Galway 3-22 Cork 2-17 GALWAY’S PROMOTION PROSPECTS received another major boost as Shane Walsh put on a scoring masterclass in their successful trip to Cork this evening. Padraic Joyce’s side, who had last week’s game postponed against Offaly, claimed their third win on the bounce in Division 2 of the football league, with Walsh shooting […]
Offaly 1-10 Meath 1-10 Kevin Egan reports from Tullamore IT MAY BE a point that proves vital to the survival of one or both of these counties in their battle against relegation from Division Two of the Allianz Football League, or it may yet turn out that these two counties are destined to meet again […]
CORK STROLLED TO a facile triumph against Limerick in their Littlewoods Ireland Camogie League Division 1 Group 2 game, starting explosively before it finished 5-17 to 0-6 at Páirc Uí Chaoimh. Ashling Thompson was a notable presence throughout and exerted her influence from the outset as Cork hit three points in just over the first […]
LIMERICK AND TYRONE All-Ireland champions Gearóid Hegarty and Conor Meyler are among the current male inter-county stars speaking out as momentum behind a motion regarding amalgamation of the GAA, LGFA and Camogie Association grows. The Gaelic Players’ Association [GPA] has submitted a motion for consideration at GAA Congress this weekend “urging the GAA to take […]
An advisory committee to the Food and Drug Administration voted on Thursday 20-to-0, with one abstention, to recommend the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for an emergency use authorization for people ages 18 and older, determining that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks. This makes the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine the second one to receive a […]
In the United States, there have been 17 million reported cases of Covid-19 — about 5 percent of the population. Millions more have been infected and either did not get tested or didn’t have symptoms to begin with. Vaccines are slowly rolling out — first to front-line health care and high-risk people, and next, likely […]
President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Michael Regan, secretary of the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, to head the Environmental Protection Agency, according to the transition team. Regan has two decades of experience in environmental policy and positions at the Environmental Defense Fund as well as the EPA, and would be the first Black man […]
TYRONE’S FIRST WIN of the Division 1 campaign arrived against Kildare on Sunday despite the absence of a number of established players. There were minus the services of the four (Peter Harte, Kieran McGeary, Padraig Hampsey and Michael McKernan) that shipped red cards in round 2 against Armagh plus injured pair Ronan McNamee and Mattie Donnelly. […]
The Food and Drug Administration on Friday issued an emergency use authorization for Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine, clearing the way for it to be the second vaccine distributed in the United States. The decision follows a vote on Thursday by an advisory committee to the FDA which found that the benefits of the vaccine outweigh its […]
Jupiter and Saturn are due to converge in their orbits on Monday, appearing as a double planet in the night sky — the first such occurrence in almost 800 years. Click Here: The two planets have been near one another throughout the year, according to Rice University astronomer Patrick Hartigan. They will reach their closest […]