# good news

Yesterday

31st May 2023

Luton Town captain to leave hospital and return ahead of Premier League season

Tom Lockyer fell to the floor during their Championship play-off final win over Coventry and was carried off the pitch on a stretcher.

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Last month

May 2023

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Galway star defender 'back doing straight line running' after cruciate agony

Kieran Molloy has been a key absentee for Galway this year as they head into the Connacht final on Sunday.

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May 3rd 2023, 3:03 PM

This year

2023

# Relief

Boost for Ireland as Katie McCabe avoids long-term injury ahead of World Cup - report

The Arsenal star limped off in the closing minutes of last night’s Champions League quarter-final win.

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Mar 30th 2023, 10:02 PM

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Former Newcastle footballer Atsu pulled alive from earthquake rubble in Turkey

The Ghana international is currently playing with Hatayspor.

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Feb 7th 2023, 9:24 AM

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Evan Ferguson could feature in Brighton's Premier League clash tomorrow

The Irish teenage star escaped serious injury last weekend, and could return as early as against Bournemouth tomorrow.

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Feb 3rd 2023, 3:07 PM

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NFL's Hamlin discharged from hospital after cardiac arrest

Hamlin, 24, was left in critical condition on 2 January when he collapsed during the Bills’ clash with the Bengals.

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Jan 11th 2023, 7:22 PM

Last year

2022

# good news

'He'll come home': Pele's daughters reassure fans of ill football icon

The 82-year-old has been hospitalized in Sao Paulo since Tuesday amid ongoing treatments for colon cancer.

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Dec 5th 2022, 8:43 AM

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Leo Cullen issues positive update on Ryan Baird following injury against Sharks

The flanker was forced off on a medical cart following a heavy fall.

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Oct 8th 2022, 8:20 PM

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Galway United to enter team into 2023 Women's National League

Galway United will also field U17 and U19 women’s teams.

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Oct 5th 2022, 4:49 PM

Voices

Larry Donnelly: Enough - can we have some good news, please?

Our columnist looks at the relentless bad news in the last few months and wonders where it’s all going.

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Jul 9th 2022, 8:00 PM

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Bournemouth’s David Brooks given the all clear after cancer treatment

The 24-year-old Wales international announced in October that he had been diagnosed with stage two Hodgkin lymphoma.

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May 3rd 2022, 3:36 PM

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Netherlands coach Van Gaal says cancer treatment behind him

Van Gaal still plans to lead his team at the World Cup in Qatar in seven months’ time.

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Apr 11th 2022, 10:19 PM

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Wasps thank Munster and University Hospital Limerick as Young discharged

The Wales international was brought to hospital after sustaining an injury in yesterday’s Champions Cup clash.

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Jan 24th 2022, 3:04 PM

All time

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US travel ban to be lifted for vaccinated passengers from November

Simon Coveney said this will come as “very good news” for many Irish people impacted by the ban.

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Updated

Sep 20th 2021, 6:35 PM

# Tune in

Boost for Irish women's rugby as interpros to be televised for the first time

TG4 will broadcast all six games.

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Aug 17th 2021, 8:33 AM

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United Rugby Championship will be available to Irish fans on free-to-air TV

RTÉ and TG4 will both be showing games from the event.

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Jun 16th 2021, 12:56 PM

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Israel study shows two doses of Pfizer vaccine give 95.3% protection from the virus

Over 70% of the population has received two doses of the vaccine.

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May 6th 2021, 6:00 AM

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Full squads can attend inter-county games as challenge matches return next week

‘Happy to confirm that non-playing members of inter-county panels may attend games when the league season starts,’ said Jack Chambers.

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May 4th 2021, 7:00 PM

# Penneys Lane

Penneys announce shopping by appointment ahead of full reopening

The retailer will announce the date when it will start taking bookings for appointments to visit their stores.

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Apr 30th 2021, 8:45 PM

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RG Snyman in line for return to Munster training next week

The Springboks lock has been sidelined since last August.

