Wicklow native Dan Whelan played his part as the Green Bay Packers shocked the Dallas Cowboys with a 48-32 victory on Sunday in Texas. Dan Whelan made history last night, January 15, becoming the first Irishman to play in the NFL playoffs since Neil O'Donoghue in 1983.
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As Wexford prepares for another week of storms, another week of rain, and another week of potentially life-altering floods, Marie O’Gorman’s concern is not her own safety or wellbeing, it’s that she might be forced to leave the only place she has ever called home. Now 81-years-old, Marie has lived in Ballygeary, Kilrane her entire life, reared her children there, had hoped to see her days out there, but now that decision may be taken out of her hands by mother nature.
Dan Whelan celebrated his "first game in the books" with the Green Bay Packers after becoming the first Irish-born player to feature in an NFL game since 1985. The Green Bay Packers beat rivals Chicago Bears 38-20 on September 10 thanks in part to Whelan.
Irish football player Daniel Whelan said it took a while for the reality that he was on the Green Bay Packers roster to set in. Whelan, 24, moved to California from Ireland at the age of 13 and didn't try American football until he was a junior in high school.