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Vincent Hogan: Nutty professor's 'disgusting' attack on Taylor is shameful

There are some things that just should not happen and one of them is Katie Taylor getting lectured on setting the right example.

Vincent Hogan: Afraid of the drop zone

ON Monday morning, Dublin hurlers played a 30-minute training match at the Amendoeira Sports Club before flying home from the Algarve.

Vincent Hogan: Hunt giving Trap food for thought

Noel Hunt admits he has been feeling like Ireland's "forgotten man" as he spearheads Reading's remarkable surge towards a place back in the Premier League.

Vincent Hogan: McCoy hails Synchronised character as Kauto legend grows in defeat

The hardest man in the West Country came home on a little bay gelding, cut from the very same stone. AP McCoy and Synchronised stole up the hill like two rumours on a breeze, the great Cheltenham throng still fussing in a distracted froth at Kauto Star's search for one last, magical hallelujah perishing in the English gloom. It was, thus, a peculiar Gold Cup day.

Vincent Hogan: 'Knuckle' shines a light on society's darker reaches

Two puffy-faced, pot-bellied grandfathers brawl in a remote midlands wood and, almost unwittingly, you find yourself taking sides. Ian Palmer's RTE TV documentary 'Knuckle' did many uncomfortable things, but maybe none more so than un-glue the sanctimony of the viewer.

Vincent Hogan: Late call a spear to the heart of Irish resolve

No children reported eaten in the big freezer unit at the bottom of Lansdowne Road, but it was probably just stupid luck.

Vincent Hogan: Flintoff did not shed any real light on dark world

Freddie Flintoff seems a likeable sort, but I can't say if he's depressive or just someone who finds public expectation a private tyranny.

Vincent Hogan: Declan said 'John, I don’t have a place for you’ I just said‘ Thanks. Goodluck’

A chuckle reaches down into the grand canyon of his rib-cage, triggering great, jolly tremors as John Hayes considers his typical day.

Vincent Hogan: Humble hero Hayes one of our greatest

The size of the space John Hayes is about to leave behind in Irish rugby won't be filled by another tighthead's jersey. That will happen only with the consolation of time. Because 'Bull's' story has left its handwriting on all our lives.

Vincent Hogan: ‘Why should age enter into anything? You’re capable of running and organising a team or you’re not’

After decades of neglect, the old boat is at last getting to stretch its legs out of Derrynane Harbour, to the growing unease of the local lobster and crayfish community.

Vincent Hogan: Cody formula still the one for chasing pack to follow

The bad news of the day gives Jimmy Barry-Murphy a work-worn air as he steps in from the rain to a cat's cradle of out-stretched media arms.

Vincent Hogan: 'He might be surly and in denial but take Dalglish out of Liverpool and the club will slide ever further away from its history and its people'

THE sacking of Damien Comolli might just qualify as Liverpool's first show of conviction in front of an open goal this season.

Vincent Hogan: Rebuilding the faith

On Monday last, some newspapers carried a premature death notice. Reports of Dublin's draw with Tipperary referenced their concluding Division 1A game this weekend against Waterford as 'a dead rubber'. That description leaned entirely on an assumption that Waterford would not have beaten Galway in Salthill the previous day. Which, of course, is precisely what they did.

Vincent Hogan: McClean bow adds romance to often cold affair

The populist cry took an age to find the ears of Giovanni Trapattoni but, when it did, it was a sound that defied resistance.

Vincent Hogan: Rory seems almost startled by the life his gifted hands have given him

Three years ago last weekend, Rory McIlroy went shopping with his dad at a mall in Palm Beach Garden. It was during the Honda Classic, the tournament McIlroy won last Sunday to go to the top of golf's world rankings. As they stepped from a courtesy car, the McIlroys were caught off guard by the sound of a welcoming voice.

Vincent Hogan: Lay off our referees

Have you ever wondered how life has been for Martin Sludden since the 2010 Leinster football final? Ever tried to imagine the cruel change embedded in his days since that chaotic July Sunday? I have.

Vincent Hogan: Gunslingers wanted

In Tipperary, the story gasps for air like a fire in need of bellows.

Vincent Hogan: Time for new warriors to step forward

THE last time Ireland won a Six Nations game with Brian O’Driscoll sitting in the stand, George Best was alive.

Vincent Hogan: So the Portlaoise brawl was symptomatic of an association in chaos through violence?

On Tuesday morning, Colm O'Rourke was on Newstalk, confidently batting away any notion of a problem with violence in the GAA.

Vincent Hogan: Kenny has a problem - Berbatov can fix it

Quite a long time ago, I disturbed Kenny Dalglish from an early evening nap. He wasn't what I expected. By that, I mean he didn't drop the telephone like the babysitter in 'When a Stranger Calls.' Actually, he didn't even bark an obscenity.

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Dublin Sightseeing Reaches New Heights

Ireland’s most iconic venue, Croke Park Stadium, announced the opening of the much anticipated Etihad Skyline tour on the roof of the historic ground. Sponsored by Etihad Airways and opening to the public on Friday 1st June, the tour offers access to a unique Croke Park rooftop walkway and spectacular panoramic views of Dublin city.

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McAreavey suspect accuses police

Avinash Treebhoowoon, 30, confessed to police about his involvement in strangling Michaela McAreavey, but now insists he was forced to sign the statement.Treebhoowoon and co-accused Sandip Moneea, 42, deny murdering the 27-year-old teacher on her honeymoon at the Legends Hotel.

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