Man Utd star Jadon Sancho to be offered shock lifeline after boss changes mind on transfer
Man Utd star Jadon Sancho to be offered shock lifeline after boss changes mind on transferJadon Sancho is coming towards the end of his loan spell with Aston Villa and looks set to become a free agent when his contract at Manchester United expires in JuneView 2 Images Jadon Sancho's contract with Manchester United expires this summer (Image: Visionhaus/Getty Images)Borussia Dortmund want to re-sign Jadon Sancho on a free transfer from Manchester United. Sancho, 25, is out of contract at United this summer and he's unlikely to be offered a new deal. Should Aston Villa sign Jadon Sancho permanently? View 2 Images Jadon Sancho returned to Borussia Dortmund on loan in 2024 (Image: Lars Baron/Getty Images)In 29 appearances across all competitions, Sancho has registered one goal and one assist. Asked in February whether he'd considered signing Sancho permanently, the Villa manager replied: "Not yet, but he is a fantastic player.
Source:Daily Mirror
March 19, 2026 00:07 UTC
Can BMW’s new 900km EV 3 Series convince the electric doubters?
We’ve already seen, and lauded, the bigger iX3 electric SUV, a BMW so good that we named it as our Irish Times car of the year back in December. Now, though the same “Neue Klasse” platform (a name plucked, with much significance, from BMW’s history) is going to work under the car that, for many of us, defines what a BMW is, even in the SUV age. Still, it’s possibly the most handsome BMW of recent years, with a sharp-edged look that clearly owes a debt to the 1980s E30 3 Series. Little flicks of LED lights at the outer edge of that grille pay homage to the traditional BMW quad-light look. BMW i3If, after all that, you’re still an electric sceptic then BMW will be keeping petrol-and-hybrid-powered 3 Series, using the platform of the current model, but wearing the skin of this Neue Klasse i3.
Source:The Irish Times
March 18, 2026 23:50 UTC
Liverpool blow Galatasaray away to set up PSG quarter-final
Liverpool blow Galatasaray away to set up PSG quarter-final - 5 talking pointsLIVERPOOL 4-0 (4-1 agg.) Liverpool had a golden opportunity to double their lead on the night on the stroke of half-time but Mo Salah saw his penalty saved. Liverpool thought they had notched a fourth but VAR spared Wilfied Singo an unfortunate own goal. There was a fourth on offer for Liverpool, with Salah scoring a stunner to round off an impressive evening. Fortunately for Salah, he then had another opportunity to score his 50th Champions League goal.
Source:Daily Mirror
March 18, 2026 23:49 UTC
Austrian investor pays over €16m for leading Donegal hotel
The Radisson Blu Letterkenny has been acquired in an off-market deal by Lanthorn for the TMR Hotel Collection, the portfolio of four- and five-star hotels assembled by Austrian investor, Thomas Röggla. The Radisson Blu Letterkenny is TMR’s third acquisition in the last 14 months and follows on from its purchase of the Fleet Hotel in Temple Bar in Dublin and the Kilkenny Ormonde Hotel. Windward Management will manage the hotel on behalf of TMR Hotel Collection. Employing over 2,200 staff, the hotel collection is one of Ireland’s largest privately owned hotel portfolios. Eimear Fox, director of Lanthorn, said: “We are delighted to welcome Radisson Blu Letterkenny to the TMR Hotel Collection, our second Donegal hotel in the collection.
Source:The Irish Times
March 18, 2026 23:46 UTC
The Liverpudlian at the heart of the Irish economy
If you’re performing then, you’ve no problems at all with them,” Kelly tells The Irish Times. We connect to the grids for large users such as data centres and pharmaceutical plants. But there’s no avoiding that the next three years are going to be fairly barren for data centres in Ireland. But there’s no avoiding that the next three years are going to be fairly barren for data centres in Ireland. For now, however, the Irish companies that built data centres in Ireland in years past are in demand elsewhere: “They really are the envy of Europe.
