Staff unease leads to RTÉ and Newstalk stripping back coverage of Ireland v Israel games
RTÉ are stripping back their coverage of the upcoming Uefa Nations League fixtures against Israel after misgivings were communicated from staff.
Kobbie Mainoo moves from outsider to main man at Manchester United after summer of hurt
It was a sight the England press pack became increasingly used to seeing following the team’s World Cup matches over the summer. Kobbie Mainoo was invariably the first to leave the dressingroom, walk through the mixed zone – eyes dead ahead, features impassive – and board the bus.
Limerick SFC: Adare out as knockout places confirmed in Limerick
Adare missed out on a knockout place in the Limerick SFC for the first time since their breakthrough at the grade in 2017. Despite a final round thumping of Askeaton/Ballysteen/Kilcornan, the four-time champions finished fourth.
Irish Open: Shane Lowry sets course record with second-round 62 in Doonbeg
What a difference a day makes! After the snail’s pace antics of a first day which failed to beat the extended daylight time afforded to the western shores, a semblance of normality returned in the second round of the Amgen Irish Open at Trump International Doonbeg, which delivered a focus on shot-making and putts and all accompanied by joyous roars from the galleries as Shane Lowry navigated a route to the top of the halfway leaderboard.
Europe and United States level after entertaining first day of Solheim Cup
The rain poured and the United States roared. Hope had cascaded through the European contingent at this Solheim Cup during Friday afternoon until the sort of fightback that endorsed the sense that, come Sunday evening, the US will have won this trophy in a foreign land for the first time since 2015.
Shane Lowry ready to kick on after storming by 62 gives him Irish Open lead
Shane Lowry once shot a 62 on the way to winning the Irish Open as an amateur. He destroyed Portrush with a 63 in the course of claiming the Open, and he clinched a crucial half-point for Team Europe in a Ryder Cup.
Shane Lowry surges ahead as Doonbeg security teams swarm for Donald Trump’s arrival
Shane Lowry bounded off the 18th green with the course record 62 on his scorecard and a grin cracking across his face.