Mayo to face Derry in preliminary quarter-finalMichael BoltonMayo will face Derry next weekend in the preliminary quarter-finals of the All-Ireland football championship. Mayo finished second in their group after a last second point from Cormac Costello saw them draw with Dublin, while Derry finished third after just one win in the championship so far. Tyrone are at home to Roscommon, after their win over Cavan ensured they remained in the championship, while Louth will host Cork in the final preliminary quarter-final. Fixture details for the All-Ireland Hurling Championship quarter-finals and Tailteann Cup semi-finals have been confirmed. In the Tailteann Cup, Croke Park on Sunday hosts Antrim against Laois at 2pm followed by Down taking on Sligo at 4pm.

This and further revelations have meant that RTÉ has scarcely been off the front pages of the newspapers and online media outlets. In February the EU’s Digital Services Act (DSA) was introduced in Ireland, requiring online platforms to do more to remove illegal content and counter the impact of disinformation disseminated through their services. The Irish media regulator, Coimisiún na Meán, is responsible for enforcing the DSA in Ireland, alongside the EU, and has set up a contact centre to advise the public on their rights and escalate complaints under the legislation. The chief executive of Mediahuis Ireland, Peter Vandermeersch, publisher of titles including The Irish Independent, announced 50 job cuts while repeating his mantra that the news industry is shifting from print to digital under a plan known as ‘Digital-only 2030’. The Irish radio sector meanwhile appears to be in relatively good health, according to figures from the industry body Radiocentre Ireland which boasted advertising revenues of €164m in 2023, with digital audio revenue up 33% to €7.2m (excluding global brands).

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Kenneth FoxIrish authorities have set up a high-level implementation group to join a European ports network tasked with tackling the booming sea trade in international drug trafficking. Two months earlier, 2.25 tonnes of cocaine worth more than €150 million was found onboard a bulk cargo vessel off the Cork coast. The EU drugs agency and the EU Home Affairs Directorate have warned that South American drug cartels are increasingly targeting “smaller ports” — away from the major ports of Antwerp and Rotterdam — and that this could include “all ports in all countries” including Ireland. The European Ports Alliance brings together the State and the private sector to boost intelligence gathering and cooperation between police, customs, and privately-run ports. The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction said 323 tonnes were seized in 2022, compared to 303 tonnes in 2021 and up from 80 tonnes in 1996.

Lauderhill (USA): Former champions Pakistan beat Ireland by three wickets to register a consolation win over Ireland in their inconsequential T20 World Cup match here on Sunday. Pakistan and Ireland have already been eliminated from the tournament with India and debutants USA progressing to the Super Eight from Group A.Left-arm pacers Shaheen Shah Afridi and Mohammad Amir wreaked havoc with the new ball, helping Pakistan restrict Ireland to 106 for nine.

England secure opening Euro 2024 win with nervy victory over SerbiaPA Sport StaffEngland have got their Euro 2024 campaign off to a winning start, defeating Serbia 1-0 in their Group C meeting in Gelsenkirchen. Gareth Southgate's men started in dominant fashion and the Euro 2020 runners-up were duly rewarded with an opening goal inside 13 minutes. Mitrovic fired wide as he looked to capitalise on a miscontrol from Alexander-Arnold before Walker’s cross evaded everyone in the Serbia box with England looking to add to their lead. With Serbia arguably on top, Southgate abandoned the Alexander-Arnold experiment for the evening with a little over 20 minutes remaining as Gallagher was brought on in his place. England were hanging on at the death as Serbia pushed them deeper and deeper in search of an equaliser that never came as Southgate’s side held firm to secure a hard-fought 1-0 victory.

More Major pain for Rory McIlroy as Bryson DeChambeau claims US Open title by one shotRory McIlroy’s major drought now stands at 3598 days — nine years and ten months — after he bogeyed three of his final four holes to hand Bryson DeChambeau the 124th US Open after a thrilling heavyweight battle at Pinehurst No 2.

A total of €470,269 was spent on Meta-owned social media sites in the 90 days before polling day on June 7. Fine Gael spent just under €40,000 on Facebook and Instagram adverts, Fianna Fáil’s outlay was just under €23,000, the Green Party spent just under €20,000 and Labour spent approximately €13,000. Successful Fine Gael candidate ­Regina Doherty spent €17,185 on Meta social media advertising and Labour’s Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, who was the final Dublin MEP elected, spent €16,024. “Social media gave them a better understanding of what the local elections are for,” he added. “Going door-to-door was one of my stronger points as well, but social media went to a younger crowed,” he said.

Ireland's Prime minister Simon Harris speaks during a plenary session during the Summit on peace in Ukraine. “We are at war and we don’t have time for prolonged war,” said Mr Zelenskiy after the talks concluded. Even without full acceptance by all attendees, Mr Harris said “getting people to the table was an important start”. “What’s happening in Gaza cannot be ignored at an international peace summit,” he added later. Swiss federal president Viola Amherd shakes hands with Ukraine's president Volodymyr Zelensky during the closing press conference of the Summit on Peace in Ukraine on Sunday.

When I ask my father if he celebrated Father’s Day with his own dad, he tells me: “Oh, it’s very much a recent invention.” I pause. “At least I don’t remember it,” he continues, “but maybe that’s because we didn’t practice it in our house”. Where Father’s Day is concerned, however, he’s basically correct. For Father’s Day, it would seem rude to deny him this honour. He died in 1976, four years after the genesis of Father’s Day in this part of the world, and nine years before I was born.

Much can be discussed on what we mean by the words ‘preservation’ and ‘identity’, though the kind of identity whose discussion should suffice us here, should be ‘regional identity’. By regional identity, we should be meaning to something that characteristically ‘binds’ the individual to the region, i.e. Xenophobia, symptomizes an essentially prejudicially attitude, the sickest of parochial ills that equates the degradation and censure of another (identity) with the preservation of one’s identity. Identity preservation and xenophobia mustn’t go hand in hand. The erroneous understanding of ‘preservation’ as ‘compositional purity’ (as though identity were a liquid) must be done away with, for it then produces the false notion of ‘adulteration’.

Jonathan McCambridge, PAUlster Unionist leader Doug Beattie has said it would be a “personal failure” if his party does not return to Westminster following the upcoming UK general election. The Army veteran has been party leader for three years. The Ulster Unionists, once the dominant force in Northern Ireland politics, currently have no MPs. I think if I wasn’t the party leader I would be running now. It is an honour of my life to lead the Ulster Unionist Party.

By Jonathan McCambridge, PAMost people now expect an early general election will be held in the autumn, Labour leader Ivana Bacik has said. Ms Bacik was reacting following the results of European and local government elections across the State. This has led to increased speculation that Taoiseach Simon Harris could call an early general election. “I think most people believe the general election will be held in the autumn,” Ms Bacik told RTÉ’s The Week In Politics show. She said: “For Government parties in a mid-term election, I think right across the globe, there is always the understanding that you will get a hit – I think it’s important to acknowledge that.

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Sarah SlaterAn Irish woman who suffered serious injuries in Dubai after falling two storeys from a yacht while attending a friend’s birthday party is to be released from hospital. Ms Keane, who is originally from Carlow, has been living and working in the United Arab Emirates for the past year. According to her sister, Róisín, Natasha had no shoes on when she lost her balance and fell backwards into the water head first and was concussed. Róisín revealed that her younger sister is “finally on the mend” in a Facebook post. She explained: “Tasha is finally on the mend, thanks to the help of you all.