“We felt if we had lost that we could have found ourselves out of the title race so it was really important for us,” she said. It was another late winner with Rosie Livingstone netting with just a minute of regulation time remaining. Georgia Timms slotted in from close range to cancel out Jess Fitzgerald had given Hibs the lead only for Georgia Timms to level the scores before Livingstone's late winner. Kelly Clark opened the scoring against Thistle after just three minutes before then netting a 94th minute winner to keep Celtic's title ambitions alive. Olivia King scored a fine free-kick in the 89th minute before Clark's last gasp winner.

Declan Rice and Gabriel's different reactions to Arsenal squad as Man City lifted trophyArsenal stars couldn't bear to watch Manchester City lift the Carabao Cup at Wembley as Mikel Arteta's side shift focus to Premier League title race with two months of the season remainingView 2 Images Declan Rice cut a frustrated figure as Arsenal watched Manchester City lift the Carabao Cup (Image: AFP or licensors)As Manchester City climbed the lengthy staircase to claim the Carabao Cup trophy at Wembley, Mikel Arteta assembled his disheartened Arsenal players on the pitch for a moment of contemplation. Seven pundits predict Arsenal vs Man City as Carabao Cup winners decided READ MORE :Eberechi Eze injury latest after Arsenal heartache and England squad withdrawal READ MORE :The anguish was etched across their faces and understandably so. But ultimately, all hope is not extinguished and that must be the principal motivation and focus during the international break and afterwards. ‌View 2 Images Arsenal fell short again as they lost to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final (Image: Getty Images)However, Arsenal remain in the driving seat in the Premier League and are solidly in command of their own fate. Now is not the moment to waver or contemplate the possibility of further heartbreak because Arsenal are presently so near to completing the task.

World number two Luke Humphries joked his win at the Belgian Darts Open would help in his bid to become “the second-best player in the world”. Double defending champion Luke Littler’s shock 6-5 exit to Dutchman Niels Zonneveld in the last 16 paved the way for Humphries to clinch his ninth European Tour title with an 8-6 win over Jonny Clayton.

Kenneth FoxMonday's front pages focus on a range of stories, from the government agreeing on short-term energy reliefs to fears of more cyber attacks by Iranian agents. The Irish Times reports that a tax rebate scheme for hauliers, a double fuel allowance payment, and a reduction in excise duty to cut fuel prices at the pumps are all expected to be agreed by the Government on Monday. The Irish Examiner reports Irish intelligence officials believe the Iranian-backed hacker group behind the cyberattack on global med tech company Stryker, which has more than 5,000 employees in Ireland, is having to “reorganise”. The Echo reports that a terminally ill man living in a Cork council home said raw sewage seeping into their home could lead to the death of his wife.

Eberechi Eze injury latest after Arsenal heartache and England squad withdrawalAfter he was forced to sit out of the League Cup final, an update on Eberechi Eze's injury was issued by Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta at WembleyView 2 Images Eberechi Eze was injured for the League Cup final (Image: 2026 The Arsenal Football Club Plc)Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta has admitted it may take as long as seven days to understand the extent of Eberechi Eze's injury. However, he has picked up a calf injury which forced him to sit out Arsenal's League Cup final loss to Manchester City. ‌Eze, 27, has also had to pull out of the Three Lions' friendlies against Uruguay and Japan. After the Gunners were beaten 2-0 by City at Wembley, Arteta admitted they are in the dark regarding the seriousness of his injury. Before the final, Arteta appeared to suggest the injury was not too serious.

Alan Browne had been a constant in the Ireland squad for seven years, so to endure an absence of 18 months explained his caution about a recall. Browne hadn’t heard directly from Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrímsson since a brief November chat. PROMOTION PUSH: Alan Browne celebrates scoring for Middlesbrough against Queens Park Rangers at Loftus Road. Both deciders ended in anguish, rationalising why Browne considers his Ireland career, up at 37 caps, as disappointing. He was Preston North captain when his compatriot arrived as a fresh-faced 20-year-old on loan, a stopover on a journey to national hero status four years later.

But football never stands still, and even as the Gunners push to finish the season on a high, attention is already beginning to drift toward the summer transfer window. ‌After investing around £250million in new talent last summer, Arsenal are not expected to spend as heavily this time around. The 19-year-old has been a peripheral figure for the Gunners this season, playing second - and sometimes even third - fiddle to Riccardo Calafiori and Piero Hincapie. View 3 Images Myles Lewis-Skelly has emerged as a transfer target for Man United (Image: Getty Images)‌Whether Arsenal would sanction a sale to a direct rival remains unclear. Bayern interest in RayaDavid Raya has revealed that Bayern Munich attempted to sign him before his move to Arsenal.

