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Irish Independent
11 hours ago
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Drogheda United face Derry rematch in FAI Cup as squad escape rain in Spain
Needless to say, the management team and players were delighted to be greeted by hot sunshine when they touched down on the Costa Dorada, but manager Kevin Doherty was keen to point out that this is a working trip for his players ahead of their return to league action away to Bohemians on Friday week. Speaking after the first training session at the resort between Salou and Cambrils, Doherty said: 'Shamrock Rovers were here last year and the facilities are unbelievable. The training pitch is an absolute carpet and we're going to make the most of it. 'We left Dublin in the lashing rain and it's roasting here. It's 28 degrees now at 7.30 in the evening, so we have to tailor the training a bit. 'We did our first session there and we've double sessions then on Tuesday and Wednesday and one on Thursday and Friday - home Saturday. 'Everyone is in good form and the lads are really enjoying it.' The travelling party included the likes of youngsters Dare Kareem, Scott Brady and Sean McCarthy, but Elicha Ahui and Zishim Bawa stayed back in Ireland due to injury. 'We have a lad here as well who we are having a look at,' Doherty added. Meanwhile, the squad and management tuned into the FAI Cup third-round draw on Tuesday at lunchtime and Drogheda's reward for beating Crumlin United 5-0 last Friday is an away trip to Derry City in a repeat of last year's final which Drogheda famously won 2-0 in the Aviva Stadium. The sides have played three times already this season, with the Boynesiders losing the most recent meeting 3-0 at The Brandywell Stadium but drawing 1-1 at Sullivan & Lambe Park and winning 3-1 in the north west back in April. Speaking before the draw, Doherty said he was satisfied with the performance against Leinster Senior League outfit Crumlin United overall. ADVERTISEMENT Learn more 'It was one of those games where we just need to score and then things open up a bit,. 'The lads were patient enough and their keeper made some unbelievable saves, but the main thing was to get through and we did that quite comfortably. 'We all know how special this competition is - we really know! - and we're confident whoever we get in the next round.' FAI CUp 3rd round draw Finn Harps v Bray Wanderers Kerry FC v Cobh Ramblers Shamrock Rovers v Longford Town Cork City v Waterford Salthill Devon v Galway United St Patrick's Athletic v Shelbourne Derry City v Drogheda United Bohemians v Sligo Rovers (ties to be played week ending Aug 17)
The Irish Sun
12 hours ago
- The Irish Sun
Gardai hunt three youths in Donegal after car strikes stuffed bags dressed to look like person in terrifying hoax
GARDAI in Donegal are seeking three young men who stuffed plastic bags with ketchup to look like a body, which was then struck by a passing car. The incident, which happened in the village of The shocking incident occurred shortly after midnight on Sunday on the R245 at The Pans, Cranford at around 12:30am. The motorist jumped out of their car and made a shocking discovery. After getting out of the car the driver found bags stuffed with ketchup dressed in dark clothing. The driver and passenger of the vehicle were left shaken following the bizarre incident. READ MORE IN NEWS Damage was also caused to the car as a result of the collision. A 'This car is believed to have been in the area around the time of the collision and then immediately left in the direction of Carrigart'. Anyone who may have travelled along that route with a dash-cam between midnight and 1am on that date is urged to make the footage available to Gardai. Most read in Irish News 'If anyone travelled within the Carrigart area between 12.30am and 1.30am with a dash-cam, we ask them to get in touch with us also,' Garda Doherty added. 'We are very anxious to progress this investigation and we appeal to the males in question to make contact with Gardai in Milford on 074 9153060. Gardai and RSA measures aimed at driving crash deaths on Irish roads "As already stated, we are following a definite line of enquiry and all available CCTV is being sought and examined. "Those involved in this very serious matter are advised to make contact with investigating Gardai." 1 The shock incident occurred over the weekend Credit: Alamy
Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
Authorities suspend ground search for northern Minnesota man missing for weeks
