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I asked him, ‘Will we head for a walk to the lighthouse? I’ve always wanted to go.’ He responded, ‘Aye, sure it’s up to you. It wasn’t what I had in mind… but if you want to see her, we’ll go.’ My friend and I were walking across the Tom Clarke Bridge in Dublin, and...
It was the GAA that first sparked my fascination with Darragh Maloney. We Tyronies were never off the TV or far from GAA HQ in our halcyon era of the noughties, and accompanying us on those heady days was Maloney himself; the man for the big occasion in Croke Park....
COPYRIGHT: Sportsfile The 1996 film ‘Crash’ follows a group of degenerates who are aroused by car crashes, horrendous accidents, and near-death experiences. Irish football fans must enjoy a similar perversion, as it’s the only way to explain why we keep watching these...
Halloween is still over seven weeks away, but at half-time on Saturday evening RTÉ’s Ritchie Sadlier observed that “a horror show” had been unfolding on the pitch. The ghost of the 2002 World Cup Qualifying campaign had teased us all this week, and the slow...
We were daring to dream about Budapest. We’d write a book and call it, ‘Our Night in November’. Manners would be put on Ronaldo in the Aviva too, and, whilst we were at it, ‘feck the play-offs’; we’d go on ahead and win the bloody group. Last night, those people with...