The tension between the two further escalated when they were both signed to the same PR agency, Dundas Communications. 'From Love Island to I'm A Celeb and signing with the same agencies, there have been numerous parallels, which started to create friction. Maura first featured on US screens when she joined Love Island USA as a social media ambassador, soon becoming a guest host for the Love Island Games and then the main host of spin-off Aftersun. After sharing her plans to crack America, Maura has now been mingling with the likes of Kylie Jenner's BFF Stassie Karanikolaou. The star admitted that even before her shows were launched on Disney+, she had already had plenty of international fans thanks to her stint on Love Island.

February 15, 2026 15:50 UTC

John Aldridge: Robert Maxwell was a strange and unpredictable man but I couldn’t believe the contract he offered me at OxfordMy spell with the U’s gave me some of the happiest memories of my career and paved the way for success with Liverpool and IrelandYours truly in action in Oxford's 1986 Milk Cup final win over QPR. Photo: Getty ImagesJohn Aldridge Today at 13:00My old club Oxford United are in FA Cup action today as they take on Sunderland and when I look back on my time with the club, they were some of the happiest of my career.

February 15, 2026 15:49 UTC

The luxury golf set, which came in a personalised wooden box, was presented to Donald Trump during last year's St Patrick's Day visit. Photograph: Getty ImagesTaoiseach Micheál Martin presented US president Donald Trump with a custom golf tee and marker set at a cost of nearly €735 during his visit to Washington DC for St Patrick’s Day last year. The luxury item, which came in a personalised wooden box, was one of around 140 gifts worth a total of €5,709 given out by the Taoiseach during 2025, internal records have revealed. More than €2,700 was spent on gifts for Martin’s trip to Washington DC for St Patrick’s Day last year. Details of the gifts were released by the Department of the Taoiseach under the Freedom of Information Act.

February 15, 2026 15:47 UTC

He said: 'In Britain neither Sarah or Andrew will be socially accepted again whatever they try to do or wherever they go. 'Let's not forget Sarah has no money and has quite an extravagant lifestyle, she will want to carry that on. In 2011, it was reported that Beatrice was given expensive pieces of jewellery on another trip to Abu Dhabi with Andrew by their royal hosts. Last year during Beatrice's appearance in Abu Dhabi, she also rubbed shoulders with some of the region's key power players both in public and behind the scenes. She was pictured at the event next to Abu Dhabi crown prince Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.

February 15, 2026 15:40 UTC

It was Armagh who led by two points at the break, thanks to a goal on 26 minutes provided by Alana Donnelly. Some great defending at both ends denied further scores from materialising, until a couple of Cork points levelled proceedings at 1-3 to 0-6 with 10 minutes of the half played. Scorers for Cork: R O'Regan, R Leahy (1-0 each), K Quirke (0-2, 1f), A Corcoran, A O'Sullivan (0-2 each), A Ring, A Kennedy (0-1 each). Scorers for Armagh: K Mallon (0-8, 6f, 1tpf), A Donnelly (1-0), A McCoy (0-1). Subs: A McKennedy for Ring (40), R O'Regan for O'Sullivan (40), C Hughes for Ni Murchu (40).

February 15, 2026 15:28 UTC





SLIGO ROVERS 0BOHEMIANS 4 (Dayle Rooney '2, Colm Whelan '54, '64, '67 (pen))Bohemians manager Alan Reynolds admitted his hat-trick hero Colm Whelan was fuelled by being dropped for last week’s season opener at the Aviva Stadium. Whelan’s second half - a 13-minute blitz at Sligo Rovers on Saturday night - completed an emphatic victory to tack onto the scoreless draw against St Patrick’s Athletic. Reynolds has been working with the 25-year-old for the third time since bringing him to Dalymount Park at the start of last season. After affording him a cameo off the bench against the Saints, Reynolds thrust Whelan in from the start against Sligo. “Colm was disappointed not to start last week and rightly so,” said Reynolds afterwards.

February 15, 2026 15:16 UTC

Social media platforms like Instagram are fuelling the growing amount of gender confusion among children, a top expert said today. The esteemed paediatrician spoke out after the Department for Education last week published a document for teachers that opened the door for primary school children as young as four to 'socially transition' in 'rare' circumstances. 'I think children and young people were being given a narrative that it's not ok to be anything but absolutely typical of the other girls on Instagram.' And she added that transitioning should be 'rare and particularly rare in pre-pubescent children'. 'Back in the day in the 1970s, when they first started having clinics for children with gender dysphoria and gender incongruence, they were mostly pre-pubertile boys who felt that they were girls.

