“What a player and goal scorer”. Former Republic of Ireland and Manchester United defender Paul McGrath has paid tribute to Italy and Inter Milan legend Toto Schillaci, just hours after the news broke of his passing. The former Juventus striker was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2022, but made a full recovery after undergoing treatment. Earlier […]

1 year ago

Big fella, long shadow. There is a generation of Irish football fans who have no living or waking memory of Stuttgart, Genoa or Giants’ Stadium. Every Irish game they’ve ever watched has been tinged with a sadness, a longing for the scenes they grew up hearing about. Jack Charlton changed Irish football for us. He […]

6 years ago

If it’s good enough for Steve Staunton…

9 years ago

The Late Late Show was filled to the brim with Irish talent last night to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Alongside the likes of Annalise Murphy, Jason Byrne, Michael Healy Rae, Eamon Dunphy and staff at Dublin Zoo, living legend and sports hero Paul McGrath joined Ryan Tubridy on the show and was his usual bracingly honest […]

9 years ago

If we get close to the magic of this in France this summer, we’ll be laughing. This has given us goosebumps – unseen footage, from the RTÉ archives, of the madness that followed Ireland’s penalty shoot-out win over Romania in the last 16 of the 1990 World Cup. O’Connell Street in Dublin was absolutely hopping […]

10 years ago

What a man. We recently brought you the news that RTÉ will be airing a very special tribute to the legendary Bill O’Herlihy, a wonderful man who sadly passed away in May 2015. Cloch Le Carn will air on RTÉ One on Monday at 7.30pm, and if the clip below is anything to go by, it’ll […]

10 years ago