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Review from the Library
Got no social life and even less cash? Steven Balbirnie and Paul Fennessy rate the best that the library has to offer.…
Fenno on Sport
Paul Fennessy assesses the legacy of Lance Armstrong as the controversial cyclist’s retirement looms…
A Room of One’s Own
While it may have failed to win the Booker last week, Room is the novel everyone’s talking about. Paul Fennessy interviews its author, Emma Donoghue…
Fenno on Sport
Paul Fennessy analyses the reasons behind the relative lack of spectator interest in the UCD football team in his latest column…
Fenno on Sport
Returning columnist Paul Fennessy looks at the recent Sam Allardyce/Arsene Wenger spat amongst other sporting issues. Arsene Wenger is indisputably one of the greatest managers to ever grace the Premier…
UO Sports Podcast: May 25th, 2010
It's been a few weeks in the pipeline, but the Observer podcast team have finally gotten around to recording their end-of-season spectacular...…
Conclusion: (Not quite 500) Days of Wire – Warning: Contains Spoilers
And so ends my Wire experiment for this year. Sadly, despite my best efforts, I have failed to reach that elusive 500 mark and the prospect of arriving at Season…
UO Sports Podcast: April 16th, 2010
We discuss FA Cup developments, Tottenham's crazy week and the ongoing race for fourth, and the Heineken Cup quarter-finals - while the Fantasy Girls share their anticipation of a day…
Fenno on Sport
In his last column possibly ever, Paul Fennessy exposes the lurid workings of Sepp Blatter’s unseemly enterprise and condemns Alex Ferguson’s recent behaviour Cheats permeate every walk of life. Yet…
UO Sports Podcast: April 9th, 2010
It's been a hectic week, so it's time for another 60+ minutes of funny, quirky, divisive and off-the-wall sports talk from the Observer team. …
The Wire (Season 2, Episode 5): Undertow – Warning: Contains Spoilers
“We are of the other America or the America that has been left behind in the postindustrial age. We don’t live in L.A. or go to their parties; we don’t…
UO Sports Podcast: March 31st, 2010
Another week, another hour of top-notch sporting analysis and insight from the sports crew of Ireland’s award-winning student newspaper.…
Fenno on Sport
Paul Fennessy questions Lionel Messi’s degree of greatness and examines the prospects of Leinster’s future stars…
UO Sports Podcast: March 23rd, 2010
After last week's radio mega-marathon, the Observer sports team return with another hour of incisive sports news, views, opinion, analysis and fun.…
The Wire (Season 2, Episode 4): Hard Cases – Warning: Contains Spoilers
“In order for television to become a grown-up medium and say grown-up things, you had to get rid of the advertising. There’s a premium – you’re going to have to…
The Wire (Season 2, Episode 3): Hot Shots – Warning: Contains Spoilers
“When we took a chainsaw to the first season, choosing to begin the second story arc with an entirely different theme and different characters, you followed us to the port…
The Wire (Season 2, Episode 2): Collateral Damage – Warning: Contains Spoilers
“It’s one thing to recognize capitalism for the powerful economic tool it is and to acknowledge that, for better or for worse, we’re stuck with it and, hey, thank God…
Why We Love Sport
Sport isn’t a matter of life or death, it’s much more important than that, argues Paul Fennessy…