Ireland panel expected in three weeks
It will be at least three weeks before Ireland manager Paul Earley is ready to name his panel for November’s international rules Test in Australia. Practice sessions have been taking place, but players from the All-Ireland finalists Kerry and Donegal ...
Man in Northern Ireland visited by police after complaint that EU flag looked ‘Arabic’
A golf fan in Northern Ireland got a surprise visit from police Sunday over concern he was flying an offensive flag at his house. Someone had called in to complain, mistaking the 12 gold stars of the European Union for “some sort of Arabic flag,” the ...
Top ten little-known facts about Ireland
1. Ireland is the only country in the world that has a musical instrument – the harp – as its national symbol. The oldest known harp in existence is housed in Trinity College, Dublin. It dates back to at least 1300. 2. Ireland is the third largest ...
Performing like a professional golfer
When Rory McIlroy wanted to transform himself from a professional golfer into a professional athlete, he turned to a physical conditioning scientist for help. At the end of 2010, the then 21 year old employed the services of Steve McGregor, a British-born fitness coach who was working with Premier L ...
Let’s get women back into golf
This month the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St Andrews broke with 260 years of tradition when it voted to allow women members for the first time. It was an enlightened move by the club and it might have important ramifications for women’s golf in Britain and Ireland at a time when it is struggling ...
One very long cycle.
Sunday 28th September 2014…the day I cycled 71.5 miles. Not a bad day’s work on the bike. To reach the 70 mile target by the end of September had been an aim of he-who-planned-the-training from very early on this year. The theory behind that particular target was that the longest day’s cycle in Tanz ...
telapathetic: ireland is my favourite place in the world
> telapathetic: ireland is my favourite place in the world
fieldsinireland: Irlande - Ireland by sophie.perniceni on...
> fieldsinireland: Irlande - Ireland by sophie.perniceni on Flickr.
allthingseurope: Carton House, Ireland (by Barry O Carroll...
> allthingseurope: Carton House, Ireland (by Barry O Carroll Photography)
