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A Different View with Dave O’Connell There’s a well-worn story about former Liverpool and Ireland footballer Jason McAteer when he was out one...
World of Politics with Hartry McGee Who thought this minor row over speaking rights in the Dáil would have rumbled on for a fortnight and threatened...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell The brother isn’t exactly a survivalist but he’s a good man to make provision for a rainy day – or,...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell There’s a very popular pub in Salthill called the Office and there’s also at least one other – that I...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell Outside of parents, nobody can influence the path your life takes as much as an inspiring teacher, whether...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell By any yardstick, the owner of Spotify, Daniel Ek, enjoyed a fairly good year in 2024 as his personal wealth...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell It was the Christmas Day phone call that brought it home; a simple WhatsApp call to the aunt spending the...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell Back when RTÉ television was just coming of age – celebrating its 21st year on air in 1982 – two young...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell For as long as I can remember, I’ve read and loved newspapers; even back in boarding school, I used to breach...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell The sportswear manufacturers, O’Neill’s, reported a fifteen per cent drop in revenue for the year just...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell It’s a privilege to live in a country where democracy can be seen at work – and an election count is the very...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell In the way that you should never meet your heroes, you should also never look behind the curtain if you don’t...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell Back in the early 1980’s, in Rathmines’ College of Commerce supposedly training to be a journalist, a few...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell It’s been a week for political departures – and Galway for sure has lost a couple of people who made a real...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell The best education isn’t always consumed in the classroom – and, as with everything, sometimes the best...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell The death of former Galway Rovers player/manager Tommy Callaghan on the morning of the club’s last home game...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell Wistfully wishing that you could turn back the clock to a time before social media, gaming, and instant access...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell There was a time when the essence of a children’s birthday party was twenty rugrats belting each other with...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell To all who knew him, he was just Viggy – no need for formalities because Viggy suited him to a tee…the drummer...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell At first glance, it should be like trying to mix oil and water – an evening with the RTÉ Concert Orchestra...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell There was no good reason that Subbuteo should ever have been a success; little one-inch footballers mounted on...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell The reason we love sport is because of the extremes it throws up; the chasm between winning and losing – the...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell When you were a small fella tuning into Radio Luxembourg or the fledgling 2FM on your plastic earpiece, it...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell he irony of youngsters looking for expensive mobiles almost as soon as they can walk and talk is that the last...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell It’s funny how – even more than 40 years after exiting the gates for the final time – the return to school for...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell It’s the time of year when hope springs eternal, when the old slate is wiped clean, the failings and...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell For all of those giving out about the price of All-Ireland Final tickets, the truth is that we’d probably pay...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell In terms of the weirdest experiences you could image, few would rival a jam-packed musical arena where fans...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell Maybe it was a subliminal ambition triggered by some version of Murder on the Orient Express or perhaps...
A Different View with Dave O’Connell I never knew any of my four grandparents because they were all gone to their reward before I was born, and our...