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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.

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

#WhoseSideAreYouOn campaign

Michael Moynihan: In sport, it's always good to sweat the small stuff

During the week I learned that the baseball player Tom Seaver passed away recently.

Mon, 07 Sep, 2020

CBC Cork v Midleton CBS - Harty Cup Final

Michael Moynihan: Can schools and sport co-exist in a pandemic?

As schools reopen and students flood back to classrooms, are they also flooding back onto playing fields?

Sat, 05 Sep, 2020

Michael Moynihan: What are the changes that won't change back?

Michael Moynihan: What are the changes that won't change back?

When the virus first laid its dead hand across sports a few months ago, we couldn’t stop speculating.

Mon, 31 Aug, 2020

Michael Moynihan: Cork is unique, and I forecast that the weather will prove it

Michael Moynihan: Cork is unique, and I forecast that the weather will prove it

One of the great myths when you journey beyond Cork’s borders is the allegation that people from the Rebel County have a regard for their own place that is somehow exceptional and exclusive. Seriously.

Thu, 27 Aug, 2020