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Irish Independent
4 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Hulk Hogan hailed as Irish rowing duo Donagh Claffey and Martin O'Grady claim bronze medal at World U23 Championships
Claffey, a big man who sculpted his facial hair into a Hulk Hogan style, said the wrestling gods might have been looking kindly on them. The University of Galway men did the business early and late in the edgy contest. They led by over a length in the second quarter, but Portugal and Italy passed them in the second half of the race. As the other crews upped their pace, Ireland looked set to lose out completely on a podium place. But in an exciting finish, they performed brilliantly. Italy clung on to their lead and it was Portugal who got caught, with Germany pipping Ireland for silver by one hundredth of a second. 'It was a very quick race,' Claffey said. 'Before we knew it, it was over – and we had our nose in the right spot on the line!' O'Grady said he called a push in the third quarter, usually their weakest 500 metres. 'It stung a lot. But when you're in that position you can push yourself to further limits than you think you are capable of. Donagh's a strong guy and we left it all out there. We just held on.' Claffey's moustache and beard excited comment. 'I followed wrestling a lot growing up. It was probably the wrestling gods shining down. And Hulk Hogan passing the same time as the racing, it's probably just the way the world works,' he said. Meanwhile, Sophia Monahan took fifth in her A Final of the lightweight single. She was drawn in lane five, beside Italy's Melissa Schincariol, who blasted off the start. As the Italian built a lead which would bring her gold, Monahan struggled. The 20-year-old Irish woman came back into the race. In the third quarter she gained on Germany's Aysa Guenduez in lane six. The German then found form and accelerated on to take bronze. South Africa took silver. Ireland have another chance of a medal on Sunday, as Holly Davis competes in the women's single at 11.26 Irish time. Davis, a Cork woman who is a scholarship student at the University of Texas at Austin, has a strong chance of giving Ireland a second podium finish.
Irish Independent
02-07-2025
- Business
- Irish Independent
Money Talks: Jenny Claffey - ‘Affording something doesn't mean you have the money in your bank account'
Having cut her teeth in podcasting as co-host of runaway smash It Galz, Claffey went solo in 2021 with the launch of Red Room, a true crime podcast that dives deep into cults, conspiracy theories and unsolved mysteries. She's also a regular presence on social media, sharing insights and recommendations on various standout attractions in pop culture. On this episode of Money Talks, she pulls back the curtain on the financial highs and lows of content creation, and the determining factors thereof. 'The first year [of the It Galz podcast], actually I think I exactly matched my wage,' she tells host Katie Byrne. 'So, I was like, OK, if I just kept doing this, I'm still making a pretty good wage. And then the next year I think we doubled that. 'We were doing really, really well. I think I always knew that would happen, though, just in terms of how a business goes – you can go really up and then you might go down and then you find somewhere that's a bit more steady. Also, it was hard to gauge because our biggest year was Covid.' Claffey also reveals her spending obsessions and apprehensions, explains how to build an online community, and recalls key financial advice that still pays off today. You can listen to the new episode of Money Talks now and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts. The content of this podcast is for information purposes and does not constitute investment advice or recommendation of any investment product.
