by Elaine Buckley | Jul 7, 2020 | 20x20, Uncategorized
Back in March, whilst staring down the barrel of the state-sanctioned lockdown with no sport, I purchased a Nintendo Switch. Bearing in mind that I hadn’t owned a new games console in almost 20 years – switching on the Switch was somewhat of a sensory overload,...
by Elaine Buckley | Mar 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
Last weekend, reading The Sunday Independent sports section with a cup of tea, a sentence written by Dr. Katie Liston in an article titled ‘Struggle for public honour for women’s sport ongoing’ stopped me in my tracks… “When we read, listen to, and consume...
by Elaine Buckley | Feb 21, 2020 | 20x20, Uncategorized
Back in mid-2015, I was plotting what would eventually go on to become the award-winning FAIR GAME podcast series, which focused on women’s sports. The starting point was conducting a lot of research to broaden my knowledge in the area, reading anything and everything...
by Elaine Buckley | Jan 31, 2020 | 20x20, Uncategorized
BRÍD STACKS UP HER MEDALS AND RETIRESAs the new year and the new football season rolled around with it, a true legend of Gaelic Games called time on her stellar career. Bríd Stack won 11 All Ireland medals, and played every minute of each of the finals to claim ‘em. A...
by Elaine Buckley | May 14, 2019 | 20x20, Hockey
In the summer of 2018, we witnessed one of the greatest achievements in the history of Irish sport. Not Irish women’s sport – Irish SPORT. In order to fully appreciate the Irish hockey squad’s incredible feat of reaching a World Cup Final, it is essential to...
