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# well-read - Sunday 5 July, 2020
Ordinary Roy, a community's wounds and more of the week's best sportswriting
Lockdown’s over, but you don’t have to go anywhere.
# well-read - Sunday 28 June, 2020
'The wrong summer to go', Klopp the hero and more of the week's best sportswriting
Football’s back and dominating our picks this week.
# well-read - Sunday 24 May, 2020
Thompson on Jordan, Kimmage on Kimmage and more of the week's best sportswriting
Plus, absorbing pieces with Lee Hendrie and tracking Evan Tanner’s last steps.
# well-read - Sunday 17 May, 2020
Cian O'Connor's rise and fall, Páidí Ó Sé's greatness and Sports Stadium recalled
Here’s the best of the internet this week.
# well-read - Sunday 26 April, 2020
Cantona in Dundalk, propaganda in Newcastle and Con: It's the week's best sportswriting
Here’s the best of the internet this week.
# well-read - Sunday 19 April, 2020
The Boiler, the bad days and devastating heartbreak: It's the week's best sportswriting
Here’s the best of what the internet had to offer this week.
# well-read - Sunday 12 April, 2020
Wrestling, war and so much more: It's the week's best sportswriting
This week’s collection of writing takes us from the cemetery to the squared circle.
# well-read - Sunday 5 April, 2020
Pasta and friendship, The Missing Olympics, and more of the week's best sportswriting
Stick the kettle on, it’s that time of the week.
# well-read - Sunday 29 March, 2020
A trip to Croke Park like none before, escaping escapism and more of the week's best sportswriting
Plus, Barney Ronay feels the spirit of George Orwell’s post-plague vision.
# well-read - Thursday 26 December, 2019
Stick the kettle on and enjoy some of the best sportswriting of 2019
There has been superb work published across the year, in spite of the industry’s many challenges.
# well-read - Sunday 29 September, 2019
The 'racist' rabbit hole, World Cup woes and more of the week's best sportswriting
We’ve also got treats on the League of Ireland, GAA and Donald McRae on boxing to get you through Sunday.
# well-read - Sunday 22 September, 2019
The real Eddie Jones, Jonny Cooper's five-in-a-row relief and more of the week's best sportswriting
Stick on the kettle and settle into some of our favourite reads from this week.
# well-read - Sunday 15 September, 2019
Direct provision, Derry, Ireland and more of the week's best sportswriting
Lock the door, stick the kettle on and dive into some of the best sports stories the internet had to offer this week.
# well-read - Sunday 21 July, 2019
The lingering Sonny Liston mystery and more of the week's best sportswriting
Plus, why Brooks Koepka is known as ‘the twat in the hat’… affectionately.
# well-read - Sunday 2 June, 2019
The remarkable Rui Pinto, 'nobody knows Rock' and more of the week's best sportswriting
Plus, there are great pieces on Mesut Ozil, the American soccer system and the weird world of embargoes.
# well-read - Sunday 10 February, 2019
How St Enda’s put the Troubles behind them and the week's best sportswriting
Here’s the best of what the sporting world had to offer.
# well-read - Sunday 3 February, 2019
The meaning of sport, Joe's long goodbye and the week's best sportswriting
Plus the great festival of feckless waste that is transfer deadline day.
# well-read - Tuesday 25 December, 2018
Dunphy to hurling's meaning: some of our favourite sportswriting of 2018
Get the kettle on and find that selection box.
# well-read - Sunday 2 December, 2018
Copa Libertadores mayhem, comparing Pat Spillane to Donald Trump and the week's best sportswriting
Stick the kettle on and enjoy the best of the week’s sportswriting.
# well-read - Sunday 18 November, 2018
Googling Gaelic football, 'the best decision' of Kevin Cassidy's life and the week's best sportswriting
Stick the kettle on and enjoy the best of the week’s sportswriting.
# well-read - Sunday 11 November, 2018
Libertadores stories, Owens shuns the silence and more of the week's best sportswriting
Get the kettle on and start your Sunday by catching up with the best stuff the internet had to offer this week.
# well-read - Thursday 8 November, 2018
Here are the 23 contenders for the 2018 eir Sport Sports Book of the Year
The42 is represented twice on the longlist.
