“Graffiti on the walls that says, ‘We’re magic, we’re magic’.” The graffiti, as many of us know, said much more than that, and The Wolfe Tones were not going to change their lyrics for a second. The veteran Irish band drew a record crowd to the Electric Arena, on Sunday, and had the place bouncing. […]

2 years ago

‘I believe the FAI made some major mistakes by directly overruling the tasks of the coach.’ Former Ireland manager Vera Pauw has released an explosive statement that is highly critical of the Football Association of Ireland, after she was not kept on following the Women’s World Cup. The Dutchwoman, who managed Ireland to, and during, […]

2 years ago

“It is my view that trust between the parties has broken down.” Director-General of RTÉ, Kevin Bakhurst has this evening [Thursday, August 17] confirmed that RTÉ has concluded negotiations with Ryan Tubridy. Tubridy finished up as host of The Late Late Show in May but stepped down from his Radio One show after news of […]

3 years ago

The Chicago native is renowned for directing some of Hollywood’s most iconic films. William Friedkin, director of many cinematic classics has died at the age of 87. According to Variety, the Chicago native’s death was confirmed by Chapman University dean Stephen Galloway, who is a friend of Friedkin’s wife, Sherry Lansing. He passed away in Los […]

3 years ago

“She’s one of the greats, and to my mind she’s up there with a Nina Simone and a Billie Holiday.” Of all the words that have been spoken, written or sung about Sinead O’Connor, in the days since her passing, none cut as close to the core of the musician as those of Shirley Manson. […]

3 years ago

Fitting words after an historic journey. Courtney Brosnan got her fair share of attention after a fantastic clean sheet, but much of the post-match focus was on Vera Pauw and Katie McCabe. Ireland drew 0-0 with Nigeria to take home their first ever World Cup point, even though they are now heading for home. Brosnan […]

3 years ago

Fitting words after an historic journey. Courtney Brosnan got her fair share of attention after a fantastic clean sheet, but much of the post-match focus was on Vera Pauw and Katie McCabe. Ireland drew 0-0 with Nigeria to take home their first ever World Cup point, even though they are now heading for home. Brosnan […]

3 years ago

The Girls in Green take on Nigeria in their final World Cup game. The Republic of Ireland take on Nigeria in the Fifa Women’s World Cup on Monday morning (11am Irish time). Vera Pauw’s team, in their third and final appearance at the finals, take on the Nigerians in Brisbane, with points and pride to play […]

3 years ago

‘She was fearless, outspoken, brave’. For many, Sinead O’Connor was one of the greatest ever Irish singers and a force of musical nature. For others that grew up when her fame was at her peak, she was an icon that always spoke her mind and cared not for the consequences. Over the years, whether her […]

3 years ago

The Girls in Green take on the Olympic champions next in their World Cup campaign. The Republic of Ireland take on Canada in the Fifa Women’s World Cup on Wednesday afternoon (1pm Irish time). Vera Pauw’s team, in their second appearance at the finals, take on the Canadians in Perth. You can follow the match live […]

3 years ago

“I’m addicted to this and like, I don’t do things by half. I go all in.” On Saturday, Shauna Bannon will become only the second ever Irish woman to fight in the UFC. A martial arts star, in her teens and early 20s, the Tallaght native set her sights on MMA four years ago and […]

3 years ago

A towering performance from the 33-year-old. I must start off with an admission – I had a concern over Louise Quinn, coming into the World Cup. She had it tough in a warm-up against Zambia, at Tallaght Stadium, and Courtney Brosnan got her out of jail on a couple of occasions. Zambia are a strong, […]

3 years ago

Colombia star Daniela Caracas has labelled Vera Pauw’s Ireland side as ‘little girls’. She also declared ‘let them eat shit’ after a contentious World Cup warm-up match that left Denise O’Sullivan in hospital. The game, billed as a friendly and played behind closed doors, was called off after only 23 minutes after some rough tackles […]

3 years ago

“It is, of course, devastating.” Vera Pauw still looked shaken up as she met with reporters to discuss her World Cup squad selections, at the UCD Bowl, on Wednesday morning. The Ireland players were all brought together and informed of the 23-woman squad that would travel to Australia for the World Cup, next month. With […]

3 years ago

“It’s part of elite sport. It’s part of it but it hurts.” Vera Pauw’s 23-player World Cup squad was confirmed on Wednesday morning, and lots of tough calls were made. The Dutch woman had a press briefing at 11am on Wednesday but, before that, the Irish public were informed, through a press release, of the […]

3 years ago

“I’ll have to check in with him and see if we can do it again.” Leona Maguire is heading into a double major swing, in the coming weeks, as the Women’s PGA and US Open take place. Having won her second LPGA event, on Sunday, the 28-year-old would dearly hope to maintain that form, and […]

