A bit like most of the cabinet, I’m not that good with numbers (strange for someone who “studied” cost and management...
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Mother Theresa
Mother Theresa
Mark Lawrenson, he of the languid Match of the Day demeanour, will be doing a double act with Jim Beglin in aid of Waterford...
Baring his soles
Baring his soles
Waterford’s Patrick Hogan comes home to win the Munster Intermediate Cross-Country Championship in Charleville, Co Cork last...
Last of the Celtic Tigers?
Last of the Celtic Tigers?
Gaelic footballer of the year/accountant Bernard Brogan put Ireland’s narrow International Rules defeat to Australia into...
Premier not panicking
Premier not panicking
On last Friday’s iTalk Sport with Eoin McDevitt (Setanta Ireland) Premier goalkeeper Brendan Cummins said hurling’s gone “so...
Plenty of Major winners worse than Westwood
Plenty of Major winners worse than Westwood
“It’s interesting how times have changed, where you can get to world number one without winning a Major. I’d won four Majors...
Pretending it wasn’t all about filthy lucre is fantasy football
Pretending it wasn’t all about filthy lucre is fantasy football
There’s a tattoo on Wayne Rooney’s forearm which reads: “Just Enough Education To Perform.” Whether ironic or accurate, the line...
Tom’s a rare breed
Tom’s a rare breed
Tom Queally’s reputation within the world of flat racing continues to soar after his “amazing” Group 1 double at Newmarket on...
Óg too old?
Óg too old?
It’s a cliché, sure, but the reluctantly retired Seán Óg Ó hAilpín has transcended GAA and indeed Irish sport. It’d be a lie to...
Cheers chief
Cheers chief
John Delaney adapted the old maxim that the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach when he stumped up to save the day for...
No Tony award?
No Tony award?
Not to sound ungrateful, but I was struck by what GAA President Christy Cooney, who chaired both selection committees, said...
How to make friends and influence people
How to make friends and influence people
I’d a copy of Dan Shanahan’s book for company over the weekend, and while it mightn’t win any Pulitzer prizes for prose, ‘If You...
