Liverpool will be without goalkeeper Alisson Becker for the first leg of their Champions League last-16 tie against Galatasaray on Tuesday after he was injured in training. Alisson has been a key player for Arne Slot's side this season, but is unavailable for the match. Liverpool return to Champions League action having sat out of the play-off stage thanks to their top-eight finish in the league phase. Galatasaray came through 7-5 on aggregate against Italian giants Juventus and beat Liverpool 1-0 in the league phase back in September. If you don't like our community, you can check out any time you like.

March 09, 2026 21:50 UTC

Trump tells Republicans war could be ‘short-term excursion’Donald Trump addressing House Republicans on Monday. Facing economic turmoil as oil prices surged, Trump abruptly reverses course to declare near victory in the Iran war and signal that it may be over soon after all. Trump has thus far offered shifting objectives and timelines for the war that has killed scores in Iran, including supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. On Iran’s new Supreme ‌leader Mojtaba Khamenei, who ⁠is the son of the slain supreme leader, Trump told CBS News: “I have no message for him.” Trump said ‌he has someone in mind to lead Iran, but did not elaborate. – ReutersTurkey aiming to stay out of Iran war “blaze”, says ErdoganTurkish president Recep Tayyip Erdogan said ‌on Monday that Turkey’s ​main goal is to keep the ​country out of the “blaze” ⁠of the Iran ‌war.

March 09, 2026 21:50 UTC

A residents group in the Thomas Street area of Dublin 8 believe that the area is over-saturated by hotels and the more lands being swallowed up by hotels only exacerbates the housing situation for residents. Bridgefoot Street Residents Association and Bridgefoot Street Youth Group have lodged an objection against plans for a an 80 bedroom aparthotel by Welthomas Property Ltd for 144 Thomas Street. Ó Meachair said that one aparthotel provider alone already has four premises in Dublin 8. The planning report states that the scheme “proposes the regeneration of a vacant, urban infill, brownfield site”. The report states that the site “is currently used as a surface car park representing a highly inefficient and unsustainable use of a scarce land resource in the inner-city”.

March 09, 2026 21:50 UTC

Uncertainty surrounding proposed redundancies of the North Cork Creamery plant in Kanturk have the town and its people holding their breath. “North Cork milk and butter are award-winning products — the reputation is strong, you'd hope maybe with a financial injection from somewhere it might be enough to tide them over,” he said. Owner of Twohig SuperValu in Kanturk town, Michael Twohig Jr, said the news about the plant was “disappointing for the entire community”. “As long as I can remember, we’ve been stocking North Cork milk,” Mr Twohig said. North Cork Creameries milk on the shelves in the local Kanturk SuperValu.

March 09, 2026 21:45 UTC

The new digital payments service Zippay was launched on Monday, with the potential to reach more than 5m eligible customer accounts of the three retail banks. Zippay is a new digital payment service launched on Monday as in-app service by Bank of Ireland, AIB, and PTSB. Are there additional fees for using Zippay? Not yet - Zippay is only being rolled out through the three Irish pillar banks for now. But after the initial launch, it will be offered to other banks that provide IBAN account services and a mobile app to Irish consumers.

March 09, 2026 21:45 UTC





Not seven years have passed since Spurs played Liverpool in the Champions League final at the home of Atletico Madrid. Igor Tudor said Tottenham's main focus was the Premier League clash at Liverpool on SundaySpurs though, were sitting fifth in the Premier League when Ryan Mason was summoned for the second time from his backroom duties to lead them over the line. 'Our first aim is Premier League and this needs to be said publicly,' said the interim boss. A totally different competition against a team with Champions League history, experience and quality. Spurs have managed to shed their Premier League problems in Europe this season, losing only one of eight in the opening phase of Champions League games to qualify for the last 16 in fourth.

March 09, 2026 21:41 UTC

English referee Karl Dickson confirms a try for Ireland's Jack Conan during last Friday's Six Nations match against Wales at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin. Scotland's Ben White (right) clashes with France's Antoine Dupont during last Saturday's thrilling Six Nations match at Murrayfield, which Scotland won. Referee Angus Gardner was well positioned to judge, as forward, an absolutely nonsensical pass by the French captain deep in his own in-goal area. However, Gardner did take at face value information from his TMO, Brett Cronan, that the French captain had not knocked the ball forward prior to the first French try. It was French referee Luc Ramos’s first Six Nations match and, believe me, the first one is never easy.