3 years ago

Harry Styles wowed audiences at Slane Castle, on Saturday, and treated them to a cúpla focal while he was at it. The former One Direction star brought the latest European leg of his worldwide Love on Tour to County Meath, ahead of a four-night stint at Wembley Stadium. Support on the day, which kicked off musical […]

3 years ago

RTÉ has confirmed the line-up for Ryan Tubridy’s last ever Late Late Show, on Friday from 9:35 pm. It had already been confirmed, earlier in the week, that President Michael D. Higgins would be a special guest on Tubridy’s final show. Now the rest of the line-up has been locked in, and it’s pretty strong. […]

3 years ago

“I obviously knew it was such a special moment in my life.” Katie Taylor sat down with to chat ahead of her clash with Chantelle Cameron, this Saturday, at the 3Arena in Dublin. Taylor is undefeated in the professional ranks and a world champion across two different weight divisions, but the Bray native has had […]

3 years ago

The global licensing deal means the first season is currently unavailable on the RTÉ Player. The second season of Irish crime drama Kin wrapped on RTÉ, earlier this month, with an explosive final episode that leaves the Kinsella family dealing with some big headaches, and far-reaching consequences. The first season of the series, co-created by […]

3 years ago

“Ireland are going to Paris! Book your tickets!” In the early hours of Sunday morning, even with the clocks an hour further ahead in Toulouse, the Ireland Women’s Sevens squad, their coaches, players, friends, family and friends were partying hard. For the first time in this country’s history – albeit with only a recent qualifying […]

3 years ago

‘The Rocket’, Philly and Rory in the house. Ryan Tubridy is down to his third last airing of The Late Late Show and he is getting back one of his favourite guests. Canadian crooner Michael Bublé is coming to Dublin for a couple of 3Arena concerts and you best believe he is swinging by Montrose […]

3 years ago

“To be honest with you, I think it takes the absolute pi*s” That was Eddie Hearn’s take on dealing with Croke Park officials when trying to sort a Katie Taylor fight. With rugby’s Challenge and Champions Cups coming top Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on the same weekend as a typically loaded GAA and Airtricity weekend, trying to […]

3 years ago

“What happened previously, you know, I can’t stop people talking about.” Greg McWilliams is currently trying to get a squad desperately short of caps, confidence and positives to focus on a vital game away to Italy, this weekend. For much of his Thursday press briefing, though, he found himself having to defend the union that […]

3 years ago

“It’s amazing to bring big-time boxing back here.” Katie Taylor was not even legally sanctioned to engage in a women’s bout when she first started on her path to becoming a boxing world champion. Women’s boxing was banned in Ireland until 1998 and, three years later, a 15-year-old Taylor fought in the first officially sanctioned […]

3 years ago

‘I mean basically just f***ing more women anywhere, anytime, all at once.’ Jamie Lee Curtis has won an Oscar for the first time in her career for superhero comedy Everything Everywhere All at Once. The 64-year-old won best supporting actress in what was a huge night for ‘Everything’ at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, […]

3 years ago

A stellar line-up assembled for this Apple feature. Following on from the huge success of Mare of Easttown, for HBO, show creator Brad Ingelsby has lined up Julianne Moore and Sydney Sweeney for a feature film production. Mare of Easttown, which starred Kate Winslet and Guy Pearce, was set in Southeastern Pennsylvania and focused of […]

3 years ago

For the day that’s in it, we’re putting your knowledge of women’s sport to the test… Do you know your Rhasidat Adelekes from your Katie Taylors? This International Women’s Day, test your knowledge of women’s sport with this fun quiz from our pals over at SportsJOE. [viralQuiz id=94] How did you do? Get your regular […]

3 years ago

“Absolute shame on you!” RTÉ cameras were present at the Court of Appeals in Dublin, on Tuesday afternoon, as teacher Enoch Burke and five of his family members were forcibly removed by members of An Garda Síochána. The events unfolded after the court rejected the appeals of Mr Burke and his representatives against injunctions granted […]

3 years ago

An interesting mix on the RTÉ flagship show, this Friday. This week’s Late Late Show will feature Ireland’s World Cup playoff hero, Amber Barrett, two musical acts and a great new challenge to salvage old and treasured items. RTÉ has an eclectic mix on the talk show, with Ireland striker Barrett the guest of honour. […]

3 years ago

The footballing Gods giveth with one hand and taketh away with the other. Vera Pauw’s Ireland side drew 0-0 with China at Estadio Nuevo Mirador in Algeciras, Spain, this afternoon. They were denied what looked to be a clear and easy goal in the second half of their World Cup warm-up. Ireland got their first […]

