Tony Leen
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Tony Leen
@tonyleen
Irish Examiner writer and Sports Editor. Views don't represent those of employers. Defeat is a detour, not a dead end. Be resilient. Family is all.
- I know one thing. When I asked @MartyM_RTE to help @DouglasGAAClub celebrate a @OfficialCorkGAA minor championship double, there wasn’t a moment’s hesitation even though he was coming straight from a medical issue. And his fee was a chicken curry…
- Tough, disappointing Saturday for @Kerry_Official’s finest David Clifford, but within 36 hours, his world, along with that of partner Shauna, turned upside down in a good way with the birth of a baby boy. #lifechanger
- I’m asking, not griping: Why didn’t Conor Murray hold possession and run through couple of clock-eating phases with Ireland’s last possession?
- It’s been, by a distance, the worst, saddest year of my life. And there’s been 55 of them. People say 2021 will be better, like pain vanishes on January 2. I’d joyfully take a healthy family year ahead. And wish you the same. It’s ok to say 2020 can f*ck off. Cancer can fuck off.
- So much of today is about what Kieran McGeeney has done for @Armagh_GAA but the allure of this @PiarasPOM pic of an emotional Niall Grimley was too much for @ExaminerSport to overlook. Monday's poster cover.
- Setting aside a deep-seated reluctance to post personal stuff on social media to express unending love and admiration for the most serene, stabilising influence in my life. She hasn’t a clue how many times I just stand and watch her in awe. We are married 30 years today.
- Don't predict things well generally (nor speak of my family on here), but sat on the side of the bed at 5.24am this morning last year and recognised my life was about to turn grotesquely, and forever, for the worse. Brutally true. Every day is an anniversary. Miss you so much.
- Classic Cork humour. ‘Go on Chilli, keep going Chilli, stick it in the net Chilli’, they roared from the sideline. Why ye call him ‘Chilli’ asked a neutral? ‘He’s Con Kearney’s son’.
- Dougie Howlett leaves our shores tomorrow for good. What a positive force the @AllBlacks legend has been for @Munsterrugby this past 12 years. Proper gentleman too.
- CONFIRMED: @OfficialCorkGAA say there will be NO homecoming tonight with the crestfallen hurling squad. "At the request of the team and management, there is no event planned for the return of the Cork hurlers this evening. They would again like to thank all the entire county for
- I guess @Kerry_Official could still have Maurice Fitzgerald on standby for the ones David Clifford doesn’t fancy…💪💪
00:00 - Ellen Clifford, had to struggle for too long, now taken too soon. Dreadful. May she rest easy now, without pain. Both her own O'Shea family and the Cliffords are GAA-obsessed. @Kerry_Official will play to honour her on Sunday in Limerick. RIP.
