Eamonn Sweeney

1 week ago | independent.ie | Eamonn Sweeney

Eamonn Sweeney: Newcastle’s manager is in hospital, but the sick man of English football languishes at Old TraffordManchester United manager Ruben Amorim (centre) applauds the fans after the Premier League match at St James' Park. November 20, 2021 was a sliding-doors moment for two Uniteds. Newcastle would soon be bounding merrily along the platform. Their Manchester namesakes got themselves jammed in the door. They’re still stuck there. History repeated itself for Eddie Howe yesterday.

1 week ago | independent.ie | Eamonn Sweeney

Eamonn Sweeney: We should embrace overdue Cork All-Ireland hurling winPatrick Horgan, left, and Tim O'Mahony after Cork's hurling league final win over Tipperary. Photo: Piaras Ó Mídheach/SportsfileWe need Cork to win this year’s Liam MacCarthy Cup. Hurling needs it, the GAA needs it and Irish sport as a whole needs it. It would illuminate the summer. A Cork victory would pack the same kind of emotional punch as Limerick’s breakthrough in 2018, Galway’s in 2017 and maybe even Clare’s in 1995.

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Eamonn Sweeney

Goal-hungry Cork have been spurred on rather than crushed by last year’s final heartbreak against ClareOnly two teams can stop Cork winning this year’s All-Ireland hurling title. One of them is Limerick and the other is Cork. There isn’t another team in the country who could do what Cork did to Tipperary in the first half of the league final. The 3-16 they amassed in the opening period is the same total Clare scored in the entire game when defeating Kilkenny in last year’s decider.

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Eamonn Sweeney

Goal-hungry Cork have been spurred on rather than crushed by last year’s final heartbreak against ClareOnly two teams can stop Cork winning this year’s All-Ireland hurling title. One of them is Limerick and the other is Cork. There isn’t another team in the country who could do what Cork did to Tipperary in the first half of the league final. The 3-16 they amassed in the opening period is the same total Clare scored in the entire game when defeating Kilkenny in last year’s decider.

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Eamonn Sweeney

Eamonn Sweeney: Roll up and make a reservation because anything could happen on Gaelic football’s mystery tourGalway manager Pádraic Joyce speaking with Shane Walsh. Photo: Piaras Ó Mídheach/SportsfileThis year’s football championship will be a magical mystery tour. It will be the most intriguing, unpredictable and entertaining renewal in decades. Last year, a public exhausted by relentless negativity greeted championship season with battered resignation.