Orla Barry
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The sporting decade that was: Athletes, first and foremost, without an asterisk
- Other Sports
- December 30, 2019, 12:00
September 7th-18th, 2016: Rio Paralympics The Paralympics champion the indomitability of the human spirit set against a backdrop of sporting endeavo(...)

Joanne O’Riordan: Let’s keep the fire burning for women in sport
- Sport
- September 20, 2018, 06:00
This year, to date, can only be described as the year for sportswomen. It became the year where, if you named a sport, chances are a female athlete ha(...)

Niamh McCarthy signs off with another gold
- Other Sports
- August 26, 2018, 16:16
Ten athletes, nine medals, six of them gold - by any standards a remarkable measure of success for the Irish team at the European Para-Athletics Champ(...)

Orla Comerford adds 100m bronze to bring Irish medal tally to eight
- Other Sports
- August 24, 2018, 18:32
Orla Comerford wrapped up a successful day for team Ireland at the European Para-Athletics Championships in Berlin when winning another bronze medal i(...)

Para Athletics Championships: Noelle Lenihan wins Ireland’s fourth gold
- Other Sports
- August 22, 2018, 19:53
Noelle Lenihan has made it four gold medals for Ireland on day three of the European Para Athletics Championships in Berlin – retaining her discus tit(...)

Smyth sets new record as he storms to a 17th gold medal success
- Other Sports
- August 21, 2018, 21:45
Beat that. Still undefeated on the major championship stage, Jason Smyth has won his 17th gold medal in a Para-athletics sprint event – and he’s not (...)

Reduced number of Ireland’s sporting elite receive maximum funding
- Other Sports
- March 28, 2018, 11:13
Just 12 of Ireland’s sporting elite have received the maximum ‘podium’ amount of funding for 2018, four less than last year. Each will receive €40,00(...)

The woolly wonderland of a sheep farmer and artist
- Art & Design
- November 6, 2017, 05:00
To those who think art is elitist, it’s time to get a load of the world of sheep. Orla Barry is a contemporary artist with an international reputation(...)

What Irish broadcasting needs: more Bibi Baskins
- TV, Radio, Web
- July 29, 2017, 07:00
In a week when RTÉ is stung by charges of a gender pay gap, a trailblazer for women broadcasters on the State network turns in a bravura radio perform(...)

Smyth and McKillop notch up another double world gold
- Other Sports
- July 17, 2017, 00:46
Not for the first time Jason Smyth and Michael McKillop repeated their double Paralympics heroics for Team Ireland with gold medal performances on the(...)