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Ireland women see Olympic dream die as Britain book passage to Paris

Ireland 1 Britain 2Valencia 2024 was a far cry from Donnybrook 2019, when Ireland’s women beat Canada to earn their first ever Olympic qualification. Ireland are left to ponder what might have been, not least their penalty shoot-out defeat against Spain in the semi-finals. And Britain also had four survivors from the team that won gold in Rio in their squad. IRELAND: A McFerran; R Upton, H McLoughlin, E Curran, B Harper; S Hawkshaw, C Beggs, K McKee; N Carey, K Mullan (capt), N Carroll. BRITAIN: S Heesh; A Toman, G Ansley, H Pearne-Webb (capt); S Jones, F Crackles, S Hamilton, L Owsley; H French, S Robertson, I Petter.

Source:The Irish Times

January 21, 2024 02:46 UTC


From this day forward, feel free to describe me as an openly heterosexual columnist

From this day forward, feel free to describe me as an openly heterosexual columnist. You don’t say you’re openly Irish, you don’t say you’re openly left-handed. “I’m going to make a pitch for getting rid of the expression ‘openly gay’,” Scott responded. You don’t say you’re openly Irish, you don’t say you’re openly left-handed. (There are no “openly gay” players in the top two divisions of men’s soccer in England, which seems statistically implausible.)

Source:The Irish Times

January 21, 2024 02:23 UTC


Munster 23 Northampton 26: Champions Cup as it happened

Munster 23 Northampton 2680 mins: A 59-metre penalty from Fin Smith, who has been outstanding today, comes up short. Full-time: Munster 23 Northampton 26Courtney Lawes man of the match on RTÉ but could have been Fin Smith either. Northampton have been all over Munster the past 20 minutes with a man down and Munster have had no answers. 64 mins: Munster are turned over again, the 14 men of Northampton fighting hard and showing why they’re top of the English Premiership. 49 mins: Northampton back to 14 men as Furbank comes back on.

Source:The Irish Times

January 21, 2024 02:18 UTC


2013 survivor Stack aiming for more silverware on big stage

2013 survivor Stack aiming for more silverware on big stageA survivor from the All-Ireland winning St Brigid’s team of 2013, it was hardly surprising that Ronan Stack was asked for his recollections of that memorable triumph at last week’s press function. “I remember back when I joined that Brigid’s team (2012/2013), the goal was definitely to win the All-Ireland from the outset of the season. He went on to play for the Athlone Town senior team under Brendan Place and Mike Kerley. Asked about the challenge of breaking into the Brigid’s senior team, Stack said he was prepared to play a waiting game. That brought me on from there.”Stack agrees that the 2013 Brigid’s team was quite different to the current bunch.

Source:Irish Independent

January 21, 2024 02:07 UTC


‘It’s an easy place to live’: Meet the growing band of Irish artists at the top of their game in Berlin

Crowned one of “24 reasons to love Berlin in 2024″ by Exberliner magazine, he is part of a growing band of Irish artists who are at the top of their game in Germany. Combine these locations with Ireland’s growing electronic music superstars – think Bicep and Saoirse – and Cormac sees a bright future for Germany and Ireland in Berlin. Now halfway through his first season in Meiningen, the 29-year-old has already presented a range of Irish music including contemporary Irish composer Donnacha Dennehy’s new violin concerto and Bill Whelan’s Riverdance suite. How ready are the island Irish to accept a redefinition of Irish identity and culture from the Irish who left? Any such ambition will have to overcome deep-seated habits of Irish cultural diplomacy.

Source:The Irish Times

January 21, 2024 02:06 UTC


Norma Barzman obituary: One of the last survivors of the Hollywood blacklist

The screenwriter Norma Barzman in 1944, when she was a features writer for the Los Angeles Examiner. Finally, in 1949, an opportunity arose for Ben Barzman to work on a film in London. Norma Barzman got some work, too, but it was harder, especially since she also was raising seven children. Norma Barzman wrote the original stories for two films made in 1946: Never Say Goodbye, a comedy starring Errol Flynn and Eleanor Parker; and The Locket, a noir thriller. Norma Barzman is survived by two daughters; five sons; eight grandchildren; and six great-grandchildren.

