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'What a terrific Christmas present' - Croke Park calling for brilliant Ballygunner

“The experience of Stephen O’Keeffe and Pauric and Philip, it’s just immense. Even the younger lads, Paddy Leavey’s not old ...
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Ballygunner dominate second half to defeat St Martin's and book All-Ireland final place

But St Martin’s fought furiously to clamp down on the space available to Ballygunner and were full value for their 0-6 to 0-4 ...
Laois Nationalist

Joggers nearly poleaxed by Portlaoise ‘lamppost’

JOGGERS were nearly poleaxed by a virtually invisible ‘lamppost’ on a dark morning in Portlaoise. A local councillor received complaints after runners had a near miss with the disused vent stack, ...
The Irish Times

Fintan O’Toole: Ireland has two economies, one bourgeois, one proletarian. Both are broken

How do you know our rulers are spoofing? A cynic might say the tell is that they have their mouths open. But being sweet-natured, I would suggest two sure signs. One is that they are posing as ...
The Irish Times

Fintan O'Toole on why he believes the Government is 'spoofing' in its approach to immigration

Mature student Oriel Conway is worried about her health due to the damp and mouldy conditions in the flat that she is renting in Tallaght. Video: Bryan O’Brien Micheál Martin says he is "not any the ...
Irish Examiner

Mungret St Paul's annex first Limerick Premier U20 hurling title

Meanwhile in the second tier, Garryspillane were comfortable winners over Naomh Eoin, to collect U20 A honours ...
TheJournal.ie

Fintan O'Toole and Sam McBride Facts, not tribalism, should help decide on a united Ireland

Support from readers like you keeps The Journal open. You are visiting us because we have something you value. Independent, unbiased news that tells the truth. Advertising revenue goes some way to ...
The Irish Times

Fintan O’Toole: There’s a reason why Ireland votes for leftist presidents and right-of-centre governments

The presiding goddess of the Irish left is a bogus Aurora. False dawns brighten the gloom of repeated failure, heralding a day that never breaks. Catherine Connolly’s stunning victory in the ...
The Irish Times

For and Against a United Ireland by Fintan O’Toole and Sam McBride: Arguing to end apathy of ‘undecideds’

“We have a very, very divided community ... If you raise issues that raise the tensions and the divisions even more, you force people further apart than they already are. So why would people want to ...
Irish Examiner

Fintan McCarthy fighting far above his weight with rowing's big boys

It’s a busy day so Fintan McCarthy sits down for a chat with that enormous smile of his and a plate. White bread. Pure butter. Some sort of relish. Here, you think, is a happy consequence of the ...
The Irish Times

Fintan McCarthy and Philip Doyle claim bronze at World Rowing Championships

Ireland’s Fintan McCarthy and Philip Doyle claimed bronze in the final of the men’s double sculls at the World Rowing Championships in a steamy Shanghai on Friday. The Irish boat sat in second place ...
The Irish Times

Philip Doyle and Fintan McCarthy qualify for A final at World Rowing Championships

Three Irish crews qualified for A finals on day five of the World Rowing Championships in Shanghai on Thursday. Philip Doyle and Fintan McCarthy produced a measured performance in the semi-finals of ...