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Irish Times
13-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
‘Over the years, I've lost a little sense of my calmness. I wish I were a little bit more patient or cool-headed'
How agreeable are you? I'm someone who always tends to go with the flow, so I'd describe myself as agreeable. Maybe other people wouldn't. They'd perhaps see me as a bit grumpy, but part of it is that as you get older, you tend to know what you want and don't want, and so you're more vocal about it. What's your middle name and what do you think of it? My middle name is John, named after my dad. It's not too complicated a name that you need to talk about or explain where it comes from. Other than seeing it on my passport now and again, it's very quickly forgotten about. Where is your favourite place in Ireland? I'm from Adare in Co Limerick , so that always holds a special place in my heart. I don't get to go down there too often nowadays, but when I do, I remember how lucky I was to have grown up there. It's a beautiful village. Another place is Valentia Island, where you feel like you're on the edge of the world. Describe yourself in three words. Calm, generous, reserved. READ MORE When did you last get angry? I don't tend to get angry all that often. In my personal life, you could say I get angry about sports when there's a bad result for your team, but it's actually more disappointment, and that fades. What have you lost that you would like to have back? My initial reaction is to say, what have I lost, literally, that I would want to get back. But then I think about the broader side of it, like losing energy or losing patience. I feel that over the years, I've lost a little sense of my calmness, and I wish I were a little bit more patient or cool-headed [like] I was maybe even five or 10 years ago. What's your strongest childhood memory? I have a very strong visual image of me being in Montessori class; I was one of the Wise Men for a Nativity play. Other strong memories are when we would go on family holidays. My mother is from Wales, so we would go there quite a lot. I remember the excitement of waking up at four o'clock in the morning, packing up the car. It used to take about four-and-a-half hours driving through every town and village on the way to get to the ferry, but they're memories I always remember. Where do you come in your family's birth order, and has this defined you? I'm the youngest of four. Growing up, I learned quickly what to do and what not to do. I definitely observed situations, and calmly measured the approaches, I suppose, and then decided how to participate. That has definitely defined me, but in a positive way, I would say. What do you expect to happen when you die? There was one quote I stumbled across a couple of years ago. I'm not sure who it was, but the quote was that what happens when they die is that the ones who love us will miss us. There's no expectation from me as to what happens, but I hope that whoever loves me will miss me. I think that's a sign of a life lived well. When were you happiest? In general terms, I'm very happy now. I have a dream job and a healthy family. The days of unbounded joy include my wedding and the birth of my three kids. Another happiest day was when Limerick won the All-Ireland in 2018. Like marriage and kids, it was a release of emotion. Like, Jesus, this is something special. [ Limerick 3-16 Galway 2-18: Five match defining moments Opens in new window ] Which actor would play you in a biopic about your life? I'd always look at Dominic West, from The Wire – he had a fairly good Baltimore accent in that. He lives in Glin in Co Limerick, so he might get the accent right. [ Dominic West on his natural swimming pool: 'When I'm in the mood I do a spot of underwater gardening' Opens in new window ] What's your biggest career/personal regret? I'm lucky not to have too many regrets. Business-wise and career-wise, I seem to have struck gold every time I've moved to a different job or company. One of the things that sticks with me, however, is that I never did an executive MBA. I meant to do it in my mid-to-late 20s, when I had the time. Now I don't have the time, but I will get to it some day. Have you any psychological quirks? I can't sit in a room and relax or work if it's messy. It could be chaos outside of the office, but in that particular room, if I have to work or sit and watch something or just chill out, I have to do a quick tidy up. The distraction of having something messy doesn't sit right with me. In conversation with Tony Clayton-Lea
Daily Mirror
11-07-2025
- Sport
- Daily Mirror
Justin Rose has 'no shame' over Rory McIlroy battle after Masters heartbreak
Justin Rose suffered another near miss at the Masters when he was beaten by Rory McIlroy but losing to, what he described, as the best player in the world at the time Justin Rose insists he has "no shame" over losing the Masters to Rory McIlroy earlier this year - and feels similarly about narrowly missing out on The Open this time 12 months ago. Rose, whose Major success came back in 2013 when he landed the US Open, has come up short on several occasions in a bid to emulate that victory. Since he headed into his 40s though he's proved he can still challenge the best. At Troon last year he was in the hunt for victory and it wasn't until a late flurry of birdies that Xander Schauffele took himself to the Claret Jug, beating Rose by two shots. His more agonising loss though would come at Augusta back in April. Rose finished second for a third time and two of those have come as a result of play-offs on the 18th. McIlroy achieved the career slam by downing his fellow Brit but the 44-year-old is magnanimous and believes that Schauffele and the Northern Irishman were at the peak of their powers when they beat him. He told the Times: 'Cumulatively, they've stacked up to hurt, because both of them would have translated to a different perspective on my career. But what I've learnt about myself most in the last year is that I've still got it when it counts. I stepped up on Sunday and I felt my best and I executed. 'On both occasions I lost to probably the best or second-best player in the world at the time, so there is definitely no shame in it, it's just that feeling of what might have been.' There was an outpouring of emotion at Augusta when McIlroy eventually ended his Masters wait. He and Rose shared a classy embrace, which saw plaudits come his way given he was digesting a narrow defeat. Rose's wife, Kate, later hugged McIlroy in a clip that went viral. But for the runner-up he felt the adulation he got for acknowledging McIlroy's success was over the top. 'I got a lot of love, but I don't think I did anything out of the ordinary. I took it well, as you should do, and I realised how amazing a moment it was for Rory,' he said. Rose's longevity is almost unrivalled in the modern game. Currently ranked No23 in the world, only the World No 42 Adam Scott is elder and still serving in the top 100. It means the US Open champion is in the reckoning to play in this year's Ryder Cup, which is his overriding goal. 'My main motivation is to be on the team as a player at Bethpage,' he said. 'I could probably continue to push to be a player at Adare, that's well within my capabilities, but you've also got to look at what's best for the team in totality."
