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Michael Moynihan

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

Walsh still has big calls to make

ABOUT midway through the first half in Sunday’s league clash between Cork and Dublin, one of our press box brethren wondered aloud how close the home 15 were to the starting side in the championship.

Tue, 19 Apr, 2011

Capital gains truly taxing for Rebels

REGIME change in hurling?

Mon, 18 Apr, 2011

Things to do before the full time whistle...

BELIEVE it or not, ladies, I’m turning 30 soon.

Fri, 15 Apr, 2011

Giving a little back to Darbyshire

LAST Saturday Thomond Park hosted the latest meeting of Munster and Leinster in the Magners League, a game hyped in the usual terms: a huge battle, with unflinching confrontation. You know the drill.

Mon, 04 Apr, 2011

Why you can’t show people they’re wrong

CULTURED individual that you are, dear reader, it will not have escaped your notice that there is something of a Clifford Odets revival going on.

Mon, 28 Mar, 2011

Johnson learns a lesson from cool Kidney

THE CLOCK was running down on Martin Johnson’s post-game meeting with the media last Saturday when a last hand went up at the back of the Aviva press room.

Tue, 22 Mar, 2011

Striking up the band to the sound of silence

IF you’d like to know what it feels like to start the most controversial minute’s music in Irish sporting history, there’s someone you can ask in the Phoenix Park.

Mon, 21 Mar, 2011