Tag: @RTESport

  • Doing little to debunk damaging stereotype

    To get to the absolute peak of sport – or maybe anything in life – you have to be willing and/or able to operate on the edge or most likely go over it. Though it will be of little succor to the people of Clare this week, there’s little doubt Nickie Quaid knew exactly what…

  • Selections for Curragh – June 26th 2026

    Selections for Curragh – June 26th 2026

    4.33: TREAN (BILLY LEE/PADDY TWOMEY) 5.05: BANG BANG – EW – (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 5.35: TOFINO – EW – (JACK KEARNEY (3)/GAVIN CROMWELL) 6.10: SMOKE THEM OUT – EW – (SADHBH TORMEY (7)/TOM MCCOURT) 6.45: NODOFAPPROVAL – EW – (KEITHEN KENNEDY (5)/JESSIE HARRINGTON) 7.20: TOKYO TOWER – EW – (OISIN MURPHY/JACK FOLEY) 7.55: KILMEADEN –…

  • Dundalk’s sorry state underlines need for oversight of management

    Dundalk’s sorry state underlines need for oversight of management

    At the outset here, I will be brutally honest here and admit to not knowing an iota about the travails Dundalk FC found themselves in until reading a piece by Miguel Delaney today. Again, let me make it clear, if I have the basic gist of their plight correct, whomever carried out due diligence –…

  • Last vestiges of decency lost in pit of squaller

    Last vestiges of decency lost in pit of squaller

    There are certain things in life where, generally speaking, there’s no allowance for middle ground. The most obvious example of that being party politics. Largely speaking, you were either Fianna Fail or Fine Gael and there were very clear lines in the sand pertaining to same and they weren’t for crossing. Though in truth there…

  • The call is from heroism, who will accept?

    The call is from heroism, who will accept?

    Perhaps if one had been around for the glorious yet curious duopoly between Dublin and Kerry in the 1970s and early 80s, it might be easier to reason with Dublin’s domination for the last decade and a half. Just to be clear, that is not in any way a criticism of those who are currently…