1. When it rained, it poured. On August 31, 2019 a customer in Douglas Village Shopping Centre noted smoke at the front of her car as she parked it. In the ensuing fire that partially destroyed a complex which duly remained closed for 14 months, the Cork City merchandise shop was burned out of action. … Continue reading "The Belfast football club where Bobby Sands played and the week’s best sportswriting"

Donegal 2-10 Tyrone 0-12 MAYBE DONEGAL ARE nowhere near as bad as they showed against Kerry, and maybe Tyrone are finding life hard to adjust to as champions. Either way, you could have thought the opposite of both those things as the game took shape in the middle of the first half as Tyrone took … Continue reading "Donegal impress in win over Tyrone with O’Donnell and McKelvey goals proving key"

Results Division 2 football league Roscommon 1-18 Down 0-10 Division 3 football league Limerick 1-13 Wicklow 1-9 Laois 1-8 Antrim 1-8 Division 4 football league Tipperary 1-13 Sligo 1-9 Hogan Cup semi-finals Naas CBS 3-14 St Jarlath’s Tuam 1-4 St Brendan’s Killarney 1-10 St Mary’s Magherafelt 1-8 *********** Advertisement ROSCOMMON MAINTAINED THEIR push for promotion … Continue reading "Roscommon go top of Division 2, Kerry and Kildare sides to meet in Hogan Cup final"

Galway 3-22 Cork 2-17 GALWAY’S PROMOTION PROSPECTS received another major boost as Shane Walsh put on a scoring masterclass in their successful trip to Cork this evening. Padraic Joyce’s side, who had last week’s game postponed against Offaly, claimed their third win on the bounce in Division 2 of the football league, with Walsh shooting … Continue reading "Shane Walsh scores 2-7 as Galway overwhelm Cork in second half to triumph"

Offaly 1-10 Meath 1-10 Kevin Egan reports from Tullamore IT MAY BE a point that proves vital to the survival of one or both of these counties in their battle against relegation from Division Two of the Allianz Football League, or it may yet turn out that these two counties are destined to meet again … Continue reading "Major drama as Meath grab injury-time goal to deny Offaly in draw in Tullamore"

CORK STROLLED TO a facile triumph against Limerick in their Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League Division 1 Group 2 game, starting explosively before it finished 5-17 to 0-6 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Ashling Thompson was a notable presence throughout and exerted her influence from the outset as Cork hit three points in just over the first … Continue reading "Cork hit 5-17 in victory while Kilkenny, Galway and Dublin also claim league wins"

Oregonians have made their state the first in the United States to decriminalize use of all drugs, including cocaine and heroin, after voting to approve Measure 110, according to the New York Times and the Associated Press. The approval of the measure, one of several drug-related initiatives on the ballot November 3, doesn’t mean that … Continue reading "Oregon just voted to decriminalize all drugs"

President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Michael Regan, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, to head the Environmental Protection Agency, according to the transition team. Regan has two decades of experience in environmental policy and positions at the Environmental Defense Fund as well as the EPA, and would be the first Black man … Continue reading "10 ways Biden should fix the EPA"

TYRONE’S FIRST WIN of the Division 1 campaign arrived against Kildare on Sunday despite the absence of a number of established players.  There were minus the services of the four (Peter Harte, Kieran McGeary, Padraig Hampsey and Michael McKernan) that shipped red cards in round 2 against Armagh plus injured pair Ronan McNamee and Mattie Donnelly. … Continue reading "Rookies, injuries and squad depth – what football teams have experimented most?"

In the United States, there have been 17 million reported cases of Covid-19 — about 5 percent of the population. Millions more have been infected and either did not get tested or didn’t have symptoms to begin with. Vaccines are slowly rolling out — first to front-line health care and high-risk people, and next, likely … Continue reading "Yes, people who’ve had Covid-19 can still benefit from the vaccine"