Feargal O'Rourke
@FeargalORourke
Sport (esp rugby) business, politics and popular culture - sometimes all 4! Chair @idaireland and @iiea. Former Managing Partner @pwcireland Athlone (always!)
I’ve written a book - not a sentence I ever expected to write 😀. "From Rags to Riches” charts the @IrishRugby men’s team over the 29 seasons and 316 test matches since the game went professional in 1995. All profits going to @IRFUCharTrust. With over 600 pages and over ..(1/3)
A super and nice read…. Rory McIlroy’s Portrush gesture completes one man’s 19-year journey to replace what was lost (via @the42_ie) the42.ie/6768794
Oh yeah……..I’ve been that soldier Why does the internet hate my apostrophe? via @FT on.ft.com/3GY9ZUX
I’m at my peak, says Tadej Pogacar after regaining Yellow Jersey thetimes.com/article/37edb4…
Our second #YPN event of the year was in full swing last night, with a full house! Thank you to @FeargalORourke, Chair of @IDAIRELAND and Chair of the @iiea for an insightful discussion on competitiveness and trade relations in Ireland and Europe, and to Cian Fitzgerald for…
📢 There is still time to register for our YPN event tomorrow evening! 👇 See the post below for more information!
📢 Upcoming Event | YPN: Ireland’s Competitiveness in a Time of Geoeconomic Uncertainty Against the backdrop of growing uncertainty in global markets, Ireland faces a number of challenges which could impact its domestic economy. Trade relations are ostensibly deteriorating…
Rare that @jim_demps would get a @Munsterrugby legend’s record wrong on the downside 😀😀 @RonanOGara10 got 11 successful kicks that day - 10 conversions and a penalty. One of six occasions that he scored 20+ points for @IrishRugby followed by David Humphreys on 5 occasions.
Jack Crowleys 12 successful kicks at goal vs Portugal today gives him the Irish record for the most successful kicks at goal in a game. Previous holder was ROG with 10 vs Japan in 2000.
8 tries and 54 points is a new 1st half record for @IrishRugby beating the 42 1st half points against Georgia in 2002. All time game record is 13 tries and 83 points against USA in 2000 #PorvIre
#RugbyStattoGeekAlert With Hugh Gavin in, the @IrishRugby starting XV has 123 caps - only twice in the last 30 years has an Irish team gone out with fewer caps - v USA on a (Lions year) Sumner tour v USA in 2013 (119) and against Italy in December 1997 (109).
Breaking News: Ireland Squad Update Hugh Gavin to start for Ireland Jamie Osborne ➡️🦁 #TeamOfUs #WeAreIreland
Over 10,000 new jobs created by FDI in the first half of the year independent.ie/business/over-…
With 143 caps in the starting line up to play @GEORGIARUGBY, it’s the 5th least experienced @IrishRugby team in the professional era (since 1995) sandwiched between the match v Canada in 1997 (141 caps) and v Italy in January 1997 (147 caps) #GeovIre
Ireland Team named for @GEORGIARUGBY match. 2⃣ new caps to start 4⃣ uncapped players on the bench #TeamofUs #WeAreIreland
Summer reads sorted! @josephmdurso book has gotten excellent reviews; If @mccloskeybooks book is as good as the first 2…! Always get the latest @StephenKing; Patrick McCabe’s books always darkly funny; Highly recommended De Gaulle biog - very apt these days..
A $20,000 credit card bill and no avocado: life as the world’s 150th-ranked tennis player via @FT on.ft.com/4eldPUI
My fellow Infrastructure Acceleration Taskforce member lays it on the line. 💯 Sean O’Driscoll: 'Ireland needs radical action to end its infrastructure crisis' irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4165…
Can’t believe this is now 37 years ago…..remember that day well !
#OnThisDay @ #Euro88 Ray Houghton famously headed in the only goal as Ireland beat England 1-0 in Stuttgart It wouldn't get any better for England in this tournament
BRIAN WILSON was as important a composer of 20th century music as Beethoven was for the 18th and 19th century and you would not find one major musical artist that would not acknowledge this fact.
Over the course of two decades, Roger Federer emerged as one of the greatest tennis players who ever lived. But one day last June, he told a story about failure. And it went viral. @rustindodd dug into why ⤵️ nytimes.com/athletic/64144…
Absolutely delighted that my podcast partner is heading West - what an absolutely super get by@connachtrugby Connacht appoint Stuart Lancaster as head coach (via @rugby_ie) the42.ie/6722164
Missed this job ad…… Cadbury hires 50 tasters to test chocolate for a living thetimes.com/article/bc5550…
A super piece on one of @IrishRugby ‘s unsung heroes and nomads. Along with @ProperChurch , the last survivor of the U20 Grand Slam class of 2007 that produced no fewer than 8 full internationals. Great read.
Jamie Hagan: ‘My body is definitely cooked. I had a shoulder operation, my nose broken a few times, other operations on my leg, my foot’ independent.ie/sport/rugby/ja…