Édaein O' Connell

@MickFoley76 Fantastic piece. Shivers

Something on Dingle's endless summer. thetimes.com/article/490da5…

@OEimhear Hi @OEimhear how are you? I would love to send you a message about a possible article contribution. Could you give me a follow back and I’ll message? Thanks so much

Final day in Rome. Gorgeous Girlfriend Gilly has gone sweets & cake shopping for work & I’m catching up with long ignored emails in the hotel. We’ll pop out for food before our Airport transfer arrives but if you’re interested, here’s an overview of our Rome trip! #Roma #Italia

Our job as parents and the adults of the world right now is to create a safe, supportive place for kids to figure out who they are. Thank you @edaeinoconnell for this beautiful piece about @Mams4Trans & being the lucky parents of amazing trans kids #transrightsarehumanrights

@McNolf @danobrien20 Oh Jesus Christ @danobrien20 let me write my silly articles in peace would ya

@danobrien20 @edaeinoconnell srsly?

Hard hitting journalism holding power to account.

🏐 It's been an unforgettable season in the midst of a new era for football. @MickFoley76 charts the year that was 📺 Watch the #SundayGame live: rte.ie/player/onnow/6…

A Sunday kinda love 🏐🤌

@sean_rouine So sorry for your loss Sean, thinking of ye all

Our lives will never be the same 💔 Rest in peace brother 🏴🏳️

@GeraldineW_47 @RobOHanrahan So funny 😂😂😂😂

@RobOHanrahan @edaeinoconnell 😂

Paul Mescal has a big Irish head on him at the best of times, but no more so than when he's being praised. Which is when the big Irish head is at its most biggest, Irishest and headest.

1x 🏆 Cheltenham Gold Cup 1x 🏆 Queen Mother Champion Chase 1x 🏆 Stayers' Hurdle 1x 🏆 Supreme Novices' Hurdle 1x 🏆 Baring Bingham Novices' Hurdle 1x 🏆 Champion Bumper 2x 🏆 Champion Hurdle 2x 🏆 Mares' Hurdle 2x 🏆 Mares' Novices' Hurdle 1x 🏆 Golden Miller Novices' Chase 2x 🏆 Ryanair Chase 1x 🏆 Albert Bartlett 1x 🏆 Triumph Hurdle Rachael Blackmore. A Cheltenham Festival legend. ❤️

Time to reduce waiting time for divorce from 2 to 1 year, divorce costs, reform, mediation, views from divorcees, ⁦@josephamadigan⁩ ⁦@KWSolicitors⁩ and Trinity professor ⁦@lawsocgazette⁩ ⁦⁦@barryokellyrte⁩ ⁦@IrishLegalNews⁩ independent.ie/irish-news/my-…

The greatest day of all for Willie Mullins? Trainer father and rider son Patrick embrace after a remarkable Randox Grand National for Closutton

@tonyleen @Kerry_Official “He was of Kerry alright” - in tears at the end. Brilliant tribute

Over the course of 40 years, most of our conversations were around football though not all. When Mick O'Dwyer gives your daughter money for her communion, it isn't any ordinary €20. Some refections on @Kerry_Official gold: irishexaminer.com/sport/gaa/arid…

Another week another total panic about my career and ability lol

@Lizzy_Kearney @AlanEnglish9 Congrats Liz!

I am so delighted to be taking over the reins at the Sunday Independent from the brilliant ⁦@AlanEnglish9⁩ and lucky to be working with such a stellar bunch of writers and editors independent.ie/irish-news/liz…

Ruby Walsh was living every minute of that ride from Rachael Blackmore 👊 #ITVRacing | #CheltenhamFestival

Looking to speak to divorced men in Ireland for an article I’m writing - DM or email edaeinoconnell95@gmail.com #journorequest

He’s Back David Clifford scored 3-3 for @Kerry_Official in his first start of the season. Kerry 3-13 | 2-13 Tyrone

David Clifford, Luke Skywalker flourishing a lightsaber, restores order to Kingdom universe. Just 3-3 against Tyrone on first Kerry start for seven months. The Force clearly remains with him. Evokes that line about George Best leaving defenders with twisted blood. A joy to watch.

#journorequest Looking to speak to divorced women in Ireland for a piece I’m working on. Email edaeinoconnell95@gmail.com

Sunday morning and I draw the curtains. Jesus what a horrible sight ! Its grey dark and the sky looks to be on the ground. The scene mirrors the way I feel after yesterday evenings result in the football with The Dubs beating us in our own backyard by a point. I have to face them at Punchestown today, putting on a smiley face and let their banter roll off me. Oh the thoughts of it ! Problem is I’m used to it now sure they have us where they want us for the past decade and a half. Pick up the phone check whats happening in the world, is Trump giving us a laugh today ? Wallop ! Noooo ! Aw Holy God ! Like a heavy weight boxers punch into the stomach The IHRB let us know that Mikey has left us. Punchestown and The Point To Points called off. Be no trace of any Dubs today ! Oh how I’m wishing now that there was, that way wouldn’t Mikey still be with us. Tramore New Years Day 47 nights ago. Mikey steers Embassy Gardens home to win the feature event on the card for trainer Willie Mullins. I photograph him and his mount in a happy kinda celebration shot on the track before they head for the winners enclosure. “Well done Mikey boy, good on you kid” “Thanks Pat, I needed that” the relief washing over him. “Mikey, this game is about the long road, stay on the road” I tell him. “Don’t worry Pat when I get my chance I will turn it into a motorway” he says and a big hearty laugh out of him !! I know Mikey, not well but I know him. Sure we are both part of the same community. The racing community. We move from town to town like a circus. Same clowns different towns. As I get older I appreciate the younger generations. They make me smile and I learn from them. Little life lessons like new slang words, phone and computer shortcuts, that type of stuff. Sure they know it all ! Mikey is a step above the youngest generation I interact with. There is a group of 16-17 year olds riding. Mikey is 24. I love capturing their 1st success on the track and then watching them achieve their goals and dreams. Cheltenham is every jump jockey’s dream and in March 2023 we saw Mikey grab his dream twice in the one day. Glorious,Great and Gracious, Mikey stole the show in the biggest circus.If you hadn’t seen the results you wouldn’t have known it. His cap still fitted his head, his walk didn’t alter and his tongue didn’t let him down. Pure humble hi. The last few days everything I have read and heard spoken about him is true. It makes me wish I knew him better. Makes me wish I spent time in his company socially. Makes me wish…… Mikey you are a credit to your family and friends. May God speed you on that motorway and wrap his loving arms around you X