Allianz National Football League Division Three: Louth v Antrim; Sunday, 2pm, Drogheda CJ McGourty may have landed the match winning point against Sligo last Sunday but he insists more will be needed to claim a victory against an in-form Louth side this weekend. The Saffrons will travel to Drogheda on Sunday buoyed by a one-point […]
Archive | March, 2017
Antrim face huge task against the Wee County
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‘Sambo’ slams football Championship changes
ANTRIM senior hurling manager Terence ‘Sambo’ McNaughton says the changes introduced to the All-Ireland Senior Football Championship at Congress last weekend will be ‘another nail in the coffin’ for Ulster hurling. At Croke Park on Saturday, delegates packed the proposals to bring in the so-called ‘Super Eight’ from next year on a three-year trail basis. […]
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Finucane family welcome community support
THE wife of murdered Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane has said the support of the community has kept her and the family going in their campaign for a public inquiry into her husband’s murder. Geraldine Finucane was speaking at the annual Pat Finucane lecture held in the Europa hotel on Thursday night which this year was […]
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Japanese Knotweed prevents house extension
A WHITEROCK resident has been left in limbo as she tries to deal with an infestation of Japanese Knotweed that has taken over her back garden and virtually destroyed any hope of home improvements. Japanese Knotweed is an aggressive non-native species that has an ability to colonise areas rapidly and exploit weaknesses in structures, pushing […]
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Squinter’s essential betting guide to Election ’17
ALL elections are about using your loaf, as my oul’ da used to say, but never was that more true than in Thursday’s poll. Circumstances are much changed from last May, when a kind of semi-normal boredom had set in, hitting turn-out and seriously lowering the excitement factor. Now Arlene’s serial balls-ups and her Project […]
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Trócaire targets humanitarian relief for up to one million people in 2017
TROCAIRE has today begun its largest annual fundraising campaign as it targets humanitarian relief for up to one million people with the help of its Lenten campaign. Schools, communities and parishes will come together over the next six weeks to pledge their support for the poorest people in the world. The annual campaign – which this […]
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