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We’re kicking off a new series within the series. Given the year that’s in it, there’s lot happening for Irish sportswomen in the coming months, with sights set firmly on the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Brazil. A number of Irish athletes…

On this episode of Fair Game, we’ll be talking to two Irish sportswomen who are actively pursuing their passions for sport OFF the pitch. We’re joined by Fiona Coughlan, who is one of only THREE Irish captains to lead their team to Grand…

On this edition of Fair Game, we’re paring things back to where it all begins for athletes – the grass-roots of their schools, clubs and communities. We’re exploring the development of girls' sports from a young age, and how that interest…

Whenever there is a discussion about women’s sports, or sportswomen, or women in sport – however you choose to phrase it – all roads inevitably lead back to one thing: media coverage. Why can’t people rattle off starting line-ups of women’s…

Last week, English Boxer Billy Joe Saunders caused a "Twitter Storm" when he made disparaging comments about Irish Boxer, Katie Taylor. Saunders remarked that women like Taylor (and women in general), were merely “…for sex every night; hard…

KICKING THE HABIT OCTOBER 2008 The year was 2008 and change was everywhere. Ireland was suffering its worst economic crisis in decades and the shadow of austerity loomed large as the excesses of the Celtic Tiger slowly retreated from…

THE OXEGEN FIASCO JULY, 2007 It was the first weekend in July of 2007. The weather was great for a change and we were all eagerly awaiting our first Oxegen, a music festival, which took place annually in the grounds of Punchestown race…

OUR FINEST HOUR MAY, 2007 It was about one year into Pascal’s reign that we began to see visible improvement. Despite his many detractors, it was difficult to argue that his controversial training methods weren’t getting results. We were…

INITIATION – THE ANNUAL GRANARD U-10’S TOURNAMENT APRIL, 1998 They got me when I was nine. We were in Ms Kilduff’s class, when she announced that the training for the U-10’s would be starting that Tuesday evening up in the Old Park with…