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The Irish Sun
3 days ago
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘That's a new one' jokes Conor Murray as extent of Peter O'Mahony's gardening fame revealed in unexpected fan moment
PETER O'MAHONY was approached for an autograph by a fan at an event in Cork - but what he was asked to sign had nothing to do with rugby. O'Mahony and fellow former 2 Peter O'Mahony, Conor Murray, and Donncha O'Callaghan hosted an event in Cork 2 O'Mahony was asked to sign a shovel afterwards Afterwards, the ex-flanker was asked for an autograph by one of the supporters who had made the trip. However, it was not a rugby ball or jersey that the fan wanted signed; rather a shovel. Murray revealed the hilarious interaction on his Instagram Story, remarking: "Signing shovels is a new one". It demonstrated how, as well as being a legendary rugby player, the 37-year-old has also garnered a reputation for his gardening. Read More on Peter O'Mahony It is a project he is so proud of that O'Mahony makes sure the work is done even when he is not at home. Such was the case when he was away with the Such was his interest in what was going on at home that he shared a The mum-of-three responded to this by remarking how "Pierre gives no days off from gardening". Most read in Rugby Union She subsequently posted a photo of a Facetime call with O'Mahony, although she suggested it was not between husband and wife. Jess quipped: "Pierre Facetiming his tomatoes". Peter O'Mahony shares gardening update 'I've been planning for years' on Instagram It is a good thing that the mum-of-three has been helping out with the garden while her husband has been away considering the The dad-of-three took to Alongside a video of the work being done, O'Mahony revealed that it had required 15 bags of manure and three TONNES of mulch. He explained: "I've been planning to revamp the herbaceous planting in all 3 beds over the last few years. "I'm happy with the structural planting now but I knew the flowering had a big refresh in it. "Over a few weeks recently we removed all bulbs, perennial plants, plants that I had moved from pots into beds and weeds. "We then drew up a small list of plants that we repeated in groups along the boarders. "2 of the smaller beds are quite shaded so the planting in them is different to the long boarder witch is mostly full sun. "We planted nearly 300 perennials and some grasses throughout the 3 beds. "Then added lots of garden compost and 15 bags of well rotted manure followed by 3 tonne bags of mulch. "I think what we've come up with now is a longer flowering period that should have interest from Spring to Autumn. "Plan is now to do a full planting of bulbs come winter time but as of now I'm delighted with the way it's turning out. "I'll keep you up dated on how it matures…!"
Sunday World
08-07-2025
- Entertainment
- Sunday World
Irish singer says she's been cancelled for supporting Supreme Court trans ruling
'It was met with an intense internet pile-on and online harassment' Singer Molly O'Mahony has spoken of the 'chilling effects of being quietly cancelled' after she publicly supported the UK Supreme Court's trans ruling. The Cork native posted about how she had endured the 'quietest summer of music work in over a decade' as she was dropped from gigs and offers of work 'have all but dried up'. She said this had followed an Instagram post on April 22 in support of the UK Supreme Court ruling on the definition of 'woman'. 'It was met with an intense internet pile-on and online harassment,' O'Mahony explained. 'I lost hundreds of followers within days, and individuals publicly called for my work to be boycotted. 'Since then I have experienced the chilling effects of being quietly cancelled from the Irish music scene that I've been a part of for 13 years. I've been dropped from bills I was due to play, and offers of gigs have all but dried up. We need your consent to load this Social Media content. We use a number of different Social Media outlets to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity. Please review your details and accept them to load the content 'It is my quietest summer of music work in over a decade, in fact; quieter than the covid years, even.' The Ballydehob musician said this had come as she is trying to finish and release her second record, 'a costly endeavour, as any independent musician knows' in the wake of her debut album, The House of David. 'It is a challenge, at the best of times, to find the resources to keep making music, let alone make a living as an artist in this country,' she wrote. 'Suffice to say, it all feels a whole lot harder now. 'The feeling that there is nowhere to turn is particularly pernicious,' she added. 