Martin O’Neill Looks to End North’s Away Day Blues
June 7, 2019 No Responses

Martin O’Neill Looks to End North’s Away Day Blues

Michael O’Neill is confident Northern Ireland can end their away day blues as they continue their push to qualify for Euro 2020. Northern Ireland face Estonia on Saturday in Tallinn and Belarus in Borisov on Monday in two games which...
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Community Shield Confirmed for August 4th
June 7, 2019 No Responses

Community Shield Confirmed for August 4th

Manchester City will play Liverpool in the Community Shield on Sunday, August 4. The Football Association has announced its fixture schedule for next season, beginning with the traditional curtain-raiser at Wembley. The clash between Premier League champions C...
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Review of Legacy Inquests in The North to Begin in September
June 7, 2019 No Responses

Review of Legacy Inquests in The North to Begin in September

A major review of legacy inquests will begin in September, a coroner has said. Mrs Justice Keegan will hold preliminary hearings into each case this autumn to establish their states of readiness and consider their sequencing. Northern Ireland’s Justice D...
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Dutch Advance to Nations League Final Thanks to Woeful English Defending
June 6, 2019 No Responses

Dutch Advance to Nations League Final Thanks to Woeful English Defending

England’s hopes of a first trophy in 53 years went up in smoke in calamitous fashion as dreadful defending allowed Holland to seal a 3-1 extra-time victory and progress to the inaugural Nations League final. Disrupted preparation was followed by...
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Protests in Dublin Over Visit of President Trump
June 6, 2019 No Responses

Protests in Dublin Over Visit of President Trump

Around 2,000 people have filled Dublin city center in a noisy and colorful protest march against the visit of Donald Trump to Ireland. The Trump baby blimp flew overhead as demonstrators left Ireland’s Garden of Remembrance for Dublin city center....
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Manchester City Appeal to CAS Over UEFA’s Financial Fair Play Case
June 6, 2019 No Responses

Manchester City Appeal to CAS Over UEFA’s Financial Fair Play Case

Manchester City have asked the Court of Arbitration for Sport to throw out the financial fair play case that has been brought against them by European football’s governing body UEFA. The surprise move represents a preemptive strike as the FFP...
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PSNI Arrest Man in Connection with Murder of Lyra McKee
June 6, 2019 No Responses

PSNI Arrest Man in Connection with Murder of Lyra McKee

A man has been arrested by detectives investigating the murder of Lyra McKee. The 29-year-old journalist was shot in the head by dissident republican group the New IRA while observing clashes with police in Derry in April. Today, a 46-year-old...
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Mary-Lou McDonald Urges ‘Real Negotiations’ Start in the North
June 6, 2019 No Responses

Mary-Lou McDonald Urges ‘Real Negotiations’ Start in the North

Mary-Lou McDonald has urged that a “real negotiation starts” as talks to agree the return of devolved government in Northern Ireland continue. The Sinn Féin president called for a “step change” in the pace of the talks at Stormont following...
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Spotlight Turns to Pebble Beach As Focus Turns to US Open
June 6, 2019 No Responses

Spotlight Turns to Pebble Beach As Focus Turns to US Open

At Chambers Bay in 2015 it was bad greens, which Henrik Stenson likened to “putting on broccoli”, on a course Gary Player felt was designed by “a man who had to have one leg shorter than the other”. The following...
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Out&About
June 5, 2019 No Responses

Out&About

By Paddy McCarthy I am going to start my column with a lot of sympathy and praise for a great friend and a great man – Eugene (Gene) McCarthy. When I came to New York back in 1982 I became...
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