The whole country is walking.

ONE small advantage of not inhabiting the southern media bubble 24/7 is the occasional bit of clarity the bit of distance affords you.

Picking a best 15 is never without its controversies.

Many may, with some justification, be annoyed at the self-indulgence of some footballers, male and female, and wonder if everyone really is playing by the same rules. 

One of the men name-checked in Mickey Harte’s book, ‘Kicking Down Heaven’s Door’ transformed the way I think about coaching.

LORCAN Martin’s evening job is as a football coach. Now manager of Edendork, he was involved with Fermanagh and Tyrone U21s before joining Mattie McGleenan during his spell in Cavan.

?My uncle Kevin O'Neill was a legend.

OCCASIONALLY I get asked to go into schools to chat to children about the joyous profession of journalism.

DIFFERENT year, another lockdown.

It's still unnecessary, and often insulting, to refer to the colour of someone's skin - but many Uruguayan footballers seem to disagree.

Per head of population there are more fanatics in Armagh than in any other county in Ireland.

AT the Football Association of Ireland’s recent online AGM, it was revealed that among their €76m debt, the embattled governing body were being forced to pay Sports Direct €100,000 every month until October 2025.

DURING my 46 years on this earthly soil I’ve been blessed to come under the orbit of some great teachers, coaches and managers.

What's rare is wonderful, so there was a strange double at Anfield on Sunday night.

There will be a time in the not-too-distant future when Dublin players won’t even celebrate an All-Ireland final victory.

Out on the bikes on Sunday morning, we switched the scheduled route and ended up riding past the GAA pitch in Newbridge.

Less than two days after the strangest GAA year in living memory came to an end, plans for the next one, that promises – if that’s the right word – to be every bit as peculiar, were unveiled

DONAL Og Cusack knows how to rain on someone’s parade.

The life, and death, of Gerard Houllier can teach valuable lessons.