Sligo🏁 Freelance sports journalist ✍️ Into all sport, but the GAA, ⚽️ & 🏉 in particular. Previous appearances on Virgin Media, RTE player, Off The Ball & more
God you’d have palpitations just watching it.
Relive Ireland’s GOLD MEDAL winning run in the 4x400m mixed relay at the European Athletics Championships right here.
Phew 😅 🥵
☘️ Here, you can’t miss this, unbelievable!
🎶 ‘Hampden Hero’ (👈her official title) Amber Barrett sings The Wild Rover, on O'Connell Street, in front of 8,000 fans at the homecoming 🎶
👏 Some welcome home 👏
@ballsdotie
Aw here!
To see Sharlene Mawdsley go through the motions, miss out on the last Olympics, the heartbreak in Glasgow, and then THIS.
She can’t even believe it herself as she crosses the line. Get believing it girl, you’re one of the best in the world!
(📸 Sam Barnes/
@sportsfile
)
🚨 Thrilled to announce that I’ve started a full time position as a journalist at
@HerSportDotIE
🤝
I’d like to thank everyone I’ve worked with in a freelance capacity to date, I’ve learned a lot and met great people too!
Back to where it all began🫡, looking forward to it!
The Irish WNT players welcomed by the stage to over 2,000 people in O'Connell Street, some of whom had to go back to their clubs ☘️
Guess who got the biggest cheer 😉 ⁉️
@ballsdotie
Breaking:
@FAIreland
have just announced they will be granting equal pay to both their men’s and women’s national teams 🇮🇪 A move which captains Katie McCabe and Seamus Coleman have been calling for for some time now
@HerSportDotIE
⚽️ IRELAND’S FIRST WORLD CUP GOAL, FROM A KATIE MCCABE CORNER NO LESS 👏
🇮🇪 Vera Pauw’s side are 1-0 up against the Olympic champions 🇨🇦
McCabe’s childhood club, Kilnamanagh, were a touch happy with it to say the least🥹👇
#coygig
@ballsdotie
35,994 is the official attendance today at the Aviva Stadium, per
@IrelandFootball
☘️.
That’s a NEW RECORD for the Republic of Ireland WNT, around 5 times the former one of 7,633, set vs France in Tallaght Stadium at the start of July 👏.
@HerSportDotIE
Wait what⁉️ You’re telling me Ireland aren’t in this one 🇮🇪?
In all seriousness I’m buzzing for this now between England 🏴 and Germany 🇩🇪 , after whats been a brilliant month of football ⚽️
⏰ 3.5hrs until KO 🤩
Hopefully we’ll be in the next one 😉
#WEURO2022
⚽️ Ringsend react to the news that Abbie Larkin is entering the fray here for 🇮🇪 Ireland vs Australia 🇦🇺
☘️ A proud moment for her, her family and the entire community!
19 years of age, here’s hoping she takes the World Cup by storm 👏
@ballsdotie
#Coygig
🎙️ Well…this was mad!
Delighted to present
@offtheball
‘s Nollaig na mBan today from 1-7 on
@NewstalkFM
, plenty of lessons learned😅
Big thanks too to
@ShaneHannon01
and all of the guests as well who made it a thoroughly enjoyable experience.
Hard to tell what it’s to do with, be it the weather or what, but it’s disappointing not to see Tallaght packed for this cup final.
You’d think after the hype of the summer we’d see the excitement trickle down, not the case it would seem…
🚨 This is not a drill. This is not a drill. IRELAND ARE GOING TO THE WORLD CUP 🇮🇪
They beat Scotland 1-0 in Hampden Park thanks to substitute Amber Barrett’s goal to make it to their first ever major tournament!
Earth shatteringly ecstatic, historic moment!
#SCOIRL
𝗜𝘁’𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻…𝗮 𝗱𝗮𝘆 😅
✅Masters complete! Submitted our thesis and documentary on elite athletes returning to sport after pregnancy (👀)
✅ World Cup opener!Live coverage and reaction from the Ireland vs Australia Ringsend watch party
😴Wake me up on Wednesday at 1
227k watched the Senior Final between
@meathladiesMLGF
and
@dublinladiesg
yesterday on TG4
Thats a 50k increase on the replica 2020 fixture 🎅
876k tuned into last year’s Men’s Senior final
The building blocks are brilliant to see but don’t forget we still have a ways to go🤩
Lads what’s the story with the WNT kits having the Sky logo in some cases and not in others(below)?
