Rory Best will captain Ireland for this season then head coach Joe Schmidt will reassess his World Cup 2019 plans next summer. Schmidt told Best in the off-season he wanted the Ulster hooker to lead Ireland for this campaign, and then review the situation. The 104-cap stalwart will be 37 by the time the 2019 […]
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Northern Ireland 0-0 Switzerland LIVE: Latest World Cup qualifying scores, goals & updates
REUTERS Northern Ireland vs Switzerland LIVE: Latest World Cup qualifying scores, goals & updates Northern Ireland vs Switzerland LIVE: Express Sport brings you the latest World Cup qualifying scores, goals & updates 54: Stuart Dallas is done for the night. He’s replaced by Jamie Ward, who’s played just 40 minutes of club football since returning […]
Man bites dog: ‘I cooked it, fed it to other dog with some onions,’ N. Ireland court is told
Published time: 25 Oct, 2017 11:45 A man has been convicted of killing and cooking his dog before feeding the animal to another pet. A jury deliberated for five minutes before finding the defendant guilty of causing unnecessary suffering to the animal. Last December, 27-year-old Dominic O’Connor – formerly William Mocsari, of Kircubbin, County Down […]
Wallabies to face Ireland in 2018
THE Wallabies will play Ireland in the last ever June Test series next year. The Australian Rugby Union will announce a three-match series against the Irish at a press conference on Wednesday, where Ireland’s president Michael Higgins will be on hand for the formalities. It has been known that Ireland would tour in Australia in […]
Norway calls on Ireland to help recover ‘irreplaceable’ Viking artifacts (PHOTOS)
Published time: 14 Oct, 2017 22:11 A museum in Norway has appealed for help from its counterparts in Ireland after 400 Viking artifacts were stolen from its premises. The collection, some of which was originally taken from Ireland by marauding Vikings more than a millennium ago, was stolen from the University Museum of Bergen on […]
Kate Middleton: Duchess of Cambridge goes by THESE names in Scotland and Northern Ireland
Kate Middleton has numerous names that she can choose to use, and some of them depend on her location. The Duchess of Cambridge, 35, is not actually called Kate Middleton at all, although this is what she is often called by the public. Kate was born Catherine Elizabeth Middleton, and when she married her husband […]
Wales 0 – 1 Ireland: Chris Coleman speaks about future after 2018 World Cup dream ends
Wales had the chance to book their place in their first World Cup tournament since 1958 last night in Cardiff. But they were left stunned as James McClean’s second-half goal ensured Ireland leapfrogged them into a play-off place and crushed their dreams. And Coleman, who guided Wales to the Euro 2016 semi-finals before being knocked […]
Microsoft inks 15-year deal to buy energy from GE’s new wind farm in Ireland
Microsoft has inked a 15-year agreement with General Electric (GE) to purchase the entirety of all wind energy produced from a new 37-megawatt wind farm in County Kerry, on the southwestern corner of Ireland. The tie-up will also see the duo delve into energy storage solutions that will look at ways to harness excess energy […]
When Maine Nearly Became Britain’s ‘New Ireland’
The doctor goes on at length about the navigable rivers, good fishing, fertile soil, plentiful game and sturdy timber of eastern Maine, predicting a flood of settlers before long. “[T]he Royal Navy, the West India Islands, and other parts of His Majesty’s Dominions, [would be] well and plentifully served for centuries to come, from this […]
Ireland sets timeline for abortion referendum
Ireland plans to hold a referendum next May or June on whether it should loosen some of the strictest abortion laws in the world, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Tuesday. CBC | Health News