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Vincent Hogan: Nation laments lack of sparkle

Vincent Hogan Monday February 08 2010

Even from the top-most rim of Croke Park, you could hear the grumbles begin to creak and groan, like early-morning rolling stock.

Italians drag Ireland down to their level

Monday February 08 2010

If anyone still doubts the seriousness of the problems confronting Six Nations rugby, the definitive case was presented at Croke Park on Saturday. Italy were woefully uncompetitive and a route simply has to be found to get Italian rugby into the Magners League.

Poor standard of maths and science 'costs €8bn a year'

Monday February 08 2010

IRELAND could be an average of €8bn a year better off if today's 15-year-olds were world-class students of science and maths.

The game at a glance

Monday February 08 2010

Star turn

Laboured display puts paid to any early momentum

Sunday February 07 2010

If the Six Nations Championship is the jewel in the crown of northern hemisphere rugby, then the bits that shine least are those which feature Italy playing away from home. So for the 77,686 who turned up to Croke Park on a beautiful day, the key ingredient was missing: they knew from the start who was going to win.

Ireland v Italy: Clockwatch

Sunday February 07 2010

1: Italy kick-off, and the 2010 Six Nations is under way.

O'Driscoll's inspiration only crumb of comfort

Sunday February 07 2010

Turgid performance will see Kidney's men head to Paris as underdogs, writes John O'Brien

Uninspired Ireland need new game plan for France

Sunday February 07 2010

In a dreadful match, Ireland had the expected victory over Italy, whose away record of just one win gave them little hope in Croke Park. The Azzurri were further handicapped by the loss of their influential No 8, Sergio Parisee.

Romance in the air -- for some

Sunday February 07 2010

It hardly sets the right tone, but oh well. Nigella Lawson is doing nothing for Valentine's Day. "I stopped believing once I grew up," she tells me. The domestic goddess says that happened when she left Oxford University. And there was me thinking she and Maurice Saatchi were the last of the great new romantics. "Valentine's Day is not about romance," she says, "but sentimentality."

Central Bank staying quiet on spouse trips

Sunday February 07 2010

The Central Bank has refused to confirm or deny if the former governor of the Central Bank, John Hurley, was accompanied by his wife when he went on a taxpayer-funded trip to a symposium in the Rocky mountain ski resort of Jackson Hole.

Money too haute couture to mention

Sunday February 07 2010

'Wearing it is like putting on a pair of wings," remarked fashion heavyweight Amanda Harlech, commenting on the wonder of haute couture. Her words were said during the 2010/2011 haute couture showcase in Paris last week, an event at which the mood was decidedly mixed.