[ad_1] Horse trainer Gordon Elliott has apologized “deeply” for an image in which he appeared to be sitting on a dead horse. The image was posted and shared on Twitter over the weekend and the Irish Horse Racing Regulatory Board said the matter was under investigation. In a statement, the coach said: “I would like … Read more
[ad_1] The US government has licensed Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose Covid-19 vaccine, allowing millions more Americans to get vaccinated in the coming weeks and setting the vaccine for additional approvals around the world. The J&J vaccine is the third licensed in the United States, after Pfizer / BioNTech and Moderna, which require two doses. The … Read more
[ad_1] Police arrested several people after hundreds of anti-blockade protesters gathered in Dublin. About 20 people were arrested by Gardai in the center of the Irish capital on Saturday after a demonstration against the blockade began around 2 pm. Officers were forced to draw their batons after a protester threw fireworks at the police. The … Read more
[ad_1] It is time for the country to move on from Video-gate and start looking forward to the next World Cup qualifiers, according to new FAI Executive Director Jonathan Hill. Just a few weeks after his new role within the association, Irish football was caught up in its latest drama when an English tabloid reported … Read more
[ad_1] Tiger Woods has stated that “it can’t end like this” as he struggles to overcome career-threatening injuries. The 15-time Major winner was involved in a car accident in Los Angeles on Tuesday. Woods is currently being treated at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center as his career is on the line. The 45-year-old has had to overcome … Read more
[ad_1] International travelers from 13 other countries will face mandatory hotel quarantine once legislation and arrangements for the new, stringent Covid-19 measure are in place. The Minister of Health, Stephen Donnelly, has announced that 13 countries in South and Central America have joined the 20 already identified as ‘List two’ countries that present a greater … Read more
[ad_1] Unidentified gunmen captured 317 schoolchildren in northwestern Nigeria on Friday, police said, the second such kidnapping in just over a week in a region increasingly targeted by militants. School kidnappings, first practiced by jihadist groups Boko Haram and the West African province of the Islamic State, have become endemic in the increasingly lawless north, … Read more
[ad_1] Ireland will begin their 2023 World Cup campaign against Europe Qualifier 2, likely Russia, in Bordeaux on September 9. Ndy Farrell’s men will continue with a trip to Nantes on September 16 to face Asia-Pacific 1, either Samoa or Tonga. Those two opening games should allow Ireland to get their tournament off to a … Read more
[ad_1] A Briton has been jailed for two weeks for sneaking out of his quarantine hotel room in Singapore to visit his fiancee. Nigel Skea was also fined 1,000 Singapore dollars (£ 540) for breaking coronavirus rules in the city-state. Skea, 52, left his room at the five-star Ritz-Carlton Millenia Singapore without wearing a mask … Read more
[ad_1] European Union leaders are divided over the development of vaccine passports to open the continent to tourism this summer. Some countries want a Ia comprehensive approach rather than individual nations having their own certificates, while others are concerned that such documentation could result in discrimination. The leaders of the 27 EU countries met online … Read more