Sonia O’Sullivan: A lesson in world championship surfing on my doorstep at Bells Beach
About an hour’s drive from Melbourne, the beach is home to the world’s longest continuously running pro surfing competition, starting back in 1962
Melbourne
‘I think I’ll go’: She left for a ‘jaunt’ to Australia and didn’t return for 40 years
‘I’d go to Darwin for lunch and Singapore for dinner’: Cliodhna Rae on a career golden age of air travel, and an ‘accidental’ business
How Ronnie Delany’s date with Olympic destiny inspired a generation of Irish athletes
Hard to think what might have transpired had he not won gold in Melbourne in 1956
Transport yourself to warmer climes with Mark Moriarty’s sunny flatbread recipes
Take inspiration from the immigrant cultures of Melbourne while using the best Irish ingredients
Sonia O’Sullivan: Athletes do not like compromise – just ask Roy Keane or Lindsey Vonn
Stubbornness and determination run through Winter Olympics and the film about Saipan
How a jiu-jitsu club in Melbourne became an Irish emigrant hub
‘Guys come in very nervous – they’ve only played Gaelic and perceive this as a fight club’
Tributes paid as ‘amazing teacher’ and talented Meath GAA player dies in Australia
Sarah Halpenny (29) was well known in GAA circles in Ireland and Melbourne
Letters home: ‘I could barely afford groceries in Ireland, never mind a mortgage’
Yasmin Rather in Melbourne: I’m learning so much. Nurses here have time to show me stuff, back home it was so busy
Joseph O’Brien settles for second as Jamie Melham leads Half Yours to Melbourne Cup glory
JP McManus-owned Goodie Two Shoes bested by local talent
Absurde bids to complete stunning international double for Willie Mullins in Melbourne Cup
Champion jumps trainer on a roll after his first Breeders’ Cup runner Ethical Diamond wins the $5 million Turf
David McWilliams: Australia’s housing crisis looks very like Ireland’s, but it’s not the same
The more people believe property prices can only rise, the more recklessly they behave
A Kerry man in Melbourne: ‘I have not seen any tough, stereotyped behaviour. I see similar senses of humour and levels of respect’
Kerry man Paul Clifford moved to Melbourne two years ago and works in PR
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices