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Do Stormont politics stifle the non-sectarian parties?

Letters: Responding to an editorial, Boyd Black deplores Labour’s policy of not fielding candidates in Northern Ireland. Plus a letter by Declan O’Neill

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Oct 22 • 11:25 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Benson and McNabney handed first Ireland call-ups

Ulster duo Jamie Benson and James McNabney have been handed their first Ireland call-ups for November's Nations Championship matches.

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Oct 21 • 10:23 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Student-produced film captures Ireland sports experience | UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media

The documentary created by a UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media team premieres on campus Oct. 22 and Oct. 23. — This story, written by UNC Hussman alumnus Michael Lananna ’14, was originally published at unc.edu. — Carolina senior Anna Laible came up with the idea about a year ago. At the annual UNC Sports and Entertainment Summit, the journalism student walked up to then-athletic director Bubba Cunningham and took a chance. “Hi, Bubba, I’m not sure if you remember me, but I’m part of the student broadcast team from the Olympics,” Laible told him. “I have this idea to do an Ireland documentary on the football team.” Encouraged by the enthusiastic response to the proposal, Laible and a team of students from the UNC Hussman School of Journalism and Media worked diligently to turn that vision into reality. In August, Laible and seven peers traveled to Dublin, Ireland, with the Carolina football team and women’s soccer team. Equipped with video cameras, the student journalists covered both teams during their international games — both wins — and filmed scenes throughout Dublin, interviewing Irish locals, Tar Heel fans and key Carolina figures who helped make the trip possible. Back home, Laible’s team put the finishing touches on the documentary, with its first screening at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 22-23 in Carroll Hall room 111. The project is the latest in a long line of sports documentaries produced under the guidance of C.A. Tuggle, John H. Stembler Jr. Distinguished Professor. Since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Tuggle and the Hussman school have sent journalism students to cover each of the Summer Games, and Tuggle’s students have also produced documentaries on Carolina teams that win national championships. But this Ireland excursion presented a new kind of opportunity. “This trip is really unique,” Tuggle said. “Bubba liked the idea, so we started working on it, and it’s all because Anna was forward-thinking and assertive.” Laible’s team worked to create a holistic depiction of the Dublin trip, billed as “Much More Than a Game.” The documentary’s 12 chapters cover Irish culture, music, trips to the Guiness Storehouse and the myriad connections between Tar Heels and Ireland. “Our main focus was to make sure we gave a whole encompassing idea of what this experience was like,” Laible said. “We wanted to show not just the student-athletes, but other students, other Carolina fans, Carolina alumni, the music and really incorporate that all in the documentary.” Joining Laible in Dublin were juniors Emily Brietz, Cooper Hall, Eliza Jennings and Katherine McCullough and seniors Molly Malek, May Proctor and Merrily Tew. Those students also traveled to Milan for the 2026 Olympic Winter Games in February. Those kinds of opportunities wouldn’t be possible without the support of UNC Hussman and, in the case of the Ireland trip, the Carolina athletic department. UNC Hussman students create Ireland trip documentary. (Submitted photo) “Never in a million years did I think I would have the opportunity to go to the Olympics or to the Aer Lingus College Football Classic, and now I’m even being presented with potential opportunities go to the Super Bowl,” said Malek, who served in a leadership role with Laible in Dublin. “I think that Carolina does a terrific job of connecting us to these opportunities that almost no other university does. This is a university where you have the opportunity to have an interdisciplinary education and to learn and experience a lot of things all at once.” With the support of UNC Hussman, Tuggle and fellow students like Malek, Laible turned a spur-of-the-moment idea into a documentary. When the film screens, Laible said she’s not quite sure what emotions to expect. “I’m a little worried that I might cry — not that crying is a bad thing,” Laible said, laughing. “But I’m really grateful for so many people helping, and I’m excited for everyone to see it.”

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Oct 20 • 10:18 PM EDT • Sports • hussman.unc.edu
Primary Health Properties and GIC form £700 million healthcare joint venture

Partnership seeded by PHP's existing UK and Ireland hospital portfolio

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Oct 19 • 3:06 AM EDT • Health • costar.com
Health workers run out of patience with Stormont budget delay

The practical impact of Northern Ireland's budget delay seemed relatively muted until earlier this week when hospital doctors announced two strikes.

