Karen Duggan, Dave Hannigan and Ciarán Murphy are all on top form in their columns in the sports section today
and though nobody in the FAI or the World Cup squad is prepared to go on the record yet, he has found a few nuggets of explanation as to why the Pauw era has come to an end.
It’s the first day of the Irish Women’s Open golf tournament in Dromoland Castle today and while Philip Reid’s preview leaves you in no doubt who the star attraction is, the class of the batch of young Irish golfers coming up behind Leona Maguire would make anyone excited for the future. “Their quality is obvious,” Philip writes. “Áine Donegan, for one,. She is 21 and a business student at Louisiana State University. Beth Coulter is 19, and a student at Arizona State.
Staying on golf , Dave Hannigan’s column today takes Donald Trump’s latest barefaced lie – he apparently shot a 67 at his club in Bedminster last week –. “For the average American male, braggadocio often comes as standard and lying about sporting achievements, especially those in their youth, is woven into their DNA... Paunchy Walter Mittys spinning spurious yarns about imaginary brushes with sporting greatness are as plentiful around here as former presidents falsifying golf scores.
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