Cork City's exit from The FAI Ford Cup in Derry last Tuesday was heartbreaking. The long journey North and the dedicated hard work during the game, and extra time, meant that losing out to Derry on penalties was very hard on the team and its suppor

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On Saturday evening at 7pm, Thomond Park will reopen its doors to the Munster faithful. After an eighteen month facelift operation, the famous old ground will once again play host to some of rugby's biggest games.

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On Sunday evening, inter-provincial rivalries will be revived once again as the biggest domestic game of the season takes place in the RDS. Munster and Leinster will go head-to-head in the capital, with the added carrot of topping the Magners Leagu

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The Nemo Rangers club is rightly, if sometimes grudgingly, acknowledged as the foremost football force in Cork and, indeed, it can justifiably lay claim to being the most successful in the country. Its footballers have dominated the Cork scene over

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It is important in every athlete's career that development never ceases. Whether one pays for fun, glory or money, the consistent impetus of improvement is without doubt the most influential aspect in the career of any individual that possesses tal

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With two wins from their opening two games, Munster's quest for Magners League glory has started off on the right track. The hard-fought opening-day victory away to Edinburgh was quickly followed up by last weekend's resounding forty-four point def

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A win is a win Well prepared FAI Cup

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This weekend Munster will play their first competitive home game since winning the Heineken Cup last May. Newport/Gwent Dragons will provide the opposition on Sunday evening as the Welsh side make the short trip across the Irish Sea to Cork. This i

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Following two impressive displays in their pre-season friendlies last month, Munster begin their Magners League campaign with an away trip to Edinburgh on Friday night.

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Following two impressive displays in their pre-season friendlies last month, Munster begin their Magners League campaign with an away trip to Edinburgh on Friday night.

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I have been very busy lately answering questions on the tradition of full-time professional football. Very few Irish people possess any real understanding of the demands necessary to create and maintain an efficient full-time club.

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These are worrying days for Cork City Football club. While I am in not alone in my concern for the increasing debts and grave uncertainties that have attached themselves to Ireland's premier professional football club, I for one, am doubtful and ev

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In last weekend's action at Croke Park football and hurling enthusiasts were treated to two of the greatest games of the championships so far. The Kerry/ Galway game on Saturday helped to demonstrate what a great game Gaelic football can be when pl

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The recent death of Con McGrath removes yet another link with the group of footballers who really established Cork football amongst the elite following three decades in the wilderness. Con was a Galway man who came to Cork as a member of the Garda

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Sport is part of life. Therefore sport is connected to politics, which is also part of life. And politicians have the further ability to ensure sport is a significant part of politics whenever it suits the will and the needs of the politicians.

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Ever since Cork fashioned a win of epic proportions over Clare, hurling fans everywhere have been eagerly awaiting this clash of the two teams that have dominated the championship in recent times, but on Sunday, barring a draw, one of them will no

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Some of the biggest prizes in sport, including the Sam Maguire, Liam McCarthy, Heineken Cup and Magners League Trophy, were on display at UCC this week as the University welcomed back some of its past graduates to honour their outstanding sporting

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The Sports Capitol Programme has announced funding totalling €4.485 million for 84 organisations in Cork, including soccer clubs, rugby clubs, athletics clubs, boxing clubs, rowing clubs, sailing clubs and community / mixed initiatives.

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It has been an interesting week. Padraig Harrington's win at Royal Birkdale grabbed as much media coverage as French President Nicolas Sarkozy's important crisis summit in Dublin did, and the further attention afforded to the plethora of sporting a

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Hello punters:- The 1991 season began rather slowly for Frankie, with the withdrawal of the Aga Khan's patronage continuing to have a detrimental effect on racing in general, but on the Cumani yard in particular, with the result that Frankie's hit

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The current financial predicament pertinent to some eircom League clubs can appear worrying on the surface. In fact it is nothing of the sort. The march into full-time professional football was never going to be an easy one, and the consequent blaz

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Hello punters! In doing this little cameo on the Italian Wizard of the saddle, Frankie Dettori, I was literally spoilt for choice, for the man's life, sporting and otherwise, was and is absolutely chock-full of incidents and unusual happenings, on

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Television is the travelling companion of all top class sport. However, the nature of television is not to provide sustanence and companionship for its fellow traveller, it is rather to utilise the partnership for its own nefarious benefits.

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Hello punters:- I do remember reading in an old book a time ago the saying that, "new things succeed as former things grow old", and, over the years, have found it to be a very apt description for many of the ups and downs of everyday life.

