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In a League of our own

By on March 6, 2012 in Sport

  If you ask someone about their plans for Friday night, there’s a host of interesting answers you might receive. Generally though, heading down to the stadium to support the local League of Ireland club isn’t on the agenda. In terms of attendance among students, the League of Ireland is about as popular as bingo, or the Latin Mass. But there’s something about domestic football that continues to attract a hardcore support base, and at the Limerick-v-Finn Harps game in Jackman Park on Friday, I got a first-hand glimpse of [...]

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Stokes fires Hoops into Scottish Cup fifth round

By on January 17, 2012 in Sport

Anthony Stokes stretched Celtic’s unbeaten run to eleven consecutive games with an 82 minute hat trick quelling any hopes of a Peterhead upset. Despite bossing possession in the opening period, the away side failed to create a decent scoring threat until Cha squared for Stokes in the 27th minute. The Irishman blazed his shot well over. Ki tried his luck minutes later with a speculative drive clipping the top of the crossbar. However, a long range ball by McCourt found Samaras in acres of space. He unselfishly passed the ball to [...]

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Hope, Heartache, Hope Once Again. A Review of Ireland’s Sporting Year

Hope, Heartache, Hope Once Again. A Review of Ireland’s Sporting Year

By on December 31, 2011 in Sport, Uncategorized

Sport transcended itself in 2011 for this small island country. It became more than a form of entertainment, it became hope, transubstantiated into Katie Taylor’s boxing glove, Richard Dunne’s boots, and Sean O’Brien’s hands as we watched him steamroll yet another unfortunate opponent. Barrack Obama came to Ireland at the end of May, and he told us something most of us needed to hear. “Is féidir linn”, or for non gaelgoirs, “Yes We Can”. Of course, Leinster already knew that. It must have been their mantra when, three days before [...]

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Limerick need Athlone favour to go up

Limerick need Athlone favour to go up

By on October 28, 2011 in Sport

Limerick FC’s faint promotion hopes are out of their hands heading into the Airtricity League First Division’s final round of matches this Saturday, October 29. The Super Blues currently sit fourth in the table, a solitary point behind Monaghan. With Shelbourne having already sealed automatic promotion and Cork City’s goal difference far greater, Limerick will need to beat Waterford at Jackman Park and hope Monaghan drop points when they travel to Athlone Town. Even then, they will need to overcome Galway in a two leg promotion playoff. Limerick increased their [...]

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