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# long-read - Saturday 2 May, 2020
'The collarbone, winning the All-Ireland and then breaking my jaw, it was probably a rough enough time'
Mayo great Cora Staunton reflects on the 2000 All-Ireland ladies football final and her county’s golden era, which was built on ‘torturous’ training and pure hard work.
# long-read - Sunday 26 April, 2020
'I was sort of obsessed. Demented. Angry maybe with life as well' - Val Andrews on a lifetime in coaching
From managing Tralee IT’s galacticos on their run to Sigerson glory in the 1990s to Cavan during the Seanie Johnston transfer saga.
# long-read - Saturday 25 April, 2020
'Everyone is very much involved in this' - The Dublin All-Star doctor on duty in Temple Street Hospital
Noelle Healy shares her experience through the Covid-19 crisis.
# long-read - Sunday 19 April, 2020
'You aren't thinking about anybody. You just want the pain to stop, and you'll go to any extreme to do it'
Tyrone and Dromore 21-year-old Oran Sludden delves deeper into his story and mental health struggles – and shares messages of hope.
# long-read - Saturday 11 April, 2020
'Mick McCarthy drove me to the ground to sign the contract. It was surreal sitting in his Mercedes'
Ex-Ireland and Milwall midfielder Dave Savage revisits his career in football, which included five senior international caps — all earned in the summer of 1996.
# long-read - Saturday 21 March, 2020
In Nepal, Sherpas are losing vital tourism income, but 'stopping the virus is more important than our jobs'
Cormac Fitzgerald reports from Nepal on how the coronavirus pandemic is affecting Mount Everest’s guides.
# long-read - Sunday 29 December, 2019
Concussion deep dive: 'I'd be sitting in my room and I'd just start crying. I'd be like, 'What is wrong with me?'
Clare captain Laurie Ryan and former Galway star Cormac Bane share their scary experiences with concussion.
# long-read - Sunday 17 November, 2019
'The first day I met him was in the LIT canteen 15 years ago and I was going, 'Jesus, I'm here with Davy Fitz''
In the second installment of a two-part coaching series, The42 chats with Wexford hurling coach Seoirse Bulfin.
# long-read - Sunday 10 November, 2019
Meath coach talks Ronaldo, Guardiola, New York Knicks, Legacy, Eddie Jones and Jim Gavin
In the first of a two-part coaching series, The42 chats with Meath coach Colm Nally.
# long-read - Saturday 2 November, 2019
'When he was dying he said to me: ‘Jack is going to play for Ireland, he’s special’'
David Sneyd sits down with Ireland and Shamrock Rovers midfielder Jack Byrne, along with his family, ahead of the FAI Cup final.
# long-read - Thursday 24 October, 2019
Kilkenny to the bone: Reeling in the years, the good and the bad, with Cats legend Ann Downey
She’s been instrumental in all 13 of Kilkenny’s All-Ireland camogie titles, but Downey recently stepped away.
# long-read - Tuesday 24 September, 2019
Analysis: Ringrose shines as Ireland's strong defence shuts Scotland down
Ireland had a 94% tackle success rate and gave up only three linebreaks on Sunday.
# long-read - Monday 19 August, 2019
The team that Joe built: Putting together a 2019 World Cup squad
We examine how Ireland’s head coach has developed a group of players to compete in Japan.
# long-read - Friday 31 May, 2019
'I said, 'Look, I'm not going to let my mother go through that pain again of losing another child''
After losing three siblings to an incurable lung disease, David Crosby was diagnosed himself when he turned 40. The inspirational double-lung transplant recipient and marathon runner shares his remarkable story.
# long-read - Monday 18 March, 2019
‘I would have come from the flats… Brian Kerr gave me the confidence to go into any room and meet people’
St Patrick’s Athletic legend Johnny McDonnell reflects on his memorable career in football.
# long-read - Monday 31 December, 2018
'My career finished with injury and the thing I feared most, my mother dying, happened at that moment... I was 21'
Paul Ferris on adapting to life as a former footballer.
# long-read - Saturday 13 October, 2018
'When Jack left me out of the squad for the Euros, I was devastated… I wasn’t the same player or person'
Ex-Ireland international Dave Langan opens up about the highs and lows of his career.
# long-read - Thursday 12 July, 2018
'If you look at U2... they kind of belong to the world at this stage, where we still belong to Ireland'
After over 35 years in the business, Irish rock band Aslan are still going strong.
# long-read - Sunday 10 June, 2018
'I ended up working for DHL Express and Zidane went on to manage Real Madrid'
Former St Patrick’s Athletic and Bohemians defender Maurice O’Driscoll on facing one of the greats, a brief spell managing in the LOI and his highly-rated son Aaron.
# long-read - Sunday 15 April, 2018
"They asked me about Effenberg. And I said: 'If he thinks I was like his father, he played like my mother'"
Cork City legend Dave Barry on winning All-Irelands, scoring against Bayern Munich, Patsy Freyne’s fondness for a smoke and representing Ireland against Man United.
# long-read - Monday 12 March, 2018
'I felt how most young boys would, thinking ‘F**k this, I’m not playing football’ as I thought I'd been shafted'
Derry City striker Rory Patterson talks his career in Ireland, England and Australia, the brilliance of Paddy McCourt and the return to the Brandywell.
