Sport

Ulster aces must take next step up

Three case studies that make you wonder if Donegal are the real deal or the great pretenders …

February 2020

Soccer

Fergie and Charlton lead Gregg tributes

Bobby Charlton and Alex Ferguson have led the tributes to former Manchester United and Northern Ireland goalkeeper Harry Gregg, who has died at the age of 87.

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Courts

Dublin school's court challenge against first ever injection centre

A primary school has brought a High Court challenge to planning permission for Ireland's first supervised heroin-injection facility.

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Courts

Dad found asleep near playground with €6k of drugs

A father-of-three who was found asleep on street deals of crack cocaine and heroin beside a playground has received a fully suspended sentence.

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Courts

'It's not closure', says partner as killer's son gets 18 months in jail

The grieving partner of a Dublin man who was shot dead and dismembered before his body parts were dumped in a canal has broken her silence after the killer's son was sentenced for his role in impeding the garda investigation.

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Courts

Thug Bottler pleads guilty to possessing sub-machine gun

A notorious Dublin criminal has pleaded guilty to possessing a sub-machine gun with intent to endanger life or cause serious injury in north Dublin last year.

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Soccer

Lennon talks up great Danes

Celtic manager Neil Lennon feels they are as prepared as they can be for their Europa League clash with FC Colepenhagen, despite their opponents' lack of competitive action.

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Soccer

Lloris believes Spurs aren't fluky

Hugo Lloris has dismissed suggestions Tottenham's recent form is a fluke.

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Courts

'Jealousy' motive behind accused's confession change, trial jury is told

Murder accused Kieran Greene changed his confession about killing his partner's mother Patricia O'Connor for "the oldest motive in the book - jealousy", the Central Criminal Court has heard.

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News

'Get MMR jab', students urged after mumps spike blamed on vaccine scares

Nearly 4,000 cases of mumps have been reported in Ireland over the past 18 months, mainly among young people, according to a new study.

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Courts

Garda Donohoe murder accused was on bail and curfew at time of killing

The man accused of murdering Detective Garda Adrian Donohoe was under curfew and on bail facing charges at the time of the fatal shooting, a court has heard.

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News

Public told to 'avoid Storm Dennis ship'

Members of the public have been warned to stay away from an abandoned cargo ship that washed up on the coast during Storm Dennis.

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News

'Concerns' at move to divert stroke patients from Navan hospital

The HSE move to stop treating stroke patients at Our Lady's Hospital in Navan, Co Meath, has been described as "very concerning".

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Horse Racing

Outrage if Tiger doesn't qualify for Aintree: Power

Tiger Roll stands on the brink of history with a third Aintree Grand National in his sights but should anything go awry between now and Cheltenham, those hopes could be dramatically dashed.

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Soccer

Wenger: Rules must be respected

Arsene Wenger has no sympathy for Manchester City after the club were banned from European competition for two seasons having been found to have breached financial fair play rules.

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Soccer

Westwood in call to halt online campaign

Republic of Ireland goalkeeper Keiren Westwood has pleaded with Sheffield Wednesday fans to halt their campaign of online abuse aimed at the out-of-favour veteran.

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News

'My worst nightmare is my missing sister is locked in some cellar'

The tormented sister of missing Esra Uyrun has vowed to never give up searching for her beloved sibling - even though she has now accepted she is almost certainly no longer alive.

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GAA

Fitzy's boys a huge test for Dublin

After what were generally anticipated wins against both Laois an Carlow, Dublin will face a tougher challenge next weekend when they host a confident Wexford outfit in their Round 4 Allianz Hurling League encounter at Croke Park on Saturday (5.00).

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Other Sports

McIlroy offers excuses for Genesis fail

Within two troublesome holes, Rory McIlroy (inset) had gone from joint leader to also-ran.

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Sport

Crummey experiment unlikely to be the long-term solution - McCaffrey

There's a couple of different ways of interpreting Mattie Kenny's innovation in playing Chris Crummey predominantly as a forward in Netwatch Cullen Park last Saturday.

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Irish News

Man jailed for disposing of chainsaw used in Kenneth O'Brien murder

A man who disposed of the chainsaw used to dismember the body of Kenneth O'Brien has been jailed for 18 months for impeding the prosecution of his father, who carried out the murder and dumped the victim's body parts in the Grand Canal.

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News

'My little girl could've been killed in shotgun feud attack', says mum

A young mum said her two-year-old daughter was seconds from death after a shotgun attack at her Longford home last week.

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News

€35k PlayStation and TV bill for offenders like Ana's teen killers

The State spent more than €35,000 last year on TVs, MP3 players, PlayStations and pay TV subscriptions for young offenders at Oberstown House.

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News

'FG is preparing for opposition' - Leo scotches FF coalition talk

Hopes of an early breakthrough in coalition talks were dealt a blow last night when Taoiseach Leo Varadkar bluntly said he intends to take Fine Gael into opposition.

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News

Teens rescue trapped pups Thelma and Louise from pipe

Two teenage boys rescued a pair of puppies after they were abandoned in a freezing concrete pipe.

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News

'It looked like 10 fighting and then there were 50' - gardai to investigate football thugs

Gardai are investigating a brawl involving dozens of football hooligans that sent a man to hospital with a split skull following a fight after the Shamrock Rovers and Bohemians match on Saturday.

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News

City's roads worst for crashes by a long stretch, garda study shows

The worst 20 stretches of road in the country for crashes are all in Dublin, according to a garda rating system used to decide the location of speed cameras.

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News

Dennis' gusts of 120kph bring travel problems, floods and power cuts

The country was battered by "bomb cyclone" Storm Dennis as torrential rain and winds gusting to more than 120kph caused power cuts, flooding and travel disruption.

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News

Laura's tears for 'vivacious' friend: 'None of this makes sense' - Whitmore pays emotional tribute to Caroline Flack

Laura Whitmore has paid tribute to her friend Caroline Flack, saying "none of this makes sense" following the sudden death of the former Love Island host.

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Soccer

Mourinho takes a swipe at City over Euro issues

Jose Mourinho insisted he was only focused on Tottenham after yesterday's 3-2 win at Aston Villa - but still offered a cheeky swipe at Manchester City following their European ban.