Source:The Irish Times

January 21, 2024 00:17 UTC


Will this be the year that Stripe floats on the stock market?

Brothers John and Patrick Collison, who co-founded payments group Stripe in Silicon Valley: are they set to go public this year? It’s January, so it’s time again to speculate about whether payments group Stripe – founded by the Irish brothers John and Patrick Collison – will go public this year. There’s been a number of articles on financial websites already this month betting that 2024 will be the year Stripe floats. A more compelling reason was published by Tech Crunch (another financial data and news website), which first surveyed a clutch of venture capitalists about which company would float in 2024 – the top pick was Stripe. Tech Crunch also noted figures compiled by Caplight (yet another financial data website), which revealed that “there has been an absolute flurry of buyers looking to get shares in the company in recent months”.

Source:The Irish Times

January 20, 2024 21:15 UTC


Tubridy's RTÉ Radio replacement confirmed

Tubridy's RTÉ Radio replacement confirmedOliver Callan will present a new morning programme Oliver Callan on RTÉ Radio 1, weekdays from 9am to 10am from Monday, January 29. The announcement was made this morning, Saturday on Brendan O'Connor on RTÉ Radio 1. Oliver is already familiar to listeners across the schedule as an award-winning impressionist, with hit show Callan’s Kicks that has been running on RTÉ Radio 1 since 2012. Peter Woods, Head of RTÉ Radio 1, said: "I'm delighted that Oliver Callan is joining RTÉ Radio 1 at nine o'clock. Oliver is an accomplished broadcaster, who already has a connection with the RTÉ Radio 1 audience.

Source:Irish Independent

January 20, 2024 20:44 UTC


Westmeath team named for league opener against Tyrone

Kelly Boyce Jordan, see here in action against Armagh last March, has been named in midfield by Westmeath managerWestmeath team named for league opener against TyroneWestmeath manager Frank Browne has announced his starting 15 ahead of tomorrow's Lidl Ireland National League Division 2 Round 1 clash away to Tyrone. Tomorrow's game takes place in Naomh Eoghan GAA, Newtownstewart (throw-in 2pm). With Ciara Blundell stepping away from the panel for this season, goalkeeper Lauren McCormack of Mullingar Shamrocks has been chosen as the team captain. In addition to Blundell, Westmeath will also be without the services of Garrycastle's Aoife Connolly, who is abroad. Another talented forward, Sarah Dillon is out at present with a shoulder injury.

Source:Irish Independent

January 20, 2024 18:05 UTC


End of the long Meta goodbye for Sheryl Sandberg. Is Washington next?

Sheryl Sandberg, who stepped down as chief operating officer of Facebook-owner Meta in 2022, has now announced she will also depart the company’s board of directors after her term ends in May. Sandberg (54) is a billionaire who did a 14-year stint as chief operating officer and has served on the board for 12 of those. When she left her executive role, she said it was because she wanted to “make more room to do more philanthropically, to do more with my foundation”. [ Sheryl Sandberg to stand down from Meta’s board of directors ][ Karlin Lillington: Sheryl Sandberg honed a toxic income model that brought staggering wealth to Facebook ]But she doesn’t seem the type to sit back. Even before she stepped back, chief executive Mark Zuckerberg had started to take on more of that public role and, with it, more of the flak.

Source:The Irish Times

January 20, 2024 18:04 UTC


Breakdown: A modern cautionary tale about the costs of limiting our options to suffocating roleplay

Breakdown Author : Cathy Sweeney ISBN-13 : 978-1474618519 Publisher : W&N Guideline Price : £18.99The opening pages of Cathy Sweeney’s debut novel are among the most arresting I have ever read. Drive to work…” and on and on it goes until the day finally ends with: “Finish bottle of wine. READ MOREBreakdown is Sweeney’s debut novel, following the publication of an acclaimed collection of short stories, Modern Times, in 2020. The breakdown of the title refers not only to the woman’s personal breakdown but to the breakdown of society, climate, civilisation that the woman sees around her, which adds a nihilistic undertone. Breakdown is a striking debut from a highly original writer, and a thoroughly modern cautionary tale about the costs of limiting our options, and ourselves, to suffocating roleplay.

