Joe McDonagh Cup Round Three Offaly v Antrim (Saturday, 3pm, O’Connor Park, Tullamore) HAVING lost their opening two Joe McDonagh Cup games, Offaly will be itching to get off the mark at the third time of asking when they host Antrim at O’Connor Park, Tullamore on Saturday. When the Faithful County lost their Liam MacCarthy […]
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Saffron skipper McCann braced for Offaly backlash
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Pic of the day, Tuesday May 28
On your marks… best foot forward and elbows out as the Ormeau Park Run gets under way Please follow and like us:
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Alliance Party secure best-ever result in European elections
A historic all female line-up will take their seats in the European Parliament after the count of last Thursday’s vote. The Alliance Party collected 170,370 votes, 115,000 more than the party received in the 2014 European election. The quota of 143,112 votes was not reached by any candidate. DUP’s Diane Dodds, who won the first […]
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Timely staging of A Streetcar Named Desire at the Lyric
THEY told me to take a streetcar named Desire,” says self-designated southern belle Blanche DuBois, who stands neat as a pin in her vivid green suit, heels and ‘merry widow’ head dress as the Lyric audience is transported to the stifling heat of the 1950s New Orleans Latin Quarter. Blanche, who “taught school”, is someone […]
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Windsor Tennis Club to host seventh Junior ITF Tournament
TENNIS Ireland and Ulster Branch Tennis Ireland (UBTI) have announced details of the Belfast City Junior International Tennis Federation (ITF) tournament hosted by Windsor Lawn Tennis Club, Belfast, from June 22-28. This prestigious tournament is part of the Pinta ITF Series, with the title sponsors providing prizes for the top Irish male and female singles […]
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Fitzpatrick and Webb ready for war
IT is a fight that has captured the imagination locally as lightweight rivals, Joe Fitzpatrick and Stephen Webb tangle at The Devenish on Saturday night in the latest installment of Boxing Ireland Promotions’ ‘Celtic Clash’ series. This is a meeting between Divis and St James’, with the amateur boxing rivalry of Immaculata and Holy Trinity […]
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