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# extract - Saturday 26 December, 2015

How Germany were literally made to sweat for the 2014 World Cup
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How Germany were literally made to sweat for the 2014 World Cup

Dec 26th 2015, 6:00 PM 6,926 Views 2 Comments

In his latest book, Raphael Honigstein looks back on the triumph.

# extract - Wednesday 23 December, 2015

'The King Henry tag has never sat easy with me'
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'The King Henry tag has never sat easy with me'

Dec 23rd 2015, 11:00 PM 7,498 Views 4 Comments

The Kilkenny hurling legend describes his sports-obsessed upbringing.

# extract - Sunday 25 October, 2015

Irish women have an aversion to compliments. They rebuff them with: ‘Thanks, Penneys’ best’
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Irish women have an aversion to compliments. They rebuff them with: ‘Thanks, Penneys’ best’

Oct 25th 2015, 8:00 AM 4,209 Views 56 Comments

Irish women find flattery abhorrent, writes Emma Comerford, who says this is why they are advised against dating French men.

# extract - Wednesday 21 October, 2015

'I was an Irish-born soldier in the British Army during the Troubles. People just couldn't understand it'
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'I was an Irish-born soldier in the British Army during the Troubles. People just couldn't understand it'

Oct 21st 2015, 7:30 PM 14,059 Views 96 Comments

Alan Barry was a second-generation Irish man who joined the British Army and found himself stationed in Northern Ireland in the 1980s.

# extract - Friday 25 September, 2015

'I was stuck in a cycle of self-harm. I didn’t want to get out of it but I couldn’t get out of it either'
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'I was stuck in a cycle of self-harm. I didn’t want to get out of it but I couldn’t get out of it either'

Sep 25th 2015, 4:50 PM 24,235 Views 3 Comments

Ireland star Hannah Tyrrell opens up on her mental health battle and how rugby helped her to find a way through.

# extract - Friday 12 December, 2014

The KAL case kickstarted a decade of debate on marriage equality
# Watershed
# Watershed

The KAL case kickstarted a decade of debate on marriage equality

Dec 12th 2014, 8:00 PM 356 Views 38 Comments

Katherine Zappone and Ann Louise Gilligan made global headlines when they tried to have their Canadian marriage recognised by the Irish State.

# extract - Sunday 19 October, 2014

Extract: The role of the media in the Irish economic crisis
# Journalism
# Journalism

Extract: The role of the media in the Irish economic crisis

Oct 19th 2014, 8:30 AM 1,082 Views 29 Comments

Some commentators have noted that Irish news organisations failed to give proper warnings of the impending crash. But why?

# extract - Monday 6 October, 2014

Keane reveals head-butting Peter Schmeichel during pre-season tour
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Keane reveals head-butting Peter Schmeichel during pre-season tour

Oct 6th 2014, 4:26 PM 15,146 Views 7 Comments

The then Manchester United stars woke up Bobby Charlton before Alex Ferguson stepped in to stop the fight back in 1998.

# extract - Sunday 21 September, 2014

Extract: 16 Dead Men – The Easter Rising Executions
# Easter Rising
# Easter Rising

Extract: 16 Dead Men – The Easter Rising Executions

Sep 21st 2014, 7:30 PM 4,340 Views 38 Comments

The men who were killed for their involvement in the Easter Rising were diverse in age and occupation, but brought together by a common vision.

# extract - Tuesday 1 July, 2014

Short Story: The Oyster Catchers
# Inside Story
# Inside Story

Short Story: The Oyster Catchers

Jul 1st 2014, 7:30 PM 212 Views 6 Comments

The winner of the RTÉ Radio Francis MacManus Short Story Competition 2014.

# extract - Sunday 11 May, 2014

Extract: How 'throwing at cocks' took root in Ireland
# Blood Sports
# Blood Sports

Extract: How 'throwing at cocks' took root in Ireland

May 11th 2014, 12:00 PM 356 Views 15 Comments

Professor James Kelly explains how tying a rooster to a post and throwing sticks at it until it died was considered sport in the 17th century.

# extract - Monday 16 December, 2013

Extract: ‘Soldiers have an affinity with the detainees in Guantanamo. It would be bad to shoot them – it’ll be lethal injection’
# Opinion
# Opinion

Extract: ‘Soldiers have an affinity with the detainees in Guantanamo. It would be bad to shoot them – it’ll be lethal injection’

Dec 16th 2013, 7:00 AM 138 Views 26 Comments

The new book, Whistleblower, Soldier, Spy, charts Tom Clonan’s progression from soldier to academic and journalist and offers an honest and vivid account of life on and off duty.

# extract - Wednesday 20 November, 2013

My journey to complete an old Premier League sticker album
# Shinies
From The42
# Shinies

My journey to complete an old Premier League sticker album

Nov 20th 2013, 5:12 PM 4,716 Views 10 Comments

Adam Carroll-Smith found the 1996 book in his attic… with half a dozen stickers missing. Then the adventure started.

# extract - Monday 30 September, 2013

Extract: This crisis shows the old ways have failed – and we’re on the cusp of new discoveries
# Opinion
# Opinion

Extract: This crisis shows the old ways have failed – and we’re on the cusp of new discoveries

Sep 30th 2013, 7:00 AM 57 Views 38 Comments

I am an economics student, so you might be surprised to hear that I’m somewhat optimistic about our future. Why? Because we are passing through a unique window of opportunity to change our world, writes Robert Nielsen.

