Alan English
Editor at The Sunday Independent
Editor, Sunday Independent. Author of rugby books including Stand Up and Fight: When Munster Beat the All Blacks. Opinions mine
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2 months ago |
independent.ie | Alan English
As reported by the Sunday Independent, Prof Robinson’s wife, fellow UL academic Dr Maura Adshead, was saved from the worst of the impact only because she had left the couple’s bed due to her husband’s loud snoring. The falling debris came down on Dr Adshead’s side of the bed and narrowly missed her husband, who described their escape as “a bit of a miracle”. “She would have been very severely injured, if not killed,” Prof Robinson said.
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Mar 30, 2024 |
independent.ie | Alan English
It begins with a letter sent to me by email on September 15, 2015. A complaint about a Limerick Leader story, to be precise, wrapped up in a threat. I’ve been sent plenty of legal letters over the years, including a corker from Lance Armstrong, the cycling cheat, but the gold medal for shamelessness goes to the University of Limerick. Their complaint was about a page-one report which revealed, among other things, a culture of inappropriate spending at the university.
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Jan 27, 2024 |
independent.ie | Alan English
Adventures at sea, spectacular beaches and fine dining are available right on your doorstepIn 11 years of family life in London, we never once made it to Cornwall, or gave much thought to making the trek. The beaches of Newquay, surfing capital of the UK, were popular with a few of the neighbours. But we’d hear the stories of six or seven-hour car journeys on bank holiday weekends and put it in the ‘some other time’ category.
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Oct 12, 2023 |
independent.ie | Alan English
New Zealand have long been rugby’s superpower, but World Cup glory is the prize that awaits Andy Farrell’s men Ten years ago, as we sat in his children’s playroom doing interview No 55 for his memoir, The Battle, I asked Paul O’Connell a question about Ireland’s seemingly endless failure to beat the All Blacks. It was December 5, 2013. Almost three weeks had passed since what had seemed like certain victory at the Aviva Stadium became, with the last kick of the game, an agonising defeat.
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Jul 29, 2023 |
independent.ie | Alan English
Her time as a writer/interviewer for the newspaper was brief, but she threw herself into it with passionIn May 2021, an advance copy of Sinéad O’Connor’s new book Rememberings, came through my letterbox. She had agreed to give the Sunday Independent the first European interview ahead of its publication and I’d been intrigued to hear she hadn’t used a ghostwriter. That was either going to be very good for her book, or very bad. It depended on one thing: could she write?
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Here's the all-new, at-a-glance, mobile-friendly version of the Sunday Independent/@ireland_thinks: Trump’s tariffs, speaking rights row, who'lll be Ireland'a president, and more https://t.co/xi5SKlHVW3
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