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Oct 17 • 7:02 PM EDT • Health • yahoo.com
Northern Ireland health workers run out of patience with Stormont budget delay

The practical impact of Northern Ireland's budget delay seemed relatively muted until earlier this week when hospital doctors announced two strikes.

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Oct 17 • 7:00 PM EDT • Health • bbc.com
CELNOR GROUP ACQUIRES SAFETY SOLUTIONS GROUP

Celnor Group (Celnor), has acquired Safety Solutions Group. The announcement marks Celnor’s fourth acquisition in Ireland.

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Oct 16 • 6:04 AM EDT • Business • businessfocusmagazine.com
Prime Video acquires exclusive UK and Ireland rights for 'Diana: Her Secret Confessions'

Prime Video secures exclusive UK and Ireland rights to Diana: Her Secret Confessions, a three-part documentary series featuring hours of never-before-heard audio recordings of Diana, Princess of Wales.

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Oct 12 • 5:53 AM EDT • Entertainment • aboutamazon.co.uk
NI debut 'something I thought had passed'

Northern Ireland's World Cup hopes may have all but come to an end against Portugal, but for Kess Elmore the 4-0 defeat marks the start of a long-awaited international journey.

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Oct 10 • 5:19 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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In brief: 'Stick' season 2 trailer and more

Bill Murray stars in the official trailer for A Course Called Ireland. The six-part documentary series premieres on Paramount+ on Oct. 25. The show follows Murray and his friends as they travel across the island to explore Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland's best fairways ...The Die Hard films are getting a brand-new home media release. All five of the movies will be released on physical media in 4K Ultra HD on Dec. 1. Bruce Willis stars as John McClane in all of the Die Hard films. The original movie finds the New York City policeman taking on terrorists after he flies to Los Angeles to be with his estranged wife and two children on Christmas ... TNCMS.AdManager.render({region: 'fixed-big-ad-top-asset', slot: 1, fold: "above"}); The trailer for Stick season 2 is here. Owen Wilson stars as the talented golfer who strives for second chance in the sophomore season. Peter Dager, Timothy Olyphant, Rhea Seehorn, Marc Maron, John Higgins and Billy Zane also make up the cast of the new season. The Apple TV series premieres its first two episodes on Nov. 4. A new episode drops weekly every Wednesday that follows until the season finale airs on Dec. 30 ...Copyright © 2026, ABC Audio. All rights reserved. Thank you for reading kmaland.comAt KMA, we attempt to be accurate in our reporting. If you see a typo or mistake in a story, please contact us by emailing kmaradio@kmaland.com.

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Oct 9 • 8:30 AM EDT • Entertainment • kmaland.com
Ward 'obsessed' with taking Republic of Ireland to World Cup

Republic of Ireland boss Carla Ward says she is "obsessed" with leading her side to the World Cup and once again reiterates her commitment to the job.

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Oct 8 • 11:47 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'Nothing impossible' as NI begin long road to Brazil

Northern Ireland defenders Nat Johnson and Rebecca Holloway tell BBC Sport NI of their dream of reaching a first ever Women's World Cup as NI go through the play-offs.

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Oct 8 • 6:37 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
For the love of the game: URI students travel to Ireland to cover, experience international sporting community

KINGSTON, R.I. – Oct. 7, 2026 – Nine University of Rhode Island Harrington School of Communication and Media students spent two weeks in Ireland this summer exploring the country’s sports culture while putting their reporting and storytelling skills to work. That experience left a profound impact on the students that went well beyond their reporting […]

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Oct 7 • 1:57 PM EDT • Sports • uri.edu
Family, football and Dalglish - what drives NI boss McArdle?

BBC Sport NI's Andy Gray sits down with Northern Ireland manager Michael McArdle to discuss his long career ahead of his biggest managerial test in the World Cup play-offs.

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Oct 7 • 3:17 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Bengoa: Ten years on how much further forward is Northern Ireland's health care system?

Hospital waiting lists, access to GPs and the state of social care suggest the job is far from finished.

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Oct 6 • 7:07 PM EDT • Health • bbc.com
'Real buzz' around Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland midfielder Shea Charles says "he could not be happier" following the side's unbeaten Nations League window.

