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Full coverage: Sports

Brett Igoe: The last dance can’t be Twickenham — Ireland must kick on

Twickenham answered lots of questions about this team, and the reaction of the coaching staff showed it. It was Ireland's recalibration. Now comes the test of whether they can sustain it.

Brett Igoe
28th Feb, 2026 - 6 min read

Brett Igoe: Ireland used to kill teams at turbo speed. Now we can’t execute it

Remember when Ireland were the side that thrived in chaos? When the pace lifted, we got sharper. Now, when it speeds up, we’re the ones making the mistakes.

Brett Igoe
13th Feb, 2026 - 6 min read

2025 in 25 podcasts: An audio take on an extraordinary year

Over the past year, we have published four podcast series, a two-part financial investigation and carried a range of one-off podcasts with authors, politicians, musicians, business leaders, and entrepreneurs.

Ian Kehoe
29th Dec, 2025 - 18 min read

Looking back at 2025: 25 sports features that captured the year

From conversations with the key decision-makers in sport to investigative looks at how major sporting bodies are funded and run, The Currency covers sport with a perspective all our own.

Ian Kehoe
27th Dec, 2025 - 14 min read

Sports journalism in Ireland is unrecognisable from when I started out, but spare me the golden-era nostalgia

Kieran Cunningham stepped down as chief sports writer of the Irish Daily Star last week after nearly three decades. Access to the big names was far easier in the old days, he writes – but that didn't always make for better coverage

Kieran Cunningham
1st Nov, 2025 - 8 min read

Life after Line Up: David McHugh on building – and selling – a sports marketing firm

David McHugh represents some of Ireland’s top athletes and works with blue-chip corporates on sports deals. He talks about his life in sport, future trends and why he sold his agency to global giant Wasserman.

Ian Kehoe
22nd Oct, 2025 - 7 min read

Big-name sports stars backed StatSports. Now Sony is acquiring the Northern Irish firm

Harry Kane is among several professional footballers that invested in tech company StatSports, which has now sold a majority stake to Sony.

Jonathan Keane
8th Oct, 2025 - 3 min read

Joe Haslam: Why Real Madrid, too, is more than just a club

While “més que un club” is the tagline of FC Barcelona, it arguably applies even more strongly to Real Madrid. Atlético de Madrid fans will not like my saying it, but in the era of Florentino Pérez, there is nothing more Madrid than Real Madrid.

Joe Haslam
27th Sep, 2025 - 16 min read

Dion Fanning: Premier League boomtime spending ignores the warning signs

English clubs have spent more than €2 billion this summer and they haven’t finished yet. But this mania might be hiding some worrying trends.

Dion Fanning
16th Aug, 2025 - 6 min read

Paul Flynn: How Kerry triggered the master-plan that left manic Donegal floundering

Last Sunday's Kerry All-Ireland victory was was a 15-man demonstration of everything that is possible in modern Gaelic football.

Paul Flynn
2nd Aug, 2025 - 5 min read
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