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Aidan Forker: 'It only becomes special if you win it'
By John Harrington Aidan Forker has learned the value of channelling the emotion of sport in the most productive way. It wasn’t an overnight process. Earlier in his career there were a couple of times he saw red that he still looks a bit rueful about when he recalls them.
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The Big Interview - Anthony Daly
By Tom Stakelum
As the 2024 GAA All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship Final comes into view, the Rebel Army and the Banner battalion are preparing for battle. It’s been 11 years for Clare and 19 years for Cork. A long time coming you might say.
How about 81 years? This was
Thursday 18 July 2024
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It's all about the journey for Patrick Horgan
By John Harrington
It’s the Monday after Cork have beaten Limerick in the All-Ireland SHC semi-final, and we’re in Páirc Uí Chaoimh for their All-Ireland Final media night.
Patrick Horgan walks into the auditorium with the sort of easy, confident stroll that evokes a Hollywood gunslinger entering a saloon.
He
Thursday 18 July 2024
football
Coaches behind enemy lines
By Tom Stakelum
Then: Kieran Donaghy, Four Time All-Ireland SFC Winner, 2006 Footballer of the Year, Kerry footballing icon, their ‘Star’.
Now: Kieran Donaghy, all of the above, AND Armagh Senior Football Coach. As the ‘Stacks’ man preps the Orchard charges to ambush his Kingdom, there will be a familiar
Friday 12 July 2024
football
Laverty fully invested in Down passion project
By John Harrington
Anecdotal stories probably only give a flavour of the commitment that Conor Laverty is currently giving to Down football, but they tell a tale nonetheless.
The day-to-day business of managing the county’s senior footballers must be onerous enough, and yet the grapevine hums with sightings of Laverty
Friday 12 July 2024
football
John O'Mahony always kept the faith
By John Harrington
The reaction to John O’Mahony’s sad and untimely passing last Saturday has underscored two truths – that he was a very decent man, and one of the most innovative managers in the history of Gaelic football.
I had the good fortune of getting to know ‘Johnno’ in
Monday 8 July 2024
hurling
Age brings perspective for once obsessive Hegarty
By John Harrington
Gearoid Hegarty had the unfortunate distinction of being the only Limerick player who started last year’s All-Ireland Final who didn’t end the year with an All-Star nomination.
You could argue that was harsh considering how well he played in the All-Ireland series, but he clearly paid for
Saturday 6 July 2024
football
Brian Howard happy to pay it on
By John Harrington
He’s an eight-year veteran of the Dublin senior football team, so you almost do a double-take when Brian Howard mentions he’s still only 26.
There’s a good chance he’s only at the mid-point of his career, so by the time he finally hangs up his boots his
Friday 28 June 2024
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The wisdom and wit of Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh
By John Harrington
The outpouring of love, respect, and sadness since news broke of Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh’s passing on Tuesday spoke volumes of the man.
How did the broadcasting legend manage to make such an equally positive impression on those he met and those who only connected to him through
Thursday 27 June 2024