Out & About
I take back what I said last week about the weather; I did not anticipate the show that we had, so no more weather forecasts from me in the future. On a brighter note we are giving away four sets...
Bayern Were Lucky To Escape First Leg With 2-1 Win Over Sevilla
Bayern Munich made the most of several slices of good fortune to beat Sevilla and put themselves on course for the Champions League semi-finals. The German giants fell behind to a Pablo Sarabia strike – the Sevilla forward having earlier...
Ronaldo Magic Helps Real Soar Against Helpless Juve
Real Madrid have ended up as 3-0 winners at Juventus in the first leg of the Champions League quarter-final. Cristiano Ronaldo’s spectacular bicycle kick to put Real 2-0 up all but secured their semi-final place. The Portugal striker, having already...
Homeless Numbers Hit Record Last Week
Last week saw the biggest homeless figures on record. The statistics show the numbers approaching 10,000 – including over 3,000 children. Mike Allen of Focus Ireland says the cause of the problem has shifted. “More than three-quarters of families w...
United’s Coming to the US Again This Summer
Jose Mourinho will once again take his Manchester United side to the United States on a pre-season tour this summer. United are to return to the US for two weeks as part of their preparations for the 2018-19 campaign and...
Pardew Quits The Baggies
Alan Pardew has left West Brom by mutual consent after winning just one Premier League game in his fourth-month spell as head coach – a run that has left the club facing relegation. The Baggies lie bottom of the table,...
Teachers Threaten To Shut Down Schools over ‘Pay Equality’ Issues
President of the Irish National Teachers’ Organisation John Boyle has said that teachers “will shut down schools” if there is no resolution to their pay dispute. Teachers will make the call for pay equality at the INTO’s Annual Congress...
O’Neill Calls For Reunification Referendum Within Five Years
Michelle O’Neill has called for an Irish unity referendum within five years. Addressing republicans at an Easter commemoration in Belfast’s Milltown cemetery, the Sinn Féin deputy leader said: “Ending partition has now taken on a new dynamic...
Gunners Put Three Past Struggling Stoke
Arsenal scored three times in the last 15 minutes to condemn Premier League strugglers Stoke to a heavy defeat, despite a fairly positive showing from the Potters in north London. The Gunners, with more than one eye on Thursday’s Europa...
Ceremonies Held To Remember 1916 Rising
A number of commemoration services have been held today to remember those who died in the 1916 Easter Rising. A military ceremony was held outside the GPO on O’Connell street which was attended by Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and President Michael...