Inspiration
# inspiration - Saturday 4 May, 2013
Tipp captain Shane McGrath draws inspiration from Martin Johnson
The player spoke to us about his admiration for the former England rugby international.
# inspiration - Thursday 14 March, 2013
WATCH: Your Thursday morning inspiration
Gavin is four years old and a total star.
# inspiration - Sunday 10 February, 2013
Chess giving hope to slum children
Self-confidence, discipline and higher ambitions for their future: some of the benefits being reaped by kids attending chess club in Kampala.
# inspiration - Friday 25 January, 2013
10 things we learned at Digital Biscuit today
The future of film, TV and video is being discussed at an event run by the Screen Directors Guild of Ireland: it has thrown up some interesting conclusions…
# inspiration - Friday 11 January, 2013
VIDEO: 4 classic Heineken Cup matches when 4 tries did the trick
The miracle match makes the grade and three other beauties.
# inspiration - Wednesday 9 January, 2013
Dolan praises Mark Rohan’s input to Westmeath football
The Paralympian has been brought on board with the Leinster county’s backroom team for the new season and has already made his mark.
# inspiration - Saturday 1 December, 2012
Limbless Canadian scrum-half wins Spirit of Rugby award
“Hopefully just by being on the team I can encourage other people to come and play,” said the Nova Scotia native.
# inspiration - Sunday 28 October, 2012
The Dublin City Marathon is tomorrow… here’s some inspiration
That’s it. Training for next year’s marathon starts today.
# inspiration - Monday 15 October, 2012
Nick Leeson: I’m not a motivational speaker. THIS GUY is.
Former trader Nick Leeson is a regular on the after-dinner speaking circuit – but he was blown away by the story of Aron Ralston, with whom he recently shared a stage…
# inspiration - Wednesday 29 August, 2012
# inspiration - Saturday 18 August, 2012
Quadruple amputee completes icy swim across the Bering Straits
Frenchman Phillippe Croizon braved near-freezing temperatures to swim the 4k stretch that links America and Asia.
# inspiration - Friday 13 July, 2012
Nine-year-old Irish girl brings in €20k for educational game
Niamh Gallagher, from Arranmore Island off Donegal, helped persuade we users to fund dad’s project Pora Ora.
# inspiration - Thursday 7 June, 2012
VIDEO: How does it feel to carry the Olympic torch? Let Mark Pollock tell you…
Inspirational blind adventurer who broke his back in an accident in 2010 speaks of his proud moment carrying the flame through Dublin today.
# inspiration - Friday 25 May, 2012
The Magnificent Seven: speeches to inspire our boys in green
Sometimes, winners and losers are only seperated by who wants it more. Let’s go get ‘em, inch by inch.
# inspiration - Saturday 14 January, 2012
TED2012: The ideas you should hear this year
How social media is making us emotionally lazy, why humans are born optimists and one man who has probably made you cry: the inspiring talks to expect from non-profit group TED this year.
# inspiration - Saturday 19 November, 2011
Column: Stay positive, keep moving – the advice YOU gave me
Two weeks ago, Liam Horan wrote about going back to college after 26 years – and the response he received in comments, emails and calls displays the positivity and courage of many people finding their way through the recession.
# inspiration - Friday 14 October, 2011
Beyoncé in choreography plagiarism row
The US singer and dancer has been accused of using choreography by a Belgian dancer in the video for her new song, Countdown.
# inspiration - Tuesday 11 October, 2011
Boxer to make debut at 52 after being cleared of murder
Wrongfully convicted of murder in 1983, Dewey Bozella spent 26 years in prison. Now, two years after his exoneration, he’s fighting on Bernard Hopkins’ undercard.
































