A Paris 2024 volunteer looks out on the Seine river on the eve of the Olympic Games opening ceremony. Photograph: Stephane De Sakutin/AFP/Getty ImagesThe opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics will take place on Friday evening. What time will the opening ceremony begin? Do we know who will be performing at the opening ceremony? When can I catch a glimpse of Irish athletes competing next?
Source:The Irish Times
July 26, 2024 16:36 UTC
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Source:The Herald
July 26, 2024 16:15 UTC
Mr McGrath stepped down as Finance Minister several weeks ago in order to become Ireland’s EU Commissioner nominee. “I know President von der Leyen to be a very serious, a very competent and a fair politician,” Mr Harris said, whose Fine Gael party is part of Ms von der Leyen’s EPP political group. “As the Taoiseach of Ireland, I’m satisfied that we’ve sent a politician of substance in Michael McGrath. But we’ve had to make an assessment as to who we believe is the best commissioner to send from Ireland. “That person, Michael McGrath, has had to step down from Cabinet.
Source:The Herald
July 26, 2024 16:10 UTC
By Jonathan McCambridge, PAStormont has hosted many historic encounters – but few have brought the colour and noise of cricket supporters on day one of a Test match. Several hundred attended the first day’s play at Stormont, including Northern Ireland’s First Minister Michelle O’Neill and deputy First Minister Emma Little-Pengelly. “It is wonderful to have this historic match, Zimbabwe v Ireland, in Belfast. I think it is going to be a great Test match, hopefully the start of more to come. He said: “It’s the first Test match in Northern Ireland, it is great to be here.
Source:The Herald
July 26, 2024 13:21 UTC
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Source:The Herald
July 26, 2024 08:19 UTC
Michael BoltonA man has been arrested after gardaí seized €160,000 of drugs in Tallaght, Co Dublin. A property was searched on Wednesday, where suspected cannabis with an estimated street value of €131,000, suspected cocaine with a value of €28,000 and suspected MDMA valued €1,000 was seized. Cash to the value of €2,715 was also seized. A man in his 20s was arrested in connection with the search and is being held in a Garda station in Dublin. Gardaí say investigations are ongoing.
Source:The Herald
July 26, 2024 02:46 UTC
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Source:The Herald
July 26, 2024 01:17 UTC
Representatives of the Senior ‘A’, Senior ‘B’ and Intermediate football clubs who will compete in the Offaly club championships pictured with Offaly GAA chairman Michael Duignan and Philip O’Brien of the Tullamore Court Hotel (sponsor). Tedious group games beckon before real football action beginsBy Kevin EganLast week we heralded the start of the Offaly hurling championships with enthusiasm and excitement for the action that was to come, but sadly it’s impossible to do the same for the opening contests in the race for football honours this weekend. This is even more demoralising for football enthusiasts in the county, because at the top level in particular, Offaly club football has not made for good viewing for some time now. Just three clubs have reached a county senior final in the last six years, and just five clubs have played the top grade final in the last 16 years. Perhaps the solution is to expand to ten senior teams next year, or maybe 12?
Source:Irish Independent
July 25, 2024 23:55 UTC
Those About to Die is not a reality-television competition for hair colourists (that’s Those About to Dye, and I hold the rights). No, Those About to Die is the new Prime Video prestige drama directed by Roland Emmerich, written by Robert Rodat and starring Anthony Hopkins. Will it feature big men in small pants hacking at one another with swords when not arsing around in brothels? The other is a shifty-eyed party politician called Domitian (an excellent JoJo Macari), who likes a flutter on the gee-gees. But an almost homeopathic dose of Hopkins is enough to launch a prestige drama in these straitened times, and I don’t blame them at all.
Source:The Irish Times
July 25, 2024 23:05 UTC
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Source:The Herald
July 25, 2024 20:40 UTC
26 Jul 2024| 05:22am ISTKargil@25: India’s security policy needs overhaulToday, India is observing the 25th anniversary of Kargil Vijay Diwas, in which Indian forces successfully pushed back intruders belonging to Pakistan’s Northern Light Infantry regiment. But this victory came at a very high cost as we lost 500 brave warriors in this three-month long battle. It serves as a reminder of the importance of robust military preparedness, effective intelligence gathering and inter-service cooperation. The main agencies for gathering enemy information are Intelligence Bureau (IB), Research and Analysis Wing (RAW) and Military Intelligence. But faster we pull up our socks, better it is for the security of this country.
Source:The Herald
July 25, 2024 20:03 UTC
Top-seeded Novak Djokovic could meet his long-time rival Rafael Nadal in the second round of the Paris Olympic tennis tournament. The 38-year-old Nadal won a record 14 of his 22 major trophies at the French Open. Djokovic and Swiatek have not won Olympic gold. Two-time Olympic champion Andy Murray has withdrawn from singles but will play in men’s doubles alongside Dan Evans in his adieu from tennis. The 37-year-old Murray, a three-time Slam champion, won gold in singles at London in 2012 and Rio four years later.
Source:Irish Independent
July 25, 2024 19:26 UTC
On Thursday, RTE confirmed that the regional block was due to the bulletins containing footage from the Paris Olympics, as the BBC holds the rights to broadcast that material in Northern Ireland. It later released a statement confirming the broadcasting of bulletins in Northern Ireland would resume. In a statement, the Irish broadcaster said: “RTE has rights to broadcast the 2024 Olympic Games in the Republic of Ireland only. “RTE is not permitted to broadcast the 2024 Olympic Games in Northern Ireland. “However, RTE will resume broadcast of its news bulletins in Northern Ireland, including news from the Olympic Games.
Source:The Herald
July 25, 2024 17:49 UTC