Tommy Martin

1 week ago | irishexaminer.com | Tommy Martin

HERE are worse things going on in the world, but if there’s one bunch of people it’s hard not to feel sorry for this week it’s the players, management and supporters of Drogheda United Football Club. They should have been eagerly plotting their travels in this season’s Europa Conference League, the reward for their FAI Cup final triumph over Derry City last November. Take us with you this summer.

2 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Tommy Martin

Regular readers of this column – and a big hello to both of you – will remember a certain amount of eye-rolling prose about Cristiano Ronaldo blubbing like a baby after missing a penalty in extra-time of Portugal’s Euro 2024 Round of 16 tie with Slovenia last summer. If I remember correctly, the point was that he was too long in the tooth to be crying about a game of football. The price of new set of tyres? Wife using vintage Pearl Jam t-shirt to clean the windows?

3 weeks ago | irishexaminer.com | Tommy Martin

“ANOTHER factor as well is we expect to have no holiday next summer,” said Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson, explaining his decision to rest most of Ireland’s English Championship-based players for the upcoming friendlies against Senegal and Luxembourg. “We expect to go straight from the season into the World Cup in the US," he added. Subscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner.

1 month ago | irishexaminer.com | Tommy Martin

Can we have nothing nice anymore? It used to be one of the highlights of the spring season. The evenings got longer, the air got warmer, and Paris Saint-Germain would tumble out of the Champions League in hilarious style. Subscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner.

1 month ago | irishexaminer.com | Tommy Martin

So posted a Colombian sports journalist called Richard José Durán this week, sharing with his X followers the now-famous image of Damien Duff getting around his touchline ban for Shelbourne’s game against Bohemians by, as Ricardo says, “watching the match from one of the mountains bordering Dalymount Park.”  Subscribe to access all of the Irish Examiner.