Overall, he scored 13 goals against United, including my personal favourite Anfield goal. Sunday 19 January 2020, the one that effectively ended the 30-year wait for a league title. Pull up a pew for Mohamed Salah too, because he’s the greatest Liverpool player I’ve seen. There’ll never be a Liverpool team that he would not walk into. Watching him has been the thrill of a footballing lifetime.
Potatoes, onions, carrots and turnips among Ireland's highest imports, CSO findsThe Central Statistics Office has today (March 25) released Ireland's Trade in Goods statistics for 2024, showing a trade surplus of €89 billion. In total, Ireland exported €223.7 billion worth of goods by the end of 2024 and imported goods totalled €134.7 billion. The EU was our largest trading bloc and accounted for €88.4 billion in exports, as well as €49.8 billion in imports. Discussing these findings, Annette Hayes, statistician at the CSO, said: “Ireland’s biggest goods trading surplus in 2024 was with the US. Exports were valued at €23.8 billion while imports from Asia were €30.8 billion, or 23% of our total goods imports.
The Premier Inn chain is to open a new 156-bed hotel on Limerick's Opera Square development acquiring a site on the corner of Ellen Street and Patrick Street. Subject to an amendment to pre-existing planning permission, the seven-storey Limerick Premier Inn will offer a mix of the brand’s standard and enhanced bedrooms targeted at business and leisure travellers. Whitbread is expected to submit a planning application for the hotel to Limerick City and County Council before the summer. Whitbread is currently developing a second Premier Inn hotel in Cork on the site for the former Coliseum cinema and leisure centre. “A 156-bedroom hotel at Opera Square, on top of everything else that is happening, will play a key role in energising the programme.
Former Tipperary manager Liam Sheedy, also on the Examiner hurling podcast, said he found the decision to play Walsh “very strange”. At Cork’s League final media briefing on Monday, senior manager Ben O’Connor was asked by the Irish Examiner if a conversation had taken place with regard to resting Barry Walsh last Saturday, such was the proximity to the U20 game in Thurles. “We said if he was going to play a game, he was going to get a half an hour with us. He is one of six survivors from the team that fell narrowly to Clare in last season’s Munster U20 semi-final. The other five are corner-back David O’Leary, centre-back John Murphy, midfielder Ben Walsh, centre-forward Barry O’Flynn, and corner-forward Finn O’Brien.
The words Cristiano Ronaldo and Real Madrid could be entwined once more with reports that Cristiano Ronaldo Jr is training with the Spanish giants' academy. Ronaldo's eldest son is said to have trained with Real's Under 16s on Tuesday ahead of a potential switch in the future. Ronaldo Sr is Real's all-time record goalscorer with a staggering 450 goals in 438 games over nine seasons at the Santiago Bernabeu. Ronaldo Jr is currently on the academy books of Saudi side Al-Nassr - where his father plays for the first-team. The 15-year-old is a forward, like his iconic father, and can play on either flank or through the middle.
The Iran war is a “disastrous mistake”, Frank-Walter Steinmeier said in a scathing assessment. Despite occupying a largely ceremonial role, Mr Steinmeier may have been channelling the frustrations of the whole of continental Europe. Badr Albusaidi, Oman’s foreign affairs minister and former mediator, has also baldly stated that Trump’s war with Iran was “a grave miscalculation”. World leaders are at their wits’ end trying to find a solution to the monkey puzzle Trump has made of global energy supplies. With thousands more US marines heading to the Gulf and reports of mines in the Strait of Hormuz, governments like our own are desperately rolling out contingencies to ease the sudden economic shock for people.
Nurses and midwives seek higher mileage rates as fuel crisis deepensINMO urges HSE to ease costs, with growing signs more unions will followRuairí Ó Murchú raises the impact of rising fuel prices on community nursesAnne-Marie Walsh Today at 06:30Thousands of nurses and midwives who care for patients in their own homes want higher mileage rates due to the fuel crisis.
The Aughinish Alumina plant, which exports alumina to Russia, is a big employer in Co Limerick. Photograph: Alan BetsonPeople living near Russian-owned Aughinish Alumina in Co Limerick defended the plant, despite the reported links between the alumina it produces and dozens of Russian weapons manufacturers. From the Shannon to Siberia: How alumina from a Limerick refinery enters Russia’s weapons supply chain Aughinish Alumina in Co Limerick supplies vast amounts of raw materials to Russian aluminium smelters, according to a new investigation. About 1,000 people are directly and indirectly employed at Aughinish, with about 500 staff working at the plant. If they weren’t shipping the alumina, the plant wouldn’t be functioning, and the employment wouldn’t be here and it wouldn’t be beneficial to anybody,” Sheahan said.
