Pat O Neill
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Sporting upsets: When Donegal sent Jim Gavin and Dublin back to the drawing board
- Gaelic Football
- September 1, 2020, 06:00
Irish people are a reliably sanctimonious lot when it comes to the GAA. Rarely more so, in fact. We go on as if no other sport is community-based, as (...)

City fathers on enduring, evolving legacy of Dublin football
- Gaelic Football
- September 1, 2018, 06:00
The Shed In among all of the yarns and anecdotes about the Decade of the Dubs, oft-heard to the point that it will take archaeologists to uncover one(...)

Cantor Fitzgerald to buy Merrion in deal worth up to €18m
- Financial Services
- May 3, 2018, 06:00
Stockbroking and investment services group Cantor Fitzgerald’s Irish unit has agreed to buy Merrion Capital in a deal worth up to €18 million, as the (...)

True-blue Jim Gavin never likely to take success for granted
- Gaelic Football
- April 23, 2018, 06:00
There was much in retrospect that looks obvious about Jim Gavin’s playing days when tracing his development into the most successful Dublin football m(...)

Man took part in triathlon weeks after suffering ‘incapacitating injuries’
- Circuit Court
- January 17, 2018, 15:03
A Dublin man took part in a triathlon only five weeks after allegedly suffering “incapacitating injuries” in a cycling accident involving a hit and ru(...)

Dublin looking to make history, just as history has made Dublin
- Gaelic Football
- September 16, 2017, 06:00
Dublin are in the All-Ireland final. They’re going for three-in-a-row. They’ve long since turned Leinster into a ghost town and nobody doubts they hav(...)

Derek McGrath unimpressed with ‘Up for the Match’ sweeping jibe
- Hurling
- September 5, 2017, 06:00
Derek McGrath hopes Waterford’s progress this season will help hurling pundits move on from their sweeper obsession and accept that the game has been (...)

Jackie Tyrrell: Old-style full back an endangered species
- Hurling
- July 28, 2017, 07:00
Hurling is evolving. It’s there for everyone to see. It’s there for everyone to hear too – you can’t turn on the radio these days without coming acros(...)

How head injuries will end sport as we know it
- Rugby
- June 3, 2017, 06:00
Dr Bennet Omalu’s recent appearance on TMZ – the trashiest corner of tabloidism – was motivated by a need to defend Gisele Bündchen. For 42 seconds o(...)

Merrion's €200,000 minimum investment for wealth clients
- Financial Services
- January 10, 2017, 05:00
Merrion Capital has written to clients telling them it will no longer be able to provide a wealth management and advisory stockbroking service to indi(...)