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On this week's episode of Pints of Malt, we have the part 2 of our 2020 Wrap Up (get part one here). We touch on the following categories: Biggest L, Best Movie and Best Sporting Moment. We also discuss what superpowers we’d like to have.…

In 1847, the Choctaw Nation sent the equivalent of €4,000 of aid to Ireland for Famine relief. One hundred and seventy one years later, former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar visited Oklahoma to thank the Choctaw people and announce the…

On this episode of Pints of Malt we discuss the idea of our future child being a prodigy at an unpopular sport (like synchronised dancing!) and we also touch on the divorce every one saw coming, Cardi B and Offset. We hope you enjoy it!…

There is a train of thinking in film circles that each movie is about its director. This statement rings true in regards Steven Soderbergh. A cinematic innovator, he is constantly rethinking the way movies are made - experimenting with…

The sport of horse racing has provided a plethora of historic moments throughout time. One such moment was produced on a racetrack across the Atlantic 95 years ago when a morbidly mad record was created by an Irish American by the name of…

PyeongchangThe 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, features athletes from 92 countries competing over the course of one hundred events. In addition to the thrilling spectacle of seeing some of the world's best athletes…

Over the past few weeks, I’ve noticed a lot of men cycling on my television. I do not mean literally cycling on top of my television—it’s not large enough to cycle on, and I make a point of turning away anyone dressed in lycra who calls at…

The county of Clare has produced many fine sportspeople over the years including a World Light Heavyweight champion in the form of Mike McTigue. The Kilnamona native won his world title in an incredible bout against an opponent from Senegal…

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 MAN FROM ARGENTINA OCTOBER, 2006 It was an October evening down in the New Park that we were first introduced to the man who would oversee us all the way up until minors. His name was Pascal Reilly. He was a man of contradictions.…