Tag: Taoiseach
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Glen Hansard – RIP
“Imagine, it’s your last day on earth, it’s a Paddy’s Day, and you might have had a drink, just the one”! “Then, Brendan Behan’s song strikes up and you’re reminded you’re in the most special place on earth”. That was my introduction to Glen Hansard. On a YouTube video of a concert at the Royal…
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A picture paints a thousand words but may need more to repair
I’m a sucker for pomp and ceremony. Whether it be something like a Royal wedding or funeral over the water – or the trials and tribulations of Andy MW – or a Presidential Inauguration here or in the States. Add being a bit of a political junkie to that mix and Catherine Connolly receiving her…
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Humble Messiah O’Mahony’s greatness lay in his quiet approach
Joe Brolly tells a story about the late former Derry manager Eamonn Coleman pulling a newspaper cutting out of his back pocket minutes before the team were due to take the field for a crunch Ulster SFC encounter. The cutting was an ‘article’ in which a player – possibly Tony Scullion but I can’t swear…
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The seismic Irish political development of the current era
There are occurrences in world history which – no matter how long may have passed since them – (a) you will never forget where you were when they happened and (b) will remain part of public discourse long after they actually happen. Now, part a of the above may not apply in this case, but…
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Boylan Sports Wordle No. 16
He never lost the faith and is always in the swing of things. https://mywordle.strivemath.com/?word=hcnuj
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Boylan Talks Sport – Weekly Brain Workout – No. 18
A nice variety in this week’s edition, including a couple that are sure to require the thinking caps!
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Selections For Killarney – July 13th 2021
4.20: FICTITIOUS LADY – EW – (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 4.55: PUNAKHA (BILLY LEE/WILLIE MCCREERY) 5.25: CHUMMIE – EW – (CHLOE BYRNE (10)/TED WALSH) 5.55: WEE PABLO – EW – (DYLAN B. MCMONAGLE (3)/PAT MARTIN) 6.25: JEFF KIDDER (COLIN KEANE/NOEL MEADE) 6.55: LORD OF THE MANOR (WAYNE LORDAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 7.25: MAGIC CHEGEGA – EW – (OISIN…
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Watch “A Jab Lift Of A Different Kind” on YouTube
Being primarily a sports writer/content producer has been challenging to say the least amid the chaos of Covid-19’s infestation of the world. However, there may be light at the end of a very dark tunnel. Both on a personal level and on a broader scale. Firstly as getting the initial stage of the antidote will…