I did an interview with the great hurler Gerald McCarthy for an Irish Examiner special supplement on the centenary of the birth of Christy Ring. It was lovely to meet and chat with the great man in his Cork city shop and hear his recollections of Christy Ring. Read it here.
An article in the Irish Examiner on the first club rugby match since February, due to Covid-19. On the rightness and relief of live rugby’s return to Musgrave Park even in the middle of a pandemic with all sorts of restrictions. Read it here.
A short piece in the Irish Examiner with others about the impact of Covid-19 on the arts and how we need to support artists to protect the arts in these dreadful times. Read it here.
I really enjoyed being interviewed by Marjorie Brennan for the Irish Examiner talking about Whatever it Takes, winning the Cork One City One Book award and all things writing. We talked about my first book, The First Sunday in September and sports fiction, too.
In her list of books to read during the summer of 2020, Marjorie Brennan includes Whatever It Takes among some heavyweights like Anne Tyler, David Mitchell, Robert Harris and others. The best fiction books for the beach and beyond this summer.
January 2020. A piece on the opening of the new pitch at Páirc Uí Chaoimh and the first time the great Cork women’s football team played there, in a double header with the men. I went along and wrote about if for the Irish Examiner. Click here to read.
December, 2019. A piece about my sporting highlight of the year, Seamus Callinan’s wonder goal in the All-Ireland semi-final against Wexford, showing that sport can be a wonderful thing. Published in the Irish Examiner alongside several other sports writers’ recollections. Read it here.
October 2019, a column for the Irish Examiner on a few sporting issues relating to expectations of winning in sport (especially for Irish rugby fans), cheating, new Cork bainisteoirí and Thomas Page McBee. Column online here.
March, 2019. Piece about a very moving fund-raising match between Kilkenny and Cork for Kieran O’Connor a former Cork Gaelic footballer, who is seriously ill. Published in the Irish Examiner. Piece online here.
February, 2019. A colour piece about the town of Charleville, whose hurling team was due to play in the All-Ireland final the following Sunday. I went down there and talked to a few people. Published in the Irish Examiner. Piece online here.