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Oct 6 • 12:01 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Donley keen to add goals after encouraging NI run

After a four-game window with plenty of positives for Northern Ireland, there was perhaps just one lingering concern - their ability to score goals consistently.

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Oct 6 • 3:01 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Price misses penalty as Northern Ireland held by Georgia

Northern Ireland remain the only team to not concede in the 2026-27 Uefa Nations League after a 0-0 draw against Georgia in Group B2 at Windsor Park.

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Oct 5 • 5:08 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Conference to Explore Alternatives to Coercive Mental Health Care

The 18th annual Critical Voices Network Ireland (CVNI) conference will take place at University College Cork November 12 and 13, bringing together speakers and participants to explore critical and alternative responses to human distress.

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Oct 5 • 9:00 AM EDT • Health • madinamerica.com
NI team will 'have bumps along the road'

Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats from Northern Ireland vs Georgia in the UEFA Nations League

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Oct 4 • 1:29 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Political tensions disrupt Ireland-Israel football press conference
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Oct 3 • 2:26 PM EDT • Politics • yahoo.com
Israel boss shuns politics before Republic of Ireland clash

Israel boss Ran Ben-Shimon insisted he is “not dealing with any politics” ahead of his side’s behind-closed-doors Nations League meeting with the Republic of Ireland in Serbia on Sunday. Republic manager Heimir Hallgrimsson’s press conference on Saturday morning in Backa Topola ended abruptly following a confrontational conclusion, after an Israeli journalist accused Irish players of calling their opponents "monkeys" in Hungary, where the reverse fixture was held.

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Oct 3 • 1:48 PM EDT • Politics • sports.yahoo.com
Trump's investment push hits Europe as Irish PM eyes next tariff break

Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin eyes Kerrygold butter for tariff relief next after Trump's public commitment to lift duties on Irish whiskey exports.

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Oct 2 • 2:41 PM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
Stand-off over Protestant march pushes Northern Ireland politics to the brink

Crisis over attempted march down Catholic road may hasten reform of Stormont’s political institutions

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Oct 2 • 7:48 AM EDT • Politics • ft.com
Euro 2016 memories aplenty - but O'Neill focused on future

Ukraine against Northern Ireland is a fixture which brings up plenty of memories, but Michael O'Neill is firmly focused on the future.

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Oct 2 • 3:08 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Northern Ireland in 'good shape' for Ukraine game

Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill says his side are in "good shape" ahead of their Nations League match against Ukraine in Slovakia.

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Oct 1 • 11:20 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Ireland vs Austria – Predicted lineup and team news

Ireland will take on Austria in their UEFA Nations League matchday three clash on Thursday at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium, aiming to build on the momentum from their most recent victory.The Republic of I...

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Oct 1 • 7:16 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Inside Northern Ireland's football conveyor belt

BBC Sport NI spends the day at the IFA JD Academy Residential at Campbell College where Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill catches up with the young players hoping to graduate to a full-time career.

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Oct 1 • 3:00 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Garvaghy Road standoff brings Northern Ireland’s old wounds back to surface
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Sep 30 • 11:06 AM EDT • Politics • aljazeera.com
Republic of Ireland will play second Israel game

Republic of Ireland head coach Heimir Hallgrimsson says the team's second Uefa Nations League game against Israel will go ahead as planned.

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Sep 30 • 7:58 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Ireland to host England at Aviva Stadium in Six Nations

Ireland's 2027 Women's Six Nations encounter with England will be played at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin.

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Sep 30 • 7:20 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Coach says Ireland will fulfil second Israel fixture

Republic of Ireland manager Heimir Hallgrimsson has confirmed his side will fulfil their second Nations League fixture against Israel on Sunday, insisting he must “focus on football” amid ongoing protests. The Stop the Game campaign group in Ireland has called on fans to meet at the Aviva Stadium ahead of the home game against Austria on Thursday to voice opposition to fixtures which it says help to “sportswash genocide.

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Sep 30 • 6:33 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Decades-old march dispute reignites in Northern Ireland, threatening political crisis

For people who support peace and good relations, the spectacle of riot police separating communities conjures the strife that once plagued the province.

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Sep 29 • 5:47 PM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Universal Music Names Libby Bush President of Global Brands

Universal Music names Libby Bush President of Global Brands; Avex acquires 85% of S10 Entertainment, Warner names Sonny Takhar CEO UK and Ireland.

