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November 26, 2019 No Responses

Manchester City Qualified for Knock Out Round Despite Draw

Manchester City played out a tame 1-1 draw with Shakhtar Donetsk to claim their place in the Champions League knockout stage for a seventh consecutive season. Ilkay Gundogan’s second-half strike was cancelled out by Manor Solomon as City failed to...

November 26, 2019 No Responses

Kane Scores Brace in Spurs’ Comeback Victory Over Olympiacos

Tottenham booked their place in the Champions League knockout stage for a third successive year with a brilliant 4-2 comeback win against Olympiacos in Jose Mourinho’s first home game in charge. It had looked like the Greek side were about...

November 26, 2019 No Responses

PSG Overturn Two Goal Deficit to Snatch Draw with Real Madrid

Paris St Germain fought back with two late goals to earn a dramatic 2-2 draw at Real Madrid in their Champions League clash at the Bernabeu. PSG had seen a first-half penalty and red card for home goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois...

November 26, 2019 No Responses

Taoiseach Suggests Citizens’ Assembly on United Ireland Must Include Unionists

The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he would not rule out a Citizens’ Assembly on a United Ireland, but questioned whether Unionists living in Northern Ireland would partake in it. Mr Varadkar told the Dáil today he would not rule...

November 26, 2019 No Responses

Dave King to Stand Down as Rangers Chairman

Dave King has announced he is stepping down as Rangers chairman. King told the club’s annual general meeting that he was quitting because Rangers had emerged from the “crisis” he found when he and his allies gained control of the...

November 26, 2019 No Responses

Faster Economic Growth and Higher Living Standards if Ireland Unified Says O’Neil

Growth in a resurgent United Ireland would quickly replace British Government funding, Sinn Féin’s deputy leader said. Michelle O’Neill said unity would add 2% to the debt of the island but predicted a sharp rise in living standards in Northern...

November 25, 2019 No Responses

Steve Bruce’s Return to Villa Park Ends in Defeat for his Magpies

Newcastle manager Steve Bruce’s maiden return to former club Aston Villa ended in a wretched 2-0 Premier League defeat. Goals from Conor Hourihane and Anwar El Ghazi in the space of four first-half minutes eased Villa’s recent woes after a...

November 25, 2019 No Responses

Denis P. Kelleher, Self-Made Wall Street Giant and 2005 Grand Marshal Passes

The New York St Patrick’s Day Parade have sadly announced the passing of Denis P. Kelleher, Grand Marshal of the 2005 Parade. “This great honor humbles me,” he said in 2005. “I never imagined when I came to America as...

November 25, 2019 No Responses

New Sinn Féin Bill Would Force Mandatory Litter Bags for Dog Owners

A new Sinn Féin Bill proposes to make it mandatory for all dog owners to carry litter bags, or face a fine. The purpose of the Litter Pollution Amendment of the Dog Litter Control Bill 2019 “is to impress those...

November 25, 2019 No Responses

Varadkar Visits Wexford to Support Under-Fire Verona Murphy in By-Election

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is steadfastly backing his party’s by-election candidate Verona Murphy as he plans to head to Wexford to drum up support. Controversial Fine Gael candidate Ms Murphy made comments to the Irish Times that so-called Islamic State is...

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