Articles

This week we spoke to Brighton and Hove Albion’s rising star Aaron Connolly.  The Galway man will celebrate his 17th ...
Read More

Ireland’s bid to qualify for a fourth World Cup begins on Monday night with a difficult qualifier away to Serbia ...
Read More

It’s going to be messy, it always is. A time for music purists to use that Groupon voucher to a ...
Read More

This Sunday will mark the 20th anniversary of Ireland’s Euro ’96 qualification play-off against Holland at Anfield, in what was ...
Read More

...
Read More

...
Read More

This Friday’s meeting of the Republic of Ireland and Bosnia and Herzegovina will be the second meeting of the nations.  ...
Read More

Street footballer Johnny Giles is Ireland’s greatest footballer.  His brilliance both as a player and as a footballing intellectual ensures ...
Read More

Ireland’s victory over Germany was our first competitive win against a high-ranking nation since Mick McCarthy’s team turned over a ...
Read More

...
Read More

The bonds between Ireland and Poland have strengthened since the economic boom and our participation at Euro 2012 certainly helped ...
Read More

...
Read More

This Thursday’s crucial Euro 2016 qualifier will be Ireland’s 22nd meeting with Germany.  Ireland have won six of those games, ...
Read More

Alan Browne is a 20-year old midfielder with a growing reputation following a number of standout performances for Preston North ...
Read More

...
Read More

Despite an impressive scoreline Ireland still seem stuck between a rock and a hard place ...
Read More

After a summer of doom and gloom concerning the lack of Irish players in the Premier League, the emergence of ...
Read More

I became a Gooner in the late 1970s because at the time ‘The Arsenal’ were laden with Irish Internationals (from ...
Read More

With the new domestic season in England beginning last weekend, the return of the European Championship qualifiers also looms large ...
Read More

Earlier this week we compiled a list of Premier League players from Ireland but there are plenty of Boys in ...
Read More

This is the state of play for Irish footballers as we head into the English Premiership for the 2015/16 season ...
Read More

Given that he is still playing for his country (he's reached 67, but shows no sign of retiring) Robbie Keane ...
Read More

Since the end of last season the Irish media continue to regurgitate the fact that there is unlikely to be ...
Read More

One of the less publicised transfer moves by an Irish player this summer involved the signing of Rob Kiernan by ...
Read More

There are 98 Irish players with a single international cap to their name who through circumstance, retirement or death are ...
Read More

Italia '90 - Click here for more articles Squeaky Bum Time With 4 days to spare until our next rendezvous ...
Read More

Italia '90 - Click here for more articles The long trip north The morning after the night before. The morning ...
Read More

This day 25 years ago, a nation held its breath as Ireland beat Romania on penalties to qualify for the ...
Read More

You know it’s ok to be a fan of the Premiership, what with the local club scene in Ireland staggering ...
Read More

Italia '90 - Click here for more articles In a pre-Bertie Ahern version of Public/Private Partnership we had traveled with ...
Read More

Italia '90 - Click here for more articles Before everyone started putting ham, cheese and coleslaw into them Panini was ...
Read More

Same old story as Ireland’s qualification hopes fade ...
Read More

This Saturday's crunch game between the Republic of Ireland and Scotland will be the 11th meeting between the nations. The ...
Read More

Whenever a player gets compared to Paul Scholes it’s time to sit up and take notice. That such lofty admirations ...
Read More

This Saturday, Martin O’Neill’s Republic of Ireland will attempt to win a home qualifying game against a team, Scotland, ranked ...
Read More

It was dour, rather than sour but our recent unbeaten record against England is intact ...
Read More

We all know about the 2nd or 3rd generation players and their motivation for choosing Ireland but what about the ...
Read More

One of the more unexpected stories to develop during the course of the current European Championship qualifying campaign was the ...
Read More

With just a few days to go until England’s visit to the Aviva Stadium it is only proper that we ...
Read More

Amid all the discourse surrounding Jack Grealish in recent weeks the progress of another Irish underage international appears to have ...
Read More

Italia '90 - Click here for more articles To loosely paraphrase Lennon and McCarthy “It was 25 years ago today ...
Read More

In the build-up to the World Cup in 2002 Ireland manager Mick McCarthy declared that he could call upon one ...
Read More

That headline might appear a bit of stretch but to watch Bill O’Herlihy in action on our television was to ...
Read More

As we reach the half way point in the qualifying campaign for France 2016 we look over the Top 5 ...
Read More

Italia '90 - Click here for more articles It’s easy to pontificate (!) about footballers lack of awareness of the ...
Read More

Former Ireland international, Steven Reid yesterday announced his retirement at the age of 34 following a 17-year career in professional ...
Read More

http://gty.im/1227053 Mark Kennedy blasts the balls towards the Yugoslavia goal Most fans of a particular sport will be able to ...
Read More

The greatest thing about the Irish football team, outside of the fans who remained steadfast throughout the darkest of days, ...
Read More

Italia '90 - Click here for more articles One of the most enjoyable side effects of qualification for major football ...
Read More

Ireland approach their final game in Group D of this year’s UEFA European Under-17 Championships still in with a chance ...
Read More

At a time when national team managers struggle to get players released from clubs to play international friendlies it is ...
Read More

While checking my Facebook feed one Saturday morning in late November I came across numerous articles and posts relating to ...
Read More

Kevin O’Callaghan had a particularly eighties head on him, the short of lanky curly hair that seemed de rigueur on ...
Read More

This week marks the 17th anniversary of Ireland’s Under-16 team winning the UEFA European Under-16 Championships in Scotland.  The Irish ...
Read More

The debate involving players representing Ireland who were not born on the Emerald Isle has raised its head again and ...
Read More

A cult hero for both Leeds United and Sheffield Wednesday fans in the 80’s and 90’s Ireland’s John Sheridan is ...
Read More

You’re 19 years old.You’re a professional footballer. You play for one of the oldest and most successful clubs in England ...
Read More

Shane Long's injury time goal rescued a draw for the Republic of Ireland against Poland in the Aviva Stadium ...
Read More