John O Dwyer
145 results

From inner-city flat to 5k: ‘I feel we have a lot more energy’
- Parenting
- September 25, 2018, 06:01
The speaker and his audience lead lives that are poles apart, yet for a short time they connect in a securely fenced-off community centre behind the D(...)

VHI ends deal with Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway
- Financial Services
- June 13, 2018, 04:10
State-owned health insurer VHI has brought to an end its funding and reinsurance agreement with the Warren Buffett-owned Berkshire Hathaway, whose €90(...)

Tipperary snatch summer-saving draw against Cork
- Hurling
- May 27, 2018, 19:43
Tipperary 2-20 Cork 1-23 Two rounds in and the Munster championship is turning into exactly the nest of vipers everyone hoped for. Three of the teams(...)

Putting the finishing touch to Tipp all a question of balance
- Hurling
- May 19, 2018, 06:00
How do you put together a forward line? Plenty of intercounty teams are sitting down now in the middle of May, the summer on the table in front of the(...)

VHI announces price cuts as it records €75.3m net surplus
- Health & Pharma
- May 1, 2018, 11:42
State-owned health insurer VHI is to cut the cost of its plans by an average of 2 per cent from July. The move comes after it announced a net surplus (...)

Kilkenny’s exuberance ruthlessly exposes Twilight Zone Tipp
- Hurling
- April 8, 2018, 18:27
Kilkenny 2-23 Tipperary 2-17 Just after half-time in Sunday’s Allianz Hurling League final – or maybe during it – Tipperary entered the Twilight Zone(...)

Time for Tipperary to step up to the final plate
- Hurling
- April 7, 2018, 01:00
Allianz Hurling League Final Kilkenny v Tipperary, 3.30, Nowlan Park [Live, TG4] On a sunny afternoon, temporarily disrupting the apocalyptic weath(...)

Jason Forde’s extra-time goals seal Thurles thriller for Tipperary
- Hurling
- March 31, 2018, 22:11
Tipperary 2-31 Limerick 1-31 (aet) Jason Forde hit two crucial goals in the first period of extra-time as Tipperary edged past the stern challenge of(...)

Tipperary braced for challenge of improving Limerick
- Hurling
- March 31, 2018, 06:06
Allianz Hurling League semi-final: Tipperary v Limerick, Semple Stadium, 7.0 - Live on TG4 It’s all of eight years since Tipperary played Limerick in(...)

Tipperary take time to find their feet before giving Dublin the runaround
- Hurling
- March 25, 2018, 17:36
Dublin 0-20 Tipperary 2-25 Not quite nothing to see here but not an awful lot of consequence, either. A blustery opening period aside, this quarter-f(...)