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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Ireland's starting XI ahead of Finland game in Tallaght

Ireland World Cup play-off picture becomes clearer for the Girls in Green

  • Sat, Sep 03 2022
Lily Agg (left) celebrating the win over Finland with Diane Caldwell

Lily Agg on heading Ireland into the World Cup play-off: ‘I wanted to cry, scream. I need to keep pinching myself’

  • Sat, Sep 03 2022
Denise O'Sullivan (left) and Katie McCabe embrace at the final whistle in Tallaght with a World Cup play-off secured

Denise O’Sullivan’s Tallaght tears of despair turn to tears of joy with Ireland play-off bound

  • Sat, Sep 03 2022
Izzy Atkinson in action for the Ireland u-19 team

Jessie Stapleton and Izzy Atkinson called up to Ireland squad for final World Cup Qualifier

  • Fri, Sep 02 2022
Katie McCabe

Katie McCabe: 'To get to a World Cup playoff just a stone’s throw away from my house is pretty special’

  • Fri, Sep 02 2022
Vera Pauw is all smiles at the final whistle in Tallaght

Vera Pauw: ‘We celebrate here (in Tallaght) but we don't party in the hotel’

  • Thu, Sep 01 2022
Irish players celebrate after scoring during the Republic of Ireland v Finland, 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup Qualifying game at Tallaght Stadium, Dublin, Ireland.

World Cup Qualifier Report: Republic of Ireland 1 - 0 Finland

  • Thu, Sep 01 2022
Finland's team ahead of their Euro 2022 game against Spain in Milton Keynes

World Cup Qualifier Preview: Republic of Ireland -v- Finland

  • Thu, Sep 01 2022
Referee Stephanie Frappart (right) and assistant referee Michelle O'Neill (left) inspect the pitch prior to the 2019 UEFA Super Cup match between Liverpool and in Istanbul

French referee Stéphanie Frappart to take charge of Ireland v Finland game

  • Wed, Aug 31 2022
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Shamrock Rovers draw AZ Alkmaar in UEFA Youth League First Round

  • Wed, Aug 31 2022
Ireland ahead of kick-off against Georgia in last November's 11-0 win over Georgia in Tallaght

Explainer: How to watch Ireland’s crucial World Cup qualifier against Finland? What do the Girls in Green need to do to make the play-off? How do the play-offs work?

  • Wed, Aug 31 2022
Andy Lyons

Hoops losing Andy Lyons to Blackpool in January

  • Mon, Aug 29 2022
Shamrock Rovers celebrate Andy Lyons' winner against Ferencvaros in the second leg of their Europa League play-off in Tallaght

Stephen Bradley: ‘It’s a difficult group but you expect that.’ Europa Conference League: Kick-offs/dates confirmed, opponent pedigree and prize money

  • Sun, Aug 28 2022
Wellington will host games in the 2023 FIFA World Cup and possibly a play-off for Ireland to get to the tournament

Explainer: Ireland’s complicated potential play-off route to the Women’s World Cup

  • Sat, Aug 27 2022
Vera Pauw

Vera Pauw: ‘It was one of hardest thing I’ve done in my life but also the best thing. People do not realise the impact that it has on a woman’s life, if you keep that inside.’

  • Sat, Aug 27 2022
Vera Pauw

Pauw's team poised for crucial Finland test in Tallaght

  • Fri, Aug 26 2022
Tallaght Stadium hosted Europa League group games in 2011 when Shamrock Rovers first made the group stages

Hoops get green light for Conference League home games in Tallaght

  • Wed, Aug 24 2022
Thursday nights are European nights at Tallaght Stadium

No more Friday Night Lights in Tallaght this year as revised Shamrock Rovers fixtures confirmed

  • Mon, Aug 22 2022
Aidomo Emakhu should return to the Rovers squad having missed last week's European game. He has four goals in his last six games.

League Preview: Shamrock Rovers -v- Dundalk

  • Sun, Aug 21 2022
Shamrock Rovers and Ferencvaros line up ahead of kick off in the first leg of their Europa League play-off

Postcard from Budapest and the Europa League play-off

  • Fri, Aug 19 2022
Tim Clancy shows his frustration at the match officials in Tallaght

Tim Clancy: ‘The ref was quick to put his whistle in his mouth and give the bigger club the decision’

  • Fri, Aug 12 2022
Mauricio Garcez (right) celebrates scoring CSKA Sofia's opening goal in Tallaght

Euro Wrap: Saints exit Europe after feisty ending in Tallaght, the Bit O’ Red depart with win while the Hoops last LOI team standing

  • Thu, Aug 11 2022
Action from the Pats v Sofia game in Tallaght

Europa League Qualifier: St. Patrick’s Athletic 0 - 2 CSKA Sofia (CSKA win 2-1 on agg)

  • Thu, Aug 11 2022
Rory Gaffney is Rovers' top goalscorer so far this season with nine goals

Rory Gaffney looking for Rovers to have good go at Euro group stages but the league remains the focus

  • Wed, Aug 10 2022
Stephen Bradley: 'We are at our best when we play with fear that we can get beaten. When we do that it give us that little edge, in and out of possession.'

Bradley says bring on the fear as Ferencvaros awaits in Europa League play-off

  • Wed, Aug 10 2022
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