SPORTS REPORTER - Brendan Crossan has worked in the Irish News sports department since 1999. He started out as a placement student and somehow bluffed his way into a staff position a year later.
A Belfast native, his sporting interests include soccer, boxing and gaelic games. He writes The Boot Room sports column every Friday.
Highlights of his career are interviewing boxing legend Tommy Hearns and covering the 2002 World Cup finals and Euro 2012 as the newspaper's Republic of Ireland correspondent.
UNDONE by a wonderful 50th minute goal from Benjamin Pavard, the Republic of Ireland couldn’t have given it more in tonight’s nerve-shredding Euro 2024 opener with France.
2024 European Championships Qualifying Group B: Republic of Ireland 0 France 1 UNDONE by a wonderful 50th minute goal from Benjamin Pavard, the Republic of Ireland couldn’t have given any more of themselves in last night’s nerve-shredding Euro 2024 opener with France.
REPUBLIC of Ireland defender Dara O’Shea says he will “relish” the challenge of facing World Cup finalists France in Monday night’s Euro 2024 showdown in Dublin.