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Wednesday 3 March 2021
From The42
Andy Farrell’s men secured their first win of the Championship with a rout of Italy..
Andy Farrell’s side narrowly lost at the Aviva Stadium.
24-12 final score doesn’t tell the full story of Twickenham performance.
Miriam O’Callaghan and David McCullagh hosted the RTÉ debate this evening.
CJ Stander took the man-of-the-match award on a day when few Ireland players shone. Here’s our ratings but tell us what you think.
Matt Cooper and Ivan Yates helmed the debate at Ballymount tonight.
Claire Byrne helmed the debate on front of an audience of over 300 people.
The hour-long face off was the first of many ahead of election day in three weeks.
A horror show in Tokyo.
Jordan Larmour and CJ Stander were among those who stood out in green.
Rhys Ruddock and Andrew Conway the pick of the bunch in Kobe, but that’s not saying a whole lot.
Ireland looked exhausted as they slumped to a defeat to Japan.
Larmour, Murray, Henderson and Stander were all superb for Schmidt’s side in Yokohama.
All hail David McGoldrick, who led the line and led the ratings.
That was difficult to watch.
Andrew Conway, Jordan Larmour and Chris Farrell were among the standout performers at the Aviva.
Leo Cullen’s side endured a bitterly disappointing afternoon in Newcastle.
Munster ran out 27-14 winners at Thomond Park.
Johnny Sexton was man of the match, but there were some outstanding performances from those in blue at the Aviva.
Johann van Graan’s side were unable to contain Saracens in this afternoon’s Champions Cup semi-final.
It’s hard to remember a worse Irish performance in the Joe Schmidt era.
James Ryan, Iain Henderson, Cian Healy and Garry Ringrose were all outstanding at the Aviva Stadium.
A famous night for Manchester United…and an infamous one for Eric Bailly.
Dublin picked up their second win of the competition in Croke Park tonight.
The Reds ultimately failed to unlock their opponents’ stubborn defence.
It wasn’t perfect, but Joe Schmidt’s side got back to winning ways over Scotland this afternoon.
Joe Schmidt’s side were under pressure from first minute to last as England grabbed a bonus point win.
Who impressed you at the Aviva Stadium today?
It was night for hard men and cool heads at the Aviva.
James Ryan, Bundee Aki, Peter O’Mahony and Dan Leavy were the standout performers at the Aviva.
Sexton and Stander were both immense for Ireland in Sydney.
Here’s how we rated Joe Schmidt’s men in Melbourne.
The Toffees are looking for marks out of 10 after sending the questionnaire to supporters.
The Republic of Ireland went down 1-0 to Turkey in this evening’s friendly.
Kearney, Ringrose, Ryan, Furlong and Leavy were all superb.
Kearney, Ringrose and Leavy were all superb at the Aviva Stadium this afternoon.
The Munster wing was impressive from start to finish as Ireland posted 56 points on the Azzurri.
Ireland did just enough to make it six straight wins.
Ireland’s hopes of reaching the finals in Russia were ended tonight.
Sexton, Conway and Furlong all stood out as Schmidt’s men got up-and-running.
THE NUMBER OF people in hospital with Covid-19 on Monday night fell to the lowest level since New Year’s Eve.
There were 494 patients in hospital at 8pm on Monday, the first time this number has fallen below 500 so far in 2021. It has also fallen significantly since a peak of 2,020 cases in mid-January.
Last night a further 359 new cases of Covid-19 were confirmed in Ireland, representing the lowest number of cases reported on a single day since mid-December.
On 23 February, Taoiseach Micheál Martin announced the government’s new Living with Covid-19 plan and confirmed that the current public health restrictions will remain in place until 5 April, when a further review will be carried out.
Ahead of the unveiling of the plan, Minister Michael McGrath told RTÉ’s News at One that “there can be no fourth wave coming to Ireland”, adding that “what we are doing now, we need to make sure that we are doing for the last time”.
In the North, Stormont’s First Minister Arlene Foster last night vowed that Northern Ireland must never return to lockdown after a cautious plan to ease restrictions was published.
So, today we want to know… Do you think this will be Ireland’s last Level 5 lockdown?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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