
Feargal O'Rourke
@feargalorourke
Sport (esp rugby) business, politics and popular culture - sometimes all 4! Chair @idaireland and @iiea. Former Managing Partner @pwcireland Athlone (always!)
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24-12-2010 12:02:45
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Absolutely delighted that my podcast partner is heading West - what an absolutely super get by@connachtrugby Connacht appoint Stuart Lancaster as head coach (via The42.ie Rugby) the42.ie/6722164

Over the course of two decades, Roger Federer emerged as one of the greatest tennis players who ever lived. But one day last June, he told a story about failure. And it went viral. Rustin Dodd dug into why ⤵️ nytimes.com/athletic/64144…






A $20,000 credit card bill and no avocado: life as the world’s 150th-ranked tennis player via Financial Times on.ft.com/4eldPUI

Summer reads sorted! Joey D'Urso book has gotten excellent reviews; If David McCloskey book is as good as the first 2…! Always get the latest Stephen King; Patrick McCabe’s books always darkly funny; Highly recommended De Gaulle biog - very apt these days..


With 143 caps in the starting line up to play Georgia Rugby, it’s the 5th least experienced Irish Rugby team in the professional era (since 1995) sandwiched between the match v Canada in 1997 (141 caps) and v Italy in January 1997 (147 caps) #GeovIre


#RugbyStattoGeekAlert With Hugh Gavin in, the Irish Rugby starting XV has 123 caps - only twice in the last 30 years has an Irish team gone out with fewer caps - v USA on a (Lions year) Sumner tour v USA in 2013 (119) and against Italy in December 1997 (109).

8 tries and 54 points is a new 1st half record for Irish Rugby beating the 42 1st half points against Georgia in 2002. All time game record is 13 tries and 83 points against USA in 2000 #PorvIre

Rare that Jim Demps would get a Munster Rugby legend’s record wrong on the downside 😀😀 Ronan O Gara got 11 successful kicks that day - 10 conversions and a penalty. One of six occasions that he scored 20+ points for Irish Rugby followed by David Humphreys on 5 occasions.


Our second #YPN event of the year was in full swing last night, with a full house! Thank you to Feargal O'Rourke, Chair of IDA Ireland and Chair of the IIEA for an insightful discussion on competitiveness and trade relations in Ireland and Europe, and to Cian Fitzgerald for



Oh yeah……..I’ve been that soldier Why does the internet hate my apostrophe? via Financial Times on.ft.com/3GY9ZUX


🔔Coming up tomorrow from 6am on NewstalkFM Shane Beatty 🎙️ takes the nation's first look at the papers Firefighters battle wildfires across Greece And Joe Lynam has the latest #BreakfastBusiness news, including Feargal O'Rourke, chair of the IDA Ireland #NTBK

