Liverpool are in the running to win their first FA Cup since 2022, and they'll discover their fifth-round foes on Monday. That's left Slot to shake up his options once more, and this time, it was Jones appointed makeshift right-back against Brighton. ‌Szoboszlai rejects Gerrard comparisonsSpeaking of aces in the Liverpool deck, arguably none hold as high a value as Szoboszlai at present. In addition to his seven assists across all competitions, it's no surprise the player has found himself likened to club icon Steven Gerrard. "I'm not playing a Steven Gerrard season, although he was a legend for the club," he told TNT Sports after the result.

Ms O’Neill is repeating a stance she took last March over attending the traditional events at the White House with President Trump. Last year, the SDLP and Alliance also stayed away from the White House, while DUP ministers, including the deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly attended. Meanwhile Mr Burrows put to Ms O’Neill that her decision on humanitarian grounds is “at odds” with her party colleague and Economy Minister Caoimhe Archibald visiting China last year. Deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly (Liam McBurney/PA)“Unfortunately, many members in the benches opposite will be on the wrong side at this historical moment. “We’ve also made clear where we disagree with the president, and we do disagree with them on many different occasions.

US secretary of state Marco Rubio and Slovakia prime minister Robert Fico in Bratislava. Fico told Rubio the EU is in 'deep crisis'. Photograph: Alex Brandon/Pool/AFP via Getty ImagesUS secretary of state Marco Rubio has named Slovakia and Hungary, headed by Trump-friendly leaders, as a “key component” in Washington’s future engagement with Europe. While EU leaders in Munich offered polite resistance, Slovak prime minister Robert Fico, who visited Trump last month in Florida, told Rubio in Bratislava that the EU was in “deep crisis”. Before leaving Munich, Rubio told Bloomberg that the Trump administration was still hopeful of reaching a peaceful settlement with Tehran.

Michael Carrick scraps Ruben Amorim rule - and Man Utd duo take instant advantageMichael Carrick has been in charge of Manchester United for just over a month, but he has already made some changes behind the scenesView 2 Images Michael Carrick has made some changes since taking the reins (Image: James Fearn, Getty Images)Michael Carrick has implemented changes at Manchester United right away and not just on the playing field and training ground. ‌Carrick has held the position of interim manager for just over a month following Ruben Amorim's January exit. Amorim prohibited such breaks, even during periods when United had no fixtures, but the approach has shifted under Carrick. According to reports in Portugal, Fernandes was there for a reunion with Pacos midfielder Francisco Ramos. Latest United news and more on our dedicated Facebook pageJoin our new MAN UTD WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Manchester United content from Mirror Football.

Troy Parrott interview: ‘I’ve done all my watching. The goosebumps are gone a little bit now’Ireland striker on family, Mourinho, his future, and the belief that more memories like Budapest will comeTroy Parrott celebrates scoring his hat-trick in the World Cup 2026 Group F qualifier win over Hungary at Puskás Aréna in Budapest, last November. Photo: Stephen McCarthy/SportsfileMiguel Delaney ©UK Independent Today at 17:00It might have been a moment that caused any Irish person watching to lose capacity for rational thought, and was already the kind of high-stakes circumstance where intensity of emotion overrides everything else, but there was none of that for the man at the centre.

Tottenham's new era under Igor Tudor has begun in earnest with the interim head coach making some key changes on his first official day in his new surroundings. On Friday it was announced that Tudor had agreed to be Spurs' interim head coach until the end of the season, replacing the sacked Thomas Frank. Tudor flew to north London over the weekend ahead of beginning work on Monday, when the squad returned to training. With Heitinga, Cochrane and Haslam all leaving Tudor has brought in three new members to his backroom staff. The 47-year-old will be supported by assistant coach Ivan Javorcic, physical coach Riccardo Ragnacci and goalkeeping coach Tomislav Rogic.

Nearly two centuries after it was first published, Astolphe de Custine’s Letters from Russia remains remarkably relevant today. Custine travelled to Imperial Russia in 1839, four years after his fellow aristocrat, Alexis de Tocqueville, published Democracy in America. The tsar, like Vladimir Putin today, saw himself as “continuing the work of Peter the Great”. Giuliano da Empoli’s 2022 book The Wizard of the Kremlin is a contemporary attempt to explain Russia. As played by Jude Law, Putin is an austere leader who shuns fancy food, distrusts fawning courtesans and prefers strenuous exercise to alcohol and carousing.

Tens of thousands of tenants living in social housing across Dublin city will receive letters from Monday notifying them of rent increases, averaging 30 per cent, which will kick in from April. Residents of Dublin City Council’s 29,000 houses and flats, as well as tenants in the private sector in receipt of housing benefits such as the housing assistance payment (Hap) and tenants of approved housing bodies all face increases. The council produced its new social housing rents policy, the first change to the rent system in 30 years, last November. However, Monday marks the first time individual tenants will be officially notified of how much additional rent they will have to pay. The council is changing how it calculates rents so households with multiple incomes pay more, but tenants of all incomes can expect some increases.

