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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.

WATCH: Chiefs take rugby to scary, new levels with chaotically brilliant 90-metre try
Offloads aplenty
10 years ago
WATCH: Jeff Stelling shares classic story about Paul Merson, a canal and some missing sunglasses
Classic Merse
10 years ago
Everyone is getting far too excited about these Manchester United comments from Romelu Lukaku’s father
Popular man
10 years ago
Wheelchair rugby star has wheels stolen in smash-and-grab raid
Awful stuff
10 years ago
Anthony Horgan sends classy message to Simon Zebo after he breaks his Munster try-scoring record
Gent
10 years ago
Frankie Edgar’s coach makes UFC 200 claim and wants Conor McGregor to vacate his belt
Back at it
10 years ago
Two litres of Coke, McDonalds vouchers and dressing room ciggies – The early days of professional rugby
Fond memories
10 years ago
Keep an eye out for this fantastic Father Ted-inspired Shane Long flag tonight
Solid work
10 years ago
Billy Vunipola makes preposterous statement about southern hemisphere rugby
Staggering
10 years ago
WATCH: Hard luck to the three unfortunates that tried to take down Ardie Savea
Monster mosh
10 years ago
Match between Super Rugby and Champions Cup winners moves sizeable step closer
Nice work
10 years ago
Manchester United transfer target Aymeric Laporte suffers horror injury on international duty [GRAPHIC]
Nasty blow
10 years ago
Roger Federer makes startling drug testing revelation
Slack
10 years ago
Lazio midfielder confirms €50m Manchester United bid
In demand
10 years ago
WATCH: Feyenoord’s mid-game tribute to Johan Cruyff is truly special
Spine-tingling
10 years ago
WATCH: Nate Diaz explains what it’s like to take a punch from Conor McGregor
Still standing
10 years ago
Martin O’Neill has confirmed the date he will name his Euro 2016 squad
Looming
10 years ago
Tributes pour in for Johan Cruyff, the father of Total Football
Total legend
10 years ago
$PICS: Australian rugby star shares graphic x-ray after fracturing eye socket$
PICS: Australian rugby star shares graphic x-ray after fracturing eye socket
Yikes
10 years ago
VIDEO: Munster’s Cathal Sheridan bravely opens up on feelings of hopelessness amid injury nightmare
Tackling his feelings
10 years ago
Colombian who was sent off 46 times in his playing career has explosive start to coaching career
Some temper
10 years ago
End of a legendary era as John Giles to leave RTÉ after Euro 2016
Say it ain’t so
10 years ago
Marcus Rashford is in for a huge pay increase after goalscoring heroics
Skyrocketing
10 years ago
Nate Diaz has made some strong claims about Conor McGregor’s UFC pedigree
Fighting words
10 years ago
Any one of these 15 players out of contract this summer would surely transform your club’s fortunes
Handy bunch
10 years ago
WATCH: Nick Cummins reveals the Rocky IV training he has undertaken to make Rio 2016
Hearts on Fire
10 years ago
Bastian Schweinsteiger should never have flown to Germany as an injury replacement
Luckless
10 years ago
IRFU turn to NFL with appointment of Head of Athletic Performance and Science
Boffin
10 years ago
Christian Benteke must be trying to talk himself out of Liverpool with his comments on Jurgen Klopp
Boiling point
10 years ago
WATCH: Connacht produce evocative preview for crucial Leinster clash
They’re ready
10 years ago
Home town of Jerry Collins announces fitting tribute to late All Black
Respects paid
10 years ago
Conor McGregor has been offered a great opportunity by BJJ legend Eddie Bravo
Tempting, surely
10 years ago
Neil Seery booked in for toughest test of his UFC career yet
Massive challenge
10 years ago
VIDEO: Kiwi No.8 continues his one-man mission to smash every last Aviva Premiership player
Crunching
10 years ago
Lorenzo Fertitta names two fighters he wants for UFC’s triumphant return to New York
This will be huge
10 years ago
Transfers: Manchester United must up Toni Kroos’ humongous annual salary to beat PSG to signature
Serious wedge
10 years ago
Report: Arsenal make last-ditch bid to hijack Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United appointment
Don’t tell Arsene
10 years ago
Ranking the best and worst of Ireland’s Six Nations performers
Big calls
10 years ago
Is this the team to deliver Grand Slam glory for Ireland in 2017?
Serious outfit
10 years ago
CJ Stander gives us the inside story of his high-flying, NFL-style try
Quarterback
10 years ago
England stick it to every single critic to claim Grand Slam glory in Paris
Unbeatables
10 years ago
Rory Best responds to queries about captaining Ireland on South Africa tour
Three months away
10 years ago
CJ Stander strongly defends Johnny Sexton amid Scotland’s ‘milking it’ accusations
Divided opinion
10 years ago
Here’s how we rated Ireland after they finished the Six Nations with a glorious bang
At a canter
10 years ago
CJ Stander’s unstoppable performance against Scotland left an entire nation in awe
Immense
10 years ago
WATCH: Touch judge running smack into a post is the Six Nations highlight we’ve all been longing for
Boom
10 years ago
WATCH: Four months after getting to the shops on his nan’s mobility scooter, Rhys Webb is running amok
Still got it
10 years ago
Four players that truly impressed us as Ireland U20s finished on a high
Winning ways
10 years ago
WATCH: Ireland’s players turned on Johnny Sexton pretty quick when he was late for their team photo
Standards
10 years ago
Nathan Hines’ reason to cancel his final rugby contract confirms he is a class act
Top bloke
10 years ago

