The Irish Times

Mikey Kiely relishing the chance to help Ulster build on strong foundations

Renowned strength and conditioning coach played key role in Limerick’s rise to hurling supremacy

Mon Oct 04 2021 - 06:30

Deciding factor: When a Lions tour hinged on the third Test

Only five times in modern British & Irish Lions history has it gone down to a third and final decider

Sat Aug 07 2021 - 06:00

Gordon D’Arcy: Irish players know it only takes one idiotic moment to bring rugby down

Rugby people grasp the gravity of Covid-19 guidelines, but not the Oireachtas Golf Society

Wed Aug 26 2020 - 06:00

Sporting Cathedrals: Fortress Thomond, where the 16th man always gets his game

The Limerick city ground is famed and feared the rugby world over

Wed Jul 22 2020 - 06:00

Ian McKinley's refusal to accept defeat inspires

Role of his wife and family key in helping outhalf return from losing the sight in one eye

Fri May 15 2020 - 06:00

It’s been 20 years since the Red Army was born in Bordeaux

Munster truly announced themselves as a force in European rugby by beating Toulouse

Thu May 07 2020 - 14:00

Opportunity knocks for JJ Hanrahan as cards fall his way

Injuries give the former Ireland U-20 star chance to prove his worth as Munster outhalf

Sat Dec 14 2019 - 06:00

Irish rugby must look to GAA’s top talent for a brighter future

Casting the net wider can help move Ireland from middleweight ranks to heavyweight

Sun Oct 20 2019 - 15:45

Fine Gael senator says article turned his name into ‘garbage’

Paudie Coffey denies taking ‘Kilkenny People’ story calling him ‘a robber’ too seriously

Thu Nov 22 2018 - 19:03

Miriam Lord: Senator says ‘highwayman’ slur helped rob him of his seat

Paudie Coffey suing newspaper over comparison with 18th-century thief William Crotty

Wed Nov 21 2018 - 22:32

Fine Gael senator claims article made him subject of ‘ridicule’

Paudie Coffey says story in ‘Kilkenny People’ defamed him and led to loss of Dáil seat

Wed Nov 21 2018 - 18:07

Twickenham: the best place to win, but worst place to lose

Ahead of today’s showdown, we look at Ireland’s nine Six Nations games at the stadium

Sat Mar 17 2018 - 06:00

Over 1,000 attend funeral of rugby international Willie Duggan

Many club, province and national teammates from ’70s and ’80s at Dunmore ceremony

Thu Aug 31 2017 - 15:37

What history teaches us when Lions tours go to a decider

Looking back at the 10 times when the series was still alive going into the final game

Wed Jul 05 2017 - 07:45

Anthony Foley’s wife remembers ‘idyllic life with her soul mate’

Olive Foley pays emotional tribute to late Munster coach at church in Killaloe

Fri Oct 21 2016 - 18:58

Sport seems trivial as O’Mahony wrestles with Foley loss

Munster captain grew up idolising man who became ‘coach, friend and brother’

Thu Oct 20 2016 - 01:09

Sport unites us in grief at loss of Anthony Foley

For Anthony Foley and Cormac McAnallen sport didn’t need to be put in perspective

Tue Oct 18 2016 - 18:30

Liam Toland: It was Anthony’s intelligence that stood out most

He was a modest man who always let his achievements fly well below the radar

Mon Oct 17 2016 - 15:10

Gerry Thornley: Anthony Foley was born to play; born to lead

The death of the man who represented what Munster is about is too sad for words, too shocking to be believed

Sun Oct 16 2016 - 20:43

Miriam Lord’s week: Healy-Rae makes stand over seating

Kerry TD refuses to give up seat in dispute delaying return of electronic voting in Dáil

Sat Jul 02 2016 - 01:00

Gerry Thornley: Ultan Dillane's breaking on through

Those who saw the lock play as a youth knew his Ireland debut would be impressive

Sat Mar 05 2016 - 19:27

Anthony Foley: The pleasure and pain of leading Munster

Heineken Cup-winning captain admits recent losing streak was hugely frustrating

Sat Jan 09 2016 - 05:45

Bronze statue unveiled in memory of Kerry great Páidí Ó Sé

Over 400 people attend unveiling near the family pub in Ventry, west Kerry

Sun May 17 2015 - 11:34

Ireland v England: Where history can be won or lost

Six Nations clashes with the ‘auld enemy’ are always epic battles where winner takes all

Sat Feb 28 2015 - 01:00

JJ Hanrahan’s departure to Northampton is desperately deflating for Irish rugby

Gerry Thornley: Munster kicking themselves after talent slips through fingers

Tue Jan 13 2015 - 13:14

Kieran Marmion grasps his chance to impress Joe Schmidt

Connacht scrumhalf does his Ireland ambitions the world of good

Mon Sept 22 2014 - 01:00

Heineken Cup did us proud, and we it

It will be interesting to see if ERC’s replacement body can also double their competition turnovers in just five years

Tue Apr 22 2014 - 06:00

Seminal story of mercurial Sexton exposes penny-wise but pound-foolish Leinster

Against Toulon the province’s depth of talent was finally laid bare

Tue Apr 08 2014 - 11:00