FOR ANYONE WHO followed Annalise Murphy’s pursuit of Olympic glory in Rio, you’ll be acutely aware of the role her family have played along the way.
But there was one member of the Murphy clan who wasn’t on the water’s edge at Guanabara Bay last week for that indelible moment when Annalise came ashore having secure Olympic silver.
So there were unimaginably happy — and emotional — scenes in Dublin Airport earlier as Annalise’s grandmother, Betty Murphy, greeted her on arrival.
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An article like this is a troll magnet
I’ve been waiting for Glen for half an hour.
Kearney displaying typical ‘rugger’ humour there… off for a good aul knees up and a pint of heino. D*cks.
How is that typical ‘rugger’ humour? He made a valid observation (the jersey is swimming on him), and made a joke about it.
AIdeen if they were in person he would have kicked sand over him.. like McBain making fun of the ‘puny’ men.
Not so boring now.
Slow day at the office eh zzzzzzz
What used journalists actually do in the days before they could copy very boring stories straight off of twitter?
Horan needs to bulk,up steroids would help,ask any pro rugby player,IF kearney was a man ,he,d have knocked that steroid monkey out cold.
Only real men have ‘Guns’.