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Podcast: Triple sport superstar Louise Galvin shares her story
In episode two of BallinEurope’s podcast, The Creatively Titled Basketball Show, Louise Galvin joins Emmet Ryan to talk about her career making it to the top in three sports Louise Galvin has won everything there is to win in Irish women’s basketball but that’s only the beginning of her story, which she shares with us […]
Colbert and Boone claim Irish MVP titles
The Irish basketball end of season awards have been announced with Lehmon Colbert of UCC Demons and Jazmen Boone of WIT Wildcats taking the top honours Fresh off claiming a second straight league title as well as the Champions Trophy with C&S UCC Demons, Lehmon Colbert has been named the MVP of the Irish men’s […]
Dan Nelms, from Steph Curry’s team mate to Irish league X factor
Dan Nelms was part of Steph Curry’s extraordinary story at Davidson but having not played since his days as a Wildcat, Nelms is back in basketball and on the verge of a big win Height in Ireland is relative. Google Docks is the tallest building in Dublin excluding church steeples yet only stands 67 metres, […]
The Ballin After – Irish Cup Final special
BiE goes deep on the big one this weekend, the Irish men’s Cup final. A new name will be on the trophy as this clash of first time finalists sees Templeogue BC take on GCD Swords Thunder. We hear from players and coaches from both sides who give their thoughts on what we can expect […]
At least we weren’t outnumbered
Hopes of an upset were dashed early in Dublin but Emmet Ryan still found plenty of solace as Hibernia Basketball went down at the hands of Bakken Bears There are away fans in FIBA Europe Cup? Wow, didn’t see that coming. Bakken Bears had around 30 boisterous fans in Dublin for a game that carried […]
Demons run ends as Templeogue open Irish league with big win
It was a clash of the titans on opening night in Oblate Hall as UCC Demons fell to Templeogue while UL Eagles were the only club from outside of Dublin to record a win on the opening day of the Irish season After around 3 years of not playing any hoops at all, Paul Cummins […]
National League Preview: Ireland
BallinEurope is going to cast its eyes over a few of Europe’s top and not so top national league over the next week or so as we get back into the regular grind of European basketball. First up, the league in the same nation as BiE Towers, Ireland Last year was a true first for […]
Hibernia Basketball names 26 man initial squad for FIBA Europe Cup
The initial 26 man training roster for Hibernia Basketball has been named featuring one of the oldest active players on the continent and some massive caveats, writes Emmet Ryan As expected, player-coach Colin O’Reilly is part of the panel along with another 5 of his team-mates at UCC Demons. The squad features 9 of the […]
Schedule breaks hard for Hibernia in FIBA Europe Cup
In one respect, it’s exactly what Hibernia wanted but it’s still going to be an awful road through FIBA Europe Cup according to Emmet Ryan The order makes a heap of sense if you are Basketball Ireland. The target from this campaign is to not go 0-6. A win, any win, is a big win […]
Ranking Hibernia Basketball’s potential intro tunes
With Hibernia Basketball signalling Ireland’s return to European club basketball, BiE editor Emmet Ryan has ranked the top five songs he thinks the team should use when they take the floor There’s a problem in Irish sport that I like to call Dropkick Murphys syndrome. It’s where pretty much every sporting event in Ireland insists […]
Ireland to re-enter European club basketball in autumn 2015
In a stunning announcement, Basketball Ireland has announced it will re-enter European club competition this autumn in FIBA’s new European club competition. Fresh off a third place finish for its Men’s Premier Select side at the Sino-European championships, Basketball Ireland has announced that a combined team will represent Irish clubs in European competitions in the […]
VIDEO: Ireland’s Orla O’Reilly on an historic performance at the 3×3
Ireland’s 3×3 women’s basketball team made history at the 2015 European Games in Baku by reaching the quarter finals before finally falling to Russia. Orla O’Reilly, the lone pro on the team, gave her thoughts after the game about what the run meant for her and her team mates.