WATCH: Chiefs take rugby to scary, new levels with chaotically brilliant 90-metre try

WATCH: Jeff Stelling shares classic story about Paul Merson, a canal and some missing sunglasses

Everyone is getting far too excited about these Manchester United comments from Romelu Lukaku’s father

Wheelchair rugby star has wheels stolen in smash-and-grab raid

Anthony Horgan sends classy message to Simon Zebo after he breaks his Munster try-scoring record

Frankie Edgar’s coach makes UFC 200 claim and wants Conor McGregor to vacate his belt

Two litres of Coke, McDonalds vouchers and dressing room ciggies – The early days of professional rugby

Keep an eye out for this fantastic Father Ted-inspired Shane Long flag tonight

Billy Vunipola makes preposterous statement about southern hemisphere rugby

WATCH: Hard luck to the three unfortunates that tried to take down Ardie Savea

Match between Super Rugby and Champions Cup winners moves sizeable step closer

Manchester United transfer target Aymeric Laporte suffers horror injury on international duty [GRAPHIC]

Roger Federer makes startling drug testing revelation

Lazio midfielder confirms €50m Manchester United bid

WATCH: Feyenoord’s mid-game tribute to Johan Cruyff is truly special

WATCH: Nate Diaz explains what it’s like to take a punch from Conor McGregor

Martin O’Neill has confirmed the date he will name his Euro 2016 squad

Tributes pour in for Johan Cruyff, the father of Total Football

PICS: Australian rugby star shares graphic x-ray after fracturing eye socket

VIDEO: Munster’s Cathal Sheridan bravely opens up on feelings of hopelessness amid injury nightmare

Colombian who was sent off 46 times in his playing career has explosive start to coaching career

End of a legendary era as John Giles to leave RTÉ after Euro 2016

Marcus Rashford is in for a huge pay increase after goalscoring heroics

Nate Diaz has made some strong claims about Conor McGregor’s UFC pedigree

Any one of these 15 players out of contract this summer would surely transform your club’s fortunes

WATCH: Nick Cummins reveals the Rocky IV training he has undertaken to make Rio 2016

Bastian Schweinsteiger should never have flown to Germany as an injury replacement

IRFU turn to NFL with appointment of Head of Athletic Performance and Science

Christian Benteke must be trying to talk himself out of Liverpool with his comments on Jurgen Klopp

WATCH: Connacht produce evocative preview for crucial Leinster clash

Home town of Jerry Collins announces fitting tribute to late All Black

Conor McGregor has been offered a great opportunity by BJJ legend Eddie Bravo

Neil Seery booked in for toughest test of his UFC career yet

VIDEO: Kiwi No.8 continues his one-man mission to smash every last Aviva Premiership player

Lorenzo Fertitta names two fighters he wants for UFC’s triumphant return to New York

Transfers: Manchester United must up Toni Kroos’ humongous annual salary to beat PSG to signature

Report: Arsenal make last-ditch bid to hijack Jose Mourinho’s Manchester United appointment

Ranking the best and worst of Ireland’s Six Nations performers

Is this the team to deliver Grand Slam glory for Ireland in 2017?

CJ Stander gives us the inside story of his high-flying, NFL-style try

England stick it to every single critic to claim Grand Slam glory in Paris

Rory Best responds to queries about captaining Ireland on South Africa tour

CJ Stander strongly defends Johnny Sexton amid Scotland’s ‘milking it’ accusations

Here’s how we rated Ireland after they finished the Six Nations with a glorious bang

CJ Stander’s unstoppable performance against Scotland left an entire nation in awe

WATCH: Touch judge running smack into a post is the Six Nations highlight we’ve all been longing for

WATCH: Four months after getting to the shops on his nan’s mobility scooter, Rhys Webb is running amok

Four players that truly impressed us as Ireland U20s finished on a high

WATCH: Ireland’s players turned on Johnny Sexton pretty quick when he was late for their team photo

Nathan Hines’ reason to cancel his final rugby contract confirms he is a class act