City Close in on Champions League Quarter Final

City Close in on Champions League Quarter Final

Ilkay Gundogan scored twice as Manchester City put one foot in the Champions League quarter-finals with an emphatic 4-0 win over Basel. In-form Sergio Aguero scored his 198th City goal and Bernardo Silva also got on the scoresheet as Pep...
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Sky Win Battle for New PL TV Rights

Sky Win Battle for New PL TV Rights

Sky has maintained its position as the main broadcaster of live Premier League football after claiming four of the seven available packages of television rights for 2019-22, it has been announced. The league’s main partner since its inception in 1992,...
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Martin Confronts Taoiseach over “Rent Crisis”

Martin Confronts Taoiseach over “Rent Crisis”

Opposition leader Micheál Martin has said a new report on housing rents makes for “very dismal and depressing reading.” He said that over a number of years the rental increase in Dublin has been “shocking” and warned it is having...
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Chelsea Bounce Back with Hazard Brace

Chelsea Bounce Back with Hazard Brace

Chelsea eased the growing pressure on Antonio Conte and returned to the Premier League’s top four with a convincing 3-0 win over West Brom. Two goals from Eden Hazard and another from Victor Moses ended a run of five fixtures...
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Mary Lou McDonald Elected as Sinn Féin President

Mary Lou McDonald Elected as Sinn Féin President

Mary Lou McDonald was officially ratified as the new Sinn Féin leader at a special Ard Fheis in the RDS in Dublin this afternoon. Around 2,000 delegates gathered at the conference for the historic handing over of the presidency. In...
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O’Neill Hopes Powersharing Talks Will Conclude This Week

O’Neill Hopes Powersharing Talks Will Conclude This Week

Crisis talks aimed at restoring the powersharing government at Stormont are likely to draw to a close next week, Sinn Féin’s Northern Ireland leader Michelle O’Neill has said. Speaking at a special Ard Fheis in Dublin on Saturday, where she...
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Ireland Destroy Italy in Six Nations

Ireland Destroy Italy in Six Nations

Robbie Henshaw ran in two tries but trudged off the Aviva Stadium field with his right arm in a sling as Ireland thumped Italy 56-19 in the NatWest 6 Nations. Tadhg Furlong limped out after just three minutes with a...
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Aguero Nets Four Times as City Crush The Foxes

Aguero Nets Four Times as City Crush The Foxes

Sergio Aguero scored four times as Premier League leaders Manchester City showed Riyad Mahrez what he is missing in a 5-1 thrashing of Leicester. Mahrez returned as a substitute for Leicester after more than a week in self-imposed exile following...
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O’Neill Signs New 4 Year Deal with Northern Ireland

O’Neill Signs New 4 Year Deal with Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland boss Michael O’Neill has signed a four-year contract extension, less than three weeks after turning down the Scotland managerial vacancy. The 48-year-old, whose previous deal expired in 2020, has reached an agreement with the Irish Footb...
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Brexit increases desire for Irish unity – Gerry Adams

Brexit increases desire for Irish unity – Gerry Adams

The idea of Irish unity has become more prevalent since Britain decided to leave the European Union, Gerry Adams has said. Mr Adams said that since Brexit people on the island of Ireland have been reminded of the benefits of...
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