Conor Orr was back in the winners enclosure on Sunday afternoon at Fairyhouse when he won on board the 25/1 shot Red As Rust for trainer Nigel Slevin.
Orr finished 12 lengths ahead of Danny Mullins on the 6/4 favourite Banntown Girl
It is win number six for the racing year the Donegal jockey
Steelstown of Derry claimed the Ulster Intermediate Football Club Championship on Sunday afternoon after they beat Moortown 0-06 to 0-04 in Owenbeg.
Cahir McMonagle was star man for Steelstown firing over five of their six points.
Steelstown manager Hugh McGrath told Francis Mooney he was pleased to get over the line…
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Moortown boss Michael Hassan spoke with the media after the game…
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Steelstown of Derry are Ulster Intermediate Football Club champions after they beat Moortown of Tyrone 0-06 to 0-04 in Owenbeg.
At half time Moortown led three points to one but a strong second half showing from the Derry champions saw them lift the Patrick McCully Cup.
Francis Mooney has the full time report…
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The British Foreign Secretary says the United Kingdom is ready to take unilateral action that would suspend customs checks on goods moving to Northern Ireland.
Liz Truss is due to hold talks with EU officials this week to resolve disagreements over post-Brexit trade arrangements for Northern Ireland.
Ms Truss said she is willing to trigger Article 16 of the Northern Ireland protocol, which would suspend parts of the treaty designed to prevent a hard border with the Republic, if a deal cannot be struck.
The EU said it was “not too impressed” with the British Foreign Secretary’s threat.
Maxi Curran. Photo: Geraldine Diver
The Sigerson Cup gets underway on Tuesday night with LYIT beginning their campaign away to Carlow IT.
The last time the competition was played LYIT reached the semi finals under the management of Michael Murphy
Maxi Curran joined Oisin Kelly to preview the tournament…
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It’s reported the government has agreed to administer new Covid-19 antiviral pills here before they’re officially approved by European regulators.
The Sunday Independent reports the cabinet has agreed to forgo the need for clearance from the European Medicines Agency to use new the new antiviral treatment from Pfizer, GSK and MSD.
However, the Health Minister is due to consult with the Health Products Regulatory Authority before signing off on the pills.
Sinn Fein’s Health Spokesperson, David Cullinane says the antiviral pills have been shown to be an effective treatment in other countries:
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A local councillor is welcoming the go-ahead for an airline to operate flights between Donegal and Dublin Airport.
Emerald Airlines has been awarded the contract to run the PSO air service from the county from February 26th.
Donegal Municipal District Councillor Tom Conaghan says the flights are important, given the lack of transport options in the county:
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Finn Valley AC athlete’s Riona Doherty and Mark Wilkinson tasted success in Glasgow on Saturday afternoon at the Scottish Open.
Doherty claimed victory in the 60 metre Hurdles for under 17’s in a time of 9.02 seconds finishing ahead of Darcie Black from Dunfermline and Zoe Loughrey of Glasgow AC who finished in third.
Whilst, in the under 15, High Jump, Mark Wilkinson finished in third and set a new Personal Best of 1.48 metres.
As demand for PCR tests continues, the HSE this week estimated that up to 150,000 Covid-19 infections may have escaped official confirmation.
From last week, symptomatic people aged between 4 and 39 were advised to contact the HSE and request for antigen tests to be sent out to them.
CEO of the HSE, Paul Reid says a new online system to allow people register a positive antigen test result should be available from next week:
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A total of 21,384 new confirmed cases of Covid-19 have been announced today in the Republic of Ireland.
984 patients are in hospitals with the virus, a rise of 67 compared to yesterday.
Of those, 83 are in ICU, the same as Saturday’s figure.