# long-read - Sunday 11 March, 2018
'The beginning of the end': After McCabe, Tribunal now poised to enter most crucial weeks
Maurice McCabe spoke this week. Here’s what he had to say.
# long-read - Sunday 25 February, 2018
'I genuinely don’t have any regrets. I’m honest enough to realise that I didn’t put in the work'
Alan Cawley talks joining Leeds United as a teenager, winning a league title with Shelbourne and getting into TV punditry.
# long-read - Sunday 4 February, 2018
Heroes and villains: Why nothing is clear-cut anymore at the Disclosures Tribunal
Mr Justice Peter Charleton has a tricky task ahead to untangle the web that was O’Sullivan’s strategy at the O’Higgins Commission.
# long-read - Sunday 1 October, 2017
'The Irish lads at Leeds were so good to us. They would always be giving us money and stuff'
Midfielder Paul Keegan opens up about his playing days in England and returning home to help Waterford’s cause.
# long-read - Sunday 10 September, 2017
'Mammy. I don't smile much anymore and I don't know why': Homelessness through the eyes of a child
The number of homeless children in ireland has quadrupled in three years.
# long-read - Sunday 18 June, 2017
'He said 'there’s no f***ing way you’re leaving this room until you sign the contract!''
We chat to Pat Scully about his career in England, representing his country at every level and success in the League of Ireland — both as a player and a manager.
# long-read - Saturday 3 June, 2017
'My father used to beat me and my mother up for fun': A night on the streets with Dublin's rough sleepers
We went out with an outreach team to see what a night is like on the streets of Dublin.
# long-read - Saturday 20 May, 2017
'You’re new to a team and all you’ve been is injured. It's tough to take, both physically and emotionally'
Megan Campbell on playing a key role in FA Cup glory after a nightmare run of injuries, the Ireland WNT and her story so far.
# long-read - Tuesday 2 May, 2017
What has happened to Home Sweet Home (and the €190,000 that was donated)?
The campaign responsible for the occupation of Apollo House has been quiet in recent months.
# long-read - Monday 1 May, 2017
'We played the Dubliners against the country boys... I could see Brian Kerr thinking: S**t'
Ex-Ireland and Tottenham star Stephen Carr looks back on the highs and lows of his career
# long-read - Tuesday 11 April, 2017
Analysis: Brothers Jordie and Beauden Barrett creating magic for the Canes
The brothers have been in superb form in Super Rugby and look certain to play together for the All Blacks.
# long-read - Sunday 2 April, 2017
An award-winning story before bedtime: I Could Have Been a Dancer
Read a story which won the First Fiction award at this year’s Hennessy Literary Awards.
# long-read - Saturday 1 April, 2017
An award-winning short story before bedtime: The Taking of Mrs Kennedy
Read the winner of the Emerging Fiction category in this year’s Hennessy Literary Awards.
# long-read - Saturday 18 February, 2017
'When I saw the tears in Busby's eyes, I realised the depth of their relationship and what George turned away'
Inside ‘George Best: All By Himself,’ an extraordinary, sobering look at the life and times of George Best.
# long-read - Wednesday 15 February, 2017
'I didn’t have an Irish accent or the heritage the boys had, but I’ve got to say they were very welcoming'
Although he was forced to retire at an early age, former Ireland striker Jon Goodman has had a fascinating career in the game.
# long-read - Saturday 28 January, 2017
Meet the team taking chronic rough sleepers off the streets of Dublin and giving them their own home
The Housing First team in Dublin are at the forefront of the battle to end homelessness in Ireland.
# long-read - Saturday 31 December, 2016
"I said: 'If I judged you by social media, Joe, I'd think you're a bit of a t**t'''
Michael Calvin chats to The42 about ghostwriting football star Joey Barton’s acclaimed autobiography.
# long-read - Sunday 27 November, 2016
Finding Ali Dia, Ireland's new hero Conor McGregor and all the week's best sportswriting
Plus, Sports Illustrated’s True Crime series investigates Randall Woodfield, the I-5 Killer.
# long-read - Saturday 26 November, 2016
Ron Atkinson on the Desailly controversy, Paul McGrath and his best-ever signings
The former Manchester United manager chats to The42 about an eventful career in football.
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Poll: Have you been on or are you planning a staycation this year?
WITH INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL essentially off the cards for the rest of the year, it seems a lot of people have bought into the concept of a staycation at home here in Ireland.
Social media platforms are flooded with #staycation posts in what will hopefully boost businesses in domestic tourism following a devastating period for the sector.
But with a spike in new cases in recent days, a regional lockdown in the Midlands, and new measures this week including the mandatory wearing of face masks in all shops and commercial premises, fears are mounting that we could be entering a second wave.
So today we’re asking: Have you been on or are you planning a staycation this year?
Poll Results:
Yes, I've already been on a staycation (4307)
No, I haven't been and have no plans for a staycation (3282)
Yes, I have a staycation planned in the coming months (2557)
No, I have not been on a staycation (954)
Yes, but I am going to cancel my planned staycation (251)
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