth match of …Wed Mar 16 2005 - 00:00
Planet FootballYoung Duff from Bally B: We're always pleased to get news of ESPN football commentator Tommy Smyth, the man from Knockbridge…Mon Mar 14 2005 - 00:00
Loreto retain league titleWomen's Hockey: Played 17, won 15, drew two - and with that record Loreto retained their Leinster League first division title…Mon Mar 14 2005 - 00:00
All omens bode well for LoretoWomen's Hockey Leinster Senior League Unlike previous years when Loreto and Hermes were neck and neck in the race for the Leinster…Fri Mar 11 2005 - 00:00
Even George can't stop Al and Dave's golden takeawayTV View: No more than ourselves, George Hamilton got a little bit excited about events in MadridMon Mar 07 2005 - 00:00
Hermes and Ballymoney in final dateWOMEN'S HOCKEY: Two of Ireland's most experienced internationals, Lynsey McVicker and Linda Caulfield, put paid to Randalstown…Mon Mar 07 2005 - 00:00
Hermes have the pedigreeWomen's Hockey/Irish Senior Cup: The Irish Senior Cup has reached the semi-final stage, and if cup pedigree, experience and …Fri Mar 04 2005 - 00:00
Grania Willis rises to Everest challengeGrania Willis has a mountain to climb. A rather lofty one, too: none other than EverestFri Mar 04 2005 - 00:00
Alexandra roll back the yearsSCHOOLGIRLS HOCKEY Leinster Senior Cup Final: Alexandra College 4; The High School 2: To most, probably all, of the current …Wed Mar 02 2005 - 00:00
Planet FootballBuyers fall for no diving band: By all accounts you're just not a happening dude/chick this weather unless you're wearing one…Mon Feb 28 2005 - 00:00
History made, by George, he got it right at lastTV View: Lansdowne Road, February 27th, 2005: the Munster man made history but, predictably enough, he was modesty personified…Mon Feb 28 2005 - 00:00
Loreto stay on courseWomen's hockey: Loreto bounced back in some style over the weekend to bury the memory of last week's Irish Cup exit, beating…Mon Feb 28 2005 - 00:00
Loreto try to regain the winning threadWOMEN'S HOCKEY: After experiencing defeat for the first time this season at the hands of Ballymoney in last Saturday's Irish…Fri Feb 25 2005 - 00:00
Ballymoney find that little extraWomen's Hockey/Round-up : After the drama of Saturday's Irish Senior Cup quarter-finals the competition is assured of a Leinster…Mon Feb 21 2005 - 00:00
SAS Ginger fails to intercept mobile as the penny droppedTV View: A six foot, five inch, 20 stone former SAS soldier called Ginger was hired, we learnt last week, by Manchester United…Mon Feb 21 2005 - 00:00
Diamond geezer exoneratedPlanet Football: With so many footballers getting themselves into bother these days it was nice to see a happy ending to former…Mon Feb 21 2005 - 00:00
Ulster hold advantageWOMENS HOCKEY: After Munster's interest in the competition was ended in the third round last month Leinster and Ulster, with…Fri Feb 18 2005 - 00:00
Fortune favours Leinster sideWOMEN'S HOCKEY Under-21 interprovincials: Annette Fortune is developing something of a Midas touch in the Leinster under-21 …Mon Feb 14 2005 - 00:00
French and Davies jubilated as rose wilts without JonnyTV View: As Jonathan Davies put it at full-time at Twickenham yesterday, "the French are jubilated"Mon Feb 14 2005 - 00:00
Ulster have edge at homeWomen's hockey Under-21 interprovincials With a squad that includes three current senior Irish panellists, Hannah Bowe and Emma…Fri Feb 11 2005 - 00:00
High-level challenge awaits AlexandraHOCKEY/Leinster Schools Senior Cup: A year after losing out to St Andrews in the Leinster Schoolgirls Cup final, Alexandra College…Thu Feb 10 2005 - 00:00
Kissane's hoop dreams lead Killester to cup winBASKETBALL: When a team produces a performance such as Killester's in the National Basketball Cup final against the University…Wed Feb 09 2005 - 00:00
Glorious triumph delights the very saintsTV View: "The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumphWed Feb 02 2005 - 00:00
What if they held a Battle of the Somme and no one came?TV View : The trouble with the FA Cup is that ever so occasionally it doesn't quite live up to the pre-match hypeMon Jan 31 2005 - 00:00
