Associate Editor, The Currency. Author of rugby books including Stand Up and Fight: When Munster Beat the All Blacks
Limerick, Ireland
Joined January 2013
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Alan English retweeted
Given what a mega-story this match is in Ireland, and how Saturday was the team's most acrimonious day since Saipan - as illustrated in fine reporting by @McDonnellDan, @gcooney93, @DavidSneyd and others - it seems bizarre that the match coverage isn't framed by discussion
Founded in 1977, Magill shook up Irish journalism like no current affairs magazine before or since. Now it's the subject of an excellent new book by @kevinrafter. I interviewed the author for this long read which runs over two days in @thecurrency.
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Here's my in-depth interview with Chris Doyle, who who runs Bauer Ireland, the country's biggest independent radio and audio business (Today FM, Newtalk etc). He has lots to say about competing with RTE, hiring Claire Byrne, high-profile exits & much more thecurrency.news/articles/23…
Alan English retweeted
The death of Jason Arday has triggered a torrent of grief, outrage and wild accusations against journalists. @arusbridger and I discuss this modern media morality play open.spotify.com/episode/7Kc…
Alan English retweeted
Well, that looked easy.
In his sixth European final, Mark English wins his sixth European medal - and his first gold.
He becomes the first Irishman ever to win gold at the European Championships.
What an athlete he is, and what a career he's had.
This is so good - @PaulKimmage interviews (and explains) Maurice Regan. Where he came from and why he found himself going up against John Magnier and Coolmore. The section about the auction battle for Anne's Gift Farm is absolutely riveting.
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No ifs, no buts, no more about it. Limerick magnificent. Six All-Irelands for this great team and an unquantifiable amount of joy brought to our county.
🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬 #Hurling #Immortals
Inside the @StadeToulousain winning machine – by the Irish performance director at the heart of it. My interview with Allan Ryan, who has worked with some of the most decorated players in the history of the game, including @Dupont9A and @dallaglio8
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Why Mediahuis paid almost €2 million to buy Image Media this week and what happens next - my report in @thecurrency
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Alan English retweeted
Never worked harder on an article in my life, including rigorous vetting by two top media attorneys and an ace fact-checker. Here’s the real story about the real Phil:
Interviews with 19 sources reveal two incidents of lewd language and unwanted advances by Phil Mickelson, and the behavior that led to his departure from two additional golf clubs.
@alanshipnuck reports: ow.ly/whBa50ZhHmP
Goldhawk bites the dust: a piece on the demise of The Phoenix. Featuring my near recruitment as Limerick correspondent back in the day and the 10-year digital blueprint for the Sindo that never was.
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Here's Brett Igoe on Noel McNamara, the Bordeaux-Begles attack coach - really interesting piece.
The 15-year apprenticeship: Why Noel McNamara may be Bordeaux’s secret weapon in Bilbao. @brettruganalyst thecurrency.news/articles/22…
Another excellent and entertaining thread of public service tweets as Limerick councillors wrestle with the concept of having their meetings livestreamed and recorded. And no, they didn't decide anything, one way or the other.
There's a Special Meeting of Limerick City & County Council this morning at 11:30am (one of two today).
This one's discussing the prospect of council meetings finally being put on the web for regular people like you and me.
Feel free to follow along🧵
#CouncilMeetingThread
Alan English retweeted
Utterly tragic and shocking. Scott was a really good man, a relentlessly positive and helpful person. He was also a brilliant, and history-making, rugby player. This is so sad
Here's part two of the Ruadhán Mac Cormaic interview. Less about the man and more about the news organisation he leads - and how he goes about the job. Plus lots of fairly random questions fired at him. thecurrency.news/articles/22…
Ruadhán Mac Cormaic has been editor of The Irish Times since 2022 - we sat down in his office for his first in-depth interview since getting a job some say he was destined to do long before he was appointed.
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Wonderful tribute to #DavidAttenborough on BBC1 now. Surely the greatest living human being. What a contribution to the planet. Bravo and happy birthday!
Alan English retweeted
Ian McCall has a new interviews podcast. For some reason he invited me on. Probably kindness on his part. Anyway, we talked journalism, books, football, rugby, Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Shergar, knife-point in Rio and more
youtu.be/F4IGKfo1ZRc?si=Eu2b… via @YouTube