'I have very little confidence that any of the institutions and gatekeepers of the industry will have my back. 'All are beholden to a culture which dictates that those who don't toe the line must be ousted.' O'Mahony insisted that she was just one of many women and men in the public eye, 'who have been punished for trying to speak in defence of women's rights against the prevailing tide of gender ideology'. 'The myriad messages of private support I have received since April tells me two things - that my views are widely sympathised with in Ireland, and that people are terrified to proclaim it,' she revealed. 'Is it not the remit of artists to speak what's true for them? How can creativity flourish if we are all expected to be a monolith of sameness where our beliefs are concerned?" Molly O'Mahony Today's News in 90 Seconds - July 8th She added that she wanted to 'an end to the vice grip that tyrannical woke liberalism has on the arts and on free speech'. 'And an end to cancel culture. If there are artists out there who resonate, I dare you to sound the alarm with me. The culture is not going to change until there is enough of us calling for it.' In her April post, O'Mahony had written how, 'this is an anomaly post about sex and gender issues'. 'If this is not your bag, you can just admire this especially beautiful piece of kelp and move on with your life,' she added, alongside a picture of her holding some seaweed. 'For the record, I f***ing love women,' she added. She wrote about how, in light of the landmark Supreme Court Ruling in the UK 'declaring unequivocally woman means biological woman', she wanted to add a 'counter narrative to the online echo chamber I exist in'. She wrote in part how trans-identified males are human beings – 'worthy of dignity, protection and the freedom to express themselves however the hell they want'. 'They are not however women,' she added. She also highlighted how it is the 'likes of prisons and rape crisis centres that most high-stakes where male violence against women are concerned, places that house women who are especially vulnerable'. O'Mahony had performed as part of the art-folk group Mongoose for which released their debut album in 2015. Their second outing Suck the Wound landed in 2019 with O'Mahony releasing her first solo project three years later.
Irish Daily Mirror
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Reading boss Noel Hunt signs Ireland underage striker on loan from Brighton
Former Ireland striker Noel Hunt has added highly-rated Boys in Green prospect Mark O'Mahony to his Reading squad ahead of next season's push for promotion to the Championship. O'Mahony has joined on a season-long loan deal from Premier League side Brighton. The 19-year-old spent last season at Portsmouth and scored three goals in 13 appearances, while he has one goal in four outings for the Seagulls. Hunt, a former Ireland international, took charge of Reading last December after Ruben Selles' departure to Hull City. He said: 'Mark is a young hungry striker who wants to come in and develop at our club. He's young and he wants to learn his trade after having a successful loan deal last year at Portsmouth in the Championship. 'He learnt plenty whilst playing at that level, which will stand him in good stead for the upcoming season. He's another player who has come through a really strong Academy, and will be a great addition to our squad.' O'Mahony moved to Brighton after impressing at Cork City, where he made 12 first-team appearances in the 2022 campaign, including 11 in their First Division title-winning campaign. The former Carrigaline schoolboy star has capped 11 times for Ireland at Under-21 level, and has been named FAI Under-17 (2021) and Under-19 (2023) Player of the Year.
Irish Examiner
07-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Mark O'Mahony to work under Noel Hunt during loan spell at Reading
Cork striker Mark O'Mahony will link up with fellow Munsterman Noel Hunt at League One side Reading after Brighton and Hove Albion sanctioned the 20-year-old's second loan move. O'Mahony expanded the Irish legion at Brighton in 2023 when joining from Cork City for an initial fee of €80,000. He made three first-team appearances for the Seagulls, two in the Premier League and a goalscoring League Cup outing against Crawley Town. Injuries restricted his game-time to 13 appearances on loan at Portsmouth last season but he links up with Reading fit and fresh. The Royals have emerged through the tumultuous ownership period of Dai Yongge to gain stability under Rob Couhig. Waterfordman Hunt is rebuilding his squad in his first full season at the helm, having taken over last December. O'Mahony, whose contract was last year extended to 2027, visited the club's training ground today to finalise his season-long temporary switch, with an announcement imminent.
