Karen Duggan said it was “not a tactic.” The Republic of Ireland’s Women’s World Cup opener ultimately ended in bitter disappointment, despite a spirited second-half performance, as Australia managed to hold on to a 1-0 win by the skin of their teeth in Sydney. Vera Pauw’s team rallied in the final half hour, creating excellent […]

2 years ago

The former Irish international opened up about becoming a parent for the first time. Former professional footballer Richie Sadlier appeared on the latest episode of RTÉ’s ‘The Tommy Tiernan Show’, on Saturday evening, in what proved to be one of the series’ most emotive episodes to date. Sadlier, who has been public in the past […]

3 years ago

“It’s not work that everyone can do. It’s work that actually some people would be appalled by and would have no interest in – but it’s work I like doing.” Richie Sadlier didn’t have a book that spoke frankly and fairly to him about sex and relationships when he was a teenager, so he wrote […]

4 years ago

“Who did this? You’ve got to remove people like that”. Richie Sadlier has said that whoever leaked information from Stephen Kenny’s dressing room should be identified and removed from the camp. This comes in relation to an incident that saw Kenny show a three-minute motivational montage to players before a game versus England, that featured […]

5 years ago

Really powerful stuff from the former professional footballer. Richie Sadlier appeared on The Late Late Show on Friday night to discuss the release of his new book Recovering. While chatting with Ryan Tubridy on the show, he discussed the fact that he was sexually abused as a young teenager, and the effect it had on […]

6 years ago

“Conversations like this are important, and we need to keep having them, because it’s an uncomfortable area for a lot of people to talk about.” In the wake of the Belfast trial verdict, many people in Ireland are attempting to establish a full and frank conversation on the nature of consent and sexual education. For […]

8 years ago