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# Role Models

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2023
# Role Models
'I wouldn’t have really looked up to anybody in rugby. Nadal was my idol' - Baird
Ryan Baird on working with Paul O’Connell and a summer trip to Wimbledon.
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Jul 26th 2023, 6:30 AM
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# Role Models
'We have potential to reach that level again' - Wexford hoping to revive the glory days
Martin O’Connor grew up on a diet of watching Wexford sides competing at the top table.
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May 20th 2022, 12:42 PM
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# Role Models
'It’s amazing how extremely different they are' - Higgins getting to grips with switch from 7s to 15s rugby
The Ireland centre made her Six Nations debut earlier this month.
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Apr 28th 2021, 5:54 PM
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Tyrone midwife on cover of British Vogue: 'I imagine my mum will be in Tesco buying all the copies she can'
Rachel Millar had no idea she’d be on the cover when a photographer came to the hospital she works in a few weeks ago.
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Jun 4th 2020, 9:20 AM
# Pride
'I'm not ashamed of who I am and not scared to hide anything'
Ireland captain Katie McCabe opens up about her relationship with team-mate Ruesha Littlejohn to mark the start of Pride month.
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Jun 5th 2019, 8:00 AM
# inspiring a generation
Christmas Day session, Olympic dreams and becoming female role models
Irish hockey star Nicci Daly wants to help inspire the next generation of female athletes.
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Dec 16th 2018, 8:00 AM
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Ireland U20s captain O'Brien follows in the footsteps of BOD and Ringrose
The UCD clubman is an exciting prospect for the future.
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Jan 24th 2018, 6:15 AM
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We say 'leg off, game on': Six children heading to Poland to represent Ireland in amputee soccer
The mother of one of the children said, “He never played football until he got his leg amputated, now he doesn’t go anywhere without a ball.”
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Jun 18th 2017, 8:00 AM
# robbie henshaw
Henshaw looking to follow in Irish Lions BOD and Wood's footsteps
Still just 23, the Ireland centre is backing himself to push into the Lions Test team.
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May 23rd 2017, 12:03 AM
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Irishman McCall's Saracens were once modelled on Munster and Leinster
The former Ulster head coach has masterminded the Premiership club’s rise.
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Apr 22nd 2017, 7:31 AM
# Challenge
'Breaking my back taught me what was worth fighting for in life'
Two of Ireland’s Paralympic athletes on not letting a disability define them and how they got tough in the face of adversity.
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Nov 10th 2016, 8:30 AM
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Diageo steps down from board of Stop Out of Control Drinking campaign
The initiative has been marred by the controversy over the drinking giant’s involvement.
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Mar 25th 2015, 1:00 PM
# Role Models
The Rape Crisis Network says this ad "blames victims of rape", but those behind it say that's not true
The ad is for the Role Models alcohol campaign.
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Mar 12th 2015, 2:39 PM
# Opposition
Anti-alcohol campaign group say criticism is "premature"
The group have issued a number of radio and billboard advertisements in recent weeks.
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Mar 6th 2015, 1:56 PM
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Gareth Barry is having a 'massive influence' on James McCarthy
Midfielder anxious to keep on learning as he puts his own stamp on club and country game.
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Mar 4th 2014, 12:11 PM
# Magic Mike
Mike Phillips to face Bayonne board after arriving 'drunk' for work -- reports
The scrum-half allegedly turned up for a video analysis session ‘under the influence’.
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Oct 21st 2013, 4:47 PM
# Role Models
Meet Fernando Torres' inspiration: Captain Tsubasa
But he didn’t go off the rails once he put that blue jersey on.
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Dec 11th 2012, 12:00 PM
# Inspirational
VIDEOS: The best of TEDx Dublin
Reclaiming ghost estates, making city centres liveable places – and where inspiration come from: some thought-provoking videos from Dublin ideas forum.
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Oct 29th 2012, 10:00 AM
2010's 'inspirational' female role models
Forbes releases this year’s list. Here’s a slideshow of some who made the cut.
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Jul 20th 2010, 6:28 PM