Tag: Disabled Journalist
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Late Lunch LMFM 20/5/25
In conversation with Gerry Kelly on our local radio station in relation about my recent piece in the Sunday Independent about disabled viewing facilities in Croke Park.
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The opposite to Shannon Noll’s song
When making the journey through life on wheels – or with any type of disability – the temptation and opportunities to defer to the lyrics of Australian singer/song writer Shannon Noll are numerous. “What about me, it isn’t fair, I’ve had enough now I want my share”. However, that was not my motivation in writing…
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Have wheels will travel… If only the opportunity was afforded
FOGRA: This writer hates repetition as much as the rest of ye. But, rather the deploying my usual line of justification about matters retaining relevance over time, with what you will read hereafter, the drum will be banged until it smashes and the stick falls out its ar** end. Now read on… There he was.…
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One brave warrior’s special day exposes GAA bluff
Early April, 1999, but it’s more like a day in November. Wind and rain sheet into the old disabled viewing area in Croke Park. The corner where the Nally Stand and Hill 16 meet. The kindly old Steward, Bobby, who da and I had got to know from years of being in and out, says…
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Happiness is…
After a long five years, back ‘on the horse’ today. Getting rid of uninvited decorations in the grass before #Hay2024 Tell me I can’t do something and I’ll make it my business to prove you wrong, or bust a gut trying!
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My Jarlath Burns Wishlist
Following on from my first piece relating to the new President of the GAA, Jarlath Burns, as promised, I do have a broader wish list of what I’d hope/like to see the former Armagh midfielder address during his stewardship of the Association. Before going forward to that though, let me first go back to that…
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Selections for Curragh – Sept. 10th 2023
1.50: DANDYVILLE – EW – (BILLY LEE/NATALIA LUPINI) 2.25: UNLESS – EW – (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 2.55: HIGHFIELD PRINCESS (JASON HART/JOHN QUINN, IN GB) 3.25: YLANG YLANG (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 4.00: CITY OF TROY (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 4.35: KYPRIOS (RYAN MOORE/AIDAN O’BRIEN) 5.10: NIKKI SWANGO – EW – (SEAMIE HEFFERNAN/NATALIA LUPINI) 5.45: GENUINE ARTICLE –…
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A shining example of what could be on an otherwise dark day
When sport is as intrinsic a part of life as it is in my case, there will always be moments which stand out. In this case, reference is being made to happenings outside of the action itself. Now read on… For example, Liam Harnan turning hay on the morning of the fourth game between Meath…
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Sowing the seeds on the road to God knows where
While in the vast majority of ways it could be said that the vast majority of the most recent Christmas/New Year period passed off peacefully in these quarters, there was the not-so-small matter of the senior bossman here having an unwanted meeting with – and kicking the ass of – Covid-19. Having something like that…
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A comforting voice but still an emotional storm
It had to be him. His comforting voice, which had seen myself, my family and so many others through and over so much. Now read on… No secret has been of the fact that at times I haven’t reacted well to all of the restrictions forced upon us by Covid-19. At all. And yes, I…