Tag: Ukraine
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Emotional Joshua gets caught in the same trap as those who went before
Boxing is all about bravado. Maybe not to the same extent as the organised chaos that is Wrestling. But not far off it either. Eddie Hearne has made a life out of ‘playing the game’. The apple didn’t fall far from the tree either in that regard. The father and son outfit are the Don…
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The unseen cost of Putin’s war relights my fire
What way do you view war? I don’t mean as in is it good or bad. Rather, what catches your attention first and/or holds onto it the longest. Not being old enough to remember the ins and outs of the original Gulf War in 1991, it was obvious oil was at the heart thereof. Aside…
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Boylan Talks Podcast – March 11th 2022
My first Podcast in a ridiculous length of time, detailing my own mishaps, my thoughts on the situation in Ukraine from a sporting perspective and a quick look forward to the best and most important four days sport of the year.
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Blood, war and horse racing
My first video in a ridiculous length of time, detailing my own mishaps, my thoughts on the situation in Ukraine from a sporting perspective and a quick look forward to the best and most important four days sport of the year.
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Another “Attack on democracy”
It’s often said you learn something new every day. Quite rightly so too. Even if the manner in which information is imparted has altered seismically during my lifetime. Depending on the day of the week, my late father bought a minimum of two newspapers a day. Extras on a day the Irish Farmers Journal or…
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The Russians forgot the number one rule when in a hole
For kids of today, or even those slightly for whom the war in Ukraine is their first experience of such atrocities in the world, it may come as a surprise to know that there was a time when GAA – and presumably most other sports – were put into hiatus by the world being at…
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Back, out or sideways?
At some stage in our lives, we’ve probably all been told two topics never to enter discourse about in a pub were politics and religion. The latter is not something yours truly would be bothered about anyway. Simply because, if there really was a God, what is currently transpiring in the world wouldn’t be, would…
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Things you don’t expect to see
Mention has often been made in this space previously of the fact that when this writer was growing up, we only had RTE 1 and 2 on the television at home. Now read on… Thus, it was only when going with Anna and her now husband Kieran to the home of his parents, Denis and…
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Selections for Thurles – Feb. 24th 2022
1.55: DOLCITA (PAUL TOWNEND/WILLIE MULLINS) 2.30: THAT’S LIFEBOUY – EW – (LIAM QUINLAN (5)/JOHN RYAN) 3.05: FOUR COUNTRY ROADS – EW – (HARRY SWAN (7)/BRIAN MCMAHON) 3.40: THE LITTLE YANK (LIAM QUINLAN/JOHN RYAN) 4.15: RAJSALAD – EW – (CHARLIE O’DWYER (7)/CONOR O’DWYER) 4.50: SEFTON WARRIOR – EW – (AINE O’CONNOR (5)/JOHN HANLON) 5.20: BROOKLINE (PATRICK…