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Patrick McCarry

Pat McCarry has been working in journalism since 2003 and, before coming to JOE, has written for outlets such as The Guardian, Sunday Tribune, Press Association, Irish Independent, The42 and more. He has been covering sport extensively since 2009, with particular focus on rugby, football and golf.

Video: It looks like Leigh Halfpenny will face Leinster despite this crushing hit
Nowhere to run
11 years ago
Video: Raheem Sterling’s wish for a song on the Kop came true last night
We reckon he’ll get a song, one way or another
11 years ago
Thank God Roy Keane isn’t at Aston Villa anymore after this dressing room fashion show
You will find him at Villa Park
11 years ago
Andy Lee the most watched boxer in America since Oscar de la Hoya in 1998
He brings in the numbers
11 years ago
Toulon’s gigantic wage bill absolutely dwarves that of Leinster
And it is only heading up
11 years ago
Video: Jordan Spieth pulls off uncanny Ron Burgundy impression before David Letterman appearance
It’s all about the blazer
11 years ago
One of Clare’s late night revellers is back on the county panel after an apology
The code is the code
11 years ago
Manchester United’s most valuable player is not at all who you’d think it would be
Statistically speaking
11 years ago
Scrum-ignoring Wayne Barnes to referee Leinster’s Champions Cup semi
Oh me, oh my
11 years ago
VIDEO: Honey Badger and Jimi Hendrix went looking for sharks at the weekend
No better man
11 years ago
Simon Zebo on course to break all-time Munster try-scoring record by season’s end
The winger is on form
11 years ago
VIDEO: A humbling tale about Floyd Mayweather, 3am phone calls and a $3.6m Bugatti Veyron
Makes you think
11 years ago
No-one is buying Tiger Woods’ tale about popping his own joint back
We believe you T.Dubya
11 years ago
VIDEO: Louis van Gaal was thrilled to win the derby… because it meant he could go for a Chinese
LVG in the house
11 years ago
Manchester City fans want Yaya Toure hoofed out after he was hustled by Marouane Fellaini
Never thought we would type that headline
11 years ago
Transfers: Manchester United face Edinson Cavani battle as Liverpool undervalue more starlets
Money for old, goalscoring rope
11 years ago
What each province needs to do to clinch a Champions Cup spot
Munster and Ulster could secure elite European rugby this weekend
11 years ago
Sound the trumpets, there is a new dog in the Major-winning yard
Never in doubt
11 years ago
Vine: Phil Mickelson wizards in a bunker beauty at Augusta
Fair play
11 years ago
Vine: Tree root 1, Tiger Woods 0
Who put that there?
11 years ago
Video: Straight down the barrel, Louis van Gaal has a message for one ‘unlucky’ Man City fan
Tough cheese Dawn!
11 years ago
Video: Lunatic cyclist jumps level crossing as high-speed train approaches
It’s not worth it mate
11 years ago
PIC: Paul O’Connell KNOWS when you are trying to take a sneaky snap of him
Intense star from the big man
11 years ago
GIF: Sensational Ben Te’o tries cannot save Leinster from Dragons roasting
The New Zealander was in try-scoring form
11 years ago
Jose Mourinho tells Chelsea players to pocket any pound coins thrown at them
Frugal words for the Blues boss
11 years ago
Three more Irish players will be playing Top 14 rugby next season
Conrad Smith too
11 years ago
Video: South African player knocked out cold by juggernaut collision
When wingers and flankers collide
11 years ago
Vine: The ‘celebrate like a jerk’ classes are working wonders at Chelsea
Rui Faria, nice guy
11 years ago
Steven Gerrard ‘Gone in 38 seconds’ t-shirts are going down a treat at Old Trafford
Classic banter.
11 years ago
Toulon may be without their highest paid player for Leinster clash
The French club’s replacement is not the worst in the world.
11 years ago
Video: Brian O’Driscoll talks through how Ireland could have beat New Zealand in 2013
Not so negative lads.
11 years ago
Theo Walcott’s 40-metre sprint record beaten by Arsenal upstart
Thierry’s benchmark has been long since passed
11 years ago
Leinster players reveal their rugby boyhood heroes
Exotic backliners
11 years ago
Euro 88 and World Cup 98 stars join up with Sligo Rovers
Welcome to Yeats County lads
11 years ago
Camilo Villegas had better odds of winning the Lotto twice than his incredible Masters feat
Dead-eyed from the man from Medellín
11 years ago
Jack Grealish reveals the reason he wears his socks like a GAA player
Incroyable!
11 years ago
UEFA announce extraordinary decision to retake Euro Championship penalty five days after it was first scored
Sense prevails, five days later
11 years ago
Video: 16 years on, goalkeepers are still paying blundering tributes to Massimo Taibi
Check your studs mate
11 years ago
No matter how many goals he scores, world continues to be against Ronaldo
300 and counting for Los Blancos
11 years ago
‘I hope my Dad is proud of me for what I did at the weekend’ – Fergus McFadden on two very, very big hits
The Leinster winger’s quarter final was ended early
11 years ago
Ian Poulter’s US Masters diet resembles that of the Sun King Louis XIV
Opulent stuff from IJP
11 years ago
Tiger Woods reveals just what he was listening to during his Masters practice round
Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word?
11 years ago
Ian Madigan tells us Leinster legend Isa Nacewa ‘would be a fantastic signing’
The 32-year-old retired in 2013
11 years ago
Ireland’s Call beats You’ll Never Walk Alone as top bedtime lullaby for dads
Phil Coulter would be so proud
11 years ago
Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s daily diet plan contains an insane amount of cod
That’s a shoal of fish each year
11 years ago
Now that Louis van Gaal is finally picking him, Barcelona want Ander Herrera
Five league goals and four assists for the Spanish midfielder
11 years ago
Diego Costa in danger of missing Manchester United and Arsenal matches
Bad news for the Chelsea sharpshooter
11 years ago
There was a pretty sparse crowd at Richard Dunne’s comeback game
Nice day for it
11 years ago
Graeme McDowell has close encounter with poisonous viper at US Masters
He’s okay folks
11 years ago
Video: 60 seconds of the worst rugby Leinster have played all season
George Ford punished the Blues’ raft of missed tackles
11 years ago

