Adrian Weckler: Entering the US set to become an app-based dystopia with social media trackingAmerica’s Customs and Border Protection agency – in the news over the shooting of Alex Pretti – has beefed up its digital tracking of visitorsBig brother: The US wants to compile much thicker files on us, before and after we arrive there. Photo: GettyAdrian Weckler Today at 06:30Travelling to the US could soon become an app-based dystopia where facial scans and social media tracking are the norm.

‌And a famous Jose Mourinho victory may have provided Red Devils fans something to smile about amidst the club's absence. ‌Benfica's encounter with Real Madrid at the Estadio da Luz was a sight to behold on Wednesday evening. ‌While Real Madrid looked likely to also secure their place in the round of 16 headed into their match with a struggling Benfica, fate had other plans for Alvaro Arbeloa. ‌View 3 Images Anatoliy Trubin scored a dramatic winner for Benfica (Image: AFP via Getty Images)FOLLOW OUR MAN UNITED FB PAGE! Should United determine they favour the current Marseille manager over Glasner or alternative candidates, Mourinho may have just assisted his former employers.

The county men’s senior footballers and intermediate ladies’ footballers continue their respective league campaign this weekend. Here are all the details. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 1STAllianz Football League Division OneAt King and Moffatt Dr. Hyde Park: Roscommon v Monaghan, 2 p.m. (S. Hurson)Lidl LGFA Division Three LeagueAt Tempo Maguires, Enniskillen: Fermanagh v Roscommon, 2 p.m. (A. Campbell)

Photograph: Dara Mac DónaillMet Éireann advised people living in areas vulnerable to flooding to keep monitoring the weather forecasts for regular updates. On Saturday morning, cloud and outbreaks of rain are expected to affect areas away from the west and southwest, where there will be sunny spells and a few showers. The rain will gradually clear away to the northeast through the day, and sunny spells and scattered showers will extend from the southwest. Sunday is expected to bring cloud and outbreaks of rain moving, with dry and bright conditions following from the southwest. The longer outlook is for conditions to stay unsettled with further spells of rain or showers.

A senior UK public health official who has more than a decade of experience has said she is unable to continue her career in Ireland due to rules governing the specialty in the State. She is currently director of public health at Worcestershire County Council in England and is responsible for the health of more than 600,000 people. You can work in public health as a non-medic but only up to a certain grade. “To be a consultant or director of public health, you have to be listed on the UK public health specialist registrar, the regulatory authority. [ Cancer services being hit by HSE’s failure to recruit qualified graduates, conference hearsOpens in new window ]“We are all fellows of the faculty of public health.

“It’s a different animal being a €100 million firm,” O’Brien says in an interview with The Irish Times in the firm’s boardroom in Dublin. The old Forvis and Mazars businesses remain separate legal entities, now known as Forvis Mazars LLP and Forvis Mazars Group SC, respectively. The Irish practice has 45 partners, the vast majority of whom are equity partners in Forvis Mazars Group SC. Finally, he sees partner-led, integrated models like Forvis Mazars becoming more relevant for clients. James Byrne, consultant, Forvis Mazars Cork; Fiona Byrne, practice lead, Forvis Mazars Cork; and Tom O’Brien, managing partner, Forvis Mazars.

Many people have become teachers, thinking it’s going to be like Dead Poets Society or Mr Holland’s Opus. I find it hard to recommend the job to people these days. If those same unions were told by the Government: “Look, the country can’t afford to pay you all more money. Many people have mistakenly gone into teaching thinking it’s going to be like Dead Poets Society or Mr Holland’s Opus. When we had our parting-of-ways in her office, she sheepishly conceded that the sixth-year students spoke very highly of me.

That’s also why his Test debut hasn’t come sooner. As Farrell showed in naming Paddy McCarthy on the bench against the All Blacks in Chicago, youth and lack of game time is no bar to a Test debut in his mind. Edwin Edogbo and Tadhg Beirne in Ireland rugby squad training in the Algarve. Focus on the moment now and then what will be, will be.”Were his Ireland debut to come to pass next week it would complete a memorable fortnight for the Edogbo family. Until he was 13, Edogbo played Gaelic football, soccer and tennis, before catching the rugby bug at 13.

Some of the country’s biggest home builders have warned the Government its proposed rental sector reforms are unconstitutional and threatened legal action if they fail to engage with them on it. The property developers warned Minister for Housing James Browne and Tánaiste Simon Harris that the Government’s proposed reforms are inconsistent with both the Irish Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). They have held out the prospect of taking legal action should the Minister for Housing fail to engage with them prior to the legislation’s introduction on March 1st next. As part of that letter which he copied to Simon Harris, Mr Daly enclosed a legal opinion produced by his company’s legal advisers, Byrne Wallace Shields. The measure, which would not apply to landlords with three tenancies or fewer, would, according to Mr Daly’s legal advice, represent an “unjust attack” on a large landlord’s property rights under the Constitution.

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NO ONE would deny that what Pat Ruddy created at the European Club was a one-man odyssey of imagination and individuality. The question now on every links-lover’s lips is: what’s next for this beautiful, monstrous beast of a golf course? I think he is the best person to do this job and he’s going to deliver something for everyone.”Finding the right word to describe golf course evolution can be tricky. It is the changes to the golf course, however, which will stimulate post-round conversations in the weeks and months ahead. In a ranking of Ireland’s 10 Toughest Courses, I rated the European Club at number two.

“Probably not, because after five minutes I was in a dark place with the lungs,” Edogbo said. And then go from there.”Edogbo had to wait a further five months for his senior Munster comeback, off the bench against Edinburgh in Cork last October 10. However, his time on the pitch since has been put to good use as Munster have eased his big frame back to full match sharpness with judicious caution. “I think I understand if the opportunity came around, I would be more than ready to be up for it. “And I think there's a huge learning aspect of this for me as well that shouldn't get lost as well.

The State agency, which supports Irish companies operating in the international sector, reported jobs growth among its client companies last year of more than 12,000 – with a net growth in new positions of about 2,900. In 2021, Enterprise Ireland companies added more than 20,300 jobs but the numbers have been slipping since. However, he says many Irish companies have grown their presence in the euro zone and, in particular, the Nordic countries. The bank’s latest forecast puts employment growth for 2026 at 1.5 per cent – a significant cooling compared with recent years. In its final quarterly bulletin of 2025 it noted that employment growth would likely continue to slow over the next couple of years.

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However, River Island revealed in August last year that it was preparing to close 33 stores as part of a restructuring plan (which was approved by the High Court). The restructuring plan is aimed at preventing River Island from collapsing into administration and comes after a decline in footfall and sales. UK high street shops that no longer existAlong with the closures, River Island will also pay reduced rent at a further 71 shops. Full list of the River Island stores closing this weekendRiver Island closed four of the 33 branches listed in the restructuring plan at the back end of last year. River Island chief executive, Ben Lewis, previously said: “River Island is a much-loved retailer, with a decades-long history on the British high street.