I really wish Myles na gCopaleen was around now.

The Cocaine Kingpin Living Large in Dubai Daniel Kinahan, an Irish drug dealer, commands a billion-dollar empire from the U.A.E. Why isn’t he in prison?

Daniel Kinahan was arrested this evening in Dubai.
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Episode 1: Death of an Irish sport

How boxing welcomed Daniel Kinahan with open arms.
Four part podcast series.
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Episode 1: Death of an Irish sport

How boxing welcomed Daniel Kinahan with open arms.
Four part podcast series.
open.spotify.com/episode/6e5q...

Another busy day looksmaxxing.

And what rough beast, its hour come round at last,
Slouches towards O'Connell Street to be born?

Worth reading.

Uncannily prophetic from Paul Ramball in a live review of U2 in the NME in 1980.

Farewell to Sport Goodbye to all that

To whom it concerns.
My first Substack post.

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Beware the Ides of March: Opportunity knocks again for Heimir's Ireland, 40 years after Big Jack's bow - The Currency Gay Byrne had Uri Geller on his mind, so he didn’t need the distraction. He was preparing his introduction and thinking of his first question for the spoon-bender when the floor manager handed him the...

Wrote this for The Currency.
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The remarkable life of Mick McCarthy, the Barnsley bruiser still talking a good game - The Currency It sometimes seems that men have two alternatives when coming into their twilight years – open a coffee truck or start a podcast. Those who can’t be bothered with the sorrowful mysteries of barista tr...

The 'Saipan' film gives us Mick McCarthy as a caricature. This isn't the first time this has happened. The real man is much more interesting. Wrote this for The Currency.
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Sports journalism in Ireland is unrecognisable from when I started out, but spare me the golden-era nostalgia - The Currency When it comes to Irish sports journalism, it often seems like there’s no escape from what should be seen as a malignant virus. We’re prisoners of the past, always looking in the rear-view mirror. Even...

Wrote for The Currency about how the access of the past often led to compromises and stories quietly ignored.

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Another twist to the strangest of years. Receiving a MacNamee award from the GAA tomorrow.
Also, a reminder that I'm looking for work and haven't retired! DMs are open.

Thanks, Anne-Marie. Appreciate your kind words.

Time for this accidental sports journalist to fall into another phase of life I had open heart surgery in 2023 and stage four cancer this year. That sharpens the focus and the mind. There are things I want to do, and that means leaving the comfort zone behind.

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The Cocaine Kingpin Living Large in Dubai Daniel Kinahan, an Irish drug dealer, commands a billion-dollar empire from the U.A.E. Why isn’t he in prison?

I wrote about Daniel Kinahan and his family for @newyorker.com. The story features boxers, assassins, Hezbollah, a billion-dollar cocaine empire, the Open University, and a debonair gangster in a prison in Rome who is singing like a canary...
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I've decided to move on from the Star after 28 memorable years covering sport all over the world, as well as dabbling in politics, current affairs and music writing. I'm open to new opportunities from next month. DMs are open. Thanks.

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Katie Taylor should see Nikita Hand is a better role model than Conor McGregor Dustin the Turkey had a better shot at winning the Eurovision than McGregor has of ending up in the Phoenix Park, but his 'manifesto' has been liked by thousands - including Katie Taylor's account

"McGregor posted a video of a speech about what he'd do as President. To summarise, he promised to hold a referendum on every decision made by the government. In the history of dumbass political ideas, this is, without question, the GOAT.''
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Chantelle Cameron calling out Katie Taylor. Message makes it clear that she's still working with Daniel Kinahan's close associate, Anthony Fitzpatrick. AF lived in Kinahan's Dublin mansion that was seized by the Criminal Assets Bureau.

Looking forward to it, @stane.bsky.social

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has called for them to clarify their stance.

There's a book about moral panics and the Republican Party - its title escapes me - that goes into how targeting of trans community was started as a deliberate strategy by American right in early '90s

A trans character was introduced to Coronation Street nearly 30 years ago and no-one batted an eyelid

Didn’t know that version, Pete. Love it. It's a song that is used to great effect as a recurring motif in Brian Friel's play 'Faith Healer'.

I enjoyed that very much, Pete.

After leading Laois to a first Leinster title in 57 years, it was hard to track down Mick O'Dwyer for post-match interviews.
Eventually we found him in a cubbyhole under the Hogan Stand, having a cup of tea and a Kit Kat on his own, removed from the bedlam outside. He was unique.

Declan Ryan

Delighted that one of the great Irish sports books is back in print. And with plenty of new and fascinating content.

Spreading that silly myth about kids identifying as cats too. Must be at least 10,000 schools now where this has supposedly happened...