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The team that came from nowhere to create a Midlands fairy tale In the 1990s an unlikely union between two towns lifted Buccaneers from the third tier of Irish rugby to the top. Their story was a classic tale of success against the odds. By Garry Doyle Saturday 15 May 2021, 10:00 AM 1 hour ago 9,188 Views 3 Comments YOU MAY HAVE come across this biblical story at some point in your life, a supposed mismatch between a Philistine bully who kin...

'); 'The only time I ever saw him cry was when he recalled the end of his Ireland career' Bryce Evans and Terry Phelan pay tribute to the late Alan McLoughlin. By Paul Fennessy Sunday 9 May 2021, 8:00 AM May 9th 2021, 8:00 AM 24,295 Views 12 Comments IT WAS A sad week for Irish football, as it was announced on Tuesday that Alan McLoughlin had died at the age of 54. Obituaries were inevitably dominated by his famous goal against Northern Irel...

Noel Gardner , March 17th, 2021 09:00 Rimming disasters, Cockney piano and countryfied garage rock expectorations... Noel Gardner probes the boundaries of punk rock once again Home page portrait of Spodee Boy Can it really be a whole year since I was sporting a ‘beer jacket’ in north London at the Static Shock Weekend, being given a flyer for The Chisel’s debut gig, briefly wondering who The Chisel were and swiftly realising they were all in the place too? Course it can! We’re not going to do that soft-arsed Facebook anniversary palaver, though, because The Chisel have had a producti...

The days when Ireland couldn't buy a win against Italy The story of Ireland’s hat-trick of Italian humiliations in the mid-90s is one of farce and bad planning. Garry Doyle By Garry Doyle Saturday 27 Feb 2021, 8:36 AM Feb 27th 2021, 8:36 AM 22,673 Views 13 Comments WHEN NICK POPPLEWELL stood in the car park of an Alan Partridge-type hotel in May 1995, a bitter reality dawned. Professionalism was on the way into rugby but the bu...

The 2fm presenter is expecting her first child