Johnny Sexton Agrees One-Year Contract Extension With IRFU

Johnny Sexton Agrees One-Year Contract Extension With IRFU

Ireland and Leinster captain Johnny Sexton has signed a one-year contract extension with the Irish Rugby Football Union. The new deal for the 35-year-old fly-half, who has been capped 97 times, will run until the end of the 2021-22 season....
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Everton Remain In Champions League Hunt After Win Against Saints

Everton Remain In Champions League Hunt After Win Against Saints

Everton’s Champions League dreams remain on track thanks to Monday night’s 1-0 victory over a Southampton side anxiously looking on the other end of the Premier League table. Richarlison scored for the third-successive match inside the first 10 minutes to....
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CSO Reports Fall In Number Of People Expecting To Travel Internationally This Year

CSO Reports Fall In Number Of People Expecting To Travel Internationally This Year

The number of people expecting to travel internationally this year has fallen dramatically since the onset of the third wave of the coronavirus pandemic. Almost 16 per cent of the public now say they intend to travel abroad this year,...
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Public Health Measures Will Be In Place All Year Say Medical Experts

Public Health Measures Will Be In Place All Year Say Medical Experts

Some public health measures will still be in place at the end of the year, Ireland’s deputy chief medical officer has said. Public health doctors hope 80 per cent of the population will have had one dose of Covid-19 vaccine...
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Government Reiterates Support For Extending Voting Rights To Diaspora

Government Reiterates Support For Extending Voting Rights To Diaspora

Ireland’s Foreign Affairs Minister has reiterated the Government’s commitment to holding a referendum to extend voting rights in future presidential elections to Irish citizens living outside the State. Simon Coveney said Ireland would be stronger for the ...
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Ministers Meet To Discuss Lockdown Exit Strategy In The North

Ministers Meet To Discuss Lockdown Exit Strategy In The North

Stormont ministers have asked civil servants to finalize details of Northern Ireland’s lockdown exit strategy. Ministers met on Monday morning to examine the plan for a gradual easing of restrictions in the region. It is understood officials have been asked....
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Over 300,000 Pupils Return To Schools In Ireland As Restrictions Are Eased

Over 300,000 Pupils Return To Schools In Ireland As Restrictions Are Eased

More than 300,000 students have returned to classrooms across the country for the first time since December after pandemic restrictions were lifted. After 33 lost school days, 60,000 Leaving Cert Students and another 260,000 junior primary have returned to in-...
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Liverpool Return To Winning Ways With Victory At Bramall Lane

Liverpool Return To Winning Ways With Victory At Bramall Lane

Liverpool returned to winning ways in the Premier League with a 2-0 victory over Sheffield United at Bramall Lane. Curtis Jones and a Kean Bryan own goal ended the Reds’ run of four successive league defeats and heaped more misery...
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Leinster Hold Off Second-Half Surge From Glasgow

Leinster Hold Off Second-Half Surge From Glasgow

Scotland international Adam Hastings was sent-off as Glasgow lost 40-21 at reigning Guinness PRO14 champions Leinster. Catching a high ball in the 37th minute, an airborne Hastings raised his lead leg and his boot made contact with Cian Kelleher’s face....
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All Square Between Chelsea And Manchester United At Stamford Bridge

All Square Between Chelsea And Manchester United At Stamford Bridge

Chelsea missed the chance to climb back into the Premier League’s top four after grinding out a goalless draw with Manchester United at Stamford Bridge. The Blues threw in all their attacking personnel and every novel idea from new boss...
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