Sin-Binnings Prove Costly As Connacht Fall To Five-Try Cardiff

Sin-Binnings Prove Costly As Connacht Fall To Five-Try Cardiff

Connacht were left to rue two second-half yellow cards as Cardiff cut loose to win tonight’s United Rugby Championship opener 33-21 at the Arms Park. Trailing 21-16 past the hour mark, the visitors’ challenge fell apart after Jack Carty and Mack Hansen were sin-binned...
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USA Jumps To 3-1 Lead In Opening Session Of Ryder Cup

USA Jumps To 3-1 Lead In Opening Session Of Ryder Cup

Europe experienced an unwelcome sense of deja vu as the United States claimed a 3-1 lead after the opening session of the 43rd Ryder Cup at Whistling Straits. World number one Jon Rahm and Sergio Garcia led from the front...
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Ireland’s Test In Las Vegas Cancelled Due To Travel Restrictions

Ireland’s Test In Las Vegas Cancelled Due To Travel Restrictions

Ireland’s autumn Test against the United States in Las Vegas has been cancelled due to ongoing border restrictions caused by the coronavirus pandemic. Andy Farrell’s side were scheduled to play at the Allegiant Stadium on Saturday, October 30th ahead of...
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Number Of Homeless In Ireland Increases For Third Straight Month

Number Of Homeless In Ireland Increases For Third Straight Month

The number of people homeless in Ireland has risen for the third month in a row, as the latest figures show 8,212 adults and children without a home. Data from the Department of Housing, published on Friday, recorded 6,023 adults...
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Hilary Clinton To Be Installed As Chancellor Of Queens University Belfast

Hilary Clinton To Be Installed As Chancellor Of Queens University Belfast

Hillary Clinton expressed hope she can inspire young people as she prepared to be formally installed as chancellor of Queen’s University Belfast. The former US secretary of state, who is the first woman appointed as chancellor of the Belfast academic...
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O’Neill Open To The Use Of Vaccine Passports In The North

O’Neill Open To The Use Of Vaccine Passports In The North

Michelle O’Neill has said she is “very open” to the adoption of vaccine passports in Northern Ireland if evidence shows they could help in suppressing Covid-19. Stormont’s deputy First Minister said she retained human rights concerns around the use of....
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West Ham Dump Manchester United Out Of Carabao Cup

West Ham Dump Manchester United Out Of Carabao Cup

Manuel Lanzini fired West Ham to their first win at Old Trafford since 2007 as underwhelming Manchester United bowed out of the Carabao Cup in the third round. Ole Gunnar Solskjaer’s side were beaten semi-finalists in the last two editions...
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Out&About

Out&About

By Paddy McCarthy By the time you read my Out&About this week I will be in Ireland basking in the sun, did I say sun, I hope so anyway. My itinerary is like a booking agent, full up with the...
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Two More Arrests Made In Lyra McKee Murder Investigation

Two More Arrests Made In Lyra McKee Murder Investigation

Two further arrests have been made by police investigating the murder of journalist Lyra McKee. Men aged 24 and 29 were arrested in Derry on Wednesday morning under the Terrorism Act. Three men have already been charged with the murder...
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Varadkar Warns That Rejecting EU-Canada Trade Deal Would Be ‘Own Goal’

Varadkar Warns That Rejecting EU-Canada Trade Deal Would Be ‘Own Goal’

Failure to ratify the EU-Canada trade deal CETA would be an “own goal” for Ireland, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said. He told an Oireachtas committee that rejection of the agreement would send out “the wrong message to the world” that...
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