Also very disappointing that there are very few women’s jerseys available in general.
People want to show their support and I think the manufacturers are missing a trick there🤷♀️
Not sure what’s the norm on the calendar front but just caught my eye that the
@irishrugby
women’s stars made it in theirs which is quite cool (and just) 🤩
Notably no Katie McCabe and co on the Arsenal one, but hey its progress ✅
No surprise to anyone but
@ShaneHannon01
-a class act as always👏
Kellie Harrington is an Irish sporting legend,but that doesn’t mean the tough questions shouldn’t be asked. They should be, and were asked in a balanced way alongside all of the positives in the rest of the chat👇
So the WNT are headed back to Tallaght .
I understand why, but I hope the thinking is that the bigger games go back to the Aviva and the momentum builds that way!
It does have me thinking though, how is more of a fan culture promoted? Girls in Green ultras if you will😆(🧵1/?)
⚽️ 1/2 way through my 8 week placement at
@offtheball
✅
👩🎓
@DCU
Journalism undergrad results last week ✅
✍️ Accepted to a Masters in Emerging Media back at
@DCU_SoC
in September ✅
🔴Busy few weeks, loving every minute of it!
“We’re just getting started” says
#IrishWNT
captain Katie McCabe, to the delight of the crowd ☘️
Do you’ve a message for the crowd she’s asked.
“Buy your ticket for the Aviva stadium!” she says.
@ballsdotie
Even if it was a fairytale it couldn’t have been scripted better!
Denise O'Sullivan has scored for Ireland in Páirc Uí Chaoimh!
I REPEAT - Denise O'Sullivan has scored for Ireland in Páirc Uí Chaoimh!
Big moment for the Cork woman, and Ireland, to send them 1-0 up vs France 🇫🇷
🇮🇪 3-2🇦🇺
What a performance.
What a game.
What a player.
Sky Ireland Player of The Match
@louise_quinn4
! Not to mention she’s a
@HerSportDotIE
ambassador too🇮🇪 Legend 👊
#COYGIG
Not sure about the “Women’s National League expert” tag
@mariecrowe
,but it was definitely a pleasure to be involved in today’s
@loiwomen
‘s launch🔥
A big season to come! If it’s anything like last year’s we’re in for a treat⚽️ For the 1000th time today, the countdown is on
#WNL
AMBER BARRETT WITH THE GOAL! SHE COULD WELL GO DOWN IN
@FAIreland
WNT history as the one who sent us to the World Cup 🇮🇪 🤞72 mins gone and Ireland lead 1-0 over Scotland 🏴 thanks to the substitute, get in!
#SCOIRL
#COYGIG
Julie-Ann Russell scores! What a story 🔥
In for her first Ireland camp since 2020, the Galway United woman came on in the second half and hits the back of the net in the dying embers.
Unbelievable in what was elsewhere a disappointing night for Gleeson’s side👏
#COYGIG
Around this time last year a certain
@HerSportDotIE
crowd followed my Instagram by chance👇
An email, a lot of articles/interviews and c.352 days later there’s a ground breaking magazine that I’m so proud to be a part of🏃♀️
A great crew🎉Find it with the
@businessposthq
today📰
Cavan’s Leona Maguire has done it 🔥
A first LGPA title for the 27 year old, the win also places her as the first Irish woman ever to hold the accolade 🇮🇪
She struck -18 to pip it with a final round 67⛳️
@leona_maguire
@HerSportDotIE
#LeonaMaguire
☘️ LUCY QUINN SCORES THE REPUBLIC OF IRELAND WNT’S FIRST GOAL AT THE AVIVA STADIUM!
⚽️ 1-0 up against Northern Ireland with half an hour gone.
#COYGIG
starting to erupt out now
@HerSportDotIE
Fantastic to be on
@TonightVMTV
highlighting the immense success of the
@FAIreland
WNT making it to their first ever major tournament🏆
There has of course been other talking points, but I think Vera and the team have handled the fallout with such respect
Now bring on Aus ⚽️
☘️ Nice for the Irish WNT, as well as their friends and family (and more) that they could finally celebrate the squad announcement at the Mansion House this evening!
