Tag: Covid-19
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Rare occasions when being in a wheelchair works to your advantage!
No, you did not misread the headline. Whatever about being advantageous from a parking point of view or skipping queues or such like, over the most weekend there was an advantage that had to be seen to be believed! Well, that would’ve been the case were it not an instance of being forewarned and forearmed. […]
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We are the only dopes if we swallow this one
Lance Armstrong – even mention of the guy’s name makes my skin crawl. For me, it’s the deception. Yes over what he ‘achieved’ on the bike under a cloud of shame. But the deceit goes even further than that. There’s trying to decipher what was real from what wasn’t. I mean, he was obviously a […]
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Would You Like To Buy My Books?
Over the last couple of years I have written and published two books – “Heroics And Heartache” and ” Rolling Down Memory Lane”. Details about both and how you can purchase them are contained within.
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Creating greatness all in a day’s work for gentleman Murray
1996 was some year for me. My first full summer with a powered wheelchair, Meath winning the All Ireland and da getting our first van which meant the power chair could be brought everywhere. That hadn’t always been the case. Of greater significance than any of the above, however, was the construction of the flat […]
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Even silage sides wouldn’t save some of the load from being a problem this time
July 11th last marked a dozen years since Joe Sheridan scored the most controversial goal ever recorded in Croke Park. A guess would be hazarded that even at this stage Meath supporters are sick talking about it. Yet in recent days, once again, it has been returned to for comparative purposes. You see, only weeks […]
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Irish eyes smiling for different reasons
It had to happen, didn’t it? Anytime they have been required to deliver big when it mattered most, Munster have answered the call. Against the All Blacks, 1978, The Miracle Match, then defeating Glasgow days after Axel Foley was laid to rest. And again on Sunday. Yet, in ways, for this observer at least, Sunday’s […]
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Ramblings From The Seat
In our first output in this arena of 2022,I discuss a weekend of mixed fortunes for Meath team as the GAA season got going in earnest. There were victories for the Meath and Trim footballers and reversals for the Dunboyne lady footballers and Meath hurlers. Finally for this episode, there are details of how you […]
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No winners as Djokovic double faults
When is a party not a party? That’s surely the hottest topic in the UK at the moment. As Boris remains trapped in a quandary trying to differentiate between his head and his backside. Apparently Bono, Eamon Ryan and Pat Kenny are in hiding with him. Hopefully Bojo has hidden the keys and isolated the […]
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Newman calls time on Royal service
Kilmainham’s Mickey Newman tonight announced his retirement from inter county football. The languid, accurate forward previously stepped away in 2020 in an effort to recover from a succession of injuries which blighted his career but returned to the fold last season. Very similar to Brian Stafford in style of play and place-kicking, Newman was part […]
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Meath’s season opener called off
Saturday’s O’Byrne Cup clash between Wicklow and Meath, scheduled for the Bray Emmets club grounds, has been postponed. Leinster Council has confirmed this morning that the opening round clash has been postponed, with a combination of injuries and Covid close contacts in the Wicklow squad understood to be the reason. With both teams set to play […]