Rugby comes home and it’s well worth the wait

Saturday, July 31st, 2010

Today saw the first rugby game in the new Lansdowne Road stadium (I’ll start calling it by its sponsored name when that particular insurance company pays me some money or offers me a job!) and I was lucky enough to pick up a premium level ticket.
The event was a match between Leinster & Ulster [...]

Ireland legends react to Aviva Stadium opening

Saturday, May 15th, 2010

Former Ireland Internationals Keith Wood, Ray Houghton, Packie Bonnar and Reggie Corrigan give their thoughts on the new Aviva Stadium and the old Lansdowne Road, at the Aviva Stadium opening on Friday.

What’s in a name

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

I offer my sincerest apologies for the title but given the disservice Vincent Browne’s sub-editor did for the name of the article he wrote that this is in response to, it’s only fair that I used a dire headline.
In that piece Browne took issue with the sporting bodies for selling the naming rights to Lansdowne Road [...]