Before Eric Donovan won his Irish featherweight title against Stephen McAfee last weekend, I asked him why he decided to go back into boxing after walking away from the sport. Donovan was a talented amateur but left the sport he once loved through a mix of injury, personal issues and other options available to him, including […]

7 years ago

Several Irish athletes have offered their support to Republic of Ireland and Stoke City winger James McClean over his refusal to wear the remembrance day poppy. McClean was abused by a section of fans after Stoke’s goalless draw with Middlesbrough last weekend and addressed the matter on his Instagram account. He encouraged fans to do […]

8 years ago

Gary ‘Spike’ O’Sullivan moved one step closer to a world title shot on Saturday night after he won the vacant WBO Inter-Continental Middleweight Title with a dominant victory over Antoine Douglas in Laval, Quebec, Canada. O’Sullivan stopped the American in the seventh round with a devastating flurry of punches that sent Douglas crashing to the canvas and […]

8 years ago

English author Terry Pratchett will be best remembered for his work as a fantasy novelist, and for his services to literature, but like all great writers, Pratchett had this natural ability to touch on many different topics through a limited amount of words. ‘Build a man a fire, and he’ll be warm for a day. […]

9 years ago