Tag: Keane Barry
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Sideline Cuts – 44
McCloskey In From The Cold The major talking point from the Irish rugby team announced to take on the All Blacks in Chicago on Saturday night has been the inclusion of Stuart McCloskey to partner Garry Ringrose in the centre. It will be the 33-year-old’s first start in green since 2023. Other notable occurrences include…
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Littler and Sherrock on potential collision course
Should Fallon Sherrock, as would be expected, overcome Ryan Miekel in the first round of the William Hill sponsored World Darts Championship, the Queen of the Palace will then be faced with the more ominous proposition of potentially being nuked by last year’s runner up Luke Littler. Other potential pairings pulled out in Monday evening’s…
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Call me Grinch if you must but in this corner sport saves #Dartsmas!
It’s beginning to look a lot like #Dartsmas. If you’ve been perusing content in this location for any length at all you’ll know the months of November and December are absolutely detested here. It’s been so for more than a decade at this stage but has been amplified to incalculable levels since da departed for…
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Barry bites the dust at first hurdle
It was very much a mixed bag in terms of Irish interest on the opening night of the Cazoo World Championships of Darts at the Alexandra Palace in London. Veteran thrower Mickey Mansell threw the first darts and the first 180 of the tournament as the Ulsterman recorded a rare victory for himself on the…
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PDC World Championship 2022 Draw
Fallon Sherrock wlll have the honour of leading off this year’s World Darts Championship when taking on The Bronze Adonis, Steve Beaton on opening night, Should ‘The Queen Of The Palace’ manage to negotiate her way past Beaton – making a record breaking 31st appearance in the sport’s showpiece – she would be on a…
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No place for romance at the top table
To again wheel out a quote often utilised here previously, Just as quickly as it started, the firing stopped… And with it went the dreams of a village, a county, a country and a supremely talented young man. For now at least. With it came a stark reminder that very often there’s no place for…
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Just when we thought it was safe to feel normal…
Never in my near four decades on this big round ball was it ever envisaged the following words would be uttered here, but, I cannot wait for the GAA season to be over. And I couldn’t care less if it never re-started. Look, it’s only a phase. I know that, and anybody who has spent…