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Wednesday 21 October 2020
The 32-year-old has been a rising star of the refereeing scene in recent years.
‘As long as there is social distancing still in place,’ the Meathman is unavailable.
The well-known Welsh official has used his profile to speak about overcoming difficult situations.
The 46-year-old will be the first Frenchman to adjudicate a World Cup decider.
David Gough says he wasn’t affected by all the talk in the lead-up to the drawn All-Ireland final.
Dublin and Kerry will battle it out once more for the Sam Maguire in two weeks.
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O’Mahony and Eamonn Fitzmaurice raised questions over Gough’s suitability because he lives and works in Dublin.
Tim Murphy insists no one in the Kerry camp has an issue with the appointment of the Meath referee.
This comes as the Meathman’s first All-Ireland senior final in the middle.
John Lacey and Mike Adamson will be the touch judges at Celtic Park.
The Frenchman will be in charge of the decider against Saracens in Newcastle.
Wayne Barnes is the man in the middle for Saturday’s Test against the All Blacks.
‘I would have been upset if I didn’t get the call,’ the Wexford man said.
This will be his second All-Ireland senior final as the man in the middle.
Regarded as one of the finest officials in the English game, Bobby Madley has decided to retire.
Owens was in charge for the 2015 decider between Kilkenny and Galway.
It’s 20 years since Eddie Foley made history at France ’98.
The official will take charge of Saturday’s decider at the Aviva Stadium.
Tottenham’s clash with Chelsea proved key in handing the Premier League to Leicester City in 2016.
The Meath man has been appointed to referee the replay against Mayo.
Tipperary boss Liam Kearns questioned the performance of referee Paddy Neilan.
The Welshman will referee his fifth championship final this weekend.
Reilly will take charge of the match between Mayo and Donegal.
Alfie Devine took charge of the match between Meath and Derry.
Welsh referee Nigel Owens remembers his early days officiating in the amateur game.
The 2016 Major League Soccer decider takes place in Toronto later this evening and Cork native Alan Kelly will be at the centre of it.
Kelly was the clear winner with 63% of the vote.
John Bannon has been in charge of two football finals.
Premier League ref gets the nod for France v Portugal.
It will be his fifth major final in a year.
World Rugby have announced the appointments for this summer’s internationals.
The Cork native was recognised by players, managers and the media.
Nigel Owens will take charge of the World Cup decider tomorrow.
Former top official Howard Webb has given us a run-down on past encounters with Keanes Roy and Robbie, Martin O’Neil and Mick McCarthy.
Wexford’s James Owens has been tasked with officiating this year’s final between Galway and Kilkenny.
Here’s hoping Munster’s good times with the Welshman just keep rolling on.
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The LNR match official has not been afraid to flash the cards this season.
The Cork native took charge of Seattle Sounders’ win against Sporting Kansas City over the weekend.
Here are the men who will officiate our meetings with Samoa, Australia and New Zealand.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
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