⚽️ Gavin James sending them off off in style👇
#IrishWNT
🚨 This one is a touch mad 🤯
💥Thrilled to have appeared on
#OTBAM
this morning, previewing
@FAIreland
’s world cup qualifier against Georgia tonight 🇬🇪(KO 5pm 🇮🇪 time live on RTE2 📺 )
You can catch back that preview here👇
@offtheball
☘️ At home with the feet up
First time in I don’t know how long that I haven’t been at a home Ireland game, but still tuning in!
So committed to the craft of women’s sport that I just simply had to go and try an ACL injury (+ a few fractures) out for myself.
🫡
#COYGIG
⚽️Busy one with the
#IrishWNT
World Cup squad announcement today but nice to top it off on
@TonightVMTV
!
☘️A mixed bag of devastation and delight for the squad, but everyone single one of them are already Irish football heroes, no doubt that will only evolve come kick off🏟️🇦🇺
🥈 Silver for Ireland in the European Championships 4x400m relay final!
Irish record broken yet again, by a whole 2 seconds.
Seven races for Adeleke and Mawdsley and they were still able to produce when it mattered!
Unbelievable 👏
☘️Just finished the The Road Down Under on
@RTEOne
this evening, it'd get you right in the mood on what nearly feels like 🎅Christmas Eve for the
@FIFAWWC
⚽️
📺Reflecting on the lows that got us to highs and that journey with everyone that made it happen, it's a must watch👏!
☘️ Just to clarify because there seems to be some confusion about it!
The reason there were missing players at the Irish WNT homecoming was (we were told) because they had to go back to their clubs; those being- Denise O’Sullivan, Marissa Sheva, Kyra Carusa and Sophie Whitehouse
An enormous day for Irish women's rugby 🏉
"Strong people stand up for themselves, but stronger people stand up for others"
Today these powerful 62 not only advocated for the improvement of conditions for themselves and their peers, but also the future following their path🦶
Silence in the face of injustice is complicity.
62 brave and prominent figures in Irish rugby have come together to write a letter to the Government calling for support and “meaningful change” following the IRFU’s “historic failings” to the women's game.
Powerful.
The FIRST EVER Her Sport print magazine 🤓
Out this Sunday, FREE with the
@businessposthq
! Featuring some incredible Irish sportswomen.
Make sure to grab yourself a copy as we continue to give our women the visibility they deserve 🙌🏼
Hard to believe I get to call this craic “work” ⚽️ 📺
Great night at the
@SSEAirtricityLg
#LOI
Highlights show at the Riverside Hotel with the
@sligorovers
crowd 🔴
Big thanks to
@FAIreland
and all involved🇮🇪You can watch it back here if you missed it👇
☘️ Full time, NI 1-6 ROI 👏
😮💨Just the 20 goals for Ireland in their 6 wins from 6 Nations League games, with 2 goals conceded.
🟩Fair play to Gleeson, w/ Byrne & Healy.
🧵 A thread recapping some of the highlights from the campaign post WC (🪡1/8)
I was on
@TonightVMTV
last night, talking Ireland under Stephen Kenny and how the next person to take the hotseat may be the benefactor of his work ⚽️
Also the first official outing for that
@HerSportDotIE
super!
My
#IrishWNT
23 for the World Cup,although I’m glad I’m not picking it😅
In reality I think Pauw’s picking all the 🇺🇸crew (why else bring them in so late), so that’s Farrelly and Sheva in
Hoping it’s not at the cost of the WPD players,but the heart and head could differ there!
🥹This team!
✨ The energy is just contagious ✨
🏃♀️ A first 🥈 at senior level for Healy, Becker and Cadden
Adds to the 🥇 Mawdsley and Adeleke picked up in the mixed relay earlier this week (Rhasidat with an individual 🥈 too)
🎙️ Hear them here ⬇️
1 word for that
#RachaelBlackmore
doc- powerful💥
Poignant her thought process starting out that she wasn’t going to be good enough, as a result constantly trying to prove she was (a mindset you repeatedly come across in women’s sport)🐎
There’s no doubt now she’s the best!
Roisín Ní Riain has had a phenomenal
#Paralympics
and at the age of just 16 she has so much more to give. To shave 3 seconds off her PB this morning and make the final is some achievement
@ParalympicsIRE
@HerSportDotIE
"It is just unavoidable and it's a pity that a pastime that is meant for entertainment has such an unfortunate downside as well"
-
@acunnane10
on the relationship between gambling companies and football
#TonightVMTV
Here
@SportTG4
are at it again!
