Maurice Brosnan
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Irish Examiner senior sportswriter 🗞️📱📹
An objectively hilarious game
• Aviva crowd cheering the TMO review of O’Brien
• Six cards shown and one magically un-shown
• Bernard Jackman casually dropping that Marx will announced as player of the year
• Rassie Erasmus operating with real-time internet brain
• Aviva crowd cheering the TMO review of O’Brien
• Six cards shown and one magically un-shown
• Bernard Jackman casually dropping that Marx will announced as player of the year
• Rassie Erasmus operating with real-time internet brain
November 22, 2025 at 8:13 PM
An objectively hilarious game
• Aviva crowd cheering the TMO review of O’Brien
• Six cards shown and one magically un-shown
• Bernard Jackman casually dropping that Marx will announced as player of the year
• Rassie Erasmus operating with real-time internet brain
• Aviva crowd cheering the TMO review of O’Brien
• Six cards shown and one magically un-shown
• Bernard Jackman casually dropping that Marx will announced as player of the year
• Rassie Erasmus operating with real-time internet brain
Love the fact Ireland are just watching the goal over and over again, like the rest of us
November 16, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Love the fact Ireland are just watching the goal over and over again, like the rest of us
Irish players have been heading to the AFL and NFL combines in growing numbers. What is the interview process really like?
Spoke to Mark Jackson and Nicholas Walsh about the wild questions they ask and why
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Spoke to Mark Jackson and Nicholas Walsh about the wild questions they ask and why
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How often would you wash your jeans? The odd questions that can decide a sporting career
When Irish hopefuls try out for pro outfits in the NFL or Aussie Rules, there are copious curveballs thrown in their direction. The first lesson is to step outside your comfort zone - and fast
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November 12, 2025 at 3:05 PM
Irish players have been heading to the AFL and NFL combines in growing numbers. What is the interview process really like?
Spoke to Mark Jackson and Nicholas Walsh about the wild questions they ask and why
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Spoke to Mark Jackson and Nicholas Walsh about the wild questions they ask and why
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Before yesterday, Sean O’Shea hadn’t taken a single shot on his left foot in 2025. In the biggest game of their season, during that outrageous spell, he went for it and nailed a two. The flow state!
June 30, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Before yesterday, Sean O’Shea hadn’t taken a single shot on his left foot in 2025. In the biggest game of their season, during that outrageous spell, he went for it and nailed a two. The flow state!
Wrote about Con O'Callaghan: what makes him different in the words of his club, college and county team-mates and the numbers to prove it. This year: 39 shots, 35 points. Outrageous.
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June 28, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Wrote about Con O'Callaghan: what makes him different in the words of his club, college and county team-mates and the numbers to prove it. This year: 39 shots, 35 points. Outrageous.
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The Irish Examiner football podcast is available now. Strong stuff from Paul Rouse on the Leitrim situation. Plus a review of the weekend, man-management and the art of dropping players 🎧
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The Gaelic Football Show: Leitrim fail to field, the Wild West, Clucko's return
Paul Rouse, Maurice Brosnan and James Horan review events throughout all the divisions - including Leitrim's failure to fulfil their fixture -- after a hectic weekend of Allianz League action elsewher...
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March 16, 2025 at 11:02 PM
The Irish Examiner football podcast is available now. Strong stuff from Paul Rouse on the Leitrim situation. Plus a review of the weekend, man-management and the art of dropping players 🎧
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It is 25 years since Mark Carroll won gold at the European Indoor Championships. Caught up with him this week to chat about why that isn't his favourite race, coaching, doping and properly punishing yourself.
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The plan, the prep and the moment of truth: A Hall of Famer’s guide to properly punishing yourself
Every element of his work now is shaped by his own experience. As a runner, it got under his skin. What about as a coach?
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March 9, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It is 25 years since Mark Carroll won gold at the European Indoor Championships. Caught up with him this week to chat about why that isn't his favourite race, coaching, doping and properly punishing yourself.
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Spoke to a really engaging Shane Walsh, seems to be in great form on and off the pitch. How being a Galway footballer has changed, his injury trouble last year and Pádraic Joyce's football brain.
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Shane Walsh: 'When I came in, people were saying, ‘Go away to America’'
At the beginning of his intercounty career, Shane Walsh walked into a weary Galway. Now everything is different
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March 4, 2025 at 10:35 AM
Spoke to a really engaging Shane Walsh, seems to be in great form on and off the pitch. How being a Galway footballer has changed, his injury trouble last year and Pádraic Joyce's football brain.
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Finally, data from the new rules 🚨
24 championship v 25 league
📈Shots up marginally 49.9 to 56.2 (54.2 in 23)
✖️No change in average scores (31)
🔼Big jump in contested/long KOs
⛔️Handpass:kickpass ratio 3.3 (3.4 24)
🔴Fouls up (31 vs 24)
24 championship v 25 league
📈Shots up marginally 49.9 to 56.2 (54.2 in 23)
✖️No change in average scores (31)
🔼Big jump in contested/long KOs
⛔️Handpass:kickpass ratio 3.3 (3.4 24)
🔴Fouls up (31 vs 24)
February 22, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Finally, data from the new rules 🚨
24 championship v 25 league
📈Shots up marginally 49.9 to 56.2 (54.2 in 23)
✖️No change in average scores (31)
🔼Big jump in contested/long KOs
⛔️Handpass:kickpass ratio 3.3 (3.4 24)
🔴Fouls up (31 vs 24)
24 championship v 25 league
📈Shots up marginally 49.9 to 56.2 (54.2 in 23)
✖️No change in average scores (31)
🔼Big jump in contested/long KOs
⛔️Handpass:kickpass ratio 3.3 (3.4 24)
🔴Fouls up (31 vs 24)
Really enlightening chat with Lara Gillespie. What a star.
