The Last Line
End of an era for Irish News readers as Benny Tierney writes his Last Line
ALL good things must come to an end and Friday marks the end of an era for Irish News readers as Benny Tierney pens his final column.
Benny Tierney: It's been emotional, but the time is right for me to go
THE VERY LAST LINE: Over 13 years ago, I received a phone call from an up-and-coming sports journalist by the name of Paddy Heaney, who at the time was working for The Irish News.
Benny Tierney: Unlevel playing field provides tough test for country club
THE LAST LINE: Slaughtneil GAC took the plane across the channel last weekend in what was described as a potential banana skin against St Kiernan’s and, yet, few outside the Derry club thought they would be beaten.
Benny Tierney: There's no need to give the mark short shrift
THE LAST LINE: Next month, we will see the introduction of another new addition to the modern game, the ‘mark’.
Benny Tierney: More to come from Slaughtneil
THE LAST LINE: My reaction to a win in any big match was always more or less the same, as I pretty much wore my heart on my sleeve.
Benny Tierney: Some in media are too quick to ridicule players
There I was sleeping on a Sunday afternoon in the foyer of the Carrickdale Hotel in 1998 with a half-finished pint of Guinness on the table in front of me when my girlfriend (now current wife) woke me out of my slumber.
Benny Tierney: Slaughtneil some club for one club
THE LAST LINE: When you attend a dinner dance or function in different clubs, you will inevitably receive all types of opinions and judgements from other clubs in the spotlight and most of them might be derisory, borne out of some sort of rivalry or even abject jealousy.
Benny Tierney: Tyrone's Mattie Donnelly is a true Allstar
THE LAST LINE: “And the 1999 GAA Allstar goalkeeper award goes to Kevin O’Dwyer from Cork,” announced Michael Lyster as faces around my table in the Burlington looked at me for my reaction.
Benny Tierney: Elephant is still in the room despite GAA's revamp plans
THE LAST LINE: This week, I received a brochure in the post highlighting the GAA’s new proposal for a revamp of the football Championship.
Benny Tierney: Liverpool boss Jurgen Klopp an example to GAA managers
THE LAST LINE: I suppose I heard as many pitches from managers at the start of the season than I care to remember as to what their secret to success was and how the many teams I played for were going to achieve their goals and how hard we were all going to work to get there.