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# Editor's picks

All time
One of his first memories is holding a football, another is being sent to a foster home
17 Jan 2020
42.7k
8
Retiring at 26: 'You feel like it's over... I didn't know what I was going to do'
16 Jan 2020
30.9k
13
'I wanted to end it all. I thought I was a burden on everyone'
16 Jan 2020
52.5k
10
'There was the three of us - myself, my pal and Kenny Dalglish - butt naked and singing Otis Redding'
13 Jan 2020
43.3k
8
Poitín, Prohibition, Hitler and Gold – the story of Ireland’s first Olympic champion
Updated 12 Jan 2020
33.1k
10
The quiet man in Katie Taylor's corner
11 Jan 2020
43.5k
8
The Gambler: Des Smyth on how he carved out a career in cut-throat pro game
11 Jan 2020
11.1k
2
'My heart will always want to play and that's the problem' - Reflecting on a rollercoaster 19-season career
11 Jan 2020
10.8k
0
'Anyone who would have played against him would have said, 'Oh God, where did you get him from?'
11 Jan 2020
38.8k
17
The year that changed Irish rugby forever
6 Jan 2020
29.8k
15
The 83-year-old ice king - How movie stars, Bolero and 'The Barn' sparked a lifelong love affair
27 Dec 2019
14.5k
3
'Everyone's path is different, I wouldn't do it any other way... it makes me the person I am'
27 Dec 2019
12.6k
13
'It is always there: 'You need to live your life just like Lynch would.' He left a mark on everyone'
27 Dec 2019
29.2k
5
A weekend in crisis: Kilmarnock captain Gary Dicker opens his doors with the club in turmoil for a glimpse of the reality
26 Dec 2019
25.2k
6
'If someone hears my name and thinks, that's the guy who was sexually abused, I'm okay with that'
26 Dec 2019
35.3k
12
TV Wrap - The top 10 sporting TV moments of 2019
25 Dec 2019
24.0k
9
'I used to get letters about how I was going to go to hell and 'there's still time to save your soul''
25 Dec 2019
48.0k
23
'They were just such special kids' - the school that produced five of Dublin's six All-Ireland final defenders
25 Dec 2019
29.1k
4
A dressing-down from Keane, making the grade at Man City and getting the better of Casillas
24 Dec 2019
24.5k
3
'I like the person I become the harder stuff gets'
23 Dec 2019
18.7k
3
After 6 years in Australia, the All-Ireland winner starting out again with Cork
21 Dec 2019
40.1k
11
No social media, no fancy cars, no excuses and no bulls***! The gospel according to Daryl Horgan
15 Dec 2019
52.8k
11
‘We got you this evening, John; we were in first’ - the culture that put Skibbereen Rowing Club on the map
14 Dec 2019
18.3k
5
TV Wrap - A bit of the old magic remains as Dunphy, Brady and Giles reunite
5 Dec 2019
33.6k
28
'That was my final track race. She didn't even try to win the race, she just tried to beat me'
4 Dec 2019
73.1k
7
'The reason why we don't want to let go is because we're not getting that approval anymore'
30 Nov 2019
20.8k
4
'I didn't start boxing to win an Olympic medal... Every day I'm here is a day I'm winning at life'
30 Nov 2019
15.5k
2
'Sonia told us in her Leaving Cert Irish Oral exam she was going to be in the Olympics'
25 Nov 2019
22.1k
10
TV Wrap - A requiem for Aertel and Page 220
7 Nov 2019
43.0k
64
Katie Taylor is becoming their champion as well as our own
6 Nov 2019
19.8k
8
'It’s inevitable that it will happen. You have no power over it, why worry about it?'
Updated 5 Nov 2019
54.3k
16
'When he was dying he said to me: ‘Jack is going to play for Ireland, he’s special’'
2 Nov 2019
71.8k
13
'I got lost in many ways' - Marcus O'Sullivan on running for his life, exit strategies and a lingering regret
28 Oct 2019
35.0k
17
How Brogan reacted to a reduced role in his post-prime years showed his true measure
24 Oct 2019
21.7k
29
We have a new book! Our brand-new collection of great Irish sports stories is out now
22 Oct 2019
7.3k
2
Rory Best can bow out of rugby as one of Ireland's great captains
20 Oct 2019
7.8k
10
'I realised that he never really treated me like a girl or a boy... he completely let me be who I wanted to be'
19 Oct 2019
18.5k
3
Analysis: How can Ireland go about beating the All Blacks in Tokyo?
17 Oct 2019
37.8k
32
Letter from Tbilisi: George W Bush St, the DOD and 19th century meals
14 Oct 2019
13.3k
4
'I just remember the pain of being so completely lost' - How a lifelong wanderer rediscovered his path
13 Oct 2019
38.1k
8
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