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Sep 29 • 5:31 PM EDT • Entertainment • variety.com
Hungary draw 'a fair result' for NI

Northern Ireland defender Trai Hume says the side "worked until the end" during their Nations League Group B2 goalless draw against Hungary at Windsor Park.

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Sep 29 • 7:06 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Northern Ireland v Hungary

Let us know how you rate the performances of the players on both sides and we'll bring you the results at the end of the game.

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Sep 28 • 11:40 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Aral Sea, Once the World's Fourth-Largest Inland Lake, Was Drained Dry. Now It's a Ticking Carbon Bomb

Most of this inland sea is a dry lakebed the size of Ireland, and it has already released 748 million metric tons of CO2. But scientists say there's still time to reverse course.

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Sep 28 • 8:10 AM EDT • Science • zmescience.com
NI players relish Windsor return against Hungary

Northern Ireland's hosting of Hungary in the Uefa Nations League will be their first game in Belfast for 315 days.

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Sep 28 • 3:09 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Republic of Ireland defeat Israel in Debrecen

Republic of Ireland claim their first win of their Nations League B3 campaign with an impressive showing against Israel in Debrecen.

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Sep 27 • 4:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Republic of Ireland defeat Israel in Debrecen

Republic of Ireland claim their first win of their Nations League B3 campaign with an impressive showing in a 3-0 victory against Israel in Debrecen.

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Sep 27 • 4:45 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Ballard back at Sunderland after hamstring injury

Northern Ireland's Daniel Ballard will miss the rest of the international window through injury, but manager Michael O'Neill says the Sunderland defender "hopefully" could be back by the next international fixtures in November.

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Sep 27 • 12:54 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Irish soccer fans call for boycotting matches with Israel

International politics and sports collide once again.

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Sep 27 • 12:47 PM EDT • Politics • motherjones.com
Ireland XI vs Israel – Predicted lineup and team news

Ireland will be aiming to recover from their opening UEFA Nations League loss to Kosovo when they take on Israel at the Nagyerdei Stadion on Sunday.The Republic of Ireland comes into this game hoping ...

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Sep 27 • 5:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Israel vs Ireland – Match preview and team news

Ireland will look to bounce back from their opening UEFA Nations League defeat against Kosovo when they face Israel at the Nagyerdei Stadion on Sunday.Israel vs Ireland – Match preview and team new...

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Sep 27 • 5:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Ireland's Controversial Nations League Fixtures: The Inescapable Connection Between Sport And Politics

On Sunday, the national men’s European football teams of Israel and the Republic of Ireland will face each other at a stadium in Hungary. A week later, they will meet once more, this time in Serbia. The very existence of these two games has created a lot of controversy, especially among Irish fans. Politics related […] The post Ireland’s Controversial Nations League Fixtures: The Inescapable Connection Between Sport And Politics appeared first on Stadium Rant.

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Sep 26 • 10:07 PM EDT • Politics • sports.yahoo.com
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Israel say football and politics must stay separate, after Ireland vote to fulfil fixture

The Israel Football Association has said football and politics need to remain separate in the wake of Ireland players voting ​on Saturday to fulfil Sunday's Nations League fixture between the sides ‌in Hungary.

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Sep 26 • 1:00 PM EDT • Politics • reuters.com
Irish goalkeeper opts out of game against Israel, Ireland's team postpones training

The Irish national team staff tried to solve the disputes with the players before their flight to Hungary, where the match is being played, but reached no agreement.

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Sep 26 • 10:06 AM EDT • Politics • jpost.com
White House blocks CNN from covering Trump’s Tennessee trip

CNN had been scheduled to fly with Trump on Air Force One on Saturday as part of its pool duties covering the president.

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Sep 26 • 9:47 AM EDT • Politics • nbcnews.com
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Why are Northern Ireland playing Ukraine in Slovakia?

Northern Ireland will head to Slovakia to face Ukraine in the Nations League

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Sep 26 • 4:27 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Charles brothers 'brilliant' in NI's landmark win

The Charles brothers led the way for Northern Ireland at both ends of the field during the side's Nations League win over Georgia in Tbilisi.

