Extraordinary lengths to play An Olympic hockey star has decided to amputate part of his finger to ensure he can compete at the Paris Games. Matt Dawson, 30, was a silver medalist at the Tokyo 2020 games but was a doubt for Paris after breaking the ring finger on his right hand. Doctors then gave […]

1 year ago

“It is very hard to think there is people out there that could do something like that to someone that’s in financial distress.” An Irish businesswoman and former hockey star who scammed victims out of thousands of euro is the subject of an RTÉ Investigates programme on Monday (14 February). The documentary, RTE Investigates – […]

4 years ago

It takes a lot to impress Mariah. But she was impressed by this. Hostel spokesperson and occasional song-singer Mariah Carey is a big fan of the Irish hockey team singing her massive hit ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’, with our personal favourite bit being that the sing-song happened mid-heatwave, in early August. Well, […]

8 years ago

The fans drowned out the music… Ireland lost out to a very good Holland team in the women’s hockey World Cup Final on Sunday, but they can be immensely proud of what they achieved. Going into the World Cup, Ireland were ranked 16th in the world, and facing a group of the USA (7th), India […]

8 years ago

Start planning your day around this – Ireland’s women’s hockey team are coming home. Ireland’s new wave of women’s hockey fans will get to celebrate the magnificent achievements of the team with a homecoming ceremony in Dublin on Monday afternoon. The team, which fell to a 6-0 defeat to the Netherlands in Sunday’s World Cup […]

8 years ago

The Ireland team made it to the final, and we should be incredibly proud of their achievement. Both Michael D. Higgins and Leo Varadkar got on board with supporting the team on Twitter. The Irish side went up against the Netherlands, who have now won the tournament seven times, and under some sweltering heat in […]

8 years ago