Stephen Kenny spoke to Off The Ball this week and suggested that he was going to make changes to Ireland’s squad. While he noted that he couldn’t make dramatic changes before the playoff in October, he did outline the failures of previous regimes to embrace Ireland’s younger talent. Robbie Brady and Jeff Hendrick were Ireland’s…
The head of the Irish Travel Agents Association (ITAA) has said Ireland has ‘one chance to get it right’ in relation to air travel and COVID-19. Pat Dawson told The Hard Shoulder travel will have to open up to keep the economy going. He also said that air bridges – travel agreements between states that…
Apple today announced that its 32 retail stores in England and one in Northern Ireland will be reopening on Monday, June 15. The company’s stores in Wales and Scotland will remain closed until restrictions are eased in those countries. In a statement shared with The Independent, Apple reiterated the safety procedures that it has implemented…
(Reuters) – Jean Kennedy Smith, the last surviving sibling of slain President John F. Kennedy, who as U.S. ambassador to Ireland in the 1990s played a pivotal role in the Northern Irish peace process, died on Wednesday at age 92. Kennedy Smith died at her home in Manhattan, her daughter Kym told Reuters, declining give…
Major retailers are considering pulling out of Northern Ireland due to the additional trading costs caused by planned new Brexit border checks.Industry figures tell Business Insider that one major supermarket chain is considering pulling out.Northern Irish business groups and politicians warn that the cost of new checks and processes will be felt hardest by the…
President Donald Trump, surrounded by members of the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force, discusses the national emergency at a Saturday press conference. Photo: Jim Watson (Getty)Now if only we could get him to stop shaking so many people’s hands.Members of the White House’s Coronavirus Task Force led a press conference Saturday to discuss increased precautionary…
Disney+, the streaming service from the Walt Disney Company, has been rapidly ramping up in the last several weeks. But while some of that expansion has seen some hiccups, other regions are basically on track. Today, as expected, Disney announced that it is officially launching across 7 markets in Europe — but doing so using…
• Taoiseach addresses Ireland on St Patrick’s Day to warn of coming hardship • Today: 354 cases confirmed in Ireland • Predicted: 15,000 Covid-19 cases in Ireland within 2 weeks On what he called “A St. Patrick’s Day like no other,” Ireland’s Taoiseach Leo Varadkar warned the nation that the expanding “crisis will last months…
Political drama in Britain and Ireland continues… but not because of Brexit (mercifully). Roughly a week after the UK officially left the EU, Ireland held elections that catapulted Sinn Fein from political periphery to possible king-maker as the one-time political arm of the Irish Republican Army (IRA) surprised everyone—including themselves—by receiving the most votes. It’s…
The postponements were confirmed following a meeting between the Irish Health Minister and the IRFUIreland’s men’s and women’s Six Nations games against Italy in Dublin on 7 and 8 March have been postponed because of coronavirus.Irish Health Minister Simon Harris said on Tuesday the men’s game should be postponed and met with the Irish Rugby…
