Foyle Port Chief Warns No-Deal Brexit Could Decimate Businesses
September 12, 2019 No Responses

Foyle Port Chief Warns No-Deal Brexit Could Decimate Businesses

The most westerly port in the UK and Northern Ireland could lose 40% of its business in the event of a no-deal Brexit, politicians have been warned. Foyle Port chief executive Brian McGrath said crashing out of the EU would...
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New Royal Navy Frigate Contract Gives Hope for Harland and Wolff
September 12, 2019 No Responses

New Royal Navy Frigate Contract Gives Hope for Harland and Wolff

The naming of a consortium as the preferred bidder for a £1.3 billion British Royal Navy contract has been welcomed by supporters of an under-threat shipyard in Belfast. The consortium, led by engineering giant Babcock and including the Harland and...
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Out&About
September 11, 2019 No Responses

Out&About

By Paddy McCarthy I just got back from my trip up to Waterford, just outside Albany – the Capitol of New York State – to see the Tugboat Rally. According to the organizers of the festival it was the biggest...
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Polls Find a Slight Majority for Reunification in The North
September 11, 2019 No Responses

Polls Find a Slight Majority for Reunification in The North

There is a slight majority for Irish unification among people in Northern Ireland, according to a new poll. The latest survey in Northern Ireland asked voters for their preference “in the event of a referendum on whether or not Northern...
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Mary Lou McDonald Calls Johnson’s Brexit Plans ‘Profoundly Stupid’
September 11, 2019 No Responses

Mary Lou McDonald Calls Johnson’s Brexit Plans ‘Profoundly Stupid’

Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald has said UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson is following a Brexit “fantasy”, and that his plan is “profoundly stupid and immeasurably dangerous”. Speaking at her party’s away day in Dundalk, Co Louth, Ms McDonald.....
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Ireland’s Gender Pension Gap is 35%
September 11, 2019 No Responses

Ireland’s Gender Pension Gap is 35%

Irish men receive an average of €153 more than women in their pension payments, according to research by the Economic and Social Research Unit (ESRI). The study found the average total weekly pension income in 2010 was €280 for women...
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Tyson Fury Focused on Match Up with Otto Wallin, Not Deomtay Wilder
September 11, 2019 No Responses

Tyson Fury Focused on Match Up with Otto Wallin, Not Deomtay Wilder

Heavyweight champion Tyson Fury insists he is not thinking about his potential rematch with Deontay Wilder as he gears up for his next fight in Las Vegas. The 31-year-old meets the relatively unknown Otto Wallin in a non-title bout on...
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Jack Nicklaus Memorializes Golfer Brian Barnes on Twitter
September 11, 2019 No Responses

Jack Nicklaus Memorializes Golfer Brian Barnes on Twitter

Jack Nicklaus has used social media to memorialize English golfer Brian Barnes, who died from cancer on Monday, aged 74. Barnes famously beat Nicklaus twice in one day in the 1975 Ryder Cup. Nicklaus tweeted that he and his wife...
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Jadon Sancho Scores Brace in Goal Fest at St Mary’s
September 10, 2019 No Responses

Jadon Sancho Scores Brace in Goal Fest at St Mary’s

Jadon Sancho announced himself on the international stage in some style, scoring twice on a night when England’s ruthless edge made up for some shambolic defending in a thrilling, high-scoring win against Kosovo. A sell-out St Mary’s crowd bore witness...
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Josh Cullen Stars as Ireland Beat Bulgaria in Dublin
September 10, 2019 No Responses

Josh Cullen Stars as Ireland Beat Bulgaria in Dublin

The Republic of Ireland have won their friendly with Bulgaria at the Aviva tonight. Alan Browne found the net nine minutes after the break only for Bulgaria to equalize with a penalty from Ivelin Popov. However, a header from Kevin...
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