Ex-Premier League referee tells Howard Webb to leave job after latest blundersPremier League officials have been faced with serious criticism this season for a host of errors in a number of games and referees chief and former official Howard Webb has been blamedView 2 Images Howard Webb has been told to leave his post as chief of the PGMOL (Image: Getty Images)Howard Webb has been told to resign in the face of growing criticism for Premier League referees. Webb, a professional referee for 18 years including 11 in the Premier League, is currently acting as the head of the PGMOL. ‌Former Premier League referee Mark Halsey has claimed that while individual officials must face criticism, they are not the ones to be blamed. Instead, he believes referee chief Webb needs to step back from his current role. “I speak to Premier League managers and I know they aren’t happy with him.

John Virgo's funeral held in Spain on Valentine's Day as Shaun Murphy pays tributeSnooker and BBC icon John Virgo's funeral took place in Spain on Valentine's Day with another memorial service schedule to happen at Sheffield Cathedral come AprilView 2 Images John Virgo died at the age of 79 (Image: Getty Images)Tributes continue to pour in for John Virgo following his funeral, after he passed away at the age of 79. ‌On Saturday, his funeral was held in Spain with a number of friends and snooker compatriots attending. Shaun Murphy was one of them in attendance and took to Instagram to pay tribute to Virgo. ‌John Virgo's cause of death as wife pays heartbreaking tribute to snooker icon READ MORE :Posting a picture of his memorial card on a beach in Spain, he wrote: "Goodnight JV". Jason Francis, chairman of World Seniors Snooker, announced Virgo's death in a post on the Snooker Legends account on X.

'Cristiano Ronaldo never intimidated me at Man Utd - why should I be impressed?' Cristiano Ronaldo returned to Manchester United after leaving Juventus but lasted less than 18 months during his second Old Trafford spellView 2 Images Cristiano Ronaldo during his second Manchester United spell (Image: Matthew Ashton - AMA, Getty Images)Former Manchester United coach Benni McCarthy has opened up about his spell with the Premier League giants. ‌"I went to Man United knowing that perhaps it was outside my depth, because I had coached Cape Town City, AmaZulu, and there they were asking me to coach top players at Man United," McCarthy told Creamer Media TV (via A Bola). Article continues belowFOLLOW OUR MAN UTD FB PAGE! Latest United news and more on our dedicated Facebook pageJoin our new MAN UTD WhatsApp community and receive your daily dose of Manchester United content from Mirror Football.

New figures issued by the Department of Justice show 1,037 international protection applicants were subject to Dublin III transfer decisions between 2021 and 2025. The Dublin III regulation is designed to dissuade asylum seekers making applications in more than one country. However, less than 2 per cent of those subject to a Dublin III transfer in Ireland were actually sent back to the EU state they first entered. Figures supplied by the department showed that 361 people who applied for asylum in Ireland in 2025 had already been granted international protection in another EU state. In all, 1,165 people who have applied for asylum in Ireland over the past five years have already had that status granted in another EU State.

In the Dublin City Council area, planning permission was in place for 27,288 new homes – 26,813, or 98.3%, of which are apartments. There were nearly 44,500 units – apartments and houses – with planning permission on which there was no activity taking place. However, the report notes that the number of units with planning permission that were “active” increased by more than 24 per cent year-on-year. The number of inactive units with planning permission was down nearly 10 per cent. The housing supply pipeline monitor, which covers the four local authority areas in Dublin, will indicate that in the third quarter of 2025, there was planning permission in place for 80,580 residential units.

First up, the Government’s decision to legislatively intervene to lift the Dublin Airport passenger cap, and secondly, Ministers accepted that a more balanced approach to restricting short-term tourism lets was needed. This is due to change this May 20th when Fáilte Ireland introduces a register of short-term lets. The lazy narrative that limiting all short-term lets will result in increased housing supply is neither proven nor credible. The Cabinet meeting last week raised the town population threshold for short-term letting to 20,000, so that short-term lets in towns with populations below this level can continue to operate. Also, what about those short-term lets in areas above a population of 20,000?

QuestionMy daughter, who is from the southwest is currently considering her regional options for college, preferably within commuting distance of home. I think she may prosper in a degree course that is a little more practically oriented. Given your daughter’s enjoyment of the practicalities of organising activities, one obvious suggestion is a degree in event management. Event management graduates are working across conferences, sporting events, festivals, arts and culture, corporate events, tourism, weddings and the public sector. There are also post graduate options in event management in Ireland and abroad, including an MSc in event management at TU Dublin, an MBus in cultural event management at IADT, and a new part-time fully online MSc in sustainable tourism and event management from ATU.