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Michael Gallagher

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COMMENT: When sadness and pain take hold

COMMENT: When sadness and pain take hold

JANUARY can be tough. The weather is usually dreary and often mirrors the emotions rambling around the boreens of our lives. The anticipation of a new...

24.01.2025 10

The Mayo News

Michael Gallagher

THE CAST STONE: Fitting fundraiser in memory of one of Mayo’s finest

ON a chilly night in 1928, Irving Berlin sat in his New York apartment and penned a song that caught my attention this morning as I looked for...

28.11.2024 4

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Michael Gallagher

OPINION: That’s democracy, like it or not

I’M a great believer in democracy and the fact that majority rules. We may not like the outcome of elections, and we may not agree with those...

15.11.2024 10

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Michael Gallagher

THE CAST STONE: New rules and knee jerks

I’VE been immersed in the GAA since the moment I drew breath. Many of the people who play Gaelic football have been central to my existence, and...

30.10.2024 1

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Michael Gallagher

OPINION: Oscar Traynor’s brush with the GAA’s intransigence

How many times have we heard that history is written by the strong? Former British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill certainly believed that was...

17.10.2024 2

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Michael Gallagher

OPINION: Budgets, smiles, smoke and mirrors

LIFE has a way of kicking the naivety out of us and replacing it with cold, hard realism. The promises of government politicians this week will...

02.10.2024 3

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Michael Gallagher

OPINION: Life is flying by, from a distance

WHEN I was in my teens I scoffed at adults who would speak about life passing by in the blink of an eye. I thought they were exaggerating the...

20.09.2024 3

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Michael Gallagher

OPINION: Castlebar holds no promise for the young

THERE’S a great sense of happiness in our home as I write this. Our first-born has just informed us she has booked flights home for Christmas....

07.09.2024 2

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Michael Gallagher

OPINION: Leadership needed to foster inclusive Ireland

IN the space of little more than a generation, Ireland has changed utterly. My youth was spent in a country far removed from today’s. I grew from...

07.08.2024 10

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Michael Gallagher