Irish Examiner
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Ruthless Cork book All-Ireland SHC final spot in goal fest against Dublin
All-Ireland SHC semi-final: Cork 7-26 Dublin 2-21 If semi-finals are only for winning, Cork didn't get the memo. In a blaze of goals in front of a Croke Park crowd they dominated as much as the game, they return to All-Ireland final on July 20 and are all but certain to be favourites to end the county's 20-year wait for the Liam MacCarthy Cup. Alan Connolly completed a hat-trick and Brian Hayes and Tim O'Mahony were on one in an All-Ireland semi-final that seemed dead as a contest at half-time when Cork led by 10 points. That had jumped to 15 when Darragh Fitzgibbon nailed his third point of the evening in the 43rd minute. Their interval lead (4-13 to 1-12) had skipped ahead as O'Mahony got in on the goal-scoring act a minute earlier having been put through by Patrick Horgan. Cian O'Sullivan's second goal, a deflected shot following a quick Seán Currie free, brought the Cork advantage down to 11. Currie (free) and John Hetherton added further points and Cork had some momentum. All that was lost when O'Mahony stole in for his second goal in nine minutes. The move appeared to be over when Alan Connolly couldn't control O'Mahony's pass but O'Mahony had the diligence to continue his run to execute the goal one-handed. It was a procession thereafter and Connolly made it a personal trio in the 65th minute after a driving run by Robbie O'Flynn. The 11th hour introduction of Hetherton to the Dublin team in place of Darragh Power would hardly have shocked Pat Ryan. Nevertheless, the prospect of the St Vincent's man causing Eoin Downey bother at the edge of the square as Peter Duggan did in the opening round of Munster had to be a consideration. Yet it never materialised. Instead, it was Paddy Smyth who was being terrorised at the other end of a field. Beside him, Andrew Dunphy was being replaced by the 15th minute having picked up a yellow card and Conor McHugh, one of the heroes against Limerick, was called ashore six minutes later, such was the trouble he was having on knitting together the Dublin defence at centre-back. It wasn't that his marker, Shane Barrett, was really effective but he was getting on an incredible amount of ball. As for the tracking of O'Mahony in the first half, it was next to non-existent and Dublin look clueless at times when Patrick Collins went long. The first goal arrived in the seventh minute when Hayes finished off a move involving Diarmuid Healy and Declan Dalton. Although Fergal Whitely all but cancelled it out with a couple of points, Cork shot back with three points and then came Connolly's opening goal in the 12th minute courtesy of a Hayes pass. Connolly was wheeling away in celebration two minutes later when he showed his agility to bat the ball to the net after O'Mahony had done most of the spadework in cutting in towards goal. Cian O'Sullivan fired home one for Dublin in the 15th minute to turn the margin upside down from nine to six points only for Cork, who were guilty of some sloppy play, to string together the next three points. Whitley spanked the bar in the 20th minute and even if direct play wasn't working for them Dublin did put together some attacks and were within five points by the 29th minute. The margin was six when Cork added 1-3 in seven minutes. The goal in the 32nd minute was a combined full-forward line effort. Seán O'Donoghue drove the ball towards Horgan who flicked the ball to Connolly and he teed up Hayes for the finish. Fitzgibbon looped over a point afterwards, which was followed by Seán Currie's fourth free, but the deed was effectively done. Cork were into a third All-Ireland final in five years. Scorers for Cork: A. Connolly (3-2); P. Horgan (0-8, 6 frees); B. Hayes, T. O'Mahony (2-1 each); D. Dalton (0-5, 2 frees); D. Fitzgibbon (0-3); S. Kingston (0-2); D. Healy, C. Joyce, C. Lehane, J. O'Connor (0-1 each). Scorers for Dublin: C. O'Sullivan (2-5); S. Currie (0-7, frees); F. Whitely, C. Burke (0-3 each); B. Hayes, J. Hetherton, D. Burke (0-1 each). CORK: P. Collins: N. O'Leary, E. Downey, S. O'Donoghue; C. Joyce, R. Downey (c), M. Coleman; T. O'Mahony; D. Dalton, S. Barrett, D. Healy; P. Horgan, B. Hayes, A. Connolly. Subs: R. O'Flynn for D. Healy (50); S. Kingston for P. Horgan (55); T. O'Connell for R. Downey (59); C. Lehane for S. Barrett (63); J. O'Connor for D. Dalton (67); DUBLIN: S. Brennan; J. Bellew, P. Smyth, A. Dunphy; P. Doyle, C. McHugh, C. Donohoe; C. Burke, B. Hayes; R. McBride, F. Whitely, R. Hayes; C. O'Sullivan, J. Hetherton, S. Currie. Subs: D. Lucey for A. Dunphy (15); D. Power for C. McHugh (21); D. Burke for R. McBride (h-t); D. Ó Dúlaing for R. Hayes (46); C. Ó Riain for C. O'Sullivan (67). Referee: J. Murphy (Limerick).
