Rugby in Munster – A Social and Cultural History by Liam O’Callaghan

There are no tickets available for next Saturday’s Heineken Cup game between Munster and Castres at Thomond Park. This is the norm for the Heineken Cup. It has been so since Munster’s first run to the final in the 1999/2000 season, but it was not always like that. The season before the May 2000 final, […]

Munster’s exit from the 2011 Heineken Cup

I went to see the film 127 Hours last week. If you have not heard about it, it is the story of Aron Ralston, a rock climber/ potholer who wanders off at weekends to explore canyons and sleep out under the stars. Aron Ralston is self-centred and arrogant, loves his own company and believes that […]