Bernt a Haas-been in tightsPlanet Football: Apart from him being a Swiss international defender the only thing we really knew about Bernt Haas was that…Mon Jan 31 2005 - 00:00
Reid speculation must end todayAfter enduring so much transfer speculation over the last year, Republic of Ireland and Nottingham Forest midfielder Andy Reid…Mon Jan 31 2005 - 00:00
Ireland continue to impressWomen's Hockey : Ireland put up another good show against the European champions The Netherlands in Barcelona yesterday, losing…Mon Jan 31 2005 - 00:00
Promising start for IrelandWomen's Hockey/ News round-up : While the Dutch team which competes in warm-weather training friendly matches in Spain in late…Fri Jan 28 2005 - 00:00
Railway Union trio on a high after winsWomen's Hockey: Una McCarthy, Denise McCarthy and Karen Clarke may as well retire after the weekend just gone because short …Mon Jan 24 2005 - 00:00
Gower, Timbo and Connacht all shown in a bad lightTV View: Just one of those telly weeks. CalamitousMon Jan 24 2005 - 00:00
Railway have to hit the roadsWomen's Hockey: It's at times like this that Railway Union could do with a benefactor of the Roman Abramovich kind, one who …Fri Jan 21 2005 - 00:00
Loreto roll onWOMEN'S HOCKEY: While none of their players could quite match the feat of the day in Saturday's Leinster fixtures - Leah Spillane…Mon Jan 17 2005 - 00:00
Sports people outside natural habitat not a pretty sightTV View: There are, we're certain, many fine therapists out there, well-qualified, accomplished and skilled in the art of helping…Mon Jan 17 2005 - 00:00
Loreto hope to keep unbeaten run goingWOMENS HOCKEY: Merely drawing attention to lengthy unbeaten runs makes it almost inevitable they will instantly come to an end…Fri Jan 14 2005 - 00:00
Alexandra slipping awayHOCKEY Women's Hockey: While the top three in Leinster's first division, Loreto, Hermes and Railway Union, came through the …Mon Jan 10 2005 - 00:00
Television commentators just never know when to shut upTV View: The website DangerhereMon Jan 10 2005 - 00:00
Leaders to ease back into actionWOMEN'S HOCKEY : With three of the top four in the Leinster first division playing three of the bottom four tomorrow afternoon…Fri Jan 07 2005 - 00:00
Perry peerless in Irish squashSportswoman of the year/December award : As Decembers go it proved to be a rather special one for Madeline Perry, the 27-year…Wed Jan 05 2005 - 00:00
Pegasus convince on two frontsWOMENS HOCKEY: It might have been a quiet weekend in club hockey but for Pegasus it was business as usualMon Dec 20 2004 - 00:00
Kuper to put panel to workWomen's Hockey: It's at times like this that those players called up to Riet Kuper's panel for the first time realise the …Fri Dec 17 2004 - 00:00
Nicol set to show classSQUASH: One of the greats of the sport of squash, Peter Nicol, arrives in Dublin this week for a series of exhibition matches…Tue Dec 14 2004 - 00:00
Punditry - you just never know whatcha gonna gitTV View: Not, perhaps, since young Forrest told us that "life is like a box-a-choc-lits, you never know whatcha gonna git" has…Mon Dec 13 2004 - 00:00
Loreto, Pegasus boost hopes of retaining titlesWOMENS HOCKEY: Loreto and Pegasus prevailed in their respective top-of-the-table games on Saturday, against Hermes and Ballymoney…Mon Dec 13 2004 - 00:00
A double feast at the head of the tablesWomen's Hockey As the fixture list would have it, Leinster and Ulster's top two teams meet tomorrow in their respective leagues…Fri Dec 10 2004 - 00:00
Railway Union face test of progressWOMENS HOCKEY: The draw for the third round of the Irish Senior Cup, to be played next month, produced a few appetising ties…Mon Dec 06 2004 - 00:00
Cracking the game of golf doesn't always add upTV View: At this rate the plum puddings won't be done 'til mid-February, there's just no end to the blizzard of telly sportMon Dec 06 2004 - 00:00
Best Mate leads the field of strong contenders . . .Sports Books 2004/General: Best Mate: The Illustrated Story of the Nation's Favourite Horse (Anne Holland), €24Sat Dec 04 2004 - 00:00
Opportunity knocks for younger crewWomen's Hockey: Just three months short of the seventh anniversary of her appointment as senior Irish coach, which makes her…Fri Dec 03 2004 - 00:00