# extract - Saturday 28 September, 2013

Extract: I watched my father walk free from court after confessing to raping me
# Opinion
# Opinion

Extract: I watched my father walk free from court after confessing to raping me

Sep 28th 2013, 7:00 PM 700 Views 17 Comments

A sentence delivered by a judge frustrated by the inconsistent application of sentencing guidelines in Ireland saw Fiona Doyle’s abuser initially walk free from court – even after he admitted to sexually abusing her throughout her childhood.

# extract - Friday 27 September, 2013

Extract: How is Generation Y reconciling high expectations with the economic reality?
# Opinion
# Opinion

Extract: How is Generation Y reconciling high expectations with the economic reality?

Sep 27th 2013, 7:00 AM 330 Views 17 Comments

Labelled as entitled, unrealistic and overly-ambitious, how is Ireland’s Generation Y dealing with the economic crash and subsequent lack of career options? Much better than you might think, according to Padraig Mannion.

# extract - Sunday 1 September, 2013

Extract: Ireland planned to ask the UK for help if Germany invaded in WW2
# Opinion
# Opinion

Extract: Ireland planned to ask the UK for help if Germany invaded in WW2

Sep 1st 2013, 8:30 AM 2,940 Views 103 Comments

This ‘secret’ document from 1940 states that the Irish people would support the British troops if they came to help when Hitler invaded, but that British troops were not to step foot in Ireland until the invasion was underway.

# extract - Wednesday 22 May, 2013

Extract: If we want to get more done, we need to start a war with our televisions
# Read Me
# Read Me

Extract: If we want to get more done, we need to start a war with our televisions

May 22nd 2013, 7:30 PM 127 Views 29 Comments

Watching television eats up your valuable time when you could be doing so much more with your life. It’s time to wrestle control back from that box in the corner of the living room, writes Ruth Field.

# extract - Sunday 5 May, 2013

Extract: How I got back in the driving seat with the banks
# Read Me
# Read Me

Extract: How I got back in the driving seat with the banks

May 5th 2013, 8:15 AM 280 Views 96 Comments

Revealing personal and confidential details in his new book, George Mordaunt talks about his own debt recovery programme and his struggle with the banks. He says debt resolution exists and questions why more don’t know about it.

# extract - Monday 1 April, 2013

Extract: From the roof of the College of Surgeons, the Volunteers watched the city burn
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Extract: From the roof of the College of Surgeons, the Volunteers watched the city burn

Apr 1st 2013, 8:30 AM 916 Views 28 Comments

During the Easter Rising 1916, a small force of men and women fought against British soldiers from their posts in St Stephen’s Green and City Hall. In his new book, Paul O’Brien recounts their tragic and noble struggle to protect the newly proclaimed Irish Republic.

# extract - Sunday 3 March, 2013

Extract: 'The Financial Regulator investigating what went wrong at Irish Nationwide is a unique piece of Irish irony'
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Extract: 'The Financial Regulator investigating what went wrong at Irish Nationwide is a unique piece of Irish irony'

Mar 3rd 2013, 7:30 PM 214 Views 44 Comments

Michael Fingleton’s autonomous powers in Irish Nationwide should have been picked up on by the Financial Regulator – why weren’t they? asks Tom Lyons and Richard Curran.

# extract - Sunday 17 February, 2013

Extract: 'We must anticipate war' - 1945 Irish diplomats on the threat of World War III
# Read Me
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Extract: 'We must anticipate war' - 1945 Irish diplomats on the threat of World War III

Feb 17th 2013, 7:30 PM 312 Views 22 Comments

Letters between senior Irish diplomats in the 1940s depict an unstable international stage, where terrified leaders were just beginning to realise the horrifying potential of atomic weapons.

# extract - Sunday 6 January, 2013

Extract: How it feels to wait for a heart transplant
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# Read Me

Extract: How it feels to wait for a heart transplant

Jan 6th 2013, 7:30 PM 666 Views 31 Comments

John Healy, maitre d of RTÉ’s The Restaurant, recalls the stress of waiting for his life-saving heart transplant operation.

# extract - Friday 30 November, 2012

Extract: Black humour, Scud-Burgers, bitter coffee - life in the Lebanon
# Read Me
# Read Me

Extract: Black humour, Scud-Burgers, bitter coffee - life in the Lebanon

Nov 30th 2012, 8:30 PM 474 Views 16 Comments

In his new book, Tom Clonan details the ups and downs of his tour of peacekeeping duty in Lebanon in the 1990s and how ‘Mary Robinson wears no knickers’ becomes a common greeting…

# extract - Tuesday 6 November, 2012

Extract: ‘Mr de Valera’s conviction that Hitler would win the war was stupid’
# Opinion
# Opinion

Extract: ‘Mr de Valera’s conviction that Hitler would win the war was stupid’

Nov 6th 2012, 7:30 PM 2,420 Views 76 Comments

David Gray, the US Amabassador to Ireland in 1940, reveals just what he thought of Dev, the 1916 leaders and why he thought Ireland was in collusion with the Nazis.

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