It’s actually inconceivable how much they do for
#womenssport
given all the little eyes that may tune in and believe they can do it too, or even the adult ones who re-catch the bug and just want to get back out there.
Visibility= instrumental📺
⚽️ Just class- The Irish WNT playing their final send off game before their first ever World Cup are given a guard of honour out onto the pitch by the first ever Irish WNT
From one legacy to another, this is going to be massive!
☘️Ireland vs France🇫🇷 kicking off now
@ballsdotie
⚽️ Here’s that goal!
To do that sensation and still have the composure and compassion to pay tribute to the Creeslough victims is amazing
Amber Barret, I’d say Donegal (and Ireland 🇮🇪) couldn’t be prouder🟢🟡
😔 Awful news…sport can just be so cruel.
☘️ Ireland’s Jess Ziu sustains another ACL injury.
The Dublin woman had come back from the same injury previously, missing the end of the 2022 and a chunk of the 2023 season.
Such a tough blow. Details ⬇️
West Ham United can confirm that Jess Ziu sustained an anterior cruciate ligament injury in a behind closed doors pre-season friendly on Thursday afternoon.
The 22-year-old will undergo surgery in due course and will then begin her rehabilitation programme at Chadwell Heath.
Saturday was quite cool 😎
Just hit me at some point that I’ve been to a whole lot of FAI cups, Ireland football and rugby matches there, all men’s.
That’s no longer the case, and that’s down to this incredible Irish WNT who continue to break the mould.
☘️Eileen Gleeson’s 1st squad announcement as the permanent Ireland WNT manager is quite interesting to say the least!
Fahey returns for the first time since the World Cup, while Mannion, Ziu and Kiernan are all back from injury.
Also the new addition of Emily Murphy.
Thoughts?
Great to be involved with the
@HerSportDotIE
team in what was a fantastic night at the
@iresport
awards 🇮🇪
Delighted to see the company recognised through in the ‘Best use of Communication Platforms in Sport’ 🏆
Looking forward to the continued growth📈
📸
@sportsfilesteve
When you think of where Athlone Town were not two years ago compared to now, it must make this victory all the more sweeter!
Such an inspirational story, a blueprint for other teams in the league to look at now too.
Congrats to all involved 👏
Ruesha Littlejohn admits to
@corkTOD
, after 'six weeks in the Big Brother house', things can occasionally get a bit frayed in the Republic of Ireland camp
FULL INTERVIEW:
Thanks to
@IrelandAMVMTV
for having me on this morning, representing
@hersportdotie
in talking all things gaelic games integration!
Roll on 2027, as well as an outline of the pathways of how we’re going to get there 💪
#gaa
🚨Breaking! Niamh Briggs has been named as
@IrishRugby
Women’s assistant coach 🏉
The 57 time capped former Irish captain joins Greg McWilliams’ coaching team ahead of the
#TikTokSixNationsChampionship
and is excited to help “players achieve their dream of playing in green."🇮🇪
Can’t understand the logic of putting the LGFA finals 🏐 on the same day as the
#WEURO2022
final ⚽️- the 31st of July.
As a fan of both, who would have planned to attend both, it’s disappointing to see. I imagine the overlap in crowd there extends well beyond myself too 🤯
🗣️“I think we’ll need a miracle, I’ll be in mass all week”
@AthloneTownAFC
’s Tommy Hewitt after their 1-0 win vs
@GalwayWFC
to keep them in the
@loiwomen
title race🏆
If
@shelsfc
or
@YouthsWomen
win they clinch the title, if they draw and Athlone beat Bohs there’s a playoff
“It’s huge for Irish golf. There was never an Irish player on the course, never mind a winner. Hopefully there’s a lot of people at home watching with big smiles on their faces and little girls watching hoping that they can hole a put like that too” she says🏌️♀️
@HerSportDotIE
Cavan’s Leona Maguire has done it 🔥
A first LGPA title for the 27 year old, the win also places her as the first Irish woman ever to hold the accolade 🇮🇪
She struck -18 to pip it with a final round 67⛳️
@leona_maguire
@HerSportDotIE
#LeonaMaguire
Mona McSharry has qualified for the final of the 50m breaststroke event at the World Swimming Championships in Abu Dhabi 🏊♀️
The Sligo woman finished third in the semi final with a time of 29.65, but given a disqualification concluded in second place 🏁
@HerSportDotIE
Breaking 🚨 The IRFU are now set to publish the FULL findings of the two independent reviews currently ongoing 🏉
They’ve described this week’s happenings as “regrettable” and are seeking to meet a delegation from the women’s group early in 2022 to discuss more
@HerSportDotIE
Delighted for
@irishrugby
👏
From last year’s heartbreak 💔, to 3rd this time around in the Women's Six Nations, following a tight win over Scotland.
