Fired-up Israel players vow revenge on ’embarrassing Ireland’
Humbled but fired-up, Israel players are vowing revenge on Ireland in a very different performance when the sides meet again next Sunday in Serbia.
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Max Deegan and Harry Byrne unavailable for Leinster’s clash against Sharks
Max Deegan and Harry Byrne are unavailable for Leinster’s URC Round Two encounter with the Sharks in Durban on Saturday (5.30pm Irish time).
Dublin Marathon to be shown live on TG4 in first broadcast of event since 2011
Next month’s Irish Life Dublin Marathon will be broadcast live on TG4, marking the event’s return to terrestrial television for the first time since 2011.
Israel’s Manor Solomon on Ireland: ‘Obviously they hate us. We don’t like them’
Israel captain Manor Solomon says next Sunday’s return Nations League fixture against the Republic of Ireland “will be a completely different game” after Heimir Hallgrímsson’s side won 3-0 in Debrecen last night.
Ireland beat Israel as fallout continues
“A bleak farce that leaves everyone feeling bitter and betrayed.” So writes Ken Early of Ireland’s game against Israel in Debrecen on Sunday evening. Once again, “the country marvelled at the incompetence of the FAI” in the build-up to it all. Despite having seven months to prepare for the occasion, he says, the question of whether the game would actually be played was still not settled the day before.
Ideal step up for Daddy Long Legs in Roscommon
Sure to be sent off at prohibitive odds, the Willie Mullins-trained Daddy Long Legs is difficult to oppose in the Grade 3 Ballymore Irish EBF Kilbegnet Novice Chase at the final meeting of 2026 in Roscommon.
Ireland v Israel proceeded without major controversy but the contention is that it started at all
The final whistle blew and the Irish and Israeli players picked up their heads to seek their team-mates, melting into one another without shaking hands with any opponent with whom they crossed. This was the final piece of planned protest by the Irish players but the part about which nobody had thought to ask about in advance.