Alanna Cunnane

Dublin

Journalist, Researcher and Producer at Freelance

Sligo woman🏁 Freelance sports broadcaster/journalist/researcher/producer with Off The Ball, Indo Sport and more. Contact - [email protected]

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‘It took me a while to adapt into it’ - Role in Rebels backroom team a natural fit for Cork camogie legend Gemma O’Connor

1 week ago | independent.ie | Alanna Cunnane

‘It took me a while to adapt into it’ – Role in Rebels backroom team a natural fit for Cork camogie legend Gemma O’ConnorGemma O'Connor during her playing days. Photo: Piaras Ó Mídheach/SportsfileFive years on from stepping away from the Cork camogie dressing room, Gemma O’Connor is back.
‘I used to avoid the single, I’d have preferred to stay on land’ - Fiona Murtagh learning to love her new discipline

1 week ago | independent.ie | Alanna Cunnane

‘I used to avoid the single, I’d have preferred to stay on land’ – Fiona Murtagh learning to love her new disciplineSwitch to a solo adventure is working out well for the Galway woman after silver medal at European ChampionshipsFiona Murtagh of Ireland celebrates with her silver medal after the women’s single sculls 'A' final at the 2025 European Rowing Championships in Plovdiv. Photo: Sportsfile“Look, this is a final, anything can happen.
‘This clash was so avoidable’ - Cork’s Hannah Looney laments ‘total disrespect’ of dual players

1 week ago | independent.ie | Alanna Cunnane

‘This clash was so avoidable’ – Cork’s Hannah Looney laments ‘total disrespect’ of dual playersHannah Looney believes the clash for Cork's footballers and camogie players this weekend was 'completely avoidable'. Looney was at the launch of SuperValu’s new limited-edition Pride-themed Bag for Life.
How captain Roisin Rodgers is crunching the numbers to help take Donegal Ladies to the next level

2 weeks ago | belfasttelegraph.co.uk | Alanna Cunnane

How captain Roisin Rodgers is crunching the numbers to help take Donegal Ladies to the next levelDonegal Ladies' football captain Roisin Rodgers is using science to inform her routinesAs both a personal trainer and the Donegal ladies football captain, Roisin Rodgers is more familiar than most with what it takes to compete as an elite athlete.
Donegal captain Roisin Rodgers is determined to understand the inner workings of elite sporting performance

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Alanna Cunnane

Donegal captain Roisin Rodgers is determined to understand the inner workings of elite sporting performanceRoisin Rodgers: 'We always say that our bodies are so different compared to the men's teams, so it's nice that things are able to be adapted in terms of that to get the best out of everyone.'As both a personal trainer and the Donegal ladies football captain, Roisin Rodgers is more familiar than most with what it takes to compete as an elite athlete.
‘You just want to perform’ - Lisa O’Rourke and her sister Aoife hoping for knockout appearance at Hyrox World Championships

2 weeks ago | independent.ie | Alanna Cunnane

With a packed sporting schedule of Gaelic football with Roscommon, boxing with Ireland and her new-found love of Hyrox – the multi-talented Lisa O’Rourke is really going to have to roll with the punches this summer.
‘To be the first person to represent Plunkett’s is really special’ - Dublin’s Niamh Donlon forging her own path

3 weeks ago | independent.ie | Alanna Cunnane

“If you can't see it, you can’t be it” is a phrase that often rings true when it comes to women’s sport, but in the absence of female role models at inter-county level within her own club, Niamh Donlon has forged her own path. As the first St Oliver Plunkett/Eoghan Ruadh woman to break into the Dublin senior ladies football panel when she burst on to the scene a little over two years ago, the 21-year-old had to look elsewhere for her sporting role models.
‘At least I’m near Holles Street’ - Grace Clifford undaunted by mini marathon challenge at 37 weeks pregnant

4 weeks ago | independent.ie | Alanna Cunnane

‘At least I’m near Holles Street’ – Grace Clifford undaunted by mini marathon challenge at 37 weeks pregnantKildare footballer prepares for 10km Dublin race with a big arrival on her mindKildare footballer Grace CliffordKildare LGFA star Grace Clifford is one of 28,000 participants signed up for tomorrow’s Vhi Women’s Mini Marathon, hoping to take baby steps towards the finish line – and her due date. Expecting her first child, she is nine months pregnant and has a busy weekend planned.
‘I don’t think the punishment fits the crime in a lot of cases’ - Dean Rock laments ‘generous’ two-point frees

1 month ago | independent.ie | Alanna Cunnane

‘I don’t think the punishment fits the crime in a lot of cases’ – Dean Rock laments ‘generous’ two-point freesDean Rock at the launch of EirGrid’s ‘Community Heroes’ campaign at Ballymun Kickhams GAA Club. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/SportsfileWhen you think of iconic GAA free-takers, you think of Dean Rock – and so his take on placed-ball opportunities within the new rules deserves to be heeded more than most.
‘It’s definitely daunting’ - Australia-bound Aoibhín Cleary determined to keep her Royal appointment

1 month ago | independent.ie | Alanna Cunnane

‘It’s definitely daunting’ – Australia-bound Aoibhín Cleary determined to keep her Royal appointmentAoibhín Cleary of Meath with the Brendan Martin Cup at the launch of the 2025 TG4 All-Ireland ladies football championships. Photo: Brendan Moran/SportsfileWhile Meath captain Aoibhín Cleary has committed her future to AFLW side Richmond for the next two years, the Royal County woman says there was “not a question” that she would finish out the LGFA season before making the move to Australia.

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Alanna Cunnane

Articles

‘It took me a while to adapt into it’ - Role in Rebels backroom team a natural fit for Cork camogie legend Gemma O’Connor

‘I used to avoid the single, I’d have preferred to stay on land’ - Fiona Murtagh learning to love her new discipline

‘This clash was so avoidable’ - Cork’s Hannah Looney laments ‘total disrespect’ of dual players

How captain Roisin Rodgers is crunching the numbers to help take Donegal Ladies to the next level

Donegal captain Roisin Rodgers is determined to understand the inner workings of elite sporting performance

‘You just want to perform’ - Lisa O’Rourke and her sister Aoife hoping for knockout appearance at Hyrox World Championships

‘To be the first person to represent Plunkett’s is really special’ - Dublin’s Niamh Donlon forging her own path

‘At least I’m near Holles Street’ - Grace Clifford undaunted by mini marathon challenge at 37 weeks pregnant

‘I don’t think the punishment fits the crime in a lot of cases’ - Dean Rock laments ‘generous’ two-point frees

‘It’s definitely daunting’ - Australia-bound Aoibhín Cleary determined to keep her Royal appointment

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