Leinster Defeat Munster To Go Ten Clear At The Top Of The URC

Leinster Defeat Munster To Go Ten Clear At The Top Of The URC

Leinster outscored Munster by four tries to one to earn a 34-19 bonus-point win at Thomond Park which extends their lead at the top of the United Rugby Championship to 10 points. James Lowe scored twice after the interval and...
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Fred Saves A Point For Manchester United Against Leicester

Fred Saves A Point For Manchester United Against Leicester

Manchester United delivered a lackluster performance in the absence of Cristiano Ronaldo but Fred rescued a point in a 1-1 draw against Leicester at Old Trafford. United lacked a cutting edge without Ronaldo, who missed out because of illness, and...
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Chelsea Stumble Against Brentford At Stamford Bridge

Chelsea Stumble Against Brentford At Stamford Bridge

Vitaly Janelt’s quickfire double put Brentford on the brink of Premier League safety after their 4-1 rout of a Chelsea side beset by unrelenting takeover talk. Christian Eriksen also netted in a win that puts Thomas Frank’s Brentford on the...
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Manchester City Back On Top After Defeating Burnley

Manchester City Back On Top After Defeating Burnley

Manchester City made sure they ended the day on top of the Premier League with a comfortable 2-0 win over Burnley. Responding to Liverpool’s 2-0 lunchtime victory over Watford, first-half goals from Kevin De Bruyne and Ilkay Gundogan restored City’s...
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Remembering A Legend: Fergus O’Farrell

Remembering A Legend: Fergus O’Farrell

I was traveling back to the USA from Ireland on Aer Lingus last Sunday when I viewed a documentary on Fergus O’Farrell. I wish I could have got to meet him as he was just an amazing talent. He had...
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Liverpool Keep Pressure On Manchester City With Win Over Watford

Liverpool Keep Pressure On Manchester City With Win Over Watford

Liverpool turned up the title race pressure on Manchester City as they went top of the Premier League table for the first time since September with a 2-0 win over Watford. Diogo Jota’s 20th goal of the season in the...
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Taoiseach Says Brexit Continues To ‘Bedevil’ Politics In The North

Taoiseach Says Brexit Continues To ‘Bedevil’ Politics In The North

The outworkings of Brexit continue to “bedevil” politics in Northern Ireland, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has told an audience in Derry. Mr Martin was addressing an event organized by the Hume Foundation at the Playhouse theatre in the city. He referenced...
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Government Considering A Number Of Measures To Tackle Rising Cost Of Living

Government Considering A Number Of Measures To Tackle Rising Cost Of Living

There are a “lot of things in the mix” as the Government plans further measures to tackle the cost of living, Leo Varadkar has said. The Tánaiste flagged concerns about potential diesel shortages and a doubling of energy prices, but...
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Eurozone Inflation Sours By 7.5 Per Cent In March

Eurozone Inflation Sours By 7.5 Per Cent In March

Inflation in the eurozone has soared to another record in a fresh sign that rising energy prices fuelled by Russia’s war in Ukraine are squeezing consumers and adding pressure on the central bank to raise interest rates. Consumer prices in...
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Martin Congratulates Tom Clonan On His Election To The Seanad

Martin Congratulates Tom Clonan On His Election To The Seanad

The Taoiseach has congratulated a disability rights campaigner who has been elected to the Seanad following a lengthy by-election count. Tom Clonan won the Trinity College seat on the 16th count, edging out psychologist Maureen Gaffney. The final result saw...
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