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Irish Examiner
23-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Examiner
April milk prices confirmed by co-ops
The milk price for April has been confirmed by Dairygold, Carbery, Tirlán, and Lakeland Dairies. Dairygold has maintained the April quoted milk price at 50cpl, based on standard constituents of 3.3% protein and 3.6% butterfat, inclusive of sustainability and quality payments and VAT. This price equates to an average of 54.6cpl farm gate milk price based on the average solids achieved in April by milk suppliers. The quoted price for April was based on EU Standard constituents of 3.4% protein and 4.2% butterfat, and is 54.5cpl, inclusive of VAT. A spokesperson for Dairygold commented that 'global milk production continues to be relatively steady, but buyers remain cautious amid the threat of tariffs… Butter prices have maintained their strong price levels, although other dairy products have been less robust.' Carbery has maintained its milk price for the month of April. If this is carried across the four West Cork co-ops, Bandon, Barryroe, Drinagh, and Lisavaird, this will result in an average milk price of 52.12cpl, inclusive of VAT, 0.5cpl somatic cell count (SCC) bonus, and the FutureProof sustainability bonus. The base milk price adjustment for SCC and the FutureProof bonus figures are quoted excluding VAT. The total FutureProof bonus available in 2025 is 1.25cpl, an increase of 0.25cpl. Similarly to the Dairygold spokesperson regarding uncertainty of tariffs, Carbery have said "wider uncertainty around the outlook for global markets in the face of potential tariffs is somewhat impacting dairy market performance'. Tirlán will pay a total of 50.08cpl, including VAT, for April milk supplies at 3.6% butterfat and 3.3% protein. The April milk price consists of the base milk price of 49.58 cpl (including VAT), which is unchanged from March, and the sustainability action payment of 0.5 cpl (including VAT) to all qualifying suppliers. Both payments will be adjusted based on the actual constituents of milk delivered by farmers. The actual average price paid by Tirlán for April creamery milk, based on delivered constituents, will be 54.99 cpl (including VAT). Tirlán chairperson, John Murphy, said: 'While dairy markets are relatively stable, there has been a decline in returns for some individual products. We are pleased to be able to maintain farm gate milk price at over 50 cent per litre for the high-volume month of April. "The outcome of trade discussions over the coming period is likely to impact market direction. Consumer reaction to higher prices will also need to be closely watched.' Lakeland Dairies has also left the price of milk unchanged for milk supplied in April. The base price of 48.75cpl for constituents of 3.6% butterfat and 3.3% protein, a retention of last month's price. This price is inclusive of the 0.5cpl sustainability incentive payment. Lakeland Dairies has said that although there are geopolitical tensions and uncertainty surrounding the economic performance of dairy, the supply-demand dynamic remains largely in balance, which is providing market stability.
The 42
19-05-2025
- Sport
- The 42
Seven years on, Carbery aims for second Champions Cup medal
WHEN JOEY CARBERY helped Leinster to their most recent Champions Cup trophy in 2018, as well as the Pro14 crown a week later, there were lots of people who thought the talented playmaker would go on to guide the province to a few more of those titles. Carbery himself might have been among them. He had yet to confirm his decision to move to Munster that summer and as Carbery weighed up that switch, the possibility of winning more silverware with Leinster must have been difficult to resist. Athy man Carbery had enjoyed two strong seasons for his home province, with 23 in 37 appearances over the 2016/17 and 2017/18 campaigns. Sure, many of them came at fullback and Carbery