Sports
Aki magic hands Connacht win
Connacht 10 - Munster 8 The New Year in the Sportsground served up a right old ding-ding between these age-old rivals with Connacht ending up on th...
January 06, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Sports
City stretch lead as Blues, Reds draw
“One-Nil to the Arsenal” used to be a popular chant among Gunners fans. And no doubt they were probably chanting it for the first hour at the Emira...
January 06, 2022
by Sean Creedon
Sports
Dublin, Kerry have eyes on prize
Notwithstanding the variants that Covid-19 is spitting out at us as it attempts to play spoilsport with leagues and championship among other more s...
January 06, 2022
by P.J. Cunningham
Ali's grandson scripting own Garden memories
Continuing the Ali legacy in boxing’s most famous arena, Nico Ali Walsh pounded out a gutsy four-round unanimous points decision over Reyes Sanchez...
December 16, 2021
by Jay Mwamba
'You Wouldn’t Be Anything To…?'
From growing up to grown, from childhood to young adulthood and even now, in what I will euphemistically call middle age, I have been asked this qu...
December 14, 2021
by Peter Nolan
A pic of the year
The Pic of the Day is one of Inpho’s Photos of 2021. James Crombie’s image, which was taken during the All Ireland hurling final at Croke Park on A...
December 13, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
3rd Ali for Garden on Saturday
Nico Ali Walsh’s revered grandfather – boxing’s greatest of all time – had 10 fights before his first appearance at the hallowed Madison Square Gar...
December 08, 2021
by Jay Mwamba
Cork have it easy against Rockland
Cork 2-24 Rockland 2-9 A well-seasoned and vastly experienced Cork squad had way too much firepower for a young and under-performing Rockland squad...
September 21, 2021
by Frank Brady
Tyrone take title against all odds
Tyrone 2-14; Mayo 0-15 Tyrone escape to victory and to the glory of the banquet hall – for Mayo, detention in the torture chamber goes on indetermi...
September 13, 2021
by P.J. Cunningham
Royal women upset Jackies
Meath 1-11; Dublin 0-12 Whatever about the Dublin men’s team form all this year, the ladies went into this game looking the best team in the countr...
September 08, 2021
by Irish Echo Staff
Most bookies backing Mayo to win
Undoubtedly we have a year of upsets in both men’s and women’s football as Dublin in both cases and Kerry in football have all exited the champions...
September 08, 2021
by P.J. Cunningham
Mayo can end long wait for Sam
After Mayo beat Dublin in the first of the All-Ireland football semi-finals last month there was speculation that the Mayo County Board were going ...
September 08, 2021
by Sean Creedon