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  • ‘The Full Swing’, LIV Golf, and new formats: how golf in 2023 has started

    ‘The Full Swing’, LIV Golf, and new formats: how golf in 2023 has started

    I’m sure Jay Monaghan (Commissioner of the PGA Tour) had high hopes for this year. Their rival tour LIV Golf’s opening season in 2022 didn’t draw as many spectators as expected, a strategic alliance was formed with the DP World Tour to strengthen their position, and also the release of ‘the Full Swing’ on Netflix. Read more

  • Chronicles of the Iberian Championship: 2023

    Chronicles of the Iberian Championship: 2023

    The scene is set. Confirmation from Valencia GAA that they will host Round 3 of the Iberian Championship on March 11. This will be the final installment of a three-round championship in which the Barcelona Gaels, Madrid Harps, and Valencia GAA battle it out to be crowned king of Iberian Gaelic Football.  Word spread while Read more

  • Radio Package: The Limerick Milk Market

    Radio Package: The Limerick Milk Market

    Originally posted on Simply James: In 2019, I put together a 5 minute radio package about the famous Limerick Milk Market. The market is a haven for both Limerick natives and visitors to find the finest local cuisine, records, and much more. Like all food markets, but particularly in Limerick, you get to meet the… Read more

  • Being a food dummy on Erasmus

    Being a food dummy on Erasmus

    How going abroad in college made me realise just how little my friends and I know about food. As I touched down in Stockholm in January for the beginning of my six-month Erasmus, I felt more than confident in my cooking ability. I had ‘the essentials’ as they’re known in Ireland. I could cook pasta, Read more

  • What were the ‘Sex Wars’ in Feminism?

    What were the ‘Sex Wars’ in Feminism?

    Second-wave feminism began in the early 1960’s, and the feminists debate broadened to a much wider range of issues, including the workplace, family and sexuality. This wave carried on for approximately twenty years, but in the early 1980’s, the ‘Sex Wars’ began. The ‘Sex Wars’ involved intra-feminist disputes on the topics of sexual activity and Read more

  • The Golf Course at Adare Manor Built To Challenge The World’s Best

    The Golf Course at Adare Manor Built To Challenge The World’s Best

    As The Golf Course at Adare Manor prepares to host the return of the JP McManus Pro-Am next July, the club’s Director of Golf Operations Andy McMahon believes the course is “built to challenge the world’s best.” Not only will the redeveloped parkland course roll out the red carpet for some of Hollywood’s and golf’s Read more