Dion Fanning is leaving his post as Chief Football Writer for the Sindo to join SportsJoe. This thing aint going awayâŚ
Dion Fanning is joining SportsJOE as Chief Sports Writer
BY SPORTSJOE
Maximum Media are delighted to announce the signing of Dion Fanning as Chief Sports Writer for SportsJOE.ie and JOE.co.uk.
Dion is one of the most distinct voices commenting on football today, bringing together insight, analysis and humour in a hugely compelling and original manner.
Dion joins SportsJOE from the Sunday Independent where he has been Chief Football Writer since 2002.
He has covered every World Cup and European Championship since 1998, while also writing extensively on the Premier League, the Champions League and the Irish international team.
In that time, he conducted agenda-setting interviews with Robbie Keane, John Delaney, Martin OâNeill and Rafa Benitez among others.
He features regularly on shows such as Second Captains and Off the Ball and also writes for publications such as The Blizzard.
He has also been nominated for numerous awards including NNI Sports Journalist of the Year and Sports Columnist of the Year in both 2012 and 2013.
With the European Championships on the horizon this is a hugely exciting time for Irish football and weâre delighted that Dion will be part of our team covering the tournament in France.
Maximum Media are the parent company of JOE.ie, Her.ie, SportsJOE.ie and HerFamily.ie.
Fanning would be part of the old guard Sindo, the crowd that got jobs from Mammy Harris and Daddy Fanning (still a good writer though). Thatâs hardly a full-time gig? Heâll still be based in the UK youâd think. Dinny OâB cleaning house.
An intrepid Connacht supporter has booked an incredible 5,000 km round trip from Galway to Edinburgh via Rome to see his team play in the Pro12 final! Even with every plane, train, and automobile from Ireland to Scotland booked out, Paddy Joyce, known to his friends as âJoycersâ, still wasnât going to be stopped from getting to the big match! We think he deserves an award for most dedicated Connacht fan in the world!
It is a twelve-hour journey each way â departing Galway city at 10pm on Friday, hitting Belfast, via Dublin, for a 3.30am ferry sailing, which is due into Cairnryan at about 6am, before another bus journey to Edinburgh where the estimated time of arrival is 10am, well in advance of the 5.30pm kick-off. The return journey begins at five minutes to midnight Saturday and â twelve hours later, all going well â the bus will arrive back into the Fairgreen Station at noon on Sunday.
âŹ129 each it costs to put yourself through that torture by the way, not including tickets.
Even if you were a die hard supporter (which is about 200 people Iâd say) there has to be at least 50 better ways to do it than that.
Can you imagine the smell of shit out of that bus after it pulls in on the Sunday morning
The new Irish rugby jersey has been revealed and we think itâs beautiful!
The new Ireland rugby jersey has been revealed and we think itâs the nicest jersey weâve seen the Boys in Green wear yet! The new jersey features a really cool looking giant penis and ball sack on the front. According to manufacturers Canterbury, the penis symbolises penetration while the balls symbolise the object the team needs to concentrate on during matches. We think itâs genius!
And if the social media reaction to the new jersey is anything to go by, weâre not aloneâŚ
Balls.ie @talkingballs We can confirm we arenât the Irish rugby teamâs new sponsor but weâre delighted to have our image on it! #flattered
Simon Zebo @smileyouroncandidcamera Oh yeah! Iâm looking forward to pulling on that! #nice
vodafoneireland @vodafoneireland Watch the big reveal of Irelandâs new rugby jersey LIVE from 10am tomorrow on our YouTube page! #exciting
her.ie @shamelessvacuity The new Irish rugby jersey should be a big hit with the ladiesâŚ
Yer One From First Dates @SarahOMG I just LOVE that new Irish rugby jersey! DroolâŚ! #stylish
Padraic Maher @PauricMaher6 Loving the new Irish rugby jersey #welldone#reallynice
John Muldoon @JohnMuldoon This new Ireland jersey must be some sort of sick joke.
Jamie Heaslip @heaslippy Havin the looooolz with @goingintochurch#lol
Neil Francis @franorubbyman So the French wonât be the only team in the Six Nations to have a cock on the front of their jersey. I give up on modern rugby, I really do.
âYou wonât believe the raucous reaction of the Irish fans in the Bordeaux fan zone to Northern Irelandâs second goal last nightâŚâ
'Ok, with all the epic bantz over the last week it has been overlooked that thereâs a second Ireland team having a party in France at Euro 2016.
Northern Ireland, or Norn Iron as they are affectionately known, stormed through qualification but were widely tipped to be the whipping boys in a very difficult group with Germany, Poland and Ukraine. That was until former Gaelic footballer and ex Derry City player Niall McGinn did THIS against Ukraine to seal a famous victoryâŚ
These Irish fans in Bordeaux, preparing for Saturdayâs crunch game with Belgium were over joyed to see the boys in green (and white) from Windsor Park secure a historic victory. We particularly like the lad in the Wicklow GAA jersey doing a martial arts type cart wheel with his mate in the leprechaun suit towards the end.
Thanks to Paddy Joe McBride from Kiltimagh for providing the footage to J*e Towers.â
