As news breaks of the Rescue 116 crash, the Wild Geese Hurling and Camogie Club respond not as athletes, but as a community. This moving extract of a new book charts how sport forges bonds that endure beyond the field.
The former Kilkenny hurler was jailed for five and a half years for scamming people out of money to pay for cancer treatment he did not need.
The judge said a custodial sentence is "inevitable" for the former all-star Kilkenny hurler who traded on esteem and regard to dupe friends, family, and associates out of close to €400,000 to help fund cancer treatment he did not need.
Hotelier Liam Griffin has built a business that has survived many crises before this pandemic. In this interview, he talks about coming through the 2008 financial crash, branching into the UK and sacrificing his love of sport to pursue a career in hospitality.
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