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Sep 26 • 2:23 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Georgia x Northern Ireland - Highlights, Summary and Match Report

Georgia controlled much of the contest at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena, finishing with 62.2% possession, 11 shots and nine corners, while Northern Ireland were more direct with 12 attempts of thei...

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Sep 25 • 2:05 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Georgia v Northern Ireland

Let us know how you rate the performances of the players on both sides and we'll bring you the results at the end of the game.

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Sep 25 • 7:51 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Northern Ireland XI vs Georgia – Predicted lineup and team news

Northern Ireland are ready to kick off their UEFA Nations League Group B journey with an away fixture against Georgia on Friday at the Boris Paichadze Dinamo Arena.Michael O’Neill’s side arrive in...

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Sep 25 • 1:30 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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Nations League: Muriqi header sinks Republic of Ireland

Follow live text commentary, score updates and match stats as the Republic of Ireland travel to Kosovo in the Nations League

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Sep 24 • 4:36 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Empty stadium 'not something we've focused on'

Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill believes the near-empty stadium in Friday's Nations League game will impact hosts Georgia more than his own side.

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Sep 24 • 2:57 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Ireland XI vs Kosovo – Predicted lineup and team news

The Republic of Ireland will take on Kosovo in their first UEFA Nations League B fixture on Thursday, travelling away as they aim to begin their latest campaign with a positive result.Ireland arrive i...

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Sep 24 • 4:20 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kosova vs Ireland – Match preview and team news

Ireland is set to face Kosovo in their opening UEFA Nations League B match on Thursday, away from home as they look to start their new campaign on a positive note.Kosova vs Ireland – Match preview ...

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Sep 24 • 4:15 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Kelly keen to kick on in Nations League campaign

Northern Ireland midfielder is hoping to build on a promising start to his international career during the upcoming Nations League campaign.

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Sep 23 • 2:47 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Republican senator calls for Don Jr. and Hunter Biden to be subpoenaed over business dealings

Sen. John Curtis (R-UT) called for Donald Trump Jr. and Hunter Biden to be subpoenaed over their business dealings, citing corruption concerns. In an open letter to the Senate Judiciary Committee, Curtis cited growing concerns from the public about corruption by the families of members of Congress and the president, who use their proximity to […]

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Sep 22 • 12:27 PM EDT • Business • denvergazette.com
Egan's late career resurgence back to Premier League

BBC Sport NI looks at Republic of Ireland centre-back's John Egan's rise back to the Premier League with Hull City and the international set-up under Heimir Hallgrimsson.

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Sep 22 • 3:06 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
The Collapse of Western Hegemony Amid the Ruins of Gaza

Ireland, in particular, carries within its national memory the trauma of British colonialism and forced displacement from its lands.

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Sep 21 • 2:49 AM EDT • Politics • politicstoday.org
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Republic of Ireland braced for testing Nations League

BBC Sport NI looks at how Republic of Ireland and their opponents - Kosovo, Israel and Austria are shaping up for the Nations League.

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Sep 21 • 2:36 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
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USA loss a game Ireland 'should have won'

Ireland head coach Scott Bemand says their defeat against USA in the WXV Global Series opener at Tallaght Stadium was "a game we should have won".

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Sep 20 • 12:07 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'Trespasses' review: Come for the romance, stay for the historical drama

This adaptation of Louise Kennedy's 2022 debut novel on PBS follows a clandestine affair between a young Catholic schoolteacher and a Protestant barrister during the Troubles in Ireland.

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Sep 20 • 6:00 AM EDT • Entertainment • latimes.com
Sorensen to join Republic of Ireland coaching staff

Former Everton manager Brian Sorensen is set to join the Republic of Ireland squad for their Women's World Cup play-off qualifiers this year.

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Sep 18 • 10:19 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
UNC Health, School of Medicine leaders build connections in Ireland

As part of Carolina’s “Much More Than a Game” events, healthcare leaders showcased Carolina’s medical strength on a global stage.

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Sep 17 • 12:29 PM EDT • Health • unc.edu
Can researchers trust that AI models won’t leak their ideas?

