School Reopenings Delayed By A Week In The North
December 31, 2020 No Responses

School Reopenings Delayed By A Week In The North

Schools in Northern Ireland will deliver remote learning in the first week of the new term after a return to classrooms was delayed due to spiraling Covid-19 infection rates. The announcement by Education Minister Peter Weir will affect both primary...
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Burnley’s New American Owners Set To Back Dyche
December 31, 2020 No Responses

Burnley’s New American Owners Set To Back Dyche

Burnley’s new American owners are “fully prepared” to back manager Sean Dyche, according to chairman Alan Pace. ALK Capital have completed their takeover of the Clarets, acquiring a controlling 84 per cent stake in the club, after the deal was...
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Premier League Says ‘No Plans’ To Halt Season After Spurs v Fulham Game Is Postponed
December 30, 2020 No Responses

Premier League Says ‘No Plans’ To Halt Season After Spurs v Fulham Game Is Postponed

The Premier League has announced it has “no plans” to pause the season and “continues to have confidence in its Covid-19 protocols to enable fixtures to be played as scheduled”. Wednesday night’s match between Tottenham and Fulham was postponed after...
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Out&About
December 30, 2020 No Responses

Out&About

By Paddy McCarthy I begin 2021 with an Out&About message to all our readers and friends, wishing you a very Happy New Year. We all know it has been a tough year for everybody as nobody escaped the effects of the...
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Universities Need To Do More To Tackle Sexual Harassment Says Harris
December 30, 2020 No Responses

Universities Need To Do More To Tackle Sexual Harassment Says Harris

Higher Education Minister Simon Harris has said there cannot be a repeat of a sexual harassment case like academic Aoibhinn Ni Shuilleabhain’s if universities are to receive increased funding. Mr Harris said Irish institutions needed to do more to tackle...
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Rashford Leaves It Late To Seal Win For Manchester United
December 29, 2020 No Responses

Rashford Leaves It Late To Seal Win For Manchester United

Marcus Rashford’s stoppage-time strike lifted Manchester United to within two points of the Premier League summit with a 1-0 win over Wolves. The short-handed visitors looked to have withheld a late onslaught but Rashford’s shot in the third minute of...
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Magnificent Leeds Put Five Past Woeful West Brom
December 29, 2020 No Responses

Magnificent Leeds Put Five Past Woeful West Brom

Leeds ran riot at West Brom to hammer the Baggies 5-0 and claim their biggest Premier League win for 17 years. A first-half blitz from the visitors blew Albion away to leave Sam Allardyce looking for his first win as...
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Lacazette Comes On To Fire Gunners To Victory In Brighton
December 29, 2020 No Responses

Lacazette Comes On To Fire Gunners To Victory In Brighton

Substitute Alexandre Lacazette made an instant impact as Arsenal continued their resurgence by scraping a 1-0 win which prolonged Brighton’s miserable home record. Lacazette, dropped to the bench to accommodate recalled captain Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang, coo...
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Archbishop Of Dublin Diarmuid Martin Retires
December 29, 2020 No Responses

Archbishop Of Dublin Diarmuid Martin Retires

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Dublin Archbishop Diarmuid Martin, who worked to rebuild the Roman Catholic Church’s credibility in Ireland after it was shattered by decades of clerical sexual abuse and cover-up. Archbishop Martin turned 75 earl...
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Dublin Grandmother Becomes First To Be Vaccinated In The Republic
December 29, 2020 No Responses

Dublin Grandmother Becomes First To Be Vaccinated In The Republic

A 79-year-old grandmother from Dublin has become the first person in the Republic of Ireland to receive a coronavirus vaccination. Annie Lynch received the vaccine at St James’s Hospital in Dublin. It was the first Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 jab to be...
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