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# highs and lows

Last year
2023
UCC survive Donnelly-inspired Queens comeback to advance on penalties
All time
Troy Parrott gets off the mark and injures himself celebrating on a mixed day for Irish strikers
A ruthless exit in Britain, rejuvenation at Sligo and Ireland ambitions
'There was a little phase there when I was thinking, 'Yeah, this is no craic at all''
Sanita Puspure fails to qualify for single sculls final
Olympic Breakfast: joy and despair as Irish medal contenders get going
'I've struggled with confidence along the way' - dropping other sports, injuries and team-mates as role models
'The more often you play them, the more you realise they're just 15 blokes as well'
Murphy hopeful of playing bigger World Cup role after 'rollercoaster' week
The Irish striker whose 'little demons' couldn't get the better of him
Kildare star Curley flying the flag in Grand Final after taking different route Down Under
Solskjaer reflects on 'rollercoaster' start to life as Man United boss
Irish midfielder Richie Towell on target in Championship before 100th-minute equaliser
Leo Varadkar says his 2018 low point was the government's handling of the CervicalCheck scandal
From exhilarating highs to gut-wrenching lows: 2018, the year A Star Was Born
'I was 13 when they named the squad for the Kennedy Cup. I wasn't picked - I remember bawling my eyes out'
'I remember thinking, 'Oh my God, that's it - I'm never going to play for Ireland''
Hole-in-one not enough as tournament favourite Dunne misses the cut in Morocco
Leaving Galway to join Man City as a 16-year-old, multiple leg breaks and chasing Premier League promotion
Highs and lows! The most memorable moments of the Ladies football and camogie year
‘I wasn’t planning to stop swimming… It was a pretty abrupt decision’
'My father's heart attack made us stronger as a family - and as a business'
‘I’d been released by Blackburn... I was at a crossroads in my career’
'It turned my world upside down. Football gave me a focus and it's nearly my therapy'
8 winners and 8 losers from the 2017 Allianz Football League
Danny Willett's brother live tweeting the final round was nearly as good as the golf itself
Johnston moves Cavan into promotion frame as Westmeath push Limerick towards the drop
In pictures: The highs and lows of provincial deciders
'I know so many people are touched with this disease' - Cork star O'Connor