wanted to be an out-half but he was playing well with Leinster. The young New Zealand native was also establishing himself as the back-up to Johnny Sexton with Ireland, earning 13 Test caps in those two first years of international rugby. Leinster had just secured their fourth Champions Cup title and were already beginning to dream of a fifth star. Carbery was an unused replacement in that 2018 final win over Racing 92 in Bilbao, but he played his part in the run to the decider. There were two starts at fullback in the pool stages, as well as replacement appearances in the quarter-final and semi-final. Carbery's winner's medal was well-earned. Advertisement There are many from the 2018 final still playing with Leinster now and still searching for that elusive fifth Champions Cup crown. Tadhg Furlong, James Ryan, Luke McGrath, Robbie Henshaw, Garry Ringrose, and Jordan Larmour all started the 2018 decider, as did the soon-to-retire Cian Healy. Andrew Porter, Jack Conan, and Jamison Gibson-Park were on the bench. Carbery after the 2018 Champions Cup final. Dan Sheridan / INPHO Dan Sheridan / INPHO / INPHO Given what he has been through with injuries in the years since and given Leinster's strength during that time, it's a little crazy that Carbery could have his second Champions Cup winner's medal before any of those former team-mates. Carbery is now part of the Bordeaux set-up plotting to win this competition for the first time, as well as chasing the Top 14 title. 'The assault on history' reads the front page headline on today's edition of Midi Olympique. An exciting Northampton group stand in their way, having already ended Leinster's campaign in the semi-finals. The Top 14 side are viewed as favourites, having dethroned Toulouse in the semi-finals. Both finalists went strong with their domestic selections last weekend, opting against resting key players a week out from the Champions Cup final. Bordeaux enjoyed a 34-29 win over Castres in the Top 14, while Northampton had a 28-24 win against Saracens in the Premiership. Both of them are bouncing into this Saturday's decider in Cardiff. Carbery came off the bench for starting out-half Matthieu Jalibert against Castres and that will be his likely role in the Champions Cup final unless Bordeaux boss Yannick Bru decides to go for a 6/2 split with his replacements. That was the case for one of their pool games and the quarter-final against Munster, with Carbery missing out on involvement in both cases as Bru went with a scrum-half and an out-and-out back three player as the two backline substitutes. That would be cruel on Carbery, so he'll be hoping Bordeaux's coaches go for the classic 5/3 split they've used in their other five Champions Cup games this season, including the semi-final victory against Toulouse. Carbery has been enjoying life with Bordeaux. Billy Stickland / INPHO Billy Stickland / INPHO / INPHO A second Champions Cup medal would add handsomely to the list of achievements Carbery has already put together in rugby. His injury record means there is understandable sympathy towards him from many quarters, but Carbery has done things that many players can only dream about. An international debut at the age of 21 that involved kicking a conversion as Ireland beat New Zealand for the first time in their history. Four appearances in a Grand Slam success in 2018. A series win in Australia in 2018 and an even bigger one in New Zealand in 2022. Carbery has 37 Ireland caps in total. He didn't play for Munster in the URC knock-outs in 2023 but made 10 starts in that title-winning campaign, while he also won an AIL with Clontarf and a Leinster Schools Senior Cup with Blackrock. That's plenty of success and he's still only 29. A victory with Bordeaux this weekend might be as sweet as any given the road Carbery has taken since that double with Leinster in 2018. It has been the one less travelled but the talented Irishman is chasing down another double now.
