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Interview

Rape survivor Bláthnaid Raleigh says sports clubs must step up and educate members on consent

Bláthnaid Raleigh’s attacker was convicted by a Central Criminal Court jury of rape and aggravated sexual assault in Galway this week.

3 Jul 2024

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big interview

'A lot of people are chasing Ireland now. We can’t be looking in the rearview mirror'

David Nucifora sits down with The 42 as his time as IRFU performance director nears the end.

On the IRFU's central contract system and Irish Qualified programme

Player movement between the provinces

And the growth of Ireland's Sevens programme

Murray Kinsella

3 Jul 2024

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Interview

'Too much of my time was spent on hurling' - Gearóid Hegarty on finding his flow

Man of the Match in the Munster final, Hegarty often wonders what the Drive For Five looks like from the outside.

2 Jul 2024

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Olympic Dream

Béibhinn Parsons: 'The best way to repay everyone is to come home with a medal'

30 Jun 2024

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Interview

'People move on': Aodhán Ó Ríordáin on Labour gaining first seat in EU after 10 years

Ó Ríordáin told The Journal he plans to protect employment rights, push back against the far right and continue carrying the green torch in the European Parliament.

Muiris O'Cearbhaill

25 Jun 2024

9.2k

Interview

'That was difficult to take. You're always going to think what could have been'

22 Jun 2024

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Interview

History buff, 2021 final recovery, Keegan role with Cork - Niall O'Leary

Rebel’s corner-back gearing up for final stages of the All-Ireland championship.

The influence of local history on his pride in representing Cork.

The night they beat Limerick to rescue their season.

How Pat Ryan and Gary Keegan maintain belief in the camp.

Declan Bogue

20 Jun 2024

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Spotlight

The team least likely to win the Euros and the extreme politics they can't escape from

18 Jun 2024

5.5k

Kieran McGeary

'I like being busy' - Footballer of the Year, teacher, restaurant owner, and coach

The decorated Tyrone man is not yet satisfied with all he has achieved in the game.

His own journey since being the 2021 Footballer of the Year

On Tyrone's loss of form and transition in the team

Opening a restaurant and being a teacher

Mickey Harte's departure, Feargal Logan's health difficulties

Declan Bogue

15 Jun 2024

7.5k

Gaza

'It's apocalyptic': A doctor's experience of treating people after Israel's attack on Saturday

14 Jun 2024

8.6k

Interview

How a sports book ‘no one's going to want to read’ became ‘a masterpiece’

9 Jun 2024

4.2k

Interview

'My femur was fractured. The doctors hadn’t experienced anything like that with a stump'

Barry McClements is ready for his second Paralympic Games this summer – but the dream almost went up in smoke.

5 Jun 2024

3.1k

Adoption

How the 'Lost Children of Greece' are fighting for citizenship and access to their records

Thousands of children were adopted to countries such as the US after the Greek Civil War, Mary Cardaras tells The Journal.

Many people have fought for decades to have their Greek citizenship restored and to get access to their personal records

The adoption market in Greece was "lucrative" and involved priests, lawyers and doctors

Órla Ryan

1 Jun 2024

14.7k

Interview

'I wasn’t supposed to go to that World Cup, and I’m okay with that. It was a blessing in disguise'

Ireland and Liverpool striker Leanne Kiernan is back in form after the hardest 15 months of her sporting life.

Emma Duffy

28 May 2024

1.9k

Home

‘I didn't think I'd ever come back… But kids come along and things change’

26 May 2024

3.4k

myth detector

Georgian journalist targeted by masked men told she faces 'revenge' unless she stops working

Tamar Kintsurashvili spoke to The Journal about how the ‘foreign agent’ law in Georgia, though not yet implemented, is already having an effect.

Órla Ryan

25 May 2024

10.7k

Pulitzer winner

Nathan Thrall on telling Palestinian stories, wary publishers and cancelled promotional events

25 May 2024

5.4k

Interview

'Ming' Flanagan on independents' popularity, his autism diagnosis and voters' move to the right

After nearly a decade in Brussels, Flanagan tells The Journal he can now see the merits of the European Parliament.

19 May 2024

20.1k

Interview

4 years ago, he was working 8-5 in the US. Now, he’s playing in the Irish top flight

19 May 2024

4.6k

Interview

‘If I mentioned Stuart Lancaster, Ronan O'Gara, Andy Farrell… Who’s our footballing equivalent?’

12 May 2024

5.7k

Interview

'90% of what we talk about at home is football' - Family fortunes for Clearys of Cork

4 May 2024

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Interview

David Clifford on improving football, the NFL, and 'uncomfortable' generational talent tag

The Kerry superstar tries to ‘take the emotion out of the game,’ as Pep Guardiola often references.

23 Apr 2024

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Interview

How women are treated during pregnancy and when they complain 'isn't good enough', says junior minister

Minister of State for European Affairs says ambitious women are often portrayed as a bad thing.

Minister of State Jennifer Carrroll MacNeill, who has previously spoken about her own experiences with miscarriage, said she found Dáil abortion debate this week 'difficult'

21 Apr 2024

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