Research funders are asking how they can stop confidential scientific ideas in grant proposals from leaking out through large language models (LLMs), for example if reviewers use AI to help them judge applications. Last week, a row erupted in mathematics after OpenAI announced it had solved a notoriously difficult problem, only for another mathematician to demand answers over whether the company had used ideas he had fed into its models. The spat, and the broader issue of idea leakage through AI models, was discussed by funders at an R&D policy conference held in Paris on September 14. At worst, it threatens to undermine the correct attribution of breakthroughs, one of the foundations of modern science. The mathematics dispute around OpenAI is “certainly something we're looking at” Jason Gallo, head of the newly established Office of Metascience at the US National Science Foundation (NSF), told the Blue Sky Forum, hosted by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The controversy started on September 8, when OpenAI announced it had cracked a mathematical problem that had gone unsolved for 90 years. Using a swarm of AI agents, millions of dollars’ worth of computing power and a new internal model, the company said it had finally proved that a long-used formula for modelling fluid dynamics breaks down under certain conditions. However, Tristan Buckmaster, a New York University mathematician who had been independently working with collaborators on the same problem using OpenAI’s Codex tool, hit back with a statement questioning whether the company had snooped on his Codex sessions to gain an advantage. OpenAI has always denied it looked up the “specific user data” of Buckmaster and colleagues. However, the company initially admitted that “while unlikely, we cannot rule out that de-identified data derived from their usage of our products helped improve our models⁠,” although its proofs “differ significantly” from Buckmaster’s. The firm later said that, following an investigation, it concluded that Buckmaster’s Codex prompts “could not have influenced the [OpenAI] system in any way, including through training.”Funder concernYet OpenAI’s initial admission that its model might have ingested Buckmaster’s ideas, then spat them out to its own mathematicians, has scientistsworriedthat their work could leak out if shared with AI. Some AI tools give users an opt-out option to stop their sessions from training the model. If such guarantees can be trusted, this gives scientists some confidence they can use an LLM to develop an idea without the risk of it leaking out.But there’s a bigger potential vulnerability. To win money to investigate ideas, scientists have to share them with funding bodies. These grant proposals are normally kept strictly confidential, to prevent other scientists from scooping them, or to protect commercially valuable intellectual property. To preserve this confidentiality, when the NSF uses AI models, “we have to be sure that it's not making server calls out to an external party, leaking that data,” said Gallo to delegates in Paris. Leaks through reviewersHowever, funders normally use external academic reviewers to assess proposals. And there are growing worries that these reviewers are feeding grant ideas into AI models to help them make a judgement. Research funders have noticed that peer review reports and funding recommendations have “suddenly become much longer, more detailed and complex,” said Diogo Machado, head of the data science unit at Technopolis, a science and technology-focused consultancy. “The sense is that reviewers are increasingly using generative AI in their review work, even where guidelines sometimes forbid it,” he told Science|Business. “This is very difficult for funders to control or prove.” Happening at scaleThis sharing of confidential proposals with AI models is “happening at scale already,” said James Wilson, executive director of the Research on Research Institute, based at University College London, during the debate in Paris. In response, Gallo said the NSF had “strict guidance” around the uploading of proposals to AI models. But he added the NSF was mulling new types of assessment to make sure applicants were truly the originators of their ideas, such as following a short-form proposal with an oral presentation, which would allow the foundation to “really interrogate the investigator on their intellectual contribution.” Related articlesHow can Europe cope with a flood of AI-assisted research grant proposals?The risks and benefits of AI in screening research grant proposals Viewpoint: AI could make scientific overload worse“For us as funders, a lot of the ways to ensure that the application remains the applicant's own intellectual contribution, those ways are quite regressive,” Peter Clifford, head of strategy at Research Ireland, told delegates. “They're maybe ten or 15 or 20 years old, and they don't scale particularly well.” Disputes over the origin of ideas are as old as modern science. Isaac Newton and Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz spent more than a decade arguing over who invented calculus, for example. And long before LLMs emerged, academics would agonise over how much of their early work to reveal at conferences, in case their colleagues scooped them, Jack Leahy, a senior metascience advisor to the UK government, told delegates. But AI was “accelerating” the “problems of the system,” he said.

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Sep 17 • 8:00 AM EDT • Science • sciencebusiness.net
Ireland’s national broadcaster will boycott 2027 Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s participation

Ireland is set to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest for a second year due to Israel’s participation.