That secures them promotion to WXV1 and a spot at the 2025 World Cup!
The grit to hold out there, class!
@HerSportDotIE
☘️ On the Barrett confusion that’s going around…
🇮🇪It’s not so much a shock that she wasn’t put on, she’s brilliant right, and a game-changer, but bar that night in Hampden she’s never been much favoured by the management.
👏 Another talking point though, how good was Larkin!
Thats a statement of intent if I’ve ever seen one⚖️
And a welcome one at that!
@SligoRvsWomen
clearly pushing their parity movements beyond token gestures, with the outfit to play their games in the Showgrounds too🏟
Hansberry a fantastic first signing too🔥Encouraging stuff!
The announcement was made as the club confirmed that all supporters who have purchased a season ticket for the men’s team will also receive free entry to WNL games in The Showgrounds
The move is with a view that both sides will receive the support of the dedicated Rovers fanbase
☘️ Haha a year ago today I was hoping Ireland would be in the next major tournament…
⚽️ A year to the day Ireland earned their first point at one.
🇮🇪 So much growth with the
#IrishWNT
, so much more to come!
Wait what⁉️ You’re telling me Ireland aren’t in this one 🇮🇪?
In all seriousness I’m buzzing for this now between England 🏴 and Germany 🇩🇪 , after whats been a brilliant month of football ⚽️
⏰ 3.5hrs until KO 🤩
Hopefully we’ll be in the next one 😉
#WEURO2022
New WSL attendance record set!
60,160 here at Arsenal vs Man United at the Emirates Stadium 👏
But hey, ‘no one cares about women’s sport’ apparently 🫡
#wsl
God I’m in bits watching this.
Mona McSharry, an Olympic bronze medalist.
To see someone achieve their dreams, overcoming the doubt, tough work and adversity that has come along with that is inspiring not only to swimmers, but to anyone.
"I'm still that little girl from Sligo" 🥉
The tears are in full flow as the reality of Olympic bronze sinks in for Mona McSharry
#RTESport
#Paris2024
📱Updates
📺Watch
Irish WNT manager Vera Pauw given the opportunity to give her message to the crowd ☘️
She’s looking forward to the next tournament, where she hopes they’ll win a medal 🏆
Listen below 👇
@ballsdotie
This amuses me more than it should because they mean rapid where as for us 🇮🇪 it’s like jesus sure isn’t she great craic 🏉 😂 I’m sure both are factual
@ParsonsBeibhinn
@IrishRugby
@IrishWomens
I’m absolutely loving all the new found love for Megan Campbell’s throws 👏
Girl has been at it for tiiiiimmme now, just right that she gets her plaudits for it!
I don’t know the ins & outs of it, but this seems like a crazy decision in a time where Sligo Rovers are crying out for passion and leadership, both of which Cawley epitomised.
What a servant he’s been for the club, always standing up for how much football means in the West!
On his final appearance for Shamrock Rovers, captain Ronan Finn has been subbed off early in order for him to receive a standing ovation from the Hoops faithful at Tallaght Stadium
#loi
📱 Updates -
📺 Watch live -
Hello, back again with my annual plea.
Except in reality it’s more so an opportunity (yes I know, I should have been a salesperson).
The WPD is back today, be sure & get involved!
The drama is unmatched, the accessibility unrivalled and you’ll get to see WNT stars of all gens
That’s the most number of goals any Irish team (men’s or women’s) have ever scored in a competitive fixture 🇮🇪This team mean business ⚽️ What a day! Check out my match report with
@FinalWhistleIE
below👇with interviews to follow with
@HerSportDotIE
in the coming days
#COYGIG