NBC Sports
15-05-2025
- Sport
- NBC Sports
Hurricanes and Stars ride stellar special teams to the verge of the conference finals
Before starting the second round against the Carolina Hurricanes, Washington Capitals coach Spencer Carbery had a good sense of what would determine the series between the top two teams in the Metropolitan Division, fierce rivals who are very familiar with each other. 'Special teams, goaltending, secondary scoring,' Carbery said. 'Those are three things that I look at when teams are evenly matched, when it's an even series, when the margins are very, very thin.' While goaltending and secondary scoring certainly have factored into going up 3-1 in their series for Carolina and the Dallas Stars against the Winnipeg Jets, the biggest reason each team has gotten to this point is some of the best special teams play in the NHL playoffs. Dallas and Carolina ranked first and second on the power play and the penalty kill among the eight teams that advanced past the first round. They're also 1-2 in those categories this round. 'Both special teams have been excellent,' Stars coach Peter DeBoer said. 'Listen, when we lost Miro (Heiskanen and Jason) Robertson, we needed our special teams to be difference-makers every night, and our goaltender. And all those things have happened to allow us to be in the spot we're in right now.' Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals When to Watch: Game 5, Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT Series: Hurricanes leads 3-1 The Hurricanes are 9-5 with a chance to advance over the past seven playoffs under coach Rod Brind'Amour, the primary stumble coming when they lost Games 6 and 7 to the New York Rangers in the second round in 2022. That is the only time during this stretch that they won three games in a series but did not advance. 'The last one is always the hardest, no matter how it plays out,' captain Jordan Staal said. 'It's not easy, and we've got a lot of work ahead still.' Washington winger Tom Wilson, who has been the Capitals' best player in the series, said the belief in the group remains strong despite needing to win three in a row to keep the season going. 'The last elimination game is probably the toughest fight,' Wilson said. 'We expect their urgency's going to be high, and ours has to be higher.' Hurricanes defenseman Jalen Chatfield did not practice. But Brind'Amour said Chatfield was just getting rest after feeling something late in Game 4 and should be good to go in Game 5. Dallas Stars at Winnipeg Jets When to Watch: Game 5, Thursday, 9:30 p.m. EDT Series: Stars leads 3-1 The biggest things standing in Dallas' way of a third consecutive trip to the West Final are a wired crowd in Winnipeg and an opponent that has played much better at home than on the road this postseason — most notably goaltender Connor Hellebuyck. The likely Vezina Trophy winner and Hart Trophy finalist as league MVP is 5-1 with a 1.99 goals-against average and .902 save percentage at home, compared to 0-5 with a 5.84 and .793 on the road. 'I leave it all out there every night,' Hellebuyck said. 'I'm doing my best. Sometimes it's a heartbreak, but all it takes is one little change, one little bounce and things can start going our way.' The Stars are no stranger to this situation, but in each of the past two years they lost their first chance to close out their second-round opponent — Seattle in 2023 and Colorado in '24 — before eventually doing so. 'It's on us to play a mature game up in Winnipeg,' goalie Jake Oettinger said. 'We don't want to have to come back here and play again. We've all been talking about how bad we want to get back to the conference final. Now it's our turn to show up.'
Mint
15-05-2025
- Sport
- Mint
Season on the line for Capitals down 3-1 in series to Hurricanes
The Washington Capitals head into Thursday's Game 5 matchup with the visiting Carolina Hurricanes knowing they must win the next three games to keep their second-round series going and advance to the NHL's Eastern Conference final. Even with their season on the line, Capitals coach Spencer Carbery's message to his players remains the same. "It's just winning one hockey game, and then what gives us confidence that we can do that? We've done it in this series," Carbery told reporters on Wednesday. "We've been a great hockey team all year long. We've been a good home team all year long." Washington is 4-1 on home ice this postseason, with the only blemish coming in Game 1 against the Hurricanes on May 6 when the Capitals fell 2-1 in overtime. After the teams split two close games in Washington to start the best-of-seven series, the Hurricanes took control by winning both home games by a combined score of 9-2. This marks the ninth time the franchise has held a 3-1 edge in the playoffs. It won the other eight series. If there was a bright spot for the Capitals down in Carolina, it was the third period of Game 4. They scored twice to cut the deficit to just one goal before the Hurricanes added two late to win 5-2. Washington superstar Alex Ovechkin got his first of the series on a 5-on-3 power play in that period. Ovechkin, the Capitals' 39-year-old forward, took a maintenance day and did not practice with the team, but Carbery said he had no concerns about his team's captain for Game 5. Washington did make a few line changes in practice, signaling tweaks that may come into play Thursday. Forward Connor McMichael, a natural center, moved back to that position with third-line wingers Andrew Mangiapane and Ryan Leonard. Anthony Beauvillier, who has played up and down in the lineup, practiced with top-line center Dylan Strome, and Aliaksei Protas moved down to the second line with center Pierre-Luc Dubois and Tom Wilson. Beauvillier has 36 points (17 goals, 19 assists) in 64 career playoff appearances. He had a goal and four assists in the first four games against Montreal in the opening round but has not earned a point since. Carolina has been a favorite to win the Stanley Cup for most of the season due to its veteran core, with Sebastian Aho, Seth Jarvis and Andrei Svechnikov all having been part of the Hurricanes' deep postseason runs in the last few seasons. However, a couple of newcomers are also playing key roles. Rookie forward Jackson Blake, 21, has two goals and three assists in the first nine NHL postseason games of his career. Logan Stankhoven, the 22-year-old center acquired from Dallas in the Mikko Rantanen trade, has three goals and two helpers after notching three goals and five assists with the Stars in 19 Stanley Cup playoff games last season. They are among eight Carolina skaters with at least five points this postseason. Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour said he appreciates the spark the younger players have brought to the team. "It's not carefree, but they're almost looser than the other guys, because they all think they got 10 more, 20 more kicks at it," Brind'Amour said. "I think the older guys all know that it's a precious time. So I think there can be a real nice mix there."