God knows, readers of The Irish Times need a bit of positivity. As for Ireland’s record on progressive change, it’s not all bad news. [ Optimism may hold secret to longer life, study suggestsOpens in new window ]Madva is co-author of a book on how to bring about social change, which opens with examples from Amsterdam and Copenhagen. The book offers advice on how to stay politically upbeat in challenging times. Photograph: Getty“Part of the key in overcoming this hobbyist orientation, we think, is to find the joy in doing the work.

A smoke plume rises from a fire at Dubai International Airport, where Irish citizens have sought consular help. Consular requests to other Gulf region embassies included Egypt, with 21 cases, and nine in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. She said the 5,110 cases of consular assistance over the past 15 months included help provided to citizens throughout a number of crises. The Tehran embassy provided help in 37 cases last year and for 24 citizens to date in 2026. The New Delhi, India embassy helped 67 Irish citizens this year with five consular requests in 2025.

Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty ImagesKepa Arrizabalaga was always going to start the League Cup final. It was an indictment of the 2025/26 Premier League season. Manchester City manager Pep Guardiola and Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta after the Carabao Cup final on Sunday. Tiredness is the traditional answer and yes, it is a factor, though one that is compensated for by the Premier League clubs’ enormous economic advantage. As the rest of the Premier League teams have repudiated his once-dominant style, Guardiola has looked a dispirited figure.

Just 18 per cent saw software developers and 11 per cent accountants as resilient professions. City & Guilds, which has almost three-quarters of the plumbing qualification market in England, Wales and Northern Ireland, reports a significant increase in the number of people studying for plumbing credentials. Completed apprenticeships nearly doubled to 859 in the year to October 2025, with an uplift in other plumbing qualifications. While middle-class parents might see plumbing as a safe career, are they prepared for their offspring to forgo university and enter the trades? The Jobber survey found only 7 per cent of parents would prefer their child pursue a trade or vocational programme.

Prof Matthai, now 63, was axed after it emerged he had sent a female PhD student romantic texts and a suggestive photo of himself back in 2017. Deputy President Alan Colman found the university's decision to fire Prof Matthai seven years after the fact was excessive. But this week the bench rejected them all, concluding that Deputy President Colman, in weighing harshness, had not strayed 'outside the range of reasonable discretionary decisions'. But the bench agreed with the weight Deputy President Colman put on the professor's clean professional record following the incident. Among other things, she alleged Prof Matthai had 'sexually and mentally abused her' for 14 months.

I’ve always wanted to walk along this wall, my husband says. I bike everywhere and do a lot of yoga, working for good balance as I approach later life. I follow my husband, suppress the urge to remark that it’s not a tightrope and we could move faster. A drink of water didn’t help and even chocolate wouldn’t keep the mountains and sky in place. Some time around when my kids’ fear diminished, when they started to trust their own muscle and bone, my fear rose up and my trust faltered.

Jamie Redknapp slams Mikel Arteta decision as 'monumental error' costs Arsenal dearArsenal manager Mikel Arteta was called out by pundits for choosing to start Kepa Arrizabalaga over David Raya in the Carabao Cup final following the keeper's costly errorView 2 Images Jamie Redknapp was not impressed with Mikel Arteta's decision to start Kepa Arrizabalaga over David Raya in the Carabao Cup final (Image: Sky Sports)Jamie Redknapp pointed the finger at Mikel Arteta following Arsenal's 2-0 defeat to Manchester City in the Carabao Cup final after the Spaniard's decision to start Kepa Arrizabalaga in goal backfired. Unfortunately for the former Chelsea keeper and Arsenal, it was his mistake on the hour mark that gifted Nico O'Reilly the opening goal of the game. ‌And Redknapp was quick to question Arteta after the final whistle, saying that going with Kepa over Raya was a "monumental error". "The difference between Raya and Kepa is so big, so in a big game, you're thinking, 'you've got to go with Raya'. Look, we can talk about it after [the game], but ultimately we're talking about it because [going with Kepa over Raya] cost Arsenal the game."

Locals in a Cork suburb have been forced to remove a slew of racist and antisemitic graffiti from a scenic trail. Ken Rooney, the communications officer with Douglas Tidy Towns, said a group of eight volunteers gathered to remove the graffiti as quickly as possible. “One of our volunteers spotted it and texted into our WhatsApp group at about 8.15am on Friday,” said Mr Rooney. “There must be zero tolerance of it,” said Mr Ó Laoghaire. “I commend the Tidy Towns [volunteers] for acting so swiftly.