"I feel I was not heard," she tells Patrisha in the podcast episode (https://findingourvoices.net/podcast) that is Sharon's first public comments since her 2018 arrest. McLean is the CEO+Founder of the statewide, grassroots nonprofit breaking the silence of domestic abuse. She said her "Let's Talk About It" podcast, featuring 30 conversations with survivors, "Is one more way we are breaking the silence of domestic abuse so all understand emotional abuse IS abuse, it's complicated, and it is everywhere." A previous guest was Randall LIberty, Commissioner of Prisons, talking about domestic abuse by his father. Finding Our Voices is the grassroots survivor-led nonprofit breaking the silence of domestic abuse and providing critical resources for Maine women to get safe and free, and provide safety and stability for the children.
Airlines for America says there are ‘active’ conversations with US government on retaliatory measuresThe US administration is “watching very closely” plans by the Irish Government to remove the passenger cap at Dublin Airport, a powerful US airline lobby group has warned. A4A has insisted that the cap has put Ireland and the EU in breach of the EU-US Open Skies Agreement. “The United States is watching very closely what your next steps will be,” Mr Sununu told the committee. “The issue is now before the United States government. “You know who wants to see this passenger cap in place more than anyone?
Andy Robertson has hailed the departing Mo Salah as Liverpool’s “greatest” player. With 255 goals in 435 appearances, the 33-year-old will depart as the Reds’ third highest goalscorer behind only Ian Rush and Roger Hunt. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Andrew Robertson (@andyrobertson94)And Robertson, who signed for the club in the same transfer window in 2017, led the dressing room tributes. “Whether it’s Arne Slot or a new manager (who has to find one), we’ll have to wait and see. “The best Liverpool side is still capable of winning the Champions League and wouldn’t it be great if Mo Salah was able to leave them with that.
A young man has died following a scrambler bike crash in Shannon, Co Clare. The single-vehicle incident happened at around 11.30pm on Saturday, March 21, on Bóthar Na Luachra. The man, aged in his 20s, had been taken to University Hospital Limerick to treat his serious injuries, but he died on Tuesday. Gardaí are appealing for anyone who witnessed the incident to come forward. Anyone with information is asked to contact Shannon Garda Station on 061 365 900, the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.
Grace Hayden rose to fame on the back of her cricket coverage and huge social media presence – and now she has made a head-turning career move by joining a motorsport TV show. The 23-year-old has been announced as part of Fox Sports' coverage of the Shannons SpeedSeries competition, which features powerful GT cars from brands like Porsche, Ferrari and Mercedes. It's a radical departure for Hayden, who has a following of almost 900,000 on Instagram and TikTok. Hayden has also starred on horse-racing coverage after getting her break when she became Channel Seven's Oaks Day ambassador in 2022. Hayden will be joined by Bathurst 1000 winner Nick Percat, and experienced motorsport presenters Greg Rust and Chris Stubbs for the SpeedSeries coverage.
Nobody is talking about the uncomfortable Mo Salah truth – his Liverpool legacy is hollowWith Mohamed Salah announcing that he'll be leaving Liverpool at the end of the season, an uncomfortable truth needs to be recognisedView 3 Images Mo Salah's Premier League legacy is up for debate (Image: Getty Images)So, the Egyptian King is finally abdicating. Mo Salah was a supreme goal-factory, a high-velocity hybrid of the touchline scuttler and the cold-eyed hitman. Just two of his 29 league goals were non-penalty winners. Make no mistake, Salah leaves Liverpool as a Premier League legend - and deservedly so. Article continues belowBut in the grand, glittering pantheon of Premier League wizards - the men who could make the ball sing and the stadium weep - Salah remains a tier below.
E4 paid a heartbreaking tribute to Mel Schilling on Tuesday night after she died aged 54 following a brave battle with colon cancer. The Married At First Sight star told the channel it was her 'wish to continue airing the programme' after her death. Mel was diagnosed with colon cancer in 2023, and received treatment including chemotherapy in the UK whilst she filmed a series of MAFS UK. 'I also want to thank our wonderful MAFS family — John, Alessandra, Charlene, Roxy, and Sophie — for your kindness and compassion. 'It’s with great sadness and heavy heart that today I lost my dear friend and fellow MAFS expert Mel Schilling.
