Person: Eimear Ryan

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<p>Eimear Ryan's memoir, The Grass Ceiling, took home the Eason Sports Book of the Year in association with Ireland AM at the ceremony held in the Convention Centre in Dublin. Picture: Miki Barlok</p>

culture

Irish Examiner columnist Eimear Ryan wins Sports Book of the Year

Katriona O’Sullivan claimed two prizes with her biography, Poor

general

Junior readers: Top children’s books to gift

travel

Transylvania: A destination to count on

gaa

EIMEAR RYAN: One hurler’s achievement becomes another’s aspiration

news

‘A lot of brilliant people leaving Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services’

Time for Tipp hurlers to forge new identity

Fade to grey – why it’s time to ditch the dye

Silver hair has gone mainstream, writes Eimear Ryan, as she wonders if she should embrace the trend

Sat, 07 Apr, 2018

Eimear Ryan: 2017 - A year when women made themselves heard

In sports, as in politics, we seem to have reached a tipping point. Now we are righteously angry, writes Eimear Ryan

Sun, 24 Dec, 2017

Dublin's Blues Sisters and Ireland's girls in green prove a different class

The enjoyable Blues Sisters gave us plenty of what we are familiar with. The Sacrifices and The Demands. The Savage Hunger. The fierce hurt from last year, writes Larry Ryan.

Sat, 02 Dec, 2017

No matter who wins, I’ll be beaming

The fact that Waterford have tucked away 11 goals this season, while Galway have only scored two, should demonstrate that their sweeper is anything but a negative tactic, writes Eimear Ryan.

Sat, 02 Sep, 2017

Camogie finally goes prime time with live quarter-finals

For the first time ever this afternoon, the All-Ireland camogie quarter-finals will be broadcast live on RTÉ, writes Eimear Ryan.

Sat, 05 Aug, 2017

Eimear Ryan: Running’s unique community spirit goes hand in hand with parklife

On a balmy Friday evening, not too long ago, I find myself out in Courtmacsherry for a 10k race. This is a ‘fun run’, a phrase that until quite recently I dismissed as oxymoronic, writes Eimear Ryan.

Sat, 08 Jul, 2017

EIMEAR RYAN: John McEnroe, you cannot be serious

I am mostly aware of John McEnroe as a meme, says Eimear Ryan. I don’t remember watching him play in his heyday; by the time I was conscious of Wimbledon it was Graf, Agassi, Sampras and Navratilova who ruled the courts. 

Fri, 30 Jun, 2017

Making a connection: The power of the podcast

Eimear Ryan on the power of the podcast – and the eight you have to hear this summer. 

Sat, 10 Jun, 2017

EIMEAR RYAN: Are Tipp ready to ignite in the camogie championship?

Another weekend, another classic pairing of Munster teams, writes Eimear Ryan. 

Sat, 10 Jun, 2017

Eimear Ryan: Rural or urban, GAA folk are cut from the same fabric

Since transferring clubs, I’ve become highly conscious of the little differences between urban and rural clubs, writes Eimear Ryan.

Fri, 02 Jun, 2017

EIMEAR RYAN: Tipperary don’t need to be the new Kilkenny

It’s a common trope in any cat-and- mouse thriller or police procedural, writes Eimear Ryan.

Sun, 21 May, 2017

EIMEAR RYAN: Combining bouldness of youth with craftiness of experience

No one tells you about the good aspects of ageing in a sport, writes Eimear Ryan.

Wed, 03 May, 2017

Only by changing mindsets can we give girls a sporting chance

Just 11% of Irish teens have mastered fundamental movements they should have mastered by the age of 6. The Insight Centre for Data Analytics along with DCU and Dublin GAA today launched the programme which aims to tackle the issue, writes Eimear Ryan.

Fri, 24 Mar, 2017

Calling all writers to Cork literary gathering