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Full coverage: sport

Physical threats and investigations as officials prepare greyhound welfare legal cases

Released records show Greyhound Racing Ireland officials were subject to physical threats during a welfare inspection last year as the agriculture department prepares legal cases in three investigations.

Niall Sargent
7th May, 2026 - 3 min read

Greyhound body settles defamation case over critical consultancy report

Greyhound Racing Ireland recently settled with Raymond O'Hanlon of Preferred Results Ltd. He brought the case after GRI publicly questioned findings on overbreeding and culling in a 2017 report which later featured in an RTÉ Investigates expose in 2019.

Niall Sargent
27th Apr, 2026 - 3 min read

The awkward questions that won’t go away for Munster Rugby

A club that aspires to being the best in the world is facing growing scrutiny over governance, coaching instability, and a widening gap between its stated values and recent decisions on and off the field.

Brett Igoe
25th Apr, 2026 - 5 min read

How the ‘Moneyball’ Oakland A’s reinvented baseball and beyond

The team showed the sport—and plenty of other businesses—a new way to build a successful team, writes Jared Diamond The Wall Street Journal.

The Wall Street Journal.
18th Apr, 2026 - 5 min read

Why a football club you might not be able to find on a map is so important to Ireland

Following the failure to qualify for the World Cup, Ireland will again enter a period of self-examination. A club in England’s third tier offers an example of what can be done with intelligent management and a smattering of Irish players.

Dion Fanning
11th Apr, 2026 - 7 min read

The Women’s Six Nations is back – unfortunately, you’d hardly know it

There are questions about whether the women's game in Ireland is moving fast enough. Governance, competition structures and funding models all need work.

Brett Igoe
11th Apr, 2026 - 4 min read

Same summit but a new route: Leinster must make big strides on Easter Sunday

Leinster's climbers are starting to find their legs again after taking a different route map to the European glory that has eluded them for too long. Leo Cullen's men should have too much for Edinburgh, but can they at last conquer their Everest again?

Brett Igoe
4th Apr, 2026 - 6 min read

What is amateurism and what is austerity? The GAA is in danger of confusing one for the other

With revenues rising and standards at an elite level, the GAA must decide how to protect amateurism without suppressing ambition.

Paul Flynn
28th Feb, 2026 - 5 min read

Forging a tradition: Grit, Community and loss in a North Dublin GAA club

As news breaks of the Rescue 116 crash, the Wild Geese Hurling and Camogie Club respond not as athletes, but as a community. This moving extract of a new book charts how sport forges bonds that endure beyond the field.

A. Lenehan and F. Lenehan
3rd Jan, 2026 - 8 min read

“The desire to get the big shiny celebrity star at the tournament overrides everything else”

The World Cup draw yesterday was a demonstration of FIFA’s priorities. But regimes have recognised since its inception the influence of the competition. Jonathan Wilson talks to Dion Fanning about the power and the glory of the World Cup.

Dion Fanning
6th Dec, 2025 - 6 min read
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