Ireland 16 – New Zealand 9. A New Metaphor for Brexit.
God, we needed that. For so many reasons we needed to beat New Zealand but not least, may I submit,...
Sport
Pro10 – the Olympic ticket distribution company that doesn’t distribute Olympic tickets
Pro10 is the official ticket distribution agent for the Olympic Committee of Ireland (OCI). For some reason, however, another, unauthorised...
Pat Hickey, Irish Olympic boss, arrested in Rio
Isn't schadenfreude an awful thing? Of course it is, so why did I find it that hard to wipe the...
Ireland’s Rio Olympics
What are we to make of the 2016 Rio Olympics? More to the point, how are we supposed to take...
Leicester City for the league
Leicester City for the league? Regular readers must be wondering if I've lost my dobbers. Have I gone over to...
João Carvalho beaten to death in MMA fight
João Carvalho was beaten to death. This is not a judgement-filled statement. This is simply a fact. João Carvalho died...
Maria Sharapova and the Meldonium doping scandal
Who doesn't admire Maria Sharapova? All the girls want to be her and all the boys want to be, well,...
Conor McGregor beaten by Nate Diaz
Conor McGregor by Andrius Petrucenia I won't pretend to know anything about Conor McGregor, about mixed martial arts or about...
Soccer is not a new word for football
Some people can get very sniffy if you use the word soccer. Very sniffy indeed. And there's no point trying...
Six Nations 2016. France 10 – Ireland 9.
Ireland lost to France by a single point today in the Stade de France. 10-9 was the score and it...