Source:The Irish Times

January 20, 2024 16:59 UTC


From the Sargasso Sea to Lough Furnace, our eels face an increasingly perilous pilgrimage

A narrow neck of land separates Lough Feeagh from Lough Furnace in Burrishoole, just north of Newport, Co Mayo. That morning, spurred by an overwhelming genetic instinct to reproduce, she was leaving Mayo to swim thousands of miles away to the Sargasso Sea, where she’d face her inevitable fate: to create new life, then die. If a scientist catches an eel at sea, is it possible to know whether it has already been in freshwater or not? They enter estuaries in November, and once the temperature reaches 10 degrees they swim into freshwater rivers and lakes as “elvers”. [ Michael Viney: Final proof of Irish eels’ long Sargasso swim ]Understandably, scientists still don’t fully understand what eels are up to in the Atlantic.

Source:The Irish Times

January 20, 2024 16:55 UTC


Advice for motorists on driving during Orange Weather Warning

There will be very strong southwest to west winds with severe and damaging gusts. Road users in areas affected by the Orange Warning are advised to check local traffic and weather conditions before setting out on a journey. The following advice is being given to road users on foot of the weather warnings. Motorists:*Drivers need to slow down and allow a greater braking distance between themselves and the vehicle in front in wet weather conditions. Drive with dipped headlights at all times to ensure that you are visible and that you can see other road users.

Source:Irish Independent

January 20, 2024 14:42 UTC


This week: 'It’s a masterpiece, is what it is. Outstanding'

This week: 'It’s a masterpiece, is what it is. Outstanding'This week there’s a mixture of short stories, novels and a novella. We’re not told why her father moved himself and Maja to Austria after her mother’s death, when Maja was still very young. A young autistic boy knows almost everything there is to know about Jupiter but can’t understand the people around him. This is a short novel, not a sprawl, and yet there’s a vastness to it that’s uncanny.

Source:Irish Independent

January 20, 2024 14:17 UTC


Prince Harry drops libel case against Daily Mail after damaging pretrial ruling

Advertisement Prince Harry drops libel case against Daily Mail after damaging pretrial ruling Share Copy Link CopyPrince Harry dropped his libel lawsuit Friday against the publisher of the Daily Mail tabloid following a punishing ruling in which a judge suggested he might lose at trial.Lawyers for the Duke of Sussex notified the High Court in London that he would not continue the suit against Associated Newspapers Ltd., one of several cases he had pending in his high-profile battle with the British press.No reason was given, but it came the day he was due to hand over documents in the case and after a punishing ruling last month in which a judge ordered Harry to pay the publisher nearly 50,000 pounds (more than $60,000) in legal fees after he failed to achieve victory without going to trial.The action will leave him on the hook to pay the publisher's legal fees, which the Daily Mail reported to be 250,000 pounds ($316,000). That case against Associated and another against the publisher of The Sun are headed for trial.In the sole case that has gone to trial, Harry scored a big victory last month against the publishers of the Daily Mirror when a judge ruled that phone hacking was “widespread and habitual” at Mirror Group Newspapers, and executives at the papers covered it up. He was awarded 140,000 pounds ($177,000).The libel case involved a Mail on Sunday article that said Harry tried to hide his efforts to retain publicly funded protection in the United Kingdom after walking away from his role as a working member of the royal family.Harry's lawyers claimed the article attacked his honesty and integrity by purporting to reveal that court documents “contradicted public statements he had previously made about his willingness to pay for police protection for himself and his family" while in the U.K. He claims that hostility toward him and his wife on social media and relentless hounding by the news media threaten their safety. He cited media intrusion for his decision to leave life as a senior royal and move to the United StatesHarry's spokesperson said his focus remains on that case and his family's safety.

Source:Daily Mail

January 20, 2024 13:51 UTC


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