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Author Ryan Bailey

Ryan Bailey

The inspiring story of how a school from Dundalk won a prestigious Sky Sports award

Ryan Bailey
April 16, 2015
Slider, Sport
276
When the students of O’Fiaich College, a mixed co-educational school in Dundalk, were presented with a challenge to partake in a Sky Sports initiative by one of their physical education teachers, they could har...

Giving your seat up is common courtesy, isn’t it?

Ryan Bailey
April 1, 2015
Culture
343
I was under the impression that giving up your seat to an elderly person or a pregnant woman was a natural impulse, an automatic act of kindness and simply common courtesy. However, recent experiences on variou...

One of life’s challenges – learning how to drive

Ryan Bailey
March 14, 2015
Culture
220
The hardest part is setting the wheels in motion, literally. Pic credit: Flickr Creative Comms/Vision Creation After months - years even - of putting it off, making excuse after excuse, the time had come...

The art of channel flicking – a male profession

Ryan Bailey
March 6, 2015
TV
258
It’s something all of us males do and becomes quite a skill as we lie on the couch like a beached whale, desperately searching for something to watch. In fact, it can be described as some sort of physical exerc...

Making a splash in the big sea – trying to make your way in journalism

Ryan Bailey
February 26, 2015
Comment, Slider
1
204
"If you do something you love, you'll never work a day in your life" A couple of weeks ago, an #AdvicetoYoungJournalists hashtag quickly started to trend on social media all over the world. Inspired by an ad...

Sport is a cut-throat business, friendships simply don’t exist

Ryan Bailey
February 12, 2015
Slider, Sport
291
Sport is a profession of fluctuating fortunes. While the elite are lucratively remunerated and live a high life, the majority of professional sports people have to contend with the harsher realities of a cut-th...
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Recent Posts

  • An African light in an Irish desert: Tom’s Lucky Trading Company May 16, 2019
  • Being a Vegetarian in Dublin: Jim Masterson’s Story May 16, 2019
  • The Power of Colours: Moods May 15, 2019
  • Lapis Lazuli at The Book of Kells Exhibition of Trinity College May 15, 2019
  • Aesthetical Techniques in Third Cinema: The Hour of the Furnaces May 15, 2019