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Michael Moynihan

Michael Moynihan

Michael Moynihan is an associate editor and columnist with the Irish Examiner. He is also a best-selling author and documentary maker.

Lonely Senior Old Man Sitting on Bench in Park

Michael Moynihan: Our current loneliness — it's of a different order to the old malaise

In the house I grew up in there weren’t too many idols with life tenure in the pantheon of heroes, but one ordinary man from Dublin never had to worry about his position in that hierarchy.

Thu, 15 Oct, 2020

Minnesota Twins v New York Yankees

Michael Moynihan: Happy 100th birthday to the great Roger Angell - who has a Cork connection, you know

If you are a connoisseur of urbane fiction of a certain type you may know his work as an editor with the New Yorker magazine

Mon, 12 Oct, 2020

Michael Moynihan: Romance rules as big chapter in Cork culture closes

Michael Moynihan: Romance rules as big chapter in Cork culture closes

Cork will be poorer because of the closure of John Coffey’s Uneeda Bookshop

Thu, 08 Oct, 2020

Disabled people returning to work

Michael Moynihan: Every day needs to be a Make Way Day, no matter what time of year

A footpath obstructed, a gateway blocked, an inconvenience caused...isn't it about time we were honest about it?

Thu, 01 Oct, 2020

A general view of the 2020 GAA Congress 29/2/2020

Michael Moynihan: The next crisis - Running a GAA AGM in the age of Covid

This is going to be one of the true challenges.

Mon, 28 Sep, 2020

Bike Sharing City

Michael Moynihan: Isn't it about time that Cork became famous for 15 minutes?

Making people think about the necessity of their journeys and the desirability of their destinations is far more manageable than some kind of draconian injunction to stay within your zone

Thu, 24 Sep, 2020

FAI, GAA & IRFU make collaborative proposal to Government

Michael Moynihan: Sports make their cases for rescue funding

Last Friday, representatives of the FAI, GAA, and IRFU went to meet the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response, and they duly painted a stark picture.

Mon, 21 Sep, 2020

Michael Moynihan: Keeping businesses alive - a Cork currency?

Michael Moynihan: Keeping businesses alive - a Cork currency?

Michael Moynihan ponders the possibility of a Cork currency

Thu, 17 Sep, 2020

Foxrock Cabinteely v Kilmacud Crokes - Dublin County Senior Ladies Football Championship Final

Michael Moynihan: Looking at sport through a lens. Any lens.

All of the contradictions inherent in politics have a parallel in sport

Mon, 14 Sep, 2020

Michael Moynihan: Cork has a Dutch-style and Mediterranean feel, but needs regeneration

Michael Moynihan: Cork has a Dutch-style and Mediterranean feel, but needs regeneration

Cork's got the beauty of the Dutch style, the Mediterranean feel, the hills, and it’s all walkable, writes Michael Moynihan

Thu, 10 Sep, 2020