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Apr 20th 2021, 11:43 AM

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Vaccine boost: Ireland to get over 500,000 additional Pfizer doses as part of wider EU agreement

The EU is turning more heavily to BioNTech/Pfizer to make up for the suspended Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Pfizer is bringing forward the delivery of 50 million doses to the EU starting this month

The EU is negotiating with for 1.8 billion doses of a 'second-generation' of its vaccine to combat variants

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Updated

Apr 14th 2021, 5:40 PM

# sunny spells

Mostly dry and sunny weather is forecast for the rest of the week

It’s balmy out.

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Mar 29th 2021, 2:55 PM

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'Week absolutely made' - Bríd Stack returns to team training in Australia after neck injury

‘There is no better feeling than seeing my favourite little man giving me a big clap at the end of training.’

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Mar 26th 2021, 1:59 PM

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Aaron Connolly hands Stephen Kenny injury boost ahead of Serbia qualifier

The Irish manager is also hopeful Caoimhin Kelleher and James McClean will recover from injury ahead of next week’s World Cup qualifiers.

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Mar 18th 2021, 3:20 PM

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Rain to largely stay away and temperatures to remain in double figures this weekend

It beats the wet, cold weather, anyway.

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Feb 26th 2021, 10:59 AM

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FAI announce major broadcast deals for League of Ireland and Women's National League

There’ll be plenty of live domestic football to watch over the coming months.

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Feb 25th 2021, 9:27 PM

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Relief for Ulster as Marcell Coetzee is cleared of another knee injury

The South Africa international remains a doubt for this Friday’s clash with the Ospreys.

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Feb 23rd 2021, 12:58 PM

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Concussion subs to be trialled in League of Ireland this season

The FAI explained the process in a statement this evening.

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Feb 18th 2021, 10:51 PM

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Carbery a step closer to Munster return as he increases training load

The 26-year-old last played for the province in January 2020.

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Updated

Feb 16th 2021, 3:41 PM

# Boost

Cobh Ramblers announce plans to field women's team again after lengthy absence

The Leeside outfit are hoping to play Women’s National League football in 2022.

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Jan 13th 2021, 9:32 PM

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It hasn't been a year to remember - but here are ten good things that happened in 2020

Have a momentary distraction from the world and remember the good things in what’s been a year to forget.

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Dec 27th 2020, 10:00 PM

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'He's exempt. He's coming': Government confirms no restrictions for Santa travelling to Ireland this Christmas

Sinn Féin’s John Brady posed the question to Minister Simon Coveney as it is “playing on the minds” of children across the country.

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Nov 26th 2020, 12:16 PM

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Australia records zero Covid-19 cases for the first time since June

Locals are calling it a “donut day”.

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Nov 1st 2020, 12:59 PM

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'Mystery' donor gives €260,000 to Trinity College Dublin PhD students impacted by pandemic

The money has been provided to students whose lab work was interrupted by the Covid-19 crisis.

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Aug 6th 2020, 1:52 PM

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James Ryan 'flying' through recovery in boost for Leinster and Ireland

Leinster boss Leo Cullen revealed that the second row is already running and lifting weights.

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Aug 6th 2020, 1:00 AM

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Leinster and Munster return zero positives in latest round of Covid-19 testing

All four Irish provinces have now been cleared to resume contact training.

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Jul 30th 2020, 10:18 AM

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Connacht GAA expect €3 million Air Dome to be completed in September

‘It will be a huge addition to the country, not alone to Connacht,’ said provincial secretary John Prenty.

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May 27th 2020, 10:47 AM

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NBA great Patrick Ewing released from hospital

The New York Knicks legend is recovering from Covid-19.

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May 25th 2020, 8:36 PM

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Over 9,000 people have recovered from Covid-19, according to new figures

The figures are based on an analysis of the confirmed cases as of Saturday.

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Apr 22nd 2020, 9:26 AM

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It's going to be dry and mostly sunny with temperatures in mid-to-high teens this week

Temperatures will reach as high as 17 degrees on Thursday and Friday.

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Apr 14th 2020, 7:18 AM