WATCHING the Laochra celebrations in Croke Park on Sunday reminded me of the episode of ‘I’m Alan Partridge’ where Partridge meets two RTE executives
Opening Shot – Dublin’s hothouse is flowering
May 3, 2016
John Hughes reckons that Dublin’s third league title is a result of them having greater resources and financial clout.
John Martin: Progress doesn’t secure rewards
April 16, 2016
IT’S now the annual topic of debate in mid-April. The pros, the cons, the absurd, the reasonable, the unjust and the downright lucky.
Kevin Cassidy: The final four
April 9, 2016
THE League semi-finals take place in Croke Park this weekend, so I’m going to give my analysis on the four sides heading into the last four. Donegal This week’s game against the Dubs is a game Rory Gallagher and his troops could have done without. As the final whistle sounded in Castleblaney last weekend and […]
John Martin: Antrim’s challenge to show up on the radar
March 19, 2016
“SO would Antrim have expected to beat Kerry at the weekend then?” That’s what former Tipperary manager Eamonn O’Shea asked me.
Kevin Cassidy: Kerry and Armagh should be very worried
February 14, 2016
AS we head into the two-week break, most teams have serious question marks hanging over them and it’s how they will go about answering those questions when they return that will determine how long or short their season is set to be.
John Martin: The Kingdom’s rules
January 30, 2016
IT may have been hailed as a victory for common sense by the Kerry county board (what else would they say?) but is the dispensation granted to the Kingdom hurlers to continue using ‘outside’ players fair, and is it in the long-term interests of Kerry hurling?
Kevin Cassidy: High stool interview – Tomás Ó Sé
January 3, 2016
MY last high stool interview of 2015 is with the man who set the benchmark for all wing-backs in the modern era. A man I looked up to throughout my whole career and tried to emulate. I can still hear Tom Beag Gillespie, who used to do my shooting practice with me, shouting “Tomás O Sé wouldn’t have missed that one.”