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Scotsman
17-07-2025
- Sport
- Scotsman
Former Hearts and Birmingham City player retires as former clubs sent message
He also counts Bradford City, Kilmarnock and more amongst his ex clubs. Sign up to our Hearts newsletter Sign up Thank you for signing up! Did you know with a Digital Subscription to Edinburgh News, you can get unlimited access to the website including our premium content, as well as benefiting from fewer ads, loyalty rewards and much more. Learn More Sorry, there seem to be some issues. Please try again later. Submitting... A former Hearts and Birmingham City player has sent a message to his ex clubs after retiring from football. At the age of 40 following a spell with Bradford City as a player-coach, Colin Doyle has hung up his gloves for the final time. The Irish keeper spent three years at Hearts before moving to Kilmarnock and then to the Bantams, his second spell at Valley Parade, where he's spent three years before retiring. Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Doyle started his career at Birmingham City and gave over a decade of service to the Blues before leaving on a permanent basis for Blackpool. He has now taken to social media to say his farewell to football, with a picture from his days at Hearts and a message for the Jambos plus others. Former Hearts and Birmingham City man's retirement message He said: 'After more than two decades in the game I love, the time has come to hang the gloves up. From my early days at Birmingham City to my final role at Bradford City as a player-coach, it's been an incredible journey—filled with unforgettable matches, lifelong friendships, and moments I'll carry with me forever. 'Representing my country was an honour and a dream come true. To every club I've worn the badge for—thank you for believing in me. To my teammates, coaches, and supporters: your trust, encouragement, and passion have meant the world. And to my family—your support has been my foundation through every high and low. 'Football has given me everything. Now, it's time to step into the next chapter—passing on what I've learned, and supporting the game and goalkeepers from a new angle. From Ireland to England to Scotland, thank you for being part of the journey. I'm proud of every minute I spent between the posts.' Advertisement Hide Ad Advertisement Hide Ad Why former Hearts and Birmingham City man has picked retirement He added to Bradford City's in house media: 'I am proud of what I have achieved in my career. The time is probably right to retire, with Sam Walker re-signing and bringing Joe Hilton in to pre-empt this moment, Zac Hadi is improving too, so I feel it is the correct decision. Hopefully, I can pass on a bit of knowledge along the way. I turned 40 in the summer, I have had a good crack at it! I have no regrets with my career, the bones are creaking but I'll keep ticking over, I need to 'serve' the 'keepers so I'll make sure I can do my job. 'Having multiple promotions and playing for my country, it makes me proud. Four caps for Ireland is an honour. It was difficult for my parents, letting me go to Birmingham on my own at 16. I met my wife and have three wonderful children who have kept me grounded and have been with me for the whole lot. It is a career I have enjoyed and will look back on with fond memories.' Birmingham City, his first club, added in a short message: 'Wishing the best of luck to Colin Doyle, who has today announced his retirement from professional football. A top servant who spent over 10 years at the Club.'
BBC News
16-07-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Bradford goalkeeper Doyle retires from playing
Bradford City goalkeeper Colin Doyle is retiring from playing but will remain as goalkeeping coach at the 40-year-old has made 98 appearances for the club over two spells, although he has been restricted to 10 cup games since rejoining the Bantams as an understudy in 2022 in a player-coach was part of the Birmingham City squads which won promotion to the Premier League in the 2006-07 and 2008-09 seasons and the League Cup in 2011. He spent 12 seasons at St Andrews, making 62 also won four caps for the Republic of Ireland, the first in 2007 and the last three in 2018. Doyle also turned out for Blackpool, and both Heart of Midlothian and Kilmarnock in the Scottish was second choice to Sam Walker last season until the club brought in Joe Hilton from Blackburn Rovers in February.