Source:The Irish Times
March 18, 2026 23:46 UTC
Olivia Dean moves Dublin gigs to Marlay Park due to demand
Olivia Dean moves Dublin gigs to Marlay Park due to demandMolly O'ReillySinger Olivia Dean is moving her June gigs in Dublin to Marlay Park due to high demand. The two-night performance by the English award-winning artist was due to be held in Fairview Park and sold out months ago. However, the new venue means more tickets will be available for fans for the gigs on Saturday, June 20th and Sunday, June 21st this year. Marlay Park has a capacity of 40,000 people. Promoters say tickets purchased for her original Fairview Park concerts are valid for Marlay Park events, and fans holding tickets for the Fairview events will receive priority access to the front of stage pit standing area at Marlay Park on the relevant dates.
Source:Irish Independent
March 18, 2026 23:43 UTC
Huge hole dug on shut Stoke-on-Trent road
Huge hole dug on shut Stoke-on-Trent roadDrivers are being divertedView 2 Images Church Lane in Hanford has been dug upEngineers have shut part of a road off the A34. A hole has been dug on Church Lane in Hanford - close to its junction with Mayne Street - as Severn Trent gets to work. The implication is the road is closed next to the petrol station with motorists trying to get onto the A34 being told to follow a diversion along Wilson Road and Bankhouse Road. It represents another Severn Trent closure in North Staffordshire. View 2 Images Church Lane in Hanford has been dug upSevern Trent works are something families around Birches Head and Sneyd Green have been well versed in with restrictions ranging from one-way systems to full closures.
Source:Daily Mirror
March 18, 2026 23:38 UTC
Disappointment over ‘no immediate start date’ to replace water mains in local village
Disappointment has been expressed that Uisce Éireann has not committed to “an immediate start date” to replace the water mains in Cloonfad. Local Fianna Fáil councillor Paschal Fitzmaurice recently received another update on the planned water mains upgrade for Lowberry in Cloonfad. Speaking to the Roscommon Herald, Cllr Fitzmaurice said he was hoping the works was going to start earlier in 2026. Local Sinn Féin TD Claire Kerrane said the replacement of the mains was essential “and must be completed on time this year”. “The ongoing situation of water on, water off, is not sustainable, it affects the entire community and leaves people and households in a very difficult position,” she said.
Source:The Herald
March 18, 2026 23:23 UTC
Senegal government accuses CAF of ‘corruption’ after AFCON triumph overturned
Senegal government accuses CAF of ‘corruption’ after AFCON triumph overturnedBy Jamie Gardner, Press Association Chief Sports ReporterThe Senegalese government has accused African football’s governing body of “corruption” after the country was stripped of the continental title they won in January. An appeal board of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) has taken the Africa Cup of Nations crown from Senegal and awarded it to Morocco, overturning Senegal’s 1-0 win and imposing a 3-0 defeat instead. The appeal board determined Senegal had forfeited the match when they left the field in protest at a disputed penalty awarded to Morocco deep in stoppage time. Pape Gueye went on to score the winning goal for Senegal in extra time. Everton’s Idrissa Gueye, part of Senegal’s victorious squad, posted in an Instagram story: “Titles, trophies, medals… all of this is fleeting.
Source:Irish Independent
March 18, 2026 22:58 UTC
Newcastle blown away by Barcelona’s stunning second-half salvo
Barcelona 7 Newcastle 2 (Barcelona win 8-3 on agg)Barcelona's Robert Lewandowski celebrates scoring their sixth goal with Ronald Araujo during their Champions League round of 16 second leg win over Newcastle at the Nou Camp, Barcelona. Anthony Elanga’s first-half brace had cancelled out Raphinha’s early opener and Marc Bernal’s free-header, but Lamine Yamal’s stoppage-time penalty opened the floodgates with Fermin Lopez, Lewandowski and Raphinha again doing the damage. They were back on terms within seven minutes when Jacob Ramsey picked out Lewis Hall and he exchanged passes with Harvey Barnes down the left before sending in a cross which Elanga slotted calmly past goalkeeper Joan Garcia. The Magpies levelled again five minutes later when Yamal's ill-judged back-heel was picked off by Hall, who fed Barnes to cross for Elanga to slide home. The Pole doubled his tally with an emphatic 61st-minute finish after Yamal had bamboozled both Burn and Thiaw, and Raphinha rounded off the scoring after intercepting Ramsey's woeful pass across his own goal.
