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 | 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 | Jul 8, 2019 | 20x20
This is a story about the World Cup. It is also a story about my wife. When myself and Leanne met, I didn’t work in sport – but I watched it on TV non-stop, supported it any chance I’d get, and played it a lot. About a fortnight after our first date, I was...
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...