# well-read - Wednesday 7 November, 2018
Here are the 6 nominations for Bord Gáis Energy Sports Book of the Year
You can vote for your favourite sports book of the year now.
# well-read - Sunday 4 November, 2018
A get-rich-quick scheme that almost killed Borussia Dortmund and more of the week's best sportswriting
Get the kettle on, it’s that time of the week.
# well-read - Sunday 7 October, 2018
LeBron's media machine in Hollywood, Grobbelaar on war in Zimbabwe and the week's best sportswriting
Stick the kettle on and enjoy the best of the week’s sportswriting.
# well-read - Sunday 23 September, 2018
The self-destruction of a £2 million teenager and more of the week's best sportswriting
Here are some of our favourite reads from the past seven days.
# well-read - Thursday 20 September, 2018
Adventure racing, Ferris, Magee and Fiji among longlist for William Hill Sports Book of the Year
Here are the 17 best books from 141 submissions for the prize in England.
# well-read - Sunday 29 July, 2018
The battle for supremacy between Match and Shoot and more of the week's best sportswriting
Some of our favourite pieces from the past seven days.
# well-read - Sunday 22 July, 2018
The Kiss, Croatia and Clones: Get into the week's best sportswriting
Stay in and treat yourself to some of the best things on the internet this week.
# well-read - Sunday 15 July, 2018
The World Cup winner who now sells swimming pools — and more of the week's best sportswriting
Some of our favourite reads from the past seven days.
# well-read - Sunday 17 June, 2018
How Southgate erased lingering effects of the Golden Generation and more of the week's best sportswriting
It’s Sunday morning and you know what that means… stick the kettle on and feast your eyes on some brilliant long reads.
# well-read - Sunday 10 June, 2018
The man who revolutionised goalkeeping, Dennis Rodman's genius and the week's best sportswriting
It’s Sunday morning and you know what that means… stick the kettle on and feast your eyes on some brilliant long reads.
# well-read - Sunday 3 June, 2018
76ers social media storm, white rage and the 'big nothing' of Liverpool's Champions League final defeat
Poor you! It’s the week’s best sportswriting.
# well-read - Sunday 13 May, 2018
Another Ferguson, the turbulent life of Eamonn Magee and the rest of the week's best sportswriting
Stick the kettle on and treat yourself to a taste of what the internet had to offer this week.
# well-read - Sunday 29 April, 2018
Juventus fighting the forces of time and more of the week's best sportswriting
A selection of our favourite pieces from the past seven days.
# well-read - Sunday 1 April, 2018
The Italian George Best who was killed at 24 and more of the week's best sportswriting
Here’s what we enjoyed reading over the past seven days.
# well-read - Sunday 18 March, 2018
'The end is really the beginning' and more of the week's best sportswriting
It’s Sunday morning and you know what that means… stick the kettle on and feast your eyes on some brilliant long reads.
# well-read - Sunday 4 March, 2018
'Last year I divorced my football team' - The week's best sportswriting
Stick the kettle on, there…
# well-read - Sunday 4 February, 2018
The new face of Six Nations TV coverage and more of the week's best sportswriting
Some of our favourite reads from the past seven days.
# well-read - Sunday 28 January, 2018
'The pictures are better on radio' and more of the Week's Best Sportswriting
Plus the powerful testimony of Larry Nassar’s victims and an astonishing piece from Korea.
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Poll: Would you visit an outdoor city centre swimming pool?
THE SPOTLIGHT IS once again on Dublin City Council after plans were revealed for a €15 million sea pool in Dublin city centre.
With Irish weather as unpredictable as ever, as evidenced by the lashing rain in the last week, are people really interested in an outdoor swimming pool in the city centre?
So this morning, we’d like to know would you visit an outdoor swimming pool if you had one in your vicinity?
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No (6787)
Yes (2918)
No opinion (246)
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By Ray O'Neill
Opinion: Ireland is in prime position to hold social networks to account - and we must
By Paul Tweed
Eoin Ó'Broin: Now is the time for the Government to borrow and invest in public housing
By Eoin Ó Broin
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