Source:Irish Independent
March 18, 2026 22:57 UTC
DPP drops charges against three gardaí over alleged ‘squaring away’ of motoring tickets
Three gardaí who had been due to stand trial over the alleged ‘squaring away’ of fixed-charge notices for motoring offences will no longer face prosecution. It is understood the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has written to Liz Hughes, the Garda Representative Association (GRA) solicitor acting for the three officers, informing her that the charges have been dropped.
Source:Irish Independent
March 18, 2026 22:56 UTC
From ‘polite’ pushback and ‘pained smiles’ to ‘awkward’ exchanges, how world media saw Taoiseach’s encounter with Donald Trump
From ‘polite’ pushback and ‘pained smiles’ to ‘awkward’ exchanges, how world media saw Taoiseach’s encounter with Donald TrumpMicheál Martin’s visit to White House overshadowed by US president’s comments on Iran and criticism of UK leaderTaoiseach Micheál Martin during the meeting with US president Donald Trump in the White House. Photo: GettyMaeve McTaggart Today at 06:30Taoiseach Micheál Martin’s meeting with US president Donald Trump has been largely overshadowed in the international press by Mr Trump’s comments on the Iran war and his criticism of the UK prime minister.
Source:Irish Independent
March 18, 2026 22:49 UTC
Israel kills at least 10 Gaza police officers in latest attempts to loosen Hamas control
Palestinians inspect the site of an Israeli strike that targeted a police vehicle in Zawaida in the central Gaza Strip on March 15th. Israel says its attacks in Gaza that have struck and killed police officers have been aimed at eliminating threats to its troops from Hamas. Israeli troops remain deployed in the roughly 53 per cent of Gaza under Israel’s control. Hamas accuses Israel of targeting police officers who it says are trying to maintain public security and stability in Gaza following the two-year war. ‘STRIKES AIM TO DISRUPT HAMAS’ SECURITY EFFORTS’Palestinian political analyst Reham Owda said Israel’s attacks on Gaza police highlighted Israeli concerns about Hamas tightening its grip on Gaza in areas under its control.
Source:The Irish Times
March 18, 2026 22:42 UTC
Protest over Cork apartment plan told Bessborough site 'is not just land'
A protest outside Leinster House on Wednesday was told that the Bessborough mother and baby home site is "not an empty field waiting to be filled". Campaigners attempting to stop the construction of a 140‑unit apartment development on the grounds of the former Cork mother and baby home were joined by politicians and families for the 'No Building Over Bessborough' rally. Some of the supporters wept throughout the rally, while others held up placards saying, “stop the development” and “find the babies”. She was one of the campaigners who successfully opposed the previous development plans at Bessborough and addressed the crowd saying: “And here we are again”. “We went looking for the mother and baby home I was born, which was somewhere in Highgate.
Source:Irish Examiner
March 18, 2026 22:41 UTC
Hockey: Scoil Mhuire and Crescent eyeing All-Ireland tilt
Scoil Mhuire, Cork, and Crescent College, Limerick, will head to Armagh for the two-day tournament. Scoil Mhuire, for their part, recently won both the Munster Schoolgirls Cup final and the league title, defeating Crescent in both finals. Dave Egner has been head of hockey at Scoil Mhuire for several years and knows all about this tournament. FIXTURESTHURSDAY, MARCH 19Scoil Mhuire v Colaiste Iognaid, 11am; Crescent College v Loreto Kilkenny, 9am; RSA v Crescent College, 2.15pm; Banbridge Academy v Scoil Mhuire, 3.45pm; RSA v Holy Child Killiney, 9.30am; Banbridge Academy v Wesley College, 11am; Holy Child Killiney v Loreto Kilkenny, 2.15pm; Wesley College v Colaiste Iognaid, 3.45pm. FRIDAY, MARCH 20Holy Child Killiney v Crescent College, 9.30am; Wesley College v Scoil Mhuire, 11am; RSA v Loreto Kilkenny, 9.30am; Banbridge Academy v Colaiste Iognaid, 11am.
Source:Irish Examiner
March 18, 2026 22:40 UTC