Wasn't always so rosy
IT IS only a couple of weeks more than 12 months ago to the day - February 20 to be exact - that Rosaleen McGrath went to watch John play...
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Daragh Ó Conchúir
Any Sport Will Do
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- May 16, 2020
- 4 min
"If everyone waits until they find out the money's not there, it will be too late" - Nallen calls fo
LEGENDARY point-to-point producer John Nallen has called on racing’s superpowers such as Coolmore, Godolphin and the Aga Khan to forego...
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- May 9, 2019
- 4 min
I feel like I get more done when I have more things to do - Chloe Foxe
CHLOE FOXE is taking time out from completing a college assignment to chat. The conversation flows, the 21-year-old at ease with...
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- Dec 20, 2017
- 8 min
The man who makes the big decisions
RACING is all about opinions but some count more than others. When it comes to rating horses under national hunt rules, senior...
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- Dec 20, 2017
- 4 min
Noel O'Brien Q & A
NOEL O’Brien is the Irish senior national hunt handicapper, responsible for rating every horse that runs under national hunt rules. It...
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- Aug 16, 2017
- 3 min
Auction For Adrian
I MOVED to Kildare the week before Christmas in 2002, to take up a new job as sports editor of The Kildare Nationalist. It was exciting...
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- Jul 22, 2017
- 12 min
Dr: Adrian McGoldrick: Guardian of the track
"That man should be made a saint. Words can't describe how amazing he was, and still is, for me.” Mark Enright “The only standard is the...
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- Jul 14, 2017
- 14 min
More than a player with skill and talent - Johnny Doyle
LUKE WADE is an 11-year-old from Old Parish, Co Waterford who is entranced by football and so you would expect his favourite footballer,...
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- Jul 6, 2017
- 11 min
Kate Kelly: parting from her great love of camogie
“Someone told me when the time is right to give up you’ll know and that’s what I’ve gone on. It never crossed my mind this winter but you...
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- Jun 9, 2017
- 4 min
"If you see somebody pulling on one of your sisters it's like a red flag in front of a bull"
ANNA FARRELL has noticed a transformation towards camogie among the general public in Kilkenny. It had been difficult to gain any...
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- May 26, 2017
- 3 min
McDaid and Okunbor to trial at AFL Combine
GALWAY senior Cillian McDaid and last year’s All-Ireland minor winner with Kerry Stefan Okunbor have been invited to attend the annual...
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- May 24, 2017
- 6 min
Zach on the up with fresh challenge
ZACH Tuohy chuckles at the memory of that first phone call from AFL scout Gerard Sholly. At 17, he didn’t know an Australian accent from...
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- May 20, 2017
- 3 min
Walsh rejects criticism of AFL's recruitment of Irish players
FORMER Cavan footballer and current AFL coach Nicholas Walsh has rejected criticism of the recruitment of GAA players by AFL clubs. Mark...
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- May 16, 2017
- 10 min
Holden out for a hero
AROUND Kilkenny, if the names Shefflin, Cody and Holden come in conversation, the likelihood is that hurling will be the topic, with...
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- May 5, 2017
- 9 min
Murphy looking to unleash the magic
OISÍN MURPHY seems to have been around a long time but then he was so young when he shot to prominence. He handled that meteoric rise...
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- Apr 23, 2017
- 5 min
"The hardest part was just not playing" - Niamh McCarthy
THERE was a time, even as she had barely entered her teens, when it seemed inevitable that the Niamh McCarthy would play for Cork. “I...
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- Apr 21, 2017
- 4 min
Dunphy relishing combination of work and play
IT WAS the second minute of injury time when Aisling Dunphy entered the fray. Kilkenny were four points clear of Cork, their supporters...
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- Apr 21, 2017
- 3 min
Non-Trier Rule for punters rather than horses, says Power
IRISH Grand National-winning jockey Robbie Power says that the updated Non-Trier Rule means that jockeys will be riding for punters and...
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- Apr 14, 2017
- 2 min
Sligo without key players for potential Big Apple banana skin
SLIGO manager Niall Carew must plan without a number of key players when his side make the journey to New York for their preliminary...
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- Apr 14, 2017
- 7 min
"I had him in a slatted house in Ballintubber and when the lads came to get him he was eating a roun
IT IS another of those quintessential national hunt stories that captures the very essence of jump racing. “Katie has done a great job...
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