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Monday 19 October 2020
The Scottish side put their recent controversies to one side to make light work of Faroe Island part-timers NSI Runavik.
O’Sullivan will play Kyren Wilson in the decider.
Welshaman Williams has set the early tempo.
The 44-year-old will face Mark Williams in the World Championship quarter-finals after beating Ding Junhui.
The latest from the World Snooker Championships at the Crucible.
Fan favourite says he is getting his snooker ‘fix’ in Sheffield.
A new batch of 58 Starlink internet satellites and three Earth-observation satellites were launched.
Absolutely incredible stuff.
Five-time world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan discusses his struggle with addiction and his relationship with the sport.
The five-time world champion claims he will only play ‘three or four’ low-key tournaments from now on.
The launch is a key step towards resuming manned space flights from US soil.
United were 2-0 down inside 20 minutes.
The rocket landed in Kazakhstan.
No injuries were reported in the spectacular explosion.
The SpaceX CEO didn’t have to include his red Tesla roadster, which reportedly was playing Space Oddity during blast off.
The five-time champion was knocked out by last year’s runner-up Ding Junhui.
The Dragon capsule contains a docking station which would allow future spaceships to park at the International Space Station.
The key goal is to analyse methane, a gas which is created in large by living microbes.
The Rocket deliberately potted a pink after his 14th red in protest.
As part of Michael Kelly’s 52 Veg – A Year of Growing, Cooking and Eating your own Food series – this week, we talk rocket.
Ronnie clinches evening session against Hawkins before 8pm.
Memphis Depay continues to impress for PSV.
The company hopes to hone technology so that rockets can return to Earth intact for use again.
Instead of being discarded in the ocean, the booster stages could return to Earth.
WARNING: Some people may find the images in this post distressing.
The rocket was bringing supplies to the International Space Station.
Hayabusa-2 will be flung into space on a rocket for a mammoth four year voyage.
India’s domestically-produced Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle blasted off yesterday carrying satellites from France, Germany, Canada and Singapore.
Former Cork selector Ger Cunningham knows all about how powerful Anthony Nash’s shots are.
The snooker ace was heading home with his son after losing the world championship final last night.
Selby took advantage of some uncharacteristic mistakes from the Rocket.
Mark Selby bounced back in the later frames.
We’re snooker loopy, nuts are we.
The attack followed Palestinian rocket fire being aimed at the Jewish state.
Good work, science.
The Rosetta satellite even tweeted as Gaeilge.
Our pre and post Celtic Tiger diets.
Stuart Bingham inflicted a 6-4 quarter-final defeat on The Rocket.
Whether for personal dreams of adventure or for profit, these companies are doing the engineering and basic science needed to get humans into space.
The unmanned booster rocket was carrying three satellites when it crashed shortly after launch in Kazakhstan.
AN POST INTENDS to allow free postage to and from residents in nursing and care homes ahead of an expected tightening of restrictions on social movement.
Senders are advised to write ‘FREEPOST’ in capital letters on the envelope where they would usually put a stamp.
A statement from An Post said that the decision was made “recognising the increasing restrictions across the country” with a view to “bring a little joy”.
Fewer people send letters nowadays, opting for other forms of communication such as email, but some have started sending letters and postcards again amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
We want to know: How often do you post letters?
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