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Entries Tagged as 'Sport'

Where to for the Paralympics

May 17th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Disability, Paralympics, Sport

Oops a sport’s post! I am a bit of a sports addict – as in the armchair variety. Later this year I hope to combine my interest in disability and society and sport in writing some posts on the Paralympics as I know some of the paralympians and know how little coverage they get, and […]

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How is Steven Staunton a lot like the Taoiseach?

October 2nd, 2007 · 1 Comment · Sport

Tonights Six One News contained the usual sports report with Colm Murray. Steven Staunton has announced his squad for the forthcoming internationals. Not a lot of interest probably as qualificiation is virtually impossible probably involving 5 Bulgarians scoring 20 goals against Lithuania. But what was very interesting was the Staunton philosophy on Irish leadership and […]

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Mourinho Walks??

September 20th, 2007 · Comments Off on Mourinho Walks?? · Mourinho, Sport, Uncategorized

Sky News reports that Mourinho has left Stamford Bridge. BBC News 24 report that senior players received text messages this evening confirming Jose Mourinho’s departure So no more special one on Today FM? What will Mario Rosenstock do? I predict a No. 1 Record with a new version of ‘I think I better leave right […]

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What the politicians are blogging about

May 1st, 2007 · Comments Off on What the politicians are blogging about · Blogging, Irish Politics, irishelection2007, Social Media, Sport

Or how I got through the Liverpool/Chelsea match tonight! The night before the election I think is when the final is due! Now will it be against Manchester United? Anyway whilst I bit my way through the match I researched and wrote this for Irish Election – more of this throughout the campaign.

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The Cricket and Web 2.0

March 20th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Blogging, Social Media, Sport

A few weeks ago I’m sure that some of the Irish sports journalists who were sent to Jamaica to cover the ICC World Cup were happy enough to be packing their sun block and t-shirts for a brief holiday and sending home a few quirky reports on our team of part timers and amateurs. Well […]

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