Orla McElroy
Editor at Irish Daily Mail
Editor at The Mail on Sunday
Sports Editor, Irish Daily Mail & Irish Mail on Sunday. Views here are personal.
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1 month ago |
extra.ie | Orla McElroy
Kate O’Connor reinforced her reputation as a performer for the big occasion when she won a silver medal in the pentathlon at the World Indoor Championships at Nanjing in China on Friday. It was a first podium finish for an Irish athlete at the championships since Derval O’Rourke’s 60m hurdles triumph in 2006.
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Jan 19, 2025 |
extra.ie | Orla McElroy
What a glorious 19 hours it was. From the FAI press release that dropped in shortly after 5pm on Wednesday announcing Carla Ward’s appointment until midday on Thursday, we were reconsidering some of our previous opinions on the FAI . Not all of them mind; one swallow doesn’t make a summer and all that. But the Ward news was a pleasant surprise – the women’s national team were getting a highly rated coach who boasts an impressive CV.
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Apr 16, 2023 |
extra.ie | Orla McElroy
When are the IRFU going to start looking at women's rugby players as, well, players? They're not 'just the girls'. They're not your daughters. They're not an afterthought. They're not a team that no one gives a f*** about. They're rugby players. That's all they want to be, and if those tasked with running rugby in this country simply looked at them as such, then rugby might be in a better place. But women's rugby is constantly an afterthought here.
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Mar 15, 2023 |
extra.ie | Orla McElroy
The IRFU announced yesterday that Ireland have become the first team in the Women's Six Nations to switch from white to navy shorts, a move taken to ease period concerns for players . It was led by the players and kit suppliers Canterbury, who are putting their money where their mouth is and offering to exchange any white shorts for a free pair in a different colour, and follows on the heels of similar moves by many women's teams who have take the same decision in recent months.
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