Macdara Ferris

Senior Reporter
  • Start Date: 1 Jan 2012
  • Article Count: 2170

Macdara Ferris’s Biography

Macdara Ferris is a contributor since 2007 to Hoops Scene (Shamrock Rovers' match day programme) and is the co-author of two books on Shamrock Rovers - 'Tallaght Time: Shamrock Rovers 2009 to 2012' (with Karl Reilly) and 'From Ringsend to Tallaght - The Shamrock Rovers Players' Stories' (with Eoghan Rice published in 2021). The first international game he attended was a scoreless draw against Belgium earned at Lansdowne Road by Jack Charlton's Republic of Ireland team. He has been a writer with extratime.com since 2012 covering the League of Ireland and the Irish National team. He has also been known to pop up in far flung places like Ballybofey, Belfast, Berlin and Brazil to report for extratime.

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Cody Gakpo watches as Wout Weghorst (out of picture) scores by Gavin Bazunu for the opening goal of the game

EURO 2024 Qualifier Report: Netherlands 1 - 0 Republic of Ireland

  • Sat, Nov 18 2023
Stephen Kenny, Keith Andrews and Evan Ferguson

Ferguson fit as Kenny calls on his young team to embrace Dutch challenge

  • Fri, Nov 17 2023
Ireland v Netherlands line up in Dublin earlier in campaign (top) and Ireland training in Amsterdam on eve of game (below)

EURO 2024 Qualifier: Netherlands –v- Republic of Ireland

  • Fri, Nov 17 2023
Alan Browne in Amsterdam on the eve of the Netherlands match

Alan Browne and the Boys in Green out to spoil the party in Amsterdam on Saturday night

  • Fri, Nov 17 2023
Lukas Haraslin of Slovakia celebrates after scoring the team's third goal during the UEFA EURO 2024 European qualifier match between Slovakia and Iceland

Slovakia win finally ends Ireland’s slim hopes of Euro qualification

  • Fri, Nov 17 2023
Josh Honohan (right) with Hoops Head Coach Stephen Bradley

Hoops line up Josh Honohan for new campaign

  • Thu, Nov 16 2023
James McClean (right) with Uachtarán na hÉireann Michael D Higgins

James McClean gets Amsterdam call up as two drop out of Ireland squad

  • Thu, Nov 16 2023
Adidas UEFA EURO 2024 Official Match Ball in Berlin's Olympiastadion

New balls please - UEFA unveil official adidas match ball for EURO 2024

  • Thu, Nov 16 2023
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Collie O’Neill on Rovers return: ‘The last thing now we have to build is a winning culture’

  • Wed, Nov 15 2023
Marco Di Bello

Italian ref Marco Di Bello to officiate Ireland game in Amsterdam

  • Wed, Nov 15 2023
The league trophy will stay in Tallaght once again

2023 Season Review: Shamrock Rovers

  • Tue, Nov 14 2023
Hoops huddle

League Report: Shamrock Rovers 4 – 4 Athlone Town

  • Sat, Nov 11 2023
A view of play during the FAI Cup Final between St Patricks Athletic and Bohemians at the Aviva Stadium, Dublin, Republic of Ireland on 28 November 2021.

Record crowd on the cards for Sunday’s FAI Cup Final

  • Wed, Nov 08 2023
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Alan Mannus on winning over Hoops fans after his arrival from Linfield, his two most memorable Shamrock Rovers saves and the goalkeeping team in Tallaght

  • Sun, Nov 05 2023
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Longread: How the Hoops won their 21st title and secured the four-in-a-row

  • Mon, Oct 30 2023
Markus Poom

Markus Poom on rocky Rovers start to league as recent results leave Hoops on brink of history: ‘At start of the season, it was hard for us to get results. It wasn’t tense. It wasn’t anxious. It was ‘just get your head down, work hard and the results will

  • Fri, Oct 27 2023
Neil Farrugia takes on Sam Curtis (left)

League Preview: St. Patrick’s Athletic -v- Shamrock Rovers

  • Thu, Oct 26 2023
John Giles with Jess Ziu and Aaron Bolger / Stephen Bradley

Bradley on his Hoops future and relationship with John Giles: ‘He watches all of our games and gives feedback. We were winning games and he had a go at me, he said ‘youse weren’t good’ and I thought ‘f*cking hell John’. I watched it back and he was right'

  • Mon, Oct 23 2023
Fast forward to Friday and Stephen Bradley's side could be champions

Hoops historic four-in-a-row side playing part in Bradley’s quest as talk turns to five in a row

  • Mon, Oct 23 2023
Rainbow over Turner's Cross during Cork City v Dundalk match April 2023

Storm Babet shuffles end of season fixtures for Shamrock Rovers and Cork City

  • Sat, Oct 21 2023
St Patrick’s Athletic players celebrate with goalscorer Conor Carty

League Report: Bohemians 0 - 2 St Patrick’s Athletic

  • Fri, Oct 20 2023
Jack Byrne and Alan Mannus

Jack Byrne out for rest of season as Alan Mannus retirement confirmed

  • Fri, Oct 20 2023
Romelu Lukaku of Belgium scores the team's first goal during the UEFA EURO 2024 European qualifier match between Belgium and Sweden at King Baudouin Stadium

Abandoned Belgium and Sweden European Qualifier declared a draw

  • Thu, Oct 19 2023
General view inside the stadium prior to the UEFA Women's Champions League Quarter-Final 1st Leg match between Paris Saint-Germain and VfL Wolfsburg last March

Champions League Wrap – Irish interest ends in women’s competition

  • Wed, Oct 18 2023
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Storm Babet sees postponement of two Women’s Premier Division games as Shamrock Rovers look to refocus on securing second spot

  • Wed, Oct 18 2023
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