Tributes have been paid to former Irish Examiner sports journalist Brendan Mooney after his death on Thursday evening. A native of Ballinabrackey, county Meath, Mooney died in Cork after a short illness.
Irish Examiner sports editor Tony Leen said that Mooney “covered athletics, boxing and cycling with greater authority and empathy than we really knew. A fine professional, sadly missed.”
On Twitter, the runner Eamon Coughlan, a former world champion in the 5,000m, added that Mooney was “a lovely kind man and a great journalist.” Olympic race walking medallist Rob Heffernan also paid tribute, saying that mooney was “absolutely brilliant as a sports writer and a person.”
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- April 8, 2022
