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Vera Pauw rape report ‘a wake-up call’ for sport, warns UK women’s football body

The UK-based Women in Football group has called on the police and football association in The Netherlands to treat Vera Pauw’s complaints of rape and sexual assault seriously, after the Ireland women’s soccer team manager went public with her allegations this weekend.

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Roma McLaughlin the proclaimer continues to put in the hard yards

Roma McLaughlin made a five thousand-mile trek to Turkey in order to renew her once-dormant international career last weekend and like any true proclaimer she’d gladly walk five hundred more to make another good impression in Georgia this Monday.

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Courtney Brosnan keeps her focus amid sense of flux for club and country

Perhaps more than anyone else, goalkeepers are the players who crave stability the most.

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Aidan Fitzmaurice Opinion Kenny’s kids grow up under spotlight on the big stage

They are growing up in public, on the big stage, with no safety net and under the gaze of a nation that demands more.

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Aviva Stadium records operating profits of €4.9m as fans return

Bumper crowds returning to the Aviva Stadium last year helped the company that runs the stadium record operating profits of €4.9m for 2021.

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More arrests expected in alleged League of Ireland match-fixing scandal

Several more arrests are scheduled to take place in the alleged match-fixing scandal at League of Ireland matches — and the probe is “far from over”, the Sunday Independent understands.

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'For all the top teams, it's a vital component' - Need for speed crucial to Ireland's evolution under Kenny

Time waits for no man, but even Stephen Kenny admits to a little surprise when he looks at how the Irish football squad has evolved over the last two years.

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One man still detained by gardaí, as match fixing allegations date back as far as 2016

The garda investigation into alleged match fixing at League of Ireland matches involves a suspected “number of games” that date to 2016, the Irish Independent can reveal.

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Explainer: How match-fixing often goes beyond the result of the game

What does match fixing mean?

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Daniel McDonnell Opinion Irish football must not bury its head in the sand as ghost of match fixing returns to haunt league

You can be certain that the morning’s headline news was cut and pasted into dozens upon dozens of WhatsApp groups containing members of the Irish football community.

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Saipan 20 years on: How Roy Keane’s bust-up with Mick McCarthy divided a nation and why we should have seen it coming

Like every Irish person above the age of Christ, I remember where I was when I first heard the news 20 years ago: heading to play golf, I had stopped at a rural petrol station.

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Big-hearted James McClean gives fan ‘one of the greatest days ever’ at Ireland game

Republic of Ireland legend James McClean gave a young fan “one of the greatest days ever” by inviting her to watch a home game as his guest.

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Ban athletes from Russia and Belarus, Sports Ireland told

Sport Ireland has been told to implement a ban on Russian and Belarusian athletes competing here, as part of an agreed set of principles negotiated by sports ministers worldwide.

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‘We need to grow up and forget the past’ – FAI chairman Roy Barrett

In their attempt to write a new story, the FAI have become fond of the slogan #WeAreOne, a line peppered across the 2022-2025 strategy that was released on Monday night.

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Declan Lynch Opinion Hiking price of ‘slabs of cans’ to €45 is a logic-defying measure designed to stop poor getting drunk

I start by reassuring you that in this piece about minimum unit pricing, I will not be using the words minimum unit pricing unless it is absolutely essential. It has become one of those euphemisms which are so inherently banal they distract from the issue they are meant to illustrate — which in this case can best be described as “cheap drink for poor people”.

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Roy Keane poses for photo with Love Island’s Toby Aromolaran

Roy Keane posed with Love Island star Toby Aromolaran who looked thrilled to meet him at an event

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Daniel McDonnell Opinion How does Stephen Kenny take the next step with Ireland?

The sight of Ireland supporters banging on the windows of a press conference hall on Sunday evening to declare their backing for Stephen Kenny provided a surreal ending to a strange World Cup campaign.

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Harry McCann Opinion Irish football referees will walk off pitches in protest this weekend. I know why, I experienced it too

When stories of abuse or violent threats towards referees roll around once again and manage to make the headlines, the response is always the same: “If there is no referee, there is no game.”

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Luxembourg without first-choice goalkeeper for World Cup clash with Ireland following positive Covid test

LUXEMBOURG will be without their first-choice goalkeeper for Sunday's World Cup tie at home to the Republic of Ireland due to Covid-19.

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Obituary of Maurice (Morrie) Price: Senior FAI coach who worked with Jack Charlton and Brian Kerr

Maurice Price, who died last week aged 83, was a key figure in Irish football for more years 30 years domestically and internationally. As a talented coach, he held top jobs at leading clubs such as Bohemians, St Patrick’s Athletic and Dundalk, and was part of the coaching team that accompanied Jack Charlton to Italia ’90 and Mick McCarthy to Saipan in 2002.

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Letters to the Editor Opinion Star who made us dream can boldly go to the final frontier at last

Sir — I wouldn’t normally be the sort to welcome celebrities going into space at enormous expense — but when it’s Captain Kirk who is boldly going then it’s time to make an exception.

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‘It’s a beautiful game and a beautiful world, so why do some people try to drag it down?’ asks Paul McGrath

As one of the heroes of Ireland’s golden era of football during the 1990s, Paul McGrath is not a man who gets easily annoyed by modern-day grievances.

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‘This deal is the right one for everyone’ – FAI announces equal match fees for senior men's and women's teams

Ireland captain Seamus Coleman says the senior men's team players were happy to accept a drop in their match fee for international games to ensure pay parity between the men's and women's teams.

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Away fans not permitted at Ireland’s forthcoming World Cup qualifier in Portugal  

IRELAND fans hoping to see Stephen Kenny's side play away to Portugal next month have been left disappointed as UEFA have ruled that no away fans will be permitted to games in the upcoming qualifiers.

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Government to announce increased crowd limits for All-Ireland series, says Taoiseach

THE Government will next week announce new crowd maximums for sporting venues – just as the GAA Championship reaches its height.

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For second time, O’Byrne steps down from high-profile role

FOR the second time in his career as one of the most recognisable administrators in Irish sport, Bernard O’Byrne has left his high-profile position with timing not of his own making.

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‘Material uncertainty’ remains over FAI’s future after 2020 accounts show borrowings of €62.4m

The Directors of the FAI admit that 'material uncertainty' still hangs over the future of the cash strapped association after the release of the 2020 accounts.

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Vaccination roll out at Aviva to be paused for two days for Japan rugby international

Dublin’s Aviva Stadium is out of action as a Covid-19 vaccination centre for the next two days because of Saturday’s rugby international between Ireland and Japan.

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Daniel McDonnell Opinion Caoimhin Kelleher and Gavin Bazunu taking different routes to the top

It feels like Caoimhin Kelleher and Gavin Bazunu are destined to permanently live in the same news cycle.

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Barbara McCarthy Opinion I blame our mating evolution for inequality in football

As Neil Armstrong said when he walked on the moon: “You have to see it to be it.” No, just kidding. Obviously he never said that.