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'Bad guys are supposed to lose. I change that. I win'
24 Dec 2017
33.1k
15
'We always said of Gary - he woke up angry'
23 Dec 2017
12.4k
2
'I was asked dozens of times in the aftermath what was it like to lose £2 million on a rugby match'
23 Dec 2017
19.2k
1
"I said: 'I'm having lunch with Sir Alex'... I felt like a teenage footballer all over again"
23 Dec 2017
7.6k
9
The story of how a young Irish international became a star player in Sweden
22 Dec 2017
5.4k
0
'There were tears in his eyes... That was unusual for him'
20 Dec 2017
34.0k
49
Jackeen: 'A fellow who does very little for a living, and wants to do less'
Donal Fallon
17 Dec 2017
48.6k
71
'An old man had been taken into Garda custody for knocking on a door. ALONE went to his rescue'
Valerie Cox
26 Nov 2017
35.5k
8
Maria Edgeworth's letters: 'Sir Walter Scott punctual to his word arrived on Friday'
Valerie Pakenham
22 Nov 2017
6.6k
13
David McCullagh: Was de Valera's mother telling the truth about his parentage?
David McCullagh
12 Nov 2017
44.8k
66
Mary Kenny: 'I used to hear men say that "only tarts kiss and tell"'
Mary Kenny
5 Nov 2017
21.7k
135
Michael Murphy: What does it really mean when we dream about the Leaving Cert?
Michael Murphy
29 Oct 2017
19.9k
13
90 minutes missing: A parent's worst nightmare (with a happy ending)
Aidan Comerford
29 Oct 2017
19.0k
3
'Welfare is not just for those out of work. Here's what you can claim'
Charlie Weston and Karl Deeter
22 Oct 2017
81.6k
51
Stefanie Preissner: 'Each uploaded photo fooled my 800 closest friends that I was happy'
Stefanie Preissner
8 Oct 2017
14.9k
20
A short story before bedtime: Levitation
Sean O'Reilly
24 Sep 2017
9.5k
4
‘We can only use this on grass' - the days when we treasured a proper leather ball
23 Sep 2017
5.7k
7
Dónal McAnallen: 'Our responsibility as a family was about more than just keeping Cormac's memory alive'
Dónal McAnallen
10 Sep 2017
9.8k
8
Carlo Rovelli: 'Time does not exist'
Carlo Rovelli
1 Jul 2017
14.5k
48
'Declan Murphy dies in horror fall': The jockey writes about that fall, reading his own obituary and his long recovery
Declan Murphy and Ami Rao
30 Apr 2017
1.8k
8
'Roman’s eyes widened in disbelief' - Inside the World of a Super Agent
3 Jan 2017
25.6k
3
Arthur Corrie Lewin - the Irishman who went missing while flying over Africa
Turtle Bunbury
3 Jan 2017
644
5
'We thought Pep was like a machine, completely cold-hearted. Who knew he was so emotional?'
2 Jan 2017
8.9k
The story of the origins of Argentine football and Irish people's place in it
2 Jan 2017
6.3k
1
''I'm running a marathon tomorrow,' I said to him as I dusted off my nose'
1 Jan 2017
34.4k
8
'He was my dad... But he was also a brilliant footballer'
31 Dec 2016
13.3k
3
Shakespeare, Zeus and Olympia - the origins of the Olympic Games
31 Dec 2016
1.0k
'At the time I came into this world women were banned by the FA from playing football'
30 Dec 2016
9.5k
38
The story of how one of the greatest Olympians of all time risked losing it all
30 Dec 2016
16.9k
6
Soldiers, sailors, diplomats: The forgotten Irish who changed Latin America
Tim Fanning
30 Dec 2016
538
5
'I looked around... More monkey noises; a few grown men making Nazi salutes'
30 Dec 2016
6.4k
3
‘Most people you can say, “What a great bloke,” or “What a b*****d”. With Roebuck, it’s neither'
29 Dec 2016
18.6k
6
'The TV spoiler has as much potential to ruin an evening as food poisoning'
29 Dec 2016
14.8k
4
'At the time I came into this world women were banned by the FA from playing football'
28 Dec 2016
3.2k
Hunger strikes, murders, and a war on terror: Ireland in 1976
Eamon Sweeney
28 Dec 2016
738
28
'I recalled the two moments in my life when God spoke directly to me'
27 Dec 2016
13.3k
3
Executions, murder, and secrecy: The story of the notorious Cork jail Sing Sing
Gerard Murphy
27 Dec 2016
10.9k
7
'Roman’s eyes widened in disbelief' - Inside the World of a Super Agent
25 Dec 2016
10.6k
2
Kevin Barry: 'Sometimes writing no longer seems like the thing I do, it seems like the thing I am'
Kevin Barry
25 Dec 2016
4.6k
5
Dutch legend Johan Cruyff on how he learned to play football
24 Dec 2016
7.0k
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