Patrick McCarry

What a match.

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 […]

“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 […]

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 […]

– 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

“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 […]

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, […]

“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 […]

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

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