Tag: News Ticker
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Logic often has no place in a fickle world
#RACING Seeing young people now switching options subjects in secondary school or – more pointedly – switching courses at the next level up brings back memories. It’s probable that we all had that one subject in school that almost instantly prompted regret at its very uptake.
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Taking comfort in sporting success
Death seems to naturally prompt reflection. Most obviously for the family and loved ones of the deceased but also by those whose lives have been touched by the departed. There’s been too much of it in these parts. Forgive me while I lament awhile. It seems to be the case in this locality these things…
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Change may seem certain but hold the drastic headlines
#GAA There’s been a lot of mention of seminal moments in this space lately. Which is interesting as it’s only a year or so ago your columnist first encountered the word. Whilst ingesting the enjoyable, educational and much missed work of Hugh McIlvanney. His abdication – along with Con Houlihan’s gracing of the press room…
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Any situation is what you make of it for yourself
#OLYMPICS Trying to maintain one’s personal dignity whilst dealing with life’s ‘natural needs’ is one of the most debilitating and often distressing aspects of travelling life’s journey with a disability. Put simply, not being able to go where and do what you want, out of fear of being caught in an upsetting and undignified situation.For…
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Excited optimism tempered by realism
#GAA #MEATH You probably expected this piece to appear here before now. And the truth is it could, and probably should, have. Various reasons necessitated the delay in production, however. It may not necessarily have been a bad thing either. Now read on…
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An unforgettable journey – and that was just for us fans!
#RACING Whilst enjoying what has becoming a regrettably rare visit to a favourite hostelry, my company on the occasion mentioned that he’d recently been in the army base on The Curragh. Mention of the hallowed place eternally evokes memories of the late Lt. Gen Dermot Earley. A gentle giant of a man – in every…
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Often, the real story lies away from the headlines
Around this time last year, a piece which would have been considered unusual to emanate from these quarters was produced. It pertained to the then impending sale of a piece of property with which there was an especial family connection. Now read on…
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#GAA – Change for the sake of it helps nothing
The immediate aftermath of the 1995 #Leinster football final was one of the few occasions tears were shed over a match result. Now, as was stated to someone a while ago, heartache that day was somewhat nullified by the kindness of #Dublin’s Paul Curran thereafter.
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**Clonee 10k**
“In a recent piece commenting on the above event, the name of #Dunboyne AC’s Clodagh Dunphy was erroneously omitted from those who who made up the winning Ladies team at the event. Unreserved apologies are offered to Clodagh and all concerned for any upset or inconvenience caused”
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Greatness graces every generation and needn’t be devalued
#TENNIS Towards the end of my primary education, the concept of the GAA Summer Camp was introduced. It was actually my final year on the first part of the education ladder. However, through the kindness of Willie Lyons, the late Peter Clarke and coaches Colm Brady and James Battersby, permission was granted for me to…