Northern Economy Minister Calls For Covid Certs To Be Dropped

Northern Economy Minister Calls For Covid Certs To Be Dropped

Northern Ireland’s Economy Minister has called for the Stormont Executive to ditch its plan for a Covid certification system. The mandatory scheme comes into operation across the hospitality sector on Monday, though enforcement of fines for non-compliance will not begin...
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Study Shows That Link Between Scotland And The North Would Be Too Expensive

Study Shows That Link Between Scotland And The North Would Be Too Expensive

A bridge or tunnel between Scotland and Northern Ireland would cost hundreds of billions of pounds, according to research commissioned by Boris Johnson. The British prime minister previously talked up the creation of a fixed link to boost connectivity, but...
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Celtic Out Of Europa League After Leverkusen Fight-Back

Celtic Out Of Europa League After Leverkusen Fight-Back

Celtic’s hopes of progressing in the Europa League were dashed in agonizing fashion as a late fightback from Bayer Leverkusen denied them a famous victory in Germany. Ange Postecoglou’s spirited side knew they would probably require a win to keep...
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Slovenia’s NS Nura Embarrass Spurs In Europa Conference

Slovenia’s NS Nura Embarrass Spurs In Europa Conference

Tottenham endured one of the most embarrassing nights in their history as they were beaten 2-1 by the lowest-ranked team in the Europa Conference League, going down 2-1 to NS Mura in Maribor. New boss Antonio Conte will have watched...
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IFAB To Make Permanent Decision On Number Of Substitutes In March

IFAB To Make Permanent Decision On Number Of Substitutes In March

Football’s lawmakers will decide in March whether to make the option of five substitutes per match permanent. The dispensation to increase the number of subs from the usual three was first applied by the International Football Association Board (IFAB) in...
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Tániste: `We Don’t Have Enough One-Bed Homes` In Ireland

Tániste: `We Don’t Have Enough One-Bed Homes` In Ireland

Too many three-bed houses and not enough one-bedroom homes is one of the major problems facing the Irish housing market, Leo Varadkar has said. The Tánaiste on Thursday defended the record of the Government on housing, while saying Ireland lacks...
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Manchester United In Talks To Bring Rangnick In As Interim Manager

Manchester United In Talks To Bring Rangnick In As Interim Manager

Manchester United are in discussions to bring in Ralf Rangnick as interim manager, the PA news agency understands. The Premier League club have identified the German, who is currently the director of sports and development at Lokomotiv Moscow, as a...
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Ireland Tighthead Tadhg Furlong Signs New Three-Year Deal

Ireland Tighthead Tadhg Furlong Signs New Three-Year Deal

Ireland and Leinster prop Tadhg Furlong has signed a three-year contract extension with the Irish Rugby Football Union which runs until the end of the 2024-25 season. The 29-year-old tighthead has won 52 caps for his country after playing all...
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Liverpool Maintain Perfect UCL Record With Win Over Porto

Liverpool Maintain Perfect UCL Record With Win Over Porto

Midfielder Thiago Alcantara swept away 14 months of frustration with one swing of his cultured right foot to set Liverpool on the way to a 2-0 victory over Porto and a record Champions League group stage points haul. The Spain...
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Out&About

Out&About

By Paddy McCarthy I had a night to remember last Wednesday when I went to see a play at The Irish Repertory Theatre with my arts editor Brad Balfour. The show we went to see was Autumn Royal by Kevin...
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