Adrian Russell
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Digital Sports Editor @ExaminerSport, author of The Double: How Cork Made GAA History
Joined February 2009
Weekend talking points as Cork hurling championship group stages conclude and knockout phase takes shape. Included are quarter-final dates and venues for all five grades. https://t.co/QHOlgctUP7
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The final group games in any round robin GAA championship will produce quirks of fate and moments of outrageous misfortune. 2025 has been no different
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Please donate and share to help raise vital funds for Féile 💚💛 🙏🏼
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I know it’s just honouring the fine tradition of ‘Youse all wrote us off coming up here today’ but unfair on the extensive and very fair work done by Eoghan and Therese. Two tireless promoters of camogie. Here’s the disgraceful ‘ratings’: https://t.co/vk3S1a667w
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Myself and @AndrewHorgan popped down to ‘The Green’ to chat to a couple of Ballyphehane GAA stalwarts last week. Paul McCarthy and Timmy Walsh reflect on the rise of 'The Hane' after arguably their finest moment on the pitch. @ExaminerSport ⬇️ https://t.co/bla4XJXkoa
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Paul McCarthy and Timmy Walsh reflect on the rise of 'The Hane' a few weeks after arguably their finest moment on the pitch.
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The latest Examiner podcast is live from Croke Park. Come for the chat on this week’s GAA coverage and media landscape, stay for James Horan’s constructive criticism of my recent work 💀 https://t.co/5BTGs15yPZ
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Paul Rouse, Maurice Brosnan and James Horan get together at HQ to review the papers and preview the championship showpiece between Kerry and Donegal on Sunday.
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Craig Morgan's All-Ireland Final Diary: This is for you, Dillon
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Kilruane MacDonaghs defender Craig Morgan kept a diary of a momentous All-Ireland week for Tipperary.
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Words to live by from O’Connor Hurleys - the business run by the legendary Ben - on Instagram after @tomken81 posted pics of Robert Downey at Grenagh Cúl Camp
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It’s the moment of truth on Saturday in Melbourne: for the Lions, the Wallabies, Aussie rugby, and maybe even the prospect of future tours Down Under No pressure then Got all the news and views from the coal face from @SiLew prior to the 2nd Test https://t.co/mXytlqJJgw
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Andy Farrell's tourists will attempt to clinch the series win against Australia at the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground on Saturday. Simon Lewis checks in with Brendan O'Brien.
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Something a bit different for our latest All-Ireland final daily podcast. A mock analysis meeting on Kerry with Éamonn Fitzmaurice, who is the best pundit in the game IMO. Listen as usual or watch to see all the maps and visuals: https://t.co/iDOGJQEF4Y
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Kieran Shannon: Cork captain Robert Downey turns to the Glen for advice, comfort and inspiration
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Most people or players of Rob Downey’s age aren’t inclined to meet up weekly with old-timers talking about old times. The Cork skipper is not most people or players. Instead of being bored or...
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Today is my last day at the Irish Examiner/The, Echo I’m retiring after 46 years, a big thank you to everyone I met an photographed, hopefully making you the stars, whether in sports, social and news, Thank you
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Attended last week's GPA Pride brunch not as a sportswriter but as a gay man. And so I never intended to write about the day. But such was the courage displayed by the men present, I’d be letting myself down if I didn’t use my platform to follow their lead https://t.co/EvRR8YhdJt
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Staff writer Eoghan Cormican had plenty to fill his notebook at the GPA's Pride event - but he wasn't there as a journalist. He attended as a gay man. This was not a day of chasing stories untold,...
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Eoghan Cormican: 'I never felt entirely comfortable when dressing room craic went into a machismo direction. I withdrew, and waited for the moment to pass'
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Staff writer Eoghan Cormican had plenty to fill his notebook at the GPA's Pride event - but he wasn't there as a journalist. He attended as a gay man. This was not a day of chasing stories untold,...
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Before the Cork vs Waterford match this Sunday, there will be a bucket collection as part of the Cathal Deasy Memorial Fundraiser, in aid of the Irish Motor Neurone Disease Association (IMNDA). See the attached poster for more details. Your support would be greatly appreciated.
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Would be great to see people heading to Páirc Uí Chaoimh on Sunday get behind this fundraiser in memory of Cathal https://t.co/qfEvQYJ4wY
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“He was inoffensive and charming and yet, at the same time, he was no-one's fool."
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@irishexaminer city column. Cork’s northside let down by new projects. Again. https://t.co/zBIdulAdsN
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Cork’s latest transport plans favour the south while the northside faces roadbuilding through green space and exclusion
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Could be a marathon Thursday night too. Last few tickets for @daloanto LIVE with the great Bubbles joining the lads. https://t.co/jYWAreL8u7
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Our conversation with David and Chantal Sneyd is available now, free for everyone, wherever you get your podcasts. Dave and Chantal are eloquent and determined in equal measure and their love for Dylan really shines through 🩶🖤
Thanks to @KillianDown for asking me & Chantal to come on & speak about our son, Dylan, & the experiences we've had navigating the system since his autism diaganosis. The @SecondCaptains lads have kindly put the episode on their free-to-all streams. https://t.co/naLID8I66b
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