3 years ago

“Absolutely no chance.” Ireland may be on the move for a big World Cup game but Katie McCabe looks set to stay put with Arsenal. FIFA has confirmed that Ireland’s World Cup opener against Australia, on July 20th, will now take place in the 82,500-seat Stadium Australia venue, in Sydney. The game was due to […]

3 years ago

“We knew they are going to make it very tough for us, and make it physical.” Ireland had already secured a place in the World Cup playoffs, in the European section, after their win over Finland. Beating Slovakia was merely the cherry on top. It was a cagey enough affair, with Lisa Fallon declaring during […]

4 years ago

“Imagine being a young fella or young girl watching that.” Greg O’Shea had a clear path ahead of him, filled with TV appearances, guest spots, sponsorship deals and photoshoots. He dabbled his toes in it, briefly, but chose the tougher path. It is just after 9pm in Monaco and just over 90 minutes since Ireland […]

5 years ago

“We’ve got to break this cycle.” For a stretch of days and nights, last autumn, Brian O’Driscoll pored through a book about female sports stars from Ireland, with his children Sadie and Billy. His son followed the stories closely, but Sadie was rapt. She must have been too young to remember stepping out onto the […]

5 years ago

What a match.

7 years ago

Among the 3,423 crowd at Tallaght Stadium, on Tuesday, was the woman that will lead Ireland through the EURO 2021 Qualifiers. Vera Pauw watched on as Ireland, managed by Tom O’Connor, defeated Montenegro 2-0 to start their qualifying campaign in style. This morning, the FAI confirmed that Pauw would be taking over from interim boss O’Connor […]

7 years ago

“We are both filled with so much love and excitement looking ahead to the coming months, as we prepare to become parents.” Manchester United appeared to be providing direct competition for goalkeeper Siobhan Chamberlain, earlier this month, when they signed fellow England international Mary Earps from Wolfsburg. As it turns out, United boss Casey Stoney […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by Centra #WeAreHurling And then there were two, and a familiar two… too. After two more classic, breathless All-Ireland encounters, we are down to Tipperary and Kilkenny scrapping for the Liam MacCarthy for the fifth time in a decade. Wexford appeared to run out of steam, on Sunday, while Limerick were fuming […]

7 years ago

– Brought to you by Centra One of Lee Chin’s best ever performances on one of the greatest stages. Still, it was not enough. Liam Sheedy spent a few moments, amid the Tipperary din, to commiserate with Lee Chin after an instant classic at Croke Park. On another day – had Wexford not gone to […]

7 years ago

Brought to you by Centra #WeAreHurling Three disallowed goals. John McGrath red-carded. Five points behind with 20 minutes to go. Noel McGrath and his teammates showed tremendous heart and are now one win away from a Liam MacCarthy. When Lee Chin stepped up and blazed a low strike past Brian Hogan, on 49 minutes, 14-man […]

7 years ago

How great it would have been to see the likes of Quinn, Campbell and Roche all in footballing action at the World Cup. Instead, after Ireland’s qualification campaign fell just short, we have had to content ourselves with the insights and opinions of Louise Quinn, Megan Campbell and Stephanie Roche as pundits. RTE and TG4 […]

7 years ago

“People think it is ambiguous because she doesn’t want to talk about it any more.” The Women’s World Cup is zooming along nicely, with Brazil and France looking good in their opening matches. Norway won their opener against Nigeria, and comfortably so, but many fans coming late to the story would have noticed Ada Hegerberg […]

7 years ago

Every time the Women’s World Cup rolled around, Hope Solo gritted her teeth and endured it. Now that the former USA goalkeeper has retired, she is on the offensive. Due to the size differences between male and female players, generally speaking, it has long been contested that women’s goals should be reduced in size. Looking, […]

7 years ago

“It is an absolute honour to see you fight.” Conor McGregor was as gripped as the rest of us as he watched Katie Taylor battle to another defence of her world titles. Taylor successfully defended her WBA and IBF titles by comprehensively out-pointing Cindy Serrano on her way to an impressive victory. McGregor was a […]

8 years ago

‘The Notorious’ was a guest of honour at the 2018 World Cup final

8 years ago

Well done, guys!

8 years ago

ENGLAND 15-24 IRELAND They’ve done it!! Ireland are the Six Nations Grand Slam champions for only the third time in their history after beating England at Twickenham in a thriller. Joe Schmidt’s side won all five matches and Olé, Olé, Olé rang out as they did enough to get over the line in style. There […]

8 years ago

This would make your blood boil. Ireland Women restored some pride at Donnybrook Stadium, on Sunday, when they beat Wales 35-12 to make it two wins from three Six Nations games. Adam Griggs’ side avenged their Women’s World Cup defeat to the Welsh in some style with tries from Claire Molloy, Hannah Tyrrell, Lindsay Peat […]

8 years ago