BreakingNews.ie
24-05-2025
- Business
- BreakingNews.ie
Plans for Mayo data centre opposed by Sally Rooney stalled after appeal
Contentious plans to proceed with a data centre in Co Mayo opposed by international best-selling author, Sally Rooney have been stalled. This follows a third party appeal lodged with An Bord Pleanála against Mayo County Council's decision to grant planning permission last month to Mayo Data Hub Ltd for a data centre at Mullafarry and Tawnaghmore Upper, Killala. Advertisement One of the objectors to the data centre, Colin Doyle from Station Rd, Ennis, Co Clare has lodged the third party appeal. The data centre for a site, located 1.8km to the south of Killala and 10.5km to the north of Ballina, will require 50MW average electrical power to operate. A planning report lodged with the application by John Spain Associates states that proposed development "will attract complementary technology-based companies within the ICT sector and complementary industries to the west of Ireland which will provide for higher paying jobs and activate the local economy'. The planning report also states that the electricity grid in the west of Ireland is currently unconstrained with sufficient capacity to accommodate the required connection for the data centre. Advertisement The report states that the project 'was in fact situated in this part of Ireland after consultation with Eirgrid because this location is outside grid constrained areas and in a region with a surplus of renewable power'. In his original objection with the Council, Mr Doyle stated that his main concern was indirect greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) generated by the data centre and the resulting impact on climate. In her own objection to the centre, Sally Rooney told the Council that 'I urge you in the strongest possible terms to refuse planning permission for this wasteful, unnecessary and environmentally toxic proposal'. Ms Rooney said that she was making this submission 'as a resident of Co Mayo and a concerned citizen.' Advertisement The Normal People and Intermezzo author said: "Climate change represents an immediate and unprecedented threat to our way of life here in Mayo and to the future of human life around the world'. She said: "Unless we act now to stop runaway overheating, children born today are likely to witness a catastrophic breakdown of global civilisation.' Ms Rooney said that in 2023, 'private corporate data centres accounted for 21 per cent of Ireland's total electricity usage – more than all urban households combined'. Ms Rooney said: 'The truth is that these data centres exist largely to support online advertising. Some estimates suggest that online ads account for 50 per cent of internet data usage; others put the figure between 60 per cent and 80 per cent. Advertisement She said: 'Whatever the specific figure, online advertising is extremely energy-intensive and is increasing in scale all the time, requiring more data centres, more energy, and more fossil fuels. Ms Rooney said: 'Advertising, needless to say, is pointless. It adds no value to the real economy. It does not improve the overall quality of life for anyone. It is an utter waste of resources. At the best of times, this seems a shame; at a time of urgent global crisis, it is a catastrophe.' "Wasteful consumption of electricity is a disaster. Not only does it drive energy prices upward for ordinary consumers; it also increases the total demand for energy and thus the total demand for fossil fuels' Ms Rooney said that as the applicants have conceded that the project will result in the emission of more carbon dioxide" into our already overheated atmosphere". Advertisement She said: 'This additional atmospheric carbon will contribute to climate change not only here in County Mayo, but everywhere on the earth, as part of the catastrophic planetary crisis that is global warming.' Ms Rooney further contended that 'Carbon credits' and 'offsetting programmes' deployed by operators of data centres 'act only as a smokescreen for corporations that want to emit greenhouse gases into the atmosphere for profit'. She said: "These gases have already been responsible for the deaths of thousands of innocent people, and in the coming years we can be confident they will claim the lives of thousands more. No complicated EU policy instrument can wave that fact away.' In her six page submission, Ms Rooney further states that 'Not only would this proposed data centre represent a wasteful use of precious and limited electricity; it could also endanger that vital resource for other users, including hospitals and homes.' A decision is due on the appeal in September.
Irish Times
23-05-2025
- Business
- Irish Times
Approval for Mayo data centre plan is appealed
Contentious plans for a data centre in Co Mayo have been stalled after an appeal was lodged against the county council's decision to approve the Mayo Data Hub Ltd plan. The data centre on a site located 1.8km to the south of Killala and 10.5km to the north of Ballina will require 50MW average electrical power to operate. Planning consultants John Spain Associates, for the applicants, said the proposed development 'will attract complementary technology-based companies within the ICT sector and complementary industries to the west of Ireland which will provide for higher paying jobs and activate the local economy'. The Spain report also notes that the electricity grid in the west of Ireland is currently unconstrained with sufficient capacity to accommodate the connection for the data centre. READ MORE It says the project 'was in fact situated in this part of Ireland after consultation with EirGrid because this location is outside grid-constrained areas and in a region with a surplus of renewable power'. However, one of the objectors to the plan – Colin Doyle from Station Rd, Ennis, Co Clare – has now lodged a third party appeal to An Bord Pleanála. In his original objection to the proposal, Mr Doyle said his main concern was indirect greenhouse gas emissions generated by the data centre and the resulting impact on climate. Bestselling author Sally Rooney, who was born in Castlebar and lives in Mayo, was also among the original objectors to the scheme, calling the data centre plan a 'wasteful, unnecessary and environmentally toxic proposal'.
BBC News
13-05-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Promoted Bradford in talks with captain Smallwood
Bradford City are in talks with four out of contract players, including captain Richard Smallwood, about extending their 34-year-old midfielder has made 130 league appearances in three seasons with the Bantams and helped them win promotion back to League One this Sam Walker, 33, and defenders Ciaran Kelly, 26, and Lewis Richards, 23, are also in discussions about new Romoney Crichlow, 25, Sam Stubbs, 26, and midfielders Callum Johnson, 28, and Jamie Walker, 31, and striker Vadaine Oliver, 33, have all been coach Colin Doyle, 39, is also in talks about a new playing defender Paul Huntington, 37, is out of contract but has been invited back for pre-season training.
