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The Irishman who's a lifelong Leicester City fan
John Duggan chats to The42 after his team were crowned Premier League champions during the week.
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May 7th 2016, 8:05 AM
One of Ireland’s best Olympic medal hopes taking great expectations in his stride
With Rio 2016 just a few months away, The42 chats to one of the individuals with the weight of a nation on his shoulders.
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May 1st 2016, 8:00 AM
How one ordinary man conquered the toughest race in cycling
“The human imagination can be scary sometimes,” says Iain MacGregor.
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Apr 24th 2016, 8:30 AM
'Equestrian has given me everything... It's given me a lot of what the disability takes away'
With the onset of Rio getting closer, we chat to some of the athletes likely to be involved.
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Apr 20th 2016, 7:00 AM
Leading Irish Olympic hopeful aims to emulate Sonia O’Sullivan in more ways than one
Rose-Anne Galligan chats to The42 about her dreams of competing in Rio this summer.
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Mar 27th 2016, 10:00 AM
The Australian rugby team that embraces the 'Céad Mile Fáilte' ethos
Val Baynes chats to The42 about making inroads with Sydney Irish RFC.
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Jan 31st 2016, 10:00 AM
A 'broke and broken' Oscar Pistorius: From Olympic hero to jailed killer
From breaking records to prison to house arrest, the young life of the champion killer.
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Oct 17th 2015, 9:30 AM
9 features you probably didn't know exist in WhatsApp
Want to hide when you’ve read someone’s message?
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Sep 26th 2015, 5:00 PM
Is there a big difference between doing football punditry on British and Irish TV?
John Hartson and Connor Morris of Setanta Sports give their takes on this oft-discussed topic.
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Aug 7th 2015, 8:00 AM
'These guys were morons… They didn’t come to watch football'
Ger Canning tells The42 about his recollection of reporting at the infamous 1995 friendly between England and Ireland.
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Jun 4th 2015, 9:30 PM
'It's the first time in professional rugby I found it and I found it in Munster'
Munster hooker Eusebio Guiñazú tells The42 about feeling at home 11,000km from his native Mendoza.
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May 30th 2015, 8:30 AM
Want to represent Ireland at the Tag Rugby World Cup? Here's how...
Three representatives of the sport chat to The42 about getting involved.
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May 27th 2015, 9:30 PM
'The League of Ireland's biggest problem is sitting in our living rooms -- it's Sky Sports'
Ger O’Brien, Chris Shields and Evan McMillan chat to The42 about the challenges facing Irish football in 2015.
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Mar 3rd 2015, 9:36 PM
'Right now, heavy coverage of League of Ireland is not a smart investment decision'
In part 1 of our series, we get journalists’ view on the challenges Irish football faces in 2015.
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Mar 1st 2015, 12:00 PM
Here is what it costs to rent a property in Ireland
Here we show you what you can expect to shell out each month around the country.
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Feb 5th 2015, 5:14 PM
It looks like The Sun's Page 3 is back
The feature has appeared in the paper this morning for the first time in almost a week.
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Jan 22nd 2015, 7:20 AM
Near Misses: 'The US were lucky to get out of the Cold War without a nuclear detonation'
“The problem with luck is that eventually it runs out.”
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Dec 14th 2014, 4:30 PM
Getting ‘sh*t-faced’ and watching over-18s wrestling is the new thing to do on a Saturday night
Over the Top Wrestling’s second event took place in the Tivoli Theatre in Dublin last weekend.
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Nov 23rd 2014, 10:02 AM
‘I lost touch with reality in a big way’ - The Irishmen who played snooker non-stop for 4 days
How two lads from Ennis, County Clare recently broke a Guinness World Record.
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Sep 7th 2014, 9:59 AM
Finally! Facebook now lets you save articles to read later
The new feature will allow users to scroll their News Feeds without interruption.
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Jul 22nd 2014, 1:19 PM
How Amsterdam is paying alcoholics to work for beer
In a pilot project, the city is giving participants beer in exchange for light work collecting litter and eating a decent meal.