February 15, 2026 15:16 UTC

But the Bank of England has introduced new guidance which threatens to disrupt decades of tradition in the City. Under the rules, 'anyone is welcome to wear a suit with high heels' regardless of their gender, while 'trans men may wear large earrings', 'cis men may wear eyeshadow' and 'trans women may have facial hair'. The guidance is designed for Bank of England staff to dress in a way that allows them to switch between presenting as male or female 'within the same outfit'. A 'genderfluid person may wear a suit to work some days and a dress to work other days', the updated rules state. The new dress code, seen by The Telegraph, forms part of the Bank of England's Trans Equality and Transitioning at Work Guidance.

February 15, 2026 15:16 UTC

Marcus Rashford blamed as ex-Man Utd staff member reveals behaviour behind the scenesMarcus Rashford hasn't played for Manchester United since December 2024 after falling out with Ruben Amorim and is currently on loan at BarcelonaView 3 Images Marcus Rashford is currently on loan at Barcelona from Manchester United (Image: (Angel Martinez/Getty Images))Marcus Rashford has been told he only has himself to blame for the way his Manchester United career has played out. ‌Rashford has largely impressed at Spotify Camp Nou, scoring 10 goals and claiming 13 assists in 34 games. Wayne Rooney doubles down on Man Utd job claim after offer to Michael Carrick READ MORE :“He became unhappy. View 3 Images Robert Lewandowski, Hansi Flick and Marcus Rashford during a Barcelona game (Image: Getty)“(Sporting director) Deco and I always speak about our team and what we can do,” the German said when quizzed about Rashford. It’s Deco’s job and the club’s job to work on next season so we have to wait.

February 15, 2026 15:10 UTC

That’s because for Mother Miriam Joseph — and the five others who make up the enclosed community of Tyburn nuns at St Benedict’s Priory in Cobh — isolation is a way of life. While life has evolved with the introduction of technology, the modern world is none too appealing for Mother Miriam. “I have no desire to go anywhere,” Mother Miriam said. “They can’t be silent because they don’t know how. “We have to trust in him and realise that things are not always as they seem.”Despite hailing from New Zealand, Mother Miriam is not partial to homesickness.

February 15, 2026 15:04 UTC

The application was heard at the emergency domestic violence court in Dolphin House, Dublin, on Friday. Photograph: Stephen Collins/CollinsA man who left his family home over alleged sustained physical and emotional abuse by his former partner, including knife cuts to his face and arms, got a protection order against her. “I was covering for her,” he told Judge Gerard Furlong at the emergency domestic violence court in Dolphin House, Dublin. In another case, the judge granted an interim barring order to a woman against her ex-partner. The order, made ex parte, was returnable before the judge on Friday, when the daughter was entitled to attend.

February 15, 2026 15:01 UTC

Paedophile financier Jeffrey Epstein became fixated with Byker Grove star Donna Air after his release from prison, emails show. And between 2011 and 2012, before she was introduced to him by Princess Eugenie, the term 'Donna Air' was mentioned 224 times among the three million pages in the Epstein Files. The exchanges between Ms Air and Epstein began a year after he had served a 13-month prison stint and a year on house arrest for child sex offences in Florida. There is no suggestion that Ms Air was involved in any wrongdoing in relation to Epstein. Of her relationship with Mr Middleton, Donna previously said: 'He's a great guy.

February 15, 2026 15:00 UTC

Rúaidhrí O’Connor: Ireland’s harsh new reality – we are no longer at the top tableIrish hang on for dear life against Italians in a game that proves we have joined the Six Nations’ second tierJames Lowe of Ireland is tackled by Monty Ioane, left, and Tommaso Menoncello of Italy during the Six Nations match at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Photo: Brendan Moran/SportsfileRúaidhrí O'Connor Yesterday at 21:50We were told by the Ireland camp last week that it would be disingenuous to say the team are in decline. After they white-knuckled their way to a narrow home win against Italy, it would be disingenuous to suggest they are not.

February 15, 2026 14:57 UTC

A firm which previously ruled itself out of a tender process for the videoing of Oireachtas proceedings is to be paid €2.2m to perform those duties on an emergency basis for the next 11 months. The most recent five-year contract won by PI, awarded in 2020 and worth roughly €7m, also covers services for the Northern Ireland Assembly at Stormont. The €2.2m figure is calculated as a “representative average” of Oireachtas sitting hours over the past five years. Last summer a number of Oireachtas broadcast workers called on the Government to end their low-hour contracts by integrating them fully into the civil service. "Following an approach from the Oireachtas Commission, Pi Comms has agreed to provide a caretaker service for the next year.

February 15, 2026 14:49 UTC

Saturday marked Valentine's Day but with the majority of footballers involved with a football match, it may not be too surprising that there wasn't too many public shows of affection on social media. However, for Jude Bellingham he was able to combine the two loves of his life in a different way to most. The Real Madrid star is currently out injured with a hamstring injury sustained at the start of the month. Their striker Richarlison was snapped in a series of affectionate photos with his model girlfriend Amanda Araujo. Taking to her Instagram, Araujo posted four photos of the pair out together in London with the caption: 'My Valentine'.

February 15, 2026 14:49 UTC