Video: It looks like Leigh Halfpenny will face Leinster despite this crushing hit

Video: Raheem Sterling’s wish for a song on the Kop came true last night

Thank God Roy Keane isn’t at Aston Villa anymore after this dressing room fashion show

Andy Lee the most watched boxer in America since Oscar de la Hoya in 1998

Toulon’s gigantic wage bill absolutely dwarves that of Leinster

Video: Jordan Spieth pulls off uncanny Ron Burgundy impression before David Letterman appearance

One of Clare’s late night revellers is back on the county panel after an apology

Manchester United’s most valuable player is not at all who you’d think it would be

Scrum-ignoring Wayne Barnes to referee Leinster’s Champions Cup semi

VIDEO: Honey Badger and Jimi Hendrix went looking for sharks at the weekend

Simon Zebo on course to break all-time Munster try-scoring record by season’s end

VIDEO: A humbling tale about Floyd Mayweather, 3am phone calls and a $3.6m Bugatti Veyron

No-one is buying Tiger Woods’ tale about popping his own joint back

VIDEO: Louis van Gaal was thrilled to win the derby… because it meant he could go for a Chinese

Manchester City fans want Yaya Toure hoofed out after he was hustled by Marouane Fellaini

Transfers: Manchester United face Edinson Cavani battle as Liverpool undervalue more starlets

What each province needs to do to clinch a Champions Cup spot

Sound the trumpets, there is a new dog in the Major-winning yard

Vine: Phil Mickelson wizards in a bunker beauty at Augusta

Vine: Tree root 1, Tiger Woods 0

Video: Straight down the barrel, Louis van Gaal has a message for one ‘unlucky’ Man City fan

Video: Lunatic cyclist jumps level crossing as high-speed train approaches

PIC: Paul O’Connell KNOWS when you are trying to take a sneaky snap of him

GIF: Sensational Ben Te’o tries cannot save Leinster from Dragons roasting

Jose Mourinho tells Chelsea players to pocket any pound coins thrown at them

Three more Irish players will be playing Top 14 rugby next season

Video: South African player knocked out cold by juggernaut collision

Vine: The ‘celebrate like a jerk’ classes are working wonders at Chelsea

Steven Gerrard ‘Gone in 38 seconds’ t-shirts are going down a treat at Old Trafford

Toulon may be without their highest paid player for Leinster clash

Video: Brian O’Driscoll talks through how Ireland could have beat New Zealand in 2013

Theo Walcott’s 40-metre sprint record beaten by Arsenal upstart

Leinster players reveal their rugby boyhood heroes

Euro 88 and World Cup 98 stars join up with Sligo Rovers

Camilo Villegas had better odds of winning the Lotto twice than his incredible Masters feat

Jack Grealish reveals the reason he wears his socks like a GAA player

UEFA announce extraordinary decision to retake Euro Championship penalty five days after it was first scored

Video: 16 years on, goalkeepers are still paying blundering tributes to Massimo Taibi

No matter how many goals he scores, world continues to be against Ronaldo

‘I hope my Dad is proud of me for what I did at the weekend’ – Fergus McFadden on two very, very big hits

Ian Poulter’s US Masters diet resembles that of the Sun King Louis XIV

Tiger Woods reveals just what he was listening to during his Masters practice round

Ian Madigan tells us Leinster legend Isa Nacewa ‘would be a fantastic signing’

Ireland’s Call beats You’ll Never Walk Alone as top bedtime lullaby for dads

Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson’s daily diet plan contains an insane amount of cod

Now that Louis van Gaal is finally picking him, Barcelona want Ander Herrera

Diego Costa in danger of missing Manchester United and Arsenal matches

There was a pretty sparse crowd at Richard Dunne’s comeback game

Graeme McDowell has close encounter with poisonous viper at US Masters

Video: 60 seconds of the worst rugby Leinster have played all season