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Jan 16th 2014, 7:35 PM
Exiled Syrians run radio station for those stuck back home
Refugees in Istanbul want to broadcast ‘uncensored’ news to about 100,000 people at home.
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Jan 12th 2014, 9:15 AM
Interview: The man who completed his 1996 Premier League stickers album 17 years on
We chat to Adam Carroll-Smith, who’s written a book based on his achievement.
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Dec 21st 2013, 12:00 PM
Column: ‘My husband was holding back tears when he told me Callum had meningitis’
On Universal Children’s Day, mother Roisin Hartley tells her story about how she came so close to losing her son to meningitis.
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Nov 20th 2013, 7:15 AM
Ireland's call just reward for Kearney's fresh start
The Leinster wing was included in Joe Schmidt’s Ireland squad today, but appeared to find out the same time as the rest of us.
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Oct 23rd 2013, 5:29 PM
Analysis: Did Fergie even care about the FA Cup?
The Manchester United manager seemed nonchalant after his side’s jaded efforts against Chelsea.
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Apr 1st 2013, 4:10 PM
How a citizen protest movement is stopping evictions in Spain
The citizen-run Platform for Mortgage Victims helps people who can’t pay their mortgages and says it has blocked almost 600 evictions so far.
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Mar 2nd 2013, 10:30 AM
Opinion: Robbie Keane is one of Ireland's greatest ever players...
…so why do we give him a hard time?
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Mar 1st 2013, 11:17 AM
Better off abroad: 10 misfits who had better luck on the continent
With four goals in just three games for AC Milan, Mario Balotelli got us thinking…
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Feb 17th 2013, 8:00 PM
5 things we learned from the FA Cup fourth round
Brendan Rodgers was guilty of a lack of respect to Oldham, while Harry was right to point fingers.
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Jan 27th 2013, 7:10 PM
Some thoughts from this weekend's Premier League games
We’re feeling particularly sorry for Steve Bould, and excited about Liverpool’s new strikeforce.
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Jan 20th 2013, 7:26 PM
Here's a new Facebook feature you'll actually like (seriously)
It might even make you want to hug Mark Zuckerberg.
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Dec 13th 2012, 6:11 PM
Here are 5 thoughts from this weekend's Premier League action
Does Arsene Wenger need to take a very brave decision indeed?
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Dec 2nd 2012, 5:28 PM
Pro12: Heaslip can't wait for return to 'hell on earth'
The Leinster number eight is back in contention to play for his province this weekend. And the trip to Italy can’t come soon enough.
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Sep 13th 2012, 7:45 AM
Pro12: Leinster leaders out to set the record straight
After a 45-20 humbling in week one, Leinster are back on home soil and their elder statesmen are eager to atone.
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Sep 8th 2012, 8:50 AM
Limerick benefitting from the Ard Scoil hurling education
There is a unique link between the Limerick full-forward and his half-forward colleagues in today’s All-Ireland senior hurling quarter-final.
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Jul 29th 2012, 10:29 AM
Slideshow: Here are 50 essential Twitter accounts to follow ahead of the Olympics
See which Irish stars made the cut, as we recommend the most interesting and informative London 2012-related tweeters.
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Jul 22nd 2012, 10:46 AM
Drilling thrives 18 months after BP oil spill
The first new drilling began in the region in March of this year – and is thriving even after the disastrous BP oil spill.
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Dec 31st 2011, 7:00 PM
Love/hate: Mixed reaction to Facebook’s new timeline feature
You can go back in time thanks to the new Facebook feature, Timeline – but what do the social networking site’s users think? We take a look at the reaction so far.
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Dec 16th 2011, 7:00 PM
Careers clinic: A job interview is no time for humility
TheJournal.ie’s resident careers guru Liam Horan advises that when it comes to interviews, be yourself – but even more so than usual…
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Dec 10th 2011, 2:00 PM
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