Ryan Bailey

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

April 16, 2015

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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

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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

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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

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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

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"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

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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...

Author Ryan Bailey

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

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

One of life’s challenges – learning how to drive

The art of channel flicking – a male profession

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

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