RTÉ confirms scaled back coverage for Nations League matches against Israel
RTÉ has confirmed that it will scale back its coverage of Ireland's two upcoming Nations League games against Israel.
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Comment: Leadership deficit detrimental to FAI handling tricky Israel fixtures
A year into his tenure as director of football, John Martin learnt the nuances of officialdom earlier this week.
FAI boss believes Israel games leave him in a lose-lose situation: ‘I have to do my job’
The FAI limps on, boats against the current of public opinion.
Michael O’Neill has no right to assume Ceadach O’Neill’s bloodline – and neither do we
It’s hard to say whether the Ceadach O’Neill thing has quite reached saga proportions yet but we might not be all that far off. We have, for sure, passed the curiosity stage and there’s maybe enough juice in it now for it to qualify as an affair. Let’s just say that if the Israel unpleasantness wasn’t colonising the soccer pages, we might have tipped over the line already.
Uefa reject FAI’s request to be kept apart from Israel due to no history of ‘direct conflict’
Uefa have rejected a request by the Football Association of Ireland to be kept apart from Israel in future competition draws. European football’s governing body keep certain countries apart on political grounds, including Spain and Gibraltar, Armenia and Azerbaijan, and Ukraine and Russia.
Some Ireland players ‘feel really uncomfortable’ about Israel matches, says Hallgrímsson
Heimir Hallgrímsson began his press conference in Abbotstown on Thursday morning with a seven-minute presentation where he emphasised the importance of fulfilling the Nations League matches against Israel.
Heimir Hallgrímsson walks a tightrope at conference, with media’s focus far from football
At the end of more than 35 minutes of media questions at his squad announcement for the upcoming Nations League games against Israel, Kosovo, and Austria, Heimir Hallgrímsson returned to the door of the main media room and asked his press officer whether it was time to start the football press conference.
Michael Sweetney, who played for the Hoyas, Knicks, Bulls, dies at 43 - ESPN
NEWARK, N.J. — Michael Sweetney, who played four seasons in the NBA with the New York Knicks and Chicago Bulls after a standout college career at Georgetown, has died. He was 43.