McNair Hoping Netherlands Underestimate Northern Ireland

McNair Hoping Netherlands Underestimate Northern Ireland

Paddy McNair is hoping Holland underestimate Northern Ireland in their crunch Euro 2020 qualifier in Rotterdam on Thursday. Northern Ireland need to pick up points on the road in order to keep their dreams of reaching next summer’s finals alive,...
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Ireland Tie Against Samoa Should Survive Typhoon Hagibis

Ireland Tie Against Samoa Should Survive Typhoon Hagibis

Super Typhoon Hagibis remains on course to affect England’s Rugby World Cup meeting with France in Tokyo on Saturday, but to what extent remains uncertain. The 170mph storm was around 900 miles south of Tokyo on Wednesday, and is expected...
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Without Changes to Proposals Tánaiste Insists ‘There Is Not Going To Be A Deal’

Without Changes to Proposals Tánaiste Insists ‘There Is Not Going To Be A Deal’

The Tánaiste Simon Coveney has said the UK’s current approach to Brexit simply won’t work. It comes after Leo Varadkar warned Boris Johnson that negotiating a new agreement by the crucial EU summit will be “very difficult”. Mr Coveney, who...
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Scotland Earn Bonus Point in Win Against Russia, Setting Up Showdown with Japan

Scotland Earn Bonus Point in Win Against Russia, Setting Up Showdown with Japan

Scotland hammered Russia 61-0 as they claimed the crucial World Cup bonus-point win that tees up a do-or-die showdown with Japan on Sunday. Gregor Townsend’s team needed to take maximum points from their clash with the Bears in Shizuoka to...
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Doctors Asked To Use ‘Expert Discretion’ After Abortion is Decriminalized in The North

Doctors Asked To Use ‘Expert Discretion’ After Abortion is Decriminalized in The North

Doctors will be asked to use expert discretion to determine when an unborn child can survive outside the womb after abortion is decriminalized in Northern Ireland. Medics have been urged to act in line with guidelines from their professional bodies...
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Varadkar and Johnson to Hold Face-to-Face Talks Later This Week

Varadkar and Johnson to Hold Face-to-Face Talks Later This Week

Leo Varadkar and Boris Johnson to hold crunch talks as negotiations to avert a no-deal Brexit were hanging in the balance. The two leaders spoke by telephone for about 40 minutes amid accusations from No 10 that the EU was...
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No-Deal Brexit ‘The Central Assumption’ as Donohoe Unveils Budget 2020

No-Deal Brexit ‘The Central Assumption’ as Donohoe Unveils Budget 2020

The Government has announced a budget with a €1.2bn fund to help absorb the impact of a no-deal Brexit. The package includes €650m to support the agri-food and tourism sectors. There will also be €200m made available to government departments...
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Bastian Schweinsteiger Retires From Football

Bastian Schweinsteiger Retires From Football

Former Manchester United midfielder Bastian Schweinsteiger has announced his retirement from football. Schweinsteiger has called time on a glittering career which featured a World Cup triumph with Germany in 2014 and numerous trophies with Bayern Munich, inclu...
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Donald Tusk Slams Johnson for Starting Brexit ‘Blame Game’

Donald Tusk Slams Johnson for Starting Brexit ‘Blame Game’

Boris Johnson has been accused of engaging in “stupid blame game” after Downing Street claimed the EU had made a Brexit deal “impossible”. Downing Street sources claimed German chancellor Angela Merkel had made clear that an agreement was now “overwh...
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Springboks Cruise Past Canada to Book Quarterfinal Place

Springboks Cruise Past Canada to Book Quarterfinal Place

A rampant South Africa ran in 10 tries to book their place in the World Cup quarter-finals with an emphatic bonus-point victory over 14-man Canada in Kobe. Northampton’s Cobus Reinach helped himself to a hat-trick in the opening 20 minutes...
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