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Wednesday 21 October 2020
After winning World and European gold in 2015, Michael Conlan tells The42 why he is now ready to achieve his boyhood dream in Rio.
From judo to archery, we’ve got you covered.
Ellis O’Reilly talks to The42 about staying calm but exploding off the vault as she makes her Olympic debut on Sunday.
After near misses in 2008 and 2012, the Irish hockey team are ready to make their mark in Rio.
The 38-year-old Corkman will become the first Irish athlete to compete in five consecutive Olympics’.
Reynolds and her horse Vancouver K will be flying the flag for Ireland in dressage in Rio.
Strict new coronavirus measures are coming into effect – here’s what they mean for you.
Ireland’s Dan Martin has his sights set on glory in the Olympic cycling road race this Saturday.
The Latvian-born rower will be representing Ireland at an Olympics for the second time.
The Mayo swimmer will be going to his first Olympic Games.
Once upon a time, Dublin officials set their sights on bringing the biggest show on earth to Ireland.
Leitrim runner set to make her Olympic debut at the age of 38.
It’s unclear whether or not the appeal will be successful.
The national record holder will be hoping that his injury problems won’t cost him in Rio.
Australian-born cyclist set to make history despite nightmare run of injuries.
The 20-year-old Belfast native will be one of the youngest Irish competitors at the Games.
The Donegal native will participate in the 50k race walk in Rio.
O’Reilly will be the first female gymnast to represent Ireland at an Olympic Games.
Ciara Mageean ran an 800m PB while Mark English recorded his best time of the season.
Fastest man on the planet shakes off injury concerns on his comeback.
Sergiu Ciobanu is now focusing on winning a place for Tokyo 2020.
The man from Donegal will be flying the flag for Ireland in the men’s 800m in Rio next month.
Clare Abbott, Jonty Evans, Mark Kyle and Padraig McCarthy make up the quartet.
The Carlow Laser sailor will be the youngest Irish helmsman ever to compete at the Olympics.
We continue our athlete-by-athlete look at Ireland’s Olympic team with the lightweight women’s sculls pair.
England winger Anthony Watson’s older brother Marcus also made the grade.
Nate Ebner will miss about two weeks of pre-season training due to his commitment to Rio.
The Kilkenny native is next up in our series looking at the Irish team heading to Rio.
This Canada-based Limerick woman knows her way around a medal presentation.
We kick off our athlete-by-athlete look at Ireland’s Olympic team with the country’s top badminton player.
Modern pentathlete Arthur Lanigan O’Keeffe goes to Rio as current European champion and a man on a mission.
Ireland open their historic campaign against India on 6 September.
Peter Dawson says the mass exodus ‘hasn’t shed golf in the best light.’
Stephanie Meadow has also made the women’s reserve list for Brazil.
“Nothing can be worse than being told you’ll never run again, even if you come up short.”
Elsewhere, Sinead Denny secured qualification from the women’s 400m heats in Amsterdam.
Controversial American sprinter sends a message to Bolt as he books his Olympic place.
Irish Paralympic swimmer Ellen Keane takes us off to Fuerteventura for some warm weather training and back again.
The hosts saw off China earlier.
Amee Leigh Murphy-Crowe scored two tries for Ireland.
WITH LEVEL 5 restrictions coming into effect at midnight until 1 December, many businesses will be forced to close for the next six weeks.
Of course, many Irish businesses have an online presence and in the run-up to Christmas will rely heavily on support here at home.
As the festive season approaches we want to know: Will you make an extra effort to ‘buy irish’ this Christmas?
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Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
This week, a home cook and recent sea swimming convert talks us through her week.
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