San Francisco Chronicle
14-05-2025
- Sport
- San Francisco Chronicle
Hurricanes and Stars ride stellar special teams to the verge of the conference finals
Before starting the second round against the Carolina Hurricanes, Washington Capitals coach Spencer Carbery had a good sense of what would determine the series between the top two teams in the Metropolitan Division, fierce rivals who are very familiar with each other. 'Special teams, goaltending, secondary scoring,' Carbery said. 'Those are three things that I look at when teams are evenly matched, when it's an even series, when the margins are very, very thin.' While goaltending and secondary scoring have certainly factored into going up 3-1 in their series for Carolina and the Dallas Stars against the Winnipeg Jets, the biggest reason each team has gotten to this point is some of the best special teams play in the NHL playoffs. Dallas and Carolina ranked first and second on the power play and the penalty kill among the eight teams that advanced past the first round. They're also 1-2 in those categories this round. 'Both special teams have been excellent,' Stars coach Peter DeBoer said. 'Listen, when we lost Miro (Heiskanen and Jason) Robertson, we needed our special teams to be difference-makers every night, and our goaltender. And all those things have happened to allow us to be in the spot we're in right now.' Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals When/Where to Watch: Game 5, Thursday, 7 p.m. EDT (TNT) The Hurricanes are 9-5 with a chance to advance over the past seven playoffs under coach Rod Brind'Amour, the primary stumble coming when they lost Games 6 and 7 to the New York Rangers in the second round in 2022. That is the only time during this stretch that they won three games in a series but did not advance. 'The last one is always the hardest, no matter how it plays out,' captain Jordan Staal said. 'It's not easy, and we've got a lot of work ahead still." Washington winger Tom Wilson, who has been the Capitals' best player in the series, said the belief in the group remains strong despite needing to win three in a row to keep the season going. 'The last elimination game is probably the toughest fight,' Wilson said. "We expect their urgency's going to be high, and ours has to be higher.' Hurricanes defenseman Jalen Chatfield did not practice Wednesday. But Brind'Amour said Chatfield was just getting rest after feeling something late in Game 4 and should be good to go in Game 5. Dallas Stars at Winnipeg Jets When/Where to Watch: Game 5, Thursday, 9:30 p.m. EDT (TNT) Series: Stars leads 3-1 The biggest things standing in Dallas' way of a third consecutive trip to the West Final are a wired crowd in Winnipeg and an opponent that has played much better at home than on the road this postseason — most notably goaltender Connor Hellebuyck. The likely Vezina Trophy winner and Hart Trophy finalist as league MVP is 5-1 with a 1.99 goals-against average and .902 save percentage at home, compared to 0-5 with a 5.84 and .793 on the road. 'I leave it all out there every night,' Hellebuyck said. 'I'm doing my best. Sometimes it's a heartbreak, but all it takes is one little change, one little bounce and things can start going our way.' The Stars are no stranger to this situation, but in each of the past two years they lost their first chance to close out their second-round opponent — Seattle in 2023 and Colorado in '24 — before eventually doing so. 'It's on us to play a mature game up in Winnipeg,' goalie Jake Oettinger said. "We don't want to have to come back here and play again. We've all been talking about how bad we want to get back to the conference final. Now it's our turn to show up.' ___
