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Memories of the pressing game with Con Houlihan
Memories of the pressing game with Con Houlihan
Just when you think you’ve heard all the Con Houlihan stories, along comes one from way back in the day about the time he and sportswriting colleague David Faiers were in Paris for France versus Ireland in the rugby.

Sat, 05 Dec, 2015

Cormac MacConnell: This manopausal virus has dogged me
Cormac MacConnell: This manopausal virus has dogged me
Do not be too shocked by my honest confession to you all today that I have suffered all my adult life from a virtually unreported and totally incurable manopausal virus, now identified as the lethal SJ Syndrome.

Thu, 06 Aug, 2015

All quiet in ‘the office’

All was quiet in Con’s office yesterday, bar the sport on the television and the images flickering behind the eyes of Peter Roche, stationed at the counter of Mulligans of Poolbeg St.

Mon, 06 Aug, 2012

It’s 17.59 ... 50 million pints, please

SURE Jaysus who could imagine 50 million pints of the black stuff being sunk around the globe at the same time.

Fri, 25 Sep, 2009

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