AIB All-Ireland Club Intermediate Football Championship semi-final Naomh Éanna (Antrim) 3-9 An Spidéal (Galway) 0-11 From Paddy Tierney at Páirc Tailteann NAOMH Éanna booked their place in the All-Ireland Club Intermediate Football Championship final with a sublime performance to defeat An Spidéal in Navan yesterday. An audacious 60-yard wonder goal from midfielder Joe Maskey was […]
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Maskey magic caps stunning All-Ireland semi-final victory for Naomh Éanna
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Meli murder accused granted bail again despite numerous breaches
ONE of three men awaiting trial for the murder of West Belfast man Christopher Meli has been granted bail – and warned he would be returned to custody if he breaches his conditions again. Lee Smyth was not present for the successful bail application at Belfast Crown Court on Friday. Despite objections from a prosecuting […]
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EYE ON THE PAST: January 18, 1975
‘War on all fronts’ says IRA after ceasefire breakdown AS an order went out from the Army Council of Óglaigh na hÉireann instructing all units that the ceasefire order given to them on December 20 last had been rescinded, an official spokesperson for the Brigade Staff of the IRA in Belfast told Andersonstown News: “The […]
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The spirit of the Kesh age
SQUINTER supposes most of us of a certain age have tried poitín at some time in our lives. Squinter certainly has, although he has to say he’s not a fan. It’s not that he’s afraid of going blind or suffering liver failure or anything like that – although the source of illegally distilled alcohol should […]
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De Gaulle was right: kick England out!
WITH Parliamentary arithmetic deadlocked on all options, the default position of ‘No-Deal’ Brexit looms larger. I voted to kick England out of Europe. Why? Because De Gaulle called it right. England doesn’t belong in Europe, remains Atlanticist, attached to imperial preference, consumed by the ‘great-game’ of divide-and-rule, of balancing powers in Europe, never committed to […]
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Takeover of SDLP won’t be all plain sailing for Micheál
NEWS that the SDLP is on the cusp of hooking up with Fianna Fáil hasn’t half spooked the horses. The problem’s not so much that the Stoops are flailing around to find a way to stave off their demise – that’s just common sense – the problem is that nobody outside a tiny cabal at […]
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