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This month
January 2025
The tragedy that shook Manchester United to its core
Last month
December 2024
'Heart, Be at Peace' by Donal Ryan named the An Post Irish Book of the Year
Last year
2024
Johnny Sexton autobiography wins Irish Sports Book of the Year
The deep ties that bind Vince McMahon, Donald Trump and pro wrestling
Here are the 6 nominees for Irish Sports Book of the Year
Historian: During apartheid, the IRFU made the extraordinary decision to tour South Africa
Liam O'Callaghan
The 'New Irish' aren't so new - people of colour have lived here for centuries
The Irishman who faced Novak Djokovic against all the odds
Conor Niland chats to The 42 about his new book ‘The Racket’.
How disgraced Irish swim coach George Gibney made a new life in America
'The greats in tennis often become known by their first names... The rest of us are known by a number'
Why French (and Irish) fans are perpetually having the same debate
A new book, ‘Va-Va-Voom,’ explores France’s modern football history.
How a sports book ‘no one's going to want to read’ became ‘a masterpiece’
Extract: 'I felt a kind of bereavement for the Mayo of my youth and my stories'
Colin Barrett
All time
'It brought back so many nightmares. Not memories . . . nightmares' - Pat Spillane
The most decorated footballer ever details the hell he was subjected to after taking a stand for rural Ireland, and argues that RTÉ have misjudged their audience.
'They were more or less saying that playing soccer for Ireland doesn't really mean anything'
Extract: 'With the GAA's nationalist ties, Irish soccer faced a strong challenge'
Conor Curran
'Every time you play now, you feel so lucky' - Ciaran Murphy's love letter to the GAA
The life and death of the man who 'saved' Alex Ferguson's career
Extract: 'Gently paced and physically undemanding, the voyage was the essence of slow travel'
Gwen Wilkinson
Extract: Colman Noctor's 4-7 Zone - 'it turns out moderation is key'
Dr Colman Noctor
How one football game in 1989 changed Phil Quinlan’s life forever
‘There's a segment of America that doesn't like LeBron... Fox News has really gone after him'
Extract: 'I didn't see a future for myself then and never imagined I'd reach where I am today'
Jennifer Carroll
The story of the world champion who ended up in a homeless shelter
Prince Harry's memoir becomes fastest-selling non-fiction book in UK since records began
French journalists go on trial accused of blackmailing the king of Morocco
Psychologist: Media coverage of Prince Harry's book is the perfect example of 'bad news sells'
Dr Jolanta Burke
Harry's latest TV interviews make waves in UK press as new book to launch
Poll: Will you read Prince Harry's book?
'March 2nd, 2014 was one of the most important days of my life'
'So, what’s your best Phil Mickelson story?'
England's 'superiority complex' held them back for decades, so what has changed?
The story of how Belgium went from no-hopers to world number one
Donal Fallon: The Castle, the intrigue and the Italians - welcome to old Dublin's Ship Street
Donal Fallon
‘Players have trust issues because a lot of people outside of football will try to take advantage of you’
‘You box, you grin and you get knocked out’ - Roddy Collins on life
A mystery novel set during 1816 chosen as the 2023 One Dublin One Book
Bono announces book tour across 14 cities ahead of release of memoir
The Irish Read: 'Summers were for plants and foolishness, autumns for oblivion'
Extract: Making sense of a united Ireland - which was long deemed impossible
Brendan O'Leary