Irish Times
24-06-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
‘I opened my cafe just months before my finals. I'd known for a long time what I wanted on the menu'
My parents come from a hospitality background. My dad is a chef . I was always interested in it, and I dreamed of opening my own cafe. I've always been interested in business and enterprise, so I decided to study for a BA in international business at the University of Limerick . With modules on accounting, marketing and management, as well as enterprise, I could see the relevance of the course for setting up a business. But I'd already been learning from my parents about the industry and, during college, was able to do some social media work for their cafe. I planned to take over their business, but then a unit came up in Adare, Co Limerick , and I had an itch to scratch. I was only 22 – I'm 23 now – but knew I was ready; I knew I could do this, and I had my own vision for what it would be like. READ MORE I started my final year of college in September. I got the unit for The Poppy Cup in December, and I opened it in February – just months before my final exams. This meant really putting my planning skills into action. I knew what I needed in terms of the electrics and the fit-out, and I'd known for a long time what I wanted on my cafe's menu. I even knew who my coffee suppliers would be. I worked in the cafe for three days a week in the run-up to the exams, and was lucky that I had great staff and that my mam could manage it for me when I was in college. It wasn't easy, as when I was in college I was thinking about the The Poppy Cup and when I was in the cafe, I was thinking about college. But I knew it would all get done in the end, and it wouldn't be for long. During my four years in UL, I went on Erasmus to Jönköping, Sweden, and I later did an eight-month work placement with Maples, a legal and financial firm. I also was an ambassador for the Kemmy Business School in UL, talking to parents and students and giving them my own insight, which was that it is triple-accredited and a great place to learn. This role helped me a lot with my personal professional development, as I got to meet and network with parents and students, and develop my public-speaking skills. Having accounting skills is so useful as a business owner: I can do my own VAT returns, organise PRSI and understand what my accountant is telling me. There are always challenges in a business, particularly as costs rise. I would have liked to see the Government bring the VAT rate for hospitality down to 9 per cent. But, overall, we have a loyal customer base and a strong social-media following. Businesses need to stand out, and differentiate themselves, so we also run various events and collaborations. And we're getting ready to open our second branch.
Times
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Times
The Mustard Seed, Limerick: what organised chaos on a plate tastes like
Ballingarry, Co Limerick ★ 7/10 We covered Limerick this time last year at the Palladian pile that is Plassey House, where a fine-dining restaurant called the East Room comes housed in an Italianate mansion on the University of Limerick campus, led by Derek Fitzpatrick. Exactly 365 days later we find ourselves back in Limerick in another of the county's institutions: Echo Lodge in Ballingarry. When you tell people you're going 'down to Adare to cover a hotel restaurant' they immediately assume Adare Manor, and funnily enough we find ourselves in the area a few days after the 'Ally & Sean wedding' went viral on TikTok. For those who weren't glued to the antics, an American couple privately hired the manor (and, by all accounts, the entire town of Adare) with the most lavish, 'money is no object' wedding imaginable.