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The Gala Senior and Intermediate championship continue this weekend and with three good victories over Dublin Wexford and Tipperary the Cork senior teams will be looking to build on these successes when they meet on Sunday next in Galway.

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Cork v Dublin All-Ireland qualifier Saturday Pairc Ui Chaoimh @ 5 pm Just a month after their defeat to Tipperary in the Munster semi-final Cork begin their quest for the All-Ireland title when they welcome Dublin as visitors to Leeside on Satur

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The exclusive Irish terrestrial rights for the UEFA Cup has been awarded to TV3.

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Hello punters:- Well, ever since the Epsom Derby, punters in general had been really looking forward to its Irish equivalent, which was run at the Curragh on Saturday last. The prospect of a mouth-watering renewal clash between New Approach and T

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After the extraordinary success of Euro 2008 winners Spain will quite rightly receive most of the accolades. However, this triumphant tournament is about much more than the Spanish team, or any of the teams competing for that matter.

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Hello punters:- In recent years, Ascot, a la the Cheltenham Festival, has been extended to take in five full days, Tuesday to Saturday, for its annual rula-bula.

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EURO 2008 has been a great success. In writing this on the day of the 1st Semi-Final I am obviously unaware of the countries contesting the Final, but irrespective of that the quality of the teams has been most impressive.

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HELLO PUNTERS:- Over the last two years or so, the resurgence of the Newmarket stable of Henry Cecil has been one of the most pleasing developments in the racing world. This very talented trainer had been one of the leading lights during the eigh

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Most of you who will have met me at one time or another will invariably accept my suggestion that I am not in any way paranoid. I am not conspiratorially minded nor am I of the propensity to imagine for a minute that I am not in control of my li

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Following last weekend's bitterly disappointing ten-point defeat in Wellington, Ireland's undesirable record of having never beaten the All Blacks will continue for another six months at least.

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What A weekend we have coming up. The 3rd round of the FAI Cup and the start of Euro 2008 combine to make it a busy few days. Indeed the three forthcoming weeks will provide us with some pretty amazing attractions over in Austria and Switzerland.

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As a people we are great underdogs. Indeed, it may even be that Ireland as a nation offers the best available example of how to overcome enormous obstacles with pure grit, determination and honesty.

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I am in London this week enjoying the hub. This is my favourite time of the year to visit this wonderful city. The quite gorgeous weather hints broadly at a warm summer to come and the inhabitants, emerging from their seasonal confinement, are starti

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The 13th Heineken Cup Final kicks-off in Cardiff at 5pm on Saturday evening as three-time champions Toulouse go head-to-head with 2006 winners Munster.

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With a little over one week before the 13th Heineken Cup Final kicks-off in Cardiff, the hype surrounding the whole event is beginning to build. This will be Munster's fourth appearance at this stage of the competition in the last nine seasons.

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I watched three professional football games last week in Spain. One in Murcia in La Liga. The second in Torrevieja and the third in San Javier. I also found time to watch the Champions League Semi-Final's on Television and I also played a bit of ba

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Warriors provide final test for Munster Toulouse clash Foley dilemma Scarlets

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Over the last seven days, stock in the Munster brand has soared to an all-time high. Victory over Saracens at the Ricoh Arena last Sunday means Munster will contest their second Heineken Cup Final in three seasons at the end of May.

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I have been travelling a fair bit lately across England. My new-found freedom from professional football has allowed me to avail of and utilise fully the time granted to me by events at Cork City last season.

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This weekend Munster will look to take another giant step in their quest to win a second Heineken Cup in three seasons.

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Last weekend's disappointing defeat away to table-topping Leinster at the RDS has all but ended Munster's slim hopes of capturing this season's Magners League. Coupled with the fact that the province is now out of the running for the title, coach

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Hello Punters:- Looking back on last Saturday's Grand National Day, I wonder was it my imagination playing tricks on me, or was I completely mistaken, for the usual frenetic race mentality seemed to me to be missing from the betting shops, with no

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The consequences of Munster's emphatic quarter-final victory against Gloucester last weekend have been far reaching to say the least.

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On Saturday evening, in a hostile and all too familiar setting, Munster will take to the field in their tenth consecutive Heineken Cup quarter-final.

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Hello Punter! Thoughts of the Aintree Grand National bring forth in most people a vast array of emotions and memories, caused chiefly I believe by the great uncertainty that the worlds greatest steeplechase throws up for everybody, year in and year o

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With Leinster, Munster and Llanelli all recording comfortable victories last weekend, the chase for the Magners League is fast becoming a three-horse race.

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