Arsenal Sign Nicolas Pepe For Club Record Fee

Arsenal Sign Nicolas Pepe For Club Record Fee

Arsenal have completed the signing of Nicolas Pepe from Lille for a club-record fee. The 24-year-old Ivory Coast international has signed a deal at the Emirates Stadium for an undisclosed fee, believed to be worth £72m (€79m). Pepe’s move eclipses...
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Music and Entertainment Guide

Music and Entertainment Guide

THE IRISH EXAMINER MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT GUIDE: ROCK, COUNTRY, JAZZ, TRAD, FOLK, BALLADS, BLUES, CLASSICAL AND LOTS MORE Welcome to our regular music and entertainment guide, brought to you by Paddy McCarthy for your reading enjoyment For over 30 years the...
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Gareth Bale Back in Training with Real Madrid After Missing Audi Cup

Gareth Bale Back in Training with Real Madrid After Missing Audi Cup

Gareth Bale trained with his Real Madrid team-mates on Thursday after missing the club’s pre-season trip to Germany. The 30-year-old forward was shown taking part in a session in Madrid in video footage and images on Real’s official website. He...
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Everyone Should Fear a No-Deal Brexit, Says Taoiseach

Everyone Should Fear a No-Deal Brexit, Says Taoiseach

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said everyone in Ireland and the UK should be afraid of a no-deal Brexit. Mr Varadkar also rejected criticism that he was engaging in “project fear”-style rhetoric over a united Ireland after Brexit. DUP leader Arlene...
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New Figures Show Road Deaths Up By 7% This Year

New Figures Show Road Deaths Up By 7% This Year

Fears have been raised that progress made on improving road safety has stalled after new figures showed a 7% increase in road deaths this year. Eighty-nine people died on Irish roads between January and July 28, six more than in...
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Johnson Urged to Spend No-Deal Brexit Cash Saving Threatened Belfast Shipyard

Johnson Urged to Spend No-Deal Brexit Cash Saving Threatened Belfast Shipyard

The British Prime Minister has been challenged to spend a fraction of his no-deal Brexit fund saving a closure-threatened shipyard in Belfast. The UK’s Shadow Northern Ireland secretary Tony Lloyd told workers who have occupied the famous Harland and Wol...
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Out&About

Out&About

By Paddy McCarthy I am going to dedicate my Out&About to two very good friends from both here and Ireland on this very sad occasion, namely Terry McCarthy and Sean McNeill who I have to tell you were giants in...
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Political Parties Declare €160,000 in Donations

Political Parties Declare €160,000 in Donations

Political parties in Ireland received donations of €159,819 last year. In its annual report, the Standards in Public Office Commission said there were 19 political parties registered during 2018 to contest Dáil or European elections. Each of the parties wer...
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Boris Johnson Accused Of ‘Bluff And Bluster’ Towards Brexit Concerns

Boris Johnson Accused Of ‘Bluff And Bluster’ Towards Brexit Concerns

The British Prime Minister has been accused of meeting concerns about the impact of a no-deal Brexit on Northern Ireland with “bluff and bluster”. Boris Johnson was challenged on his Brexit strategy amid some reportedly blunt exchanges with some of...
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Dillian Whyte is Provisionally Suspended By WBC Pending Investigation

Dillian Whyte is Provisionally Suspended By WBC Pending Investigation

Dillian Whyte has been provisionally suspended by the World Boxing Council pending an investigation into an adverse finding in a drugs test prior to his recent bout against Oscar Rivas. Whyte, who was cleared to fight by UK Anti-Doping and...
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