The 42
07-06-2025
- Sport
- The 42
'I still very much have the grá for it. People say it's a sacrifice, but it's a choice'
IT IS ALMOST 11 years since Caoimhe Costelloe conducted her first feature interview with this writer. Signposted for superstardom, she had just turned 18, already had All-Ireland intermediate and minor medals in her pocket and was looking forward to making her debut in what is now the Glen Dimplex All-Ireland senior camogie championship. What's more, her Leaving Cert results had provided the Adare tyro with the points she needed to get into the teacher training college, Mary I. What strikes you reading that On The Ball article back, and a few more from the next four or seasons, is the incredible maturity of the Adare teenager, the obvious leadership skills and the fierce ambition. She was in it to win it. Now, ten days removed from her 29th birthday, and remarkably, having played in every championship game since – she didn't start once ten years ago due to a broken thumb but came on – Costelloe grins ruefully when considering her veteran status. 'You kind of think you're still the youngest in your head, but I think I'm like third or fourth eldest now,' says Costelloe. 'Some days I feel it, I definitely think I've abused my body now, a few aches! 'When I look at some of the girls that have got injured down through the years, I've been lucky touch wood. I broke my thumb in 2015 for the first round of the championship. I came on as a sub, I think that's the only championship match I didn't start so I have been lucky that way.' There were some All-Ireland quarter-finals along the way but largely, it's been more anguish and despair than exultation and joy. Inconsistency has pockmarked what the Shannonsiders have done and many of the historic minor-winning outfit of 2014 that came through and offered great hope for the future are no longer involved. Costelloe remains though and admits that her mindset is very different now to when she was interested only in winning senior All-Irelands with Limerick. But one thing, the core element, has never changed. Advertisement In action against Waterford's Bevan Bowdren last year. James Crombie / INPHO James Crombie / INPHO / INPHO 'I think maybe time has made me a realist. At 17, I was probably confident that we could push on and, challenge for an All-Ireland, because underage, we've done that. But I probably, at that time, didn't anticipate how much it takes and how many things just need to fall into place for that to happen. 'But, I still very much have the grá for it, you know? I love going training, I love meeting new girls that come into our panel, and seeing the progress in them over a little while. 'Obviously, I would love to have challenged a bit more. And we probably had teams that were capable of challenging a bit more, but the grá hasn't gone away… I enjoy the company that the girls give. And it's nice sometimes, that younger generation has maybe a different attitude maybe to what I had, and they're a little bit more carefree. And I love watching that. 'People say it's a sacrifice, but it's a choice. I love challenging myself against the very best. I love going training and then challenging myself to try and get better. And you're looking at your stats and you're watching the video, and you're like, 'How much more could I have done in this situation?'' This latter element, this ability to measure contribution and improvement is one of the major changes in the world of inter-county camogie in the past decade. 'When I first came on the panel in 2013, we didn't have an S&C coach. There was no video analysis. It was a case of, 'Go out and win your own ball.' When I reflect back, I think how far we have come as a group and as a sport. Like, before, I remember being told at 13 or 14, that any ball inside the four white lines is a good ball. You'd get crucified if you went and did that now!' Much is altered but, life is still good. She began teaching in her alma mater, Our Lady's Abbey Girls NS and remains there. That means she is still living at home. Adare won a Munster junior title in 2022, which meant the world. Costelloe was nominated for an All-Star that year too. And she has had a ball immersing herself in the experience of being a devoted supporter of the hurlers, who changed the face of Limerick GAA forever in recent years, captained for all of that time until this year by her clubmate, Declan Hannon. 'I'm a Limerick fan first and foremost. I have loved going to Croke Park and seeing the boys succeed the way they have. And the family memories that we've created because of it.' The Limerick hurlers celebrate after last year's Munster final. Bryan Keane / INPHO Bryan Keane / INPHO / INPHO By the time John Kiely's mob bid for a seventh straight Munster title this evening, Costelloe and her teammates will know exactly where they stand with regard to the Glen Dimplex Championship, because their Group 1 derby with Clare at Biomet Zimmer Páirc Chíosóg this afternoon [throw-in 2pm] is to all intents and purposes, a knockout game. They have both beaten Wexford, and with all-conquering Cork and last year's Division 1A League champions Tipperary also in the group, the consensus is that it is between this pair for the third knockout spot though a Wexford defeat of Tipperary at Chadwicks Wexford Park [4pm] would launch a couple of cats among the pigeons. Clare had a bye last week after winning their opener, while Limerick are playing their third game in a fortnight. They recovered from a chastening 38-point defeat by Cork in the first round, to edge out Wexford by a goal last week at Mick Neville Park. But Joe Quaid had the team very focused on the games that would matter in this period and there was no damage done by that initial hammering. With Costelloe scoring eight points, her clubmate Sophie O'Callaghan dominant in the middle, Laura Southern grabbing the goal and goalie Sarah Gillane making a great save, Limerick delivered. There is a good vibe around. It was Quaid that called Costelloe into the panel in 2013 while the current lead coach, Willie Banks, was a coach of the minor-winning squad the following season. It feels like things have gone the full circle for Costelloe. Certainly, there is no mistaking the excitement she feels ahead of a big game. 'We knew that the two games against Wexford and Claire were going to be huge. And I'm sure they were thinking the exact same thing. We and Clare know each other going back a long, long way now at this stage. It's great that this is probably a preliminary quarter-final in many ways. It's gonna be pure shoulder to the wheel for as long as we can and hopefully that will get us over the line.'