Learned something about the challenges that come with being an Irish cyclist, race craft, commitment and why medals matter.
Interview 👇
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Learned something about the challenges that come with being an Irish cyclist, race craft, commitment and why medals matter.
Interview 👇
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Lara Gillespie: ‘I am known as a nomad on my team. I'm a bit more chaotic than other cyclists because of where I am from’
Gillespie was speaking before she made history last Thursday as the first Irish cyclist to win an elite title at the European track championships
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February 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Really enlightening chat with Lara Gillespie. What a star.
Learned something about the challenges that come with being an Irish cyclist, race craft, commitment and why medals matter.
Interview 👇
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Learned something about the challenges that come with being an Irish cyclist, race craft, commitment and why medals matter.
Interview 👇
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John Cooney’s tragic death leaves behind a sport struggling with its own mortality
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John Cooney’s tragic death leaves behind a sport struggling with its own mortality
When a boxer dies due to injuries suffered in the ring, the sport does not stop. The atmosphere around it, however, shifts markedly. An ever-present but abstract risk is suddenly tangible
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February 15, 2025 at 8:39 AM
John Cooney’s tragic death leaves behind a sport struggling with its own mortality
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City deserve serious credit to be able to keep making these collapses so entertaining
February 11, 2025 at 9:57 PM
City deserve serious credit to be able to keep making these collapses so entertaining
Crunched the numbers for minutes played by Irish props this season and for Ireland in 2024.
What is the solution to the Irish rugby prop problem?
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What is the solution to the Irish rugby prop problem?
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February 1, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Crunched the numbers for minutes played by Irish props this season and for Ireland in 2024.
What is the solution to the Irish rugby prop problem?
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What is the solution to the Irish rugby prop problem?
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Alcaraz 🤯 this is absolutely sensational sport
January 21, 2025 at 1:43 PM
Alcaraz 🤯 this is absolutely sensational sport
Cuala and Errigal Ciarán give a glimpse of what the new game can’t afford to lose
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Cuala and Errigal Ciarán give a glimpse of what the new game can’t afford to lose
None of this is to say the game doesn’t need fixing. The last two weeks of gripping club clashes simply served as reminders of things that we don’t want to lose in the process.
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January 20, 2025 at 1:07 PM
Cuala and Errigal Ciarán give a glimpse of what the new game can’t afford to lose
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Crokes played their part in a cracker. They didn't lose because of their manager or game plan. That doesn't make it hurt any less.
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O'Shea and Crokes are left with a haunting hurt
History has taught us that some things never change. Kerry and Tyrone can serve up epics. Class forwards are perpetually valuable. In Newbridge, Errigal Ciarán's risk earned them all of the reward.
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January 12, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Crokes played their part in a cracker. They didn't lose because of their manager or game plan. That doesn't make it hurt any less.
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Made a linktree rounding up all my recent pieces for the Examiner: Best podcasts of 2024, music books, talking points, faves, live reviews, and ones to watch (plus a playlist)
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January 7, 2025 at 11:58 AM
Made a linktree rounding up all my recent pieces for the Examiner: Best podcasts of 2024, music books, talking points, faves, live reviews, and ones to watch (plus a playlist)
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Declan O'Sullivan. Ian Keatley. Joshua Zirkzee.
The survival guide after being booed by your own fans
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The survival guide after being booed by your own fans
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The survival guide after being booed by your own fans
Like Ian Keatley with Munster and Declan O'Sullivan with Kerry, there is a way back for Joshua Zirkzee about being booed by the Manchester United supporters.
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January 6, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Declan O'Sullivan. Ian Keatley. Joshua Zirkzee.
The survival guide after being booed by your own fans
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The survival guide after being booed by your own fans
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That’s remarkable stuff from Trent Alexander-Arnold. Both the pass and his reaction to it
January 5, 2025 at 5:44 PM
That’s remarkable stuff from Trent Alexander-Arnold. Both the pass and his reaction to it
Some observations from Castlebar.
No two-pointers. Mayo dropped ten shots short. Finished with 43% conversion.
Lots of contested kickouts. 59% retention for Mayo, 50% for Monaghan.
Rory Beggan had 22 possessions.
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No two-pointers. Mayo dropped ten shots short. Finished with 43% conversion.
Lots of contested kickouts. 59% retention for Mayo, 50% for Monaghan.
Rory Beggan had 22 possessions.
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A first glimpse of the new rules in Castlebar: kickout struggles, 50m swings, goalkeeper influence
Monaghan and Mayo showed the new rules will take some time to bed in.
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January 5, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Some observations from Castlebar.
No two-pointers. Mayo dropped ten shots short. Finished with 43% conversion.
Lots of contested kickouts. 59% retention for Mayo, 50% for Monaghan.
Rory Beggan had 22 possessions.
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No two-pointers. Mayo dropped ten shots short. Finished with 43% conversion.
Lots of contested kickouts. 59% retention for Mayo, 50% for Monaghan.
Rory Beggan had 22 possessions.
www.irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/ar...