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Sep 17 • 7:32 AM EDT • Entertainment • seattletimes.com
Ireland’s national broadcaster will boycott 2027 Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s participation

Ireland is set to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest for a second year due to Israel’s participation | Talk 1370

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Sep 17 • 7:31 AM EDT • Entertainment • audacy.com
Ireland’s national broadcaster will boycott 2027 Eurovision Song Contest over Israel’s participation

Ireland is set to boycott the Eurovision Song Contest for a second year due to Israel’s participation.

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Sep 17 • 7:31 AM EDT • Entertainment • wsls.com
Sheff Utd's Kitching earns first international call

Sheffield United defender Liam Kitching earns his first senior international call-up for the Republic of Ireland's Nations League campaign.

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Sep 17 • 7:16 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
Trump’s losing streak dents his invincibility myth

Donald Trump is boiling with frustration after a spate of political blows weakened his presumption of dominance in Washington and abroad.

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Sep 16 • 2:39 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Arsenal 18yo called up as manager criticises rules

Michael O’Neill has criticised the circumstances surrounding Ceadach O’Neill’s position after the Republic of Ireland moved to persuade him to switch allegiance.Photo by Alex Caparros/Getty Imag...

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Sep 16 • 12:05 PM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
7 Republicans rebel against Trump, vote with Dems to rein in Iran war powers

House Republicans joined Democrats to pass a war powers resolution reining in Trump's military engagement in Iran beyond the 60-day threshold.

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Sep 16 • 12:19 AM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Tech CEOs call for AI regulation. Trump and Congress are not rushing to act

WASHINGTON (AP) — The technology industry’s increasingly urgent warnings about the potential harm of artificial intelligence are slamming into political intransigence in Washington, offering a fresh test of the federal government’s willingness and ability to confront what may become a defining issue of the era. President Donald Trump is leading the opposition to recent calls […]

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Sep 15 • 12:46 PM EDT • Politics • coloradopolitics.com
Eligibility rules 'not particularly fair'

Northern Ireland manager Michael O'Neill says what upsets him the most regarding rules over international eligibility is the pressure put on young players to make an irreversible choice.

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Sep 15 • 10:14 AM EDT • Sports • sports.yahoo.com
'Practical Magic 2' Casts a Spell Over U.K., Ireland Box Office

'Practical Magic 2' cast a winning spell over the U.K. and Ireland box office, claiming the top spot with an opening weekend of $3.7 million.

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Sep 15 • 2:43 AM EDT • Entertainment • variety.com
Trump’s backing for a united Ireland has reignited a divisive political issue. Here’s what to know

The comments touched a live rail in the histories of Britain and Ireland.

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Sep 14 • 4:57 PM EDT • Politics • mercurynews.com
Far-left attack backfires spectacularly as radical online personality whines after attacking female Trump aide

Aaron Rupar faces White House backlash after attacking a female press wrangler in a C-SPAN clip from President Trump's Ireland departure.

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Sep 14 • 12:50 PM EDT • Politics • foxnews.com
Trump doubled down on backing a united Ireland, reigniting a divisive political issue. Here's what to know

Northern Ireland's status has been contentious since it remained part of the United Kingdom after most of Ireland gained independence from Britain a century ago.

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Sep 14 • 12:20 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Trump says the only AI guardrails the U.S. needs is him as president

He's opposed such efforts and claims doing so could cause China to eclipse America on AI development.

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Sep 14 • 10:45 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Westminster’s time is ‘coming to an end’, say first ministers of UK’s Celtic nations

Leaders in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland discuss independence and call for ‘constitutional change’ at summit

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Sep 14 • 9:21 AM EDT • Politics • theguardian.com
Is the UK about to break up for good?

Nationalist leaders of Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland sign declaration calling on Westminster to ‘prepare, plan and facilitate constitutional change’

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Sep 14 • 8:19 AM EDT • Politics • theweek.com
Trump says he's lifting 10% tariff on Irish whiskey because 'everybody's been bugging me'

President Donald Trump announced in April that he was lifting certain tariffs on U.K. whiskey, which includes Scotch and spirits made in Northern Ireland, creating an imbalance with Ireland.

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Sep 14 • 7:43 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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WTW appoints Owens to lead Irish captive business

Willis, a WTW business, appoints Gerard Owens as head of captive and insurance management solutions for Ireland, effective 1 November.

