PEP GUARDIOLA knows he will be called a failure if Manchester City flop in the Champions League again. City lead Dortmund 2-1 ahead of Wednesday night’s crucial quarter-final second leg. 2 Pep Guardiola fears he’ll be branded a ‘failure’ if Man City don’t win the Champions LeagueCredit: Getty The Etihad giants have never progressed beyond … Read more
THE NATIONAL IMMUNISATION Advisory Committee (NIAC) is considering whether to extend the interval between the first and second Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine doses to increase the number of people who have some level of protection against Covid-19. The consideration is being made amid a serious disruption to Ireland’s Covid-19 vaccine rollout, due to rare blood clotting side effects … Read more
US President Joe Biden plans to withdraw the remaining 2,500 US troops from Afghanistan by 11 September 2021, 20 years to the day after the al Qaeda attacks that triggered America’s longest war, US officials said today. The disclosure of the plan came on the same day that the US intelligence community released a gloomy … Read more
Two mothers accused of refusing to be placed into mandatory hotel quarantine have been released tonight. Niamh Mulreany, 25 and Kirstie McGrath, 30, both of whom are from Dublin, were arrested for breaches to the Health Act on Good Friday, April 2nd. Both have been Covid-19 tested four times since entering the country 12 days … Read more
Tottenham are keeping tabs on Nuno Espirito Santo as they eye him as a potential replacement for Jose Mourinho. The Special One is under pressure to deliver Champions League football in north London and failure to do so could cost him his job. Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy is an admirer of the Wolves boss, who … Read more
While many thousands of Irish men fought in the American Civil War, only a handful made it to the rank of Brigadier General and one of these was Walter Paye Lane from County Cork. He was one of the most colourful generals in the Civil War and he had a military career that spanned over … Read more
Galen Weston, the entrepreneur who built an Atlantic-spanning business network that made him one of the richest Canadians, has died. He was 80. Mr Weston died Monday “peacefully at home after a long illness faced with courage and dignity,” the Weston family said in a statement last night. “In our business and in his life … Read more
CANADIAN BILLIONAIRE GALEN Weston has died aged 80 after a long illness. The businessman – whose family is listed as the third wealthiest in Canada and 178th wealthiest in the world – bought Quinnsworth and Brown Thomas in 1984, and Arnotts more recently. He also bought the bankrupt department store that would become Penneys in … Read more
A sensational overhead kick by Mehdi Taremi put the squeeze on late but Chelsea advanced to the last four. Source link
The death has been announced of well-known businessman Galen Weston. He was 80 and died at home after a long illness. Mr Weston helped build food, retail, and real estate companies across two continents, including the Selfridges Group that includes Brown Thomas and Arnotts. His family’s retail empire also includes a majority shareholding in Associated … Read more