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21/04/2021

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11/02/2021

Before Ireland's next Six Nations match on Sunday we look back at our chat with Ireland's men's captain, Johnny Sexton, on 'Perception Vs Reality' when playing for the Irish Rugby team. Link below 👇 to listen to his interview podcast.

Ireland outhalf and Leinster captain Johnny Sexton joins journalist Gavin Cummiskey on The Sports Chronicle to talk about perception versus reality when representing Ireland.

27/01/2021

'Your Purpose Being Taken From You' by Anna O'Flanagan.

Ireland Women’s Hockey star, Anna O’Flanagan, talks about the hope of the Olympics happening this year and shares how she can't think past it. In this video interview, she shared the highs and lows of 2020 and the struggle to maintain perspective in a global pandemic.

Watch the full interview below.

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One of the stars of the Ireland Women’s Hockey team, Anna O’Flanagan, reflects on 2020 which started with her and her teammates preparing to make history by ...

20/01/2021

One of the stars of the Ireland Women's Hockey team, Anna O'Flanagan, reflects on 2020 which started with her and her teammates preparing to make history by competing in the Tokyo Olympics and ended with a struggle to maintain perspective in a global pandemic.

“You struggle for perspective. To have your whole purpose taken away so abruptly is difficult and upsetting”

Read 'Olympics... Hopeful' by Anna O'Flanagan. Link below.

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One of the stars of the Ireland Women's Hockey team, Anna O'Flanagan, reflects on 2020 which started with her and her teammates preparing to make history by competing in the Tokyo Olympics and ended with a struggle to maintain perspective in a global pandemic.

17/12/2020

Elite Irish surfer, Conor Maguire talks to us about growing up on Ireland’s west coast and tells the story of surfing Ireland’s biggest ever wave at Mullaghmore in County Sligo.

“It’s that feeling of being consumed by a blissful moment where nothing else matters and the immersion in nature that keeps you coming back for more.”

Read ‘Water Boy’ by Conor Maguire. Link below. Ethos CBD & Wellness

Elite Irish surfer, Conor Maguire talks growing up on Ireland’s west coast and tells the story of surfing Ireland’s biggest ever wave at Mullaghmore in County Sligo last October.

03/12/2020

Ireland Cricket Captain, Andrew Balbirnie talks cricket culture, meeting his childhood hero, Brian Lara, taking on the best in the world and his hopes for the future of Irish cricket.

“There’s still a stigma that cricket isn’t a sport that belongs to us as Irish people. We’re an all-Ireland team. We need to find ways to break the stigma.”

Read ‘The Best Sport In The World’ by Andrew Balbirnie – link below.

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Ireland Cricket Captain, Andrew Balbirnie talks cricket culture, meeting his childhood hero, Brian Lara, taking on the best in the world and his hopes for the future of Irish cricket.

03/12/2020

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23/11/2020

“There’s so many times people look at me in complete shock that I have experienced racism. I’m like, ‘Are you serious? You are the problem!’.”

Read “Give Yourself A Voice” by Charity Williams, link below 👇👇.

Charity Williams is a Canadian Women's Rugby Sevens star and bronze medal winner at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She talks to us about growing up as a person of colour in Canada, tackling racism and how the Black Lives Matter movement has given her a voice.

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Canada Women's Rugby Sevens star and bronze medal winner at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Charity Williams talks about growing up as a person of colour in Canada, tackling racism and how the Black Lives Matter movement has given her a voice.

11/11/2020

Recently Kilkenny camogie legend and multiple All-Ireland winner as a player and manager, Ann Downey reflected with us on her stellar career in GAA and how the pandemic has forced us all to slow down and reevaluate.

"It’s why this pandemic has hit the GAA community so hard. It’s a big loss to a lot of people. But if you were to take some positives from it, you’d say it was a grounding experience. It felt like we were all going 100 miles an hour thinking of ourselves and no one else.

When life slows down you get a better appreciation for what you have and what you had. "

Read Ann Downey's full story "Slowing Down", link below.

Kilkenny camogie legend and multiple All-Ireland winner as a player and manager, Ann Downey reflects on her stellar career in GAA and how the pandemic has forced us all to slow down and reevaluate.

11/11/2020

Sport psychologist Niamh Fitzpatrick spoke to us about the experience of losing her sister Dara, the impact of loss and grief and the hope that comes from finding a balance between remembering and living.

You can find a link to the full video in the comments below.

10/11/2020

“I was 48 when my sister, Dara died three years ago. Everything up to that point is one life. Everything that happened after is whole other life.”



Sport psychologist and author of Tell Me The Truth About Loss, Niamh Fitzpatrick talks about her life of two halves, split by the tragic death of her sister, Captain Dara Fitzpatrick in 2017.



Read ‘A Life Of Two Halves’ by Niamh Fitzpatrick.

Sports psychologist and author of Tell Me The Truth About Loss, Niamh Fitzpatrick talks about her life of two halves, split by the tragic death of her sister, Captain Dara Fitzpatrick in 2017.

09/11/2020

"I'm Harry McNulty, and I'm not good enough.”

In periods of negativity, we often tell ourselves awful things without realising it’s all just nonsense.

Full video here https://www.thesportschronicle.com/more-sports/movember-boidu-sayeh/ |