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For ashling
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pro tennis
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Football
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22 Apr 2021
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27 a side
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19 Aug 2018
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Opinion
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Emma Duffy
11 Aug 2018
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column
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27 Jul 2018
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Opinion
Women in sport: 'We press pause on our lives, sacrificing friends, family and career'
Ailis Egan
14 Apr 2018
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Defilement
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Sinead O'Carroll
24 Oct 2017
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darkness into light
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25 Apr 2017
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Read Me
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Frankie Gaffney
21 Nov 2016
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Dublin City Marathon
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29 Oct 2016
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Opinion
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25 Sep 2016
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Depression
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Alan O'Mara
11 Sep 2016
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Opinion
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Barry Ward
19 Aug 2016
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Wimbledon
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Elizabeth O'Malley
3 Jul 2016
28
Opinion
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Andrew McGinley
5 Mar 2016
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Opinion
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Opinion
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Stephen Doyle
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12
Camogie
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28 Jul 2015
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Opinion
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Alan Byrne
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Opinion
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1 Apr 2015
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understanding our world
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Orla McGarry
18 Jan 2015
204
not so beautiful
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Glenn Fitzpatrick
5 Jan 2015
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bit of the auld sod
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ched Evans
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Controversy
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25 Oct 2014
101
Endurance
Opinion: What’s with all the extreme fitness challenges?
Claire Micks
12 Oct 2014
61
Sexism
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Kate Rowan
12 Oct 2014
80
Women in Sport
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Michael Ring
7 Oct 2014
10
UFC
Opinion: Let's move past the stereotypes and support our homegrown MMA athletes
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24 Sep 2014
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