March 09, 2026 21:12 UTC

€269,000 Kealkill starter home — or summer residenceKealkill, West Cork €269,000 Size 73sq m(785sq ft) Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 2 BER B3Stone-faced and attractive, No 10 Chapel Hill Court in the West Cork village of Kealkill seems set to switch from being a holiday home to a starter home. Situated in the Ouvane Valley, the village of Kealkill is 5km from Ballylickey and 11km from Bantry. Located close to village amenities, Cloyne Meadows is 8km from Midleton and within a 10-minute drive from beaches at Ballybrannigan and Ballycroneen. Affordable and convenient Midleton apartmentMidleton, Co Cork €210,000 Size 65 sq m(700 sq ft) Bedrooms 2 Bathrooms 2 BER C2House hunters in Midleton will find few properties as affordable as this apartment at 4 Corabbey Court. Its 71 sq metres of accommodation includes in a small sitting room, a kitchen/dining/living room and, upstairs, two bedrooms and a bathroom.

March 09, 2026 21:06 UTC

Joanna Cherry will release her memoir on April 26, less than a fortnight before Scotland goes to the polls. ‌She has vowed to give an "astonishing insider's view of the culture of the SNP" under Nicola Sturgeon. Mr Swinney was Ms Sturgeon's deputy first minister with Ms Cherry seemingly about to lay out his own involvement in the transgender debate. ‌She will also accuse the SNP of effectively ditching its independence fight under Ms Sturgeon. ‌Ms Cherry was elected as an MP in 2015 for Edinburgh South West and was returned at the elections of 2017 and 2019.

March 09, 2026 20:55 UTC

A female garda was punched in the face, bitten, and spat at by a male assailant when she and a colleague were called to a house in Finglas, west Dublin. The female garda is in the force a year and a half and her male colleague is just out of Garda Training College. In a statement Garda HQ said both gardaí were “physically and verbally abused” and had to be taken to hospital for treatment. “During the course of the incident two gardaí, a male and a female, were physically and verbally assaulted. “Her male colleague is only a few weeks out of Templemore.

March 09, 2026 20:49 UTC

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March 09, 2026 20:32 UTC

FA Cup quarter final draw in full as Arsenal, Liverpool and Chelsea discover opponentsPremier League sides Arsenal, Chelsea, Liverpool, Manchester City, Leeds and one of West Ham and Brentford will play in the quarter finals of the FA Cup along with Southampton and Port ValeView 2 Images The FA Cup has reached the quarter finals (Image: Robbie Jay Barratt - AMA/Getty Images)League One strugglers Port Vale have been drawn away against Chelsea in the quarter finals of the FA Cup. ‌Arsenal have been drawn away to Championship side Southampton, who beat Fulham in the fifth round. ‌FA Cup quarter final draw in full:Southampton v ArsenalChelsea v Port ValeManchester City v LiverpoolWest Ham or Brentford v Leeds UnitedJOIN US ON FACEBOOK! ‌View 2 Images Port Vale players celebrate after knocking Sunderland out of the FA Cup (Image: Carl Recine)HAVE YOUR SAY! Who will win the FA Cup this season?

March 09, 2026 20:18 UTC

Jeremy Loughman has been ruled out of Ireland’s Six Nations clash against Scotland at a sold-out Aviva Stadium on Saturday (Kick-off 2.10pm). There are no fresh injury concerns arising from the 27-17 win over Wales and with Loughman again sidelined, the likelihood is that Tom O’Toole will further his education as a loosehead option, while the Connacht prop Billy Bohan has joined the squad as well as Munster’s Brian Gleeson. The Ulster trio of Cormac Izuchukwu, Jude Postlethwaite and Bryn Ward have returned to Ulster ahead of their refixed URC clash away to Edinburgh on Friday night. The Ireland team will be named on Thursday afternoon.

March 09, 2026 20:09 UTC

Government issues thinly-veiled rebuke to President Catherine Connolly on Middle East warThe Government has issued a thinly-veiled rebuke to President Catherine Connolly on the Middle East war. It came after Ms Connolly deplored “deliberate assaults on international law,” which she said had underpinned world peace and security for eighty years. President Connolly said “we must name them (deliberate assaults) as such, without euphemism and without equivocation". "What we have witnessed in recent days in the Middle East, and beyond, are not political disputes. "They are deliberate assaults on international law, the international laws that have underpinned global peace for 80 years.

March 09, 2026 20:05 UTC

A mother spent the day outside a Cork special school after her son was refused entry on Monday morning when it reopened after being closed for over a week. Fiona O’Leary from Killeens said her son, who turned 11 on Sunday, was refused entry when she went to drop him off at Carrigaline Community Special School at around 9.45am. He returns as a meeting is being held online on Tuesday between concerned parents, special education minister Michael Moynihan, and staff of the Department of Education, about issues at the school. He confirmed that Carrigaline Community Special School will be open to all students on Tuesday. A statement from the Cork ETB said it does not comment on individual student matters.

March 09, 2026 20:00 UTC