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Sep 14 • 7:41 AM EDT • Business • captiveinsurancetimes.com
Trump says he'll consider releasing 9/11 records after families' request

President Donald Trump said Sunday that he will look into requests from families of Sept. 11 victims to release records that could shed light on Saudi Arabia’s alleged role in the attacks 25 years ago.

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Sep 14 • 7:34 AM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
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Little-Pengelly criticises O'Neill over meet with first ministers of Wales and Scotland

In Northern Ireland, the first and deputy first minister have identical powers and responsibilities.

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Sep 14 • 3:34 AM EDT • Politics • bbc.com
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Washington leaders are far from being on the same page over AI

Although AI CEO’s Sam Altman and Elon Musk among others agreed with Dario Amodei’s proposal to work together to slow down development of the technology, CNN’s Jake Tapper notes that political leaders seem to be far from being in any sort of agreement. This video has been updated with the city in Ireland where President Trump made his remarks on Sunday.

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Sep 13 • 11:24 PM EDT • Politics • cnn.com
Trump agrees to new bipartisan ethics provision in massive crypto bill, Republican senators say

President Donald Trump has agreed to a significant portion of a stringent ethics proposal that is part of a broader cryptocurrency bill headed for a key vote this week.

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Sep 13 • 10:09 PM EDT • Business • seattletimes.com
Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn't want to cede edge to China

While acknowledging the need for some regulation, Trump provided no specifics about potential rules and attributed warnings about the technology moving too quickly and with little oversight to “negative forces” he did not identify.

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Sep 13 • 6:08 PM EDT • Politics • pbs.org
Trump’s $5,000 ‘dividend’ strips another layer of shame from American politics

Among the questions now: just how gullible are American voters, and when will more Republicans realize they’re being made fools of?

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Sep 13 • 4:38 PM EDT • Politics • ocregister.com
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Trump says he plans to remove a 10% tariff on Irish whiskey

U.S. President Donald Trump announced on Sunday at the close of a golf tournament in Ireland that he plans to remove a 10% tariff on Irish whiskey.

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Sep 13 • 4:02 PM EDT • Politics • wtop.com
Why Trump's united Ireland stance hit such a nerve

He broke with a longstanding U.S. convention of not taking sides on whether Northern Ireland should be British or Irish.

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Sep 13 • 3:34 PM EDT • Politics • axios.com
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Irish golf fans chant 'USA' after Trump announces end of tariffs on Irish whiskey

Irish golf fans chanted "USA" after President Donald Trump announced an end to U.S. tariffs on Irish whiskey at the Irish Open on Sunday.

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Sep 13 • 1:53 PM EDT • Business • foxbusiness.com
Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn’t want to cede edge to China

President Donald Trump is playing down the need for his administration to check the development of artificial intelligence.

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Sep 13 • 1:45 PM EDT • Business • seattletimes.com
Trump's backing for a united Ireland has reignited a divisive political issue. Here's what to know

DOONBEG, Ireland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on his support for a united Ireland, saying it makes sense to merge the Republic of Ireland with the United Kingdom’s Northern Ireland.

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Sep 13 • 1:38 PM EDT • Politics • wral.com
Trump's backing for a united Ireland has reignited a divisive political issue. Here's what to know

U.S. President Donald Trump has expressed support for a united Ireland, suggesting a merger between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. Trump’s comments during a visit to Ireland on a...

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Sep 13 • 1:35 PM EDT • Politics • nhregister.com
Trump’s backing for a united Ireland has reignited a divisive political issue. Here’s what to know

By JILL LAWLESS DOONBEG, Ireland (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump doubled down Sunday on his support for a united Ireland, saying it makes sense to merge the Republic of Ireland with the United Kingdom’s Northern Ireland.…

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Sep 13 • 1:35 PM EDT • Politics • courant.com
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Trump, first lady to visit North Carolina

The first lady will be in Ashe County on Tuesday and the president will speak in Gastonia on Wednesday.

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Sep 13 • 9:30 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
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Trump, first lady to visit North Carolina

The first lady will be in Ashe County on Tuesday and the president will speak in Gastonia on Wednesday.

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Sep 13 • 9:30 AM EDT • Politics • spectrumlocalnews.com
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