Media
Media queries and coverage
Media Coverage
2019
- December, Afloat Magazine: Plurabelle Paddlers take part in Liffey All in a Row charity event
2018
- May, Irish Times: The show had to go on. I couldn’t call in sick. The rent, wages and taxes had to be paid Plurabelle Carol Walsh
2017
- September, TheJournal.ie: When I was sick with cancer I had no energy or enthusiasm. Then I heard about dragon boating.
- August, Irish Independent Health & Wellbeing: 11 Activity Goals During and After Cancer Treatment
2016
- June, The Irish Times: The Five Best Sports Clubs in Ireland
- June, News Four: In the Same Boat
- May, Irish Times: The 20 Best Sports Clubs in Ireland
2015
- September, The Herald: Enter the dragon boat – regatta a hit despite the rain
- August, Northside People : Getting their oars in
2014
- November, Irish Independent: Coverage and photo of the Waterways Ireland Pink event
- October, Herald Tribune, Florida: Local coverage of our Sarasota adventure
- August, Woman's Way: Racing the dragon. Journalist, Louise Finn, tries dragon boat racing
2013
- October, Irish Independent: Plurabelle Tara Byrne article 9 Facts about Breast Cancer
- September, RTE: The Plurabelle’s Breast Cancer Fitness Programme awarded funding Arthur Guinness Projects
2012
- October, Mail on Sunday: Anne Gildea wrote this article on her training session with us
- May, The Sunday Times, In Gear Magazine, Blazing Paddles
2011
- December, NewsFour: Article and photos of our 2011 trip to Malaysia in our local community newspaper NewsFour
- November, Irish Independent, Health Supplement: All in the same boat
- October, The Star Online, Malaysia: ‘60 teams battle it out at Dragon Boat Festival’
- May, Irish Times: Health Supplement: Dragon Boat team wins a prestigious award in LA for radio documentary
2010
- April, Irish Times: Year of the Dragon Boat
2022
- Paddy Kidd, as part of his 4th year in Film and Broadcasting in TU Dublin, created this podcast on the Plurabelles.
2017
- October, TG4 Molsceal: Plurabelle Paddlers Mairead, Mary and Roisin interviewed ‘as gaeilge’ in this short documentary
2016
- October, UTV Ireland: Along Home Shores: Television presenter, Bobby Kerr, visits Plurabelle Paddlers
- September, RTE Radio One , The Ray D’Arcy Show : Ray chats with our own Rhona about living well with Metastatic Breast Cancer
- June, Near FM Radio: Near FM Podcast
2015
- Autumn, Film-maker, Karen Byrne;s short documentary on the Plurabelle Paddlers
- Spring, Near FM Radio, Near FM interview with Plurabelle Paddlers
2013
- July, RTE Radio One, Marian Finucane, Fiona talked to Marian about dragon boat racing and how exercise benefits those who have had a breast cancer diagnosis
2012
- April, RTE1 Nationwide , A short piece of us training at the Grand Canal Dock. fast forward to 17:33 mins
2011
- October. Our first video. Shot on an iPhone in Malaysia and emailed back for editing by Camel Productions
2010
- October, RTE Radio Documentary on One, In the same boat, an award winning radio documentary about the launch of the Plurabelle Paddlers
For media queries please contact Margy info@plurabellepaddlers.com