Authorities suspend ground search for northern Minnesota man missing for weeks originally appeared on Bring Me The News. The Cook County Sheriff's Office has suspended a ground search for a 40-year-old northern Minnesota man who's been missing since the beginning of July. Gene Doherty was last seen leaving his mother's home near Silver Bay on July 1. His vehicle, a 2009 Ford Edge, was found on July 11 on Brule Lake Road between Cascade Lake and Little Cascade Lake, part of the Superior National Forest. The sheriff's office says it's suspending the ground search for Doherty due to challenging terrain, limited resources, and a lack of results from search and rescue operations. For the past week, authorities have focused on the 451-acre Cascade Lake, where a detection dog pinpointed Doherty's scent at the public boat landing, with crews using boats and sonar to search the water and shoreline. 'We've had a great search and rescue group,' Cook County Sheriff Pat Eliasen told WTIP. "They give it everything." The sheriff's office plans to continue searching Cascade Lake every day until July 22. After that, crews will reassess and "maybe try something else," the sheriff told the Grand Marais-based radio station. "We're going to keep it up as long as we can, as long as resources hold out, and as long as we can get people to do it," Eliasen said. The Cook County Sheriff's Office, Cook County Search and Rescue, the U.S. Forest Service, and St. Louis County Search and Rescue have been assisting in the search and rescue effort. Anyone with information should contact the Lake County Sheriff's Office at 218-834-8385, or 911. Note: The details provided in this story are based on law enforcement's latest version of events, and may be subject to change. This story was originally reported by Bring Me The News on Jul 18, 2025, where it first appeared. Solve the daily Crossword
Irish Examiner
5 days ago
- Business
- Irish Examiner
High utility prices means families cannot take 'shock' of cancelled energy credits, opposition says
The Government has been criticised for ruling out a cost-of-living package in October's Budget, with the opposition saying people need assistance because of the high price of food and energy. The Government has repeatedly ruled out the prospect of such a package being included in this year's Budget, arguing that the rate of inflation has eased and the threat of US tariffs make the future finances of the country harder to predict. However, Sinn Féin finance spokesperson Pearse Doherty told Thursday's leaders' questions that figures published by the Commission for the Regulation of Utilities "lay bare the hard realities that folks face". Mr Doherty said the figures show the number of households in arrears on their electricity and gas bills has jumped by 70,000 in the last year, which means there are now more than 300,000 households behind on their electricity bills and more than 175,000 households behind on their gas bills. "The Tánaiste should let that sink in for a moment. Today as the Dáil breaks up for the summer, hundreds of thousands of working families cannot meet their bills for heating and lighting their homes. That is disgraceful. Is it any wonder when we have seen their bills shoot up by hundreds of euro in recent years? Families simply cannot absorb this type of shock to their finances and now the Government's plan is to cancel the energy credits that they so desperately need and relied on. "The Government digs in and continues to refuse to agree to have a cost-of-living package in October's Budget. "These are the people the Tánaiste claims to understand. He told the Sunday Independent at the weekend that he understands what working families are going through - that he gets it. If he genuinely got it, he would understand that runaway electricity and gas bills are putting massive pressure on households. If he genuinely got it, he would do something about that." In response, Mr Harris said the Government had taken more permanent measures to alleviate pressures on families, saying that from September, every child who goes back to primary school or secondary school will receive free schoolbooks and every primary school child is now getting free hot school meals. "Specifically on energy, on this Government coming to office, we took a decision to extend the 9% Vat rate on gas and electricity, a real practical measure to help people with gas and electricity bills. We put in place a 40% reduction in the renewable electricity PSO levy. That has been announced and it will also save people money on their electricity bills. "We have significantly expanded the fuel allowance so that thousands more people, particularly older people, will qualify." Mr Harris said there "is an air of unreality about Deputy Doherty's contribution" and took aim at the Donegal TD for Dáil contributions by himself and other Sinn Féin TDs which suggested that SuperValu was owned by an American multinational. "Deputy Doherty spends a lot of his political career standing up and saying the Government does not get it. It does not understand, it is out of touch. You know what I know? I know who owns SuperValu. "The deputy thought it was owned by an American multinational and he wants Paschal Donohoe's job? He wants Paschal Donohoe's job and he does not even know who owns SuperValu or cannot even use Google. Give me a break." Read More Micheál Martin and Mary Lou McDonald clash over inflation pressures on families
Irish Independent
5 days ago
- Business
- Irish Independent
‘We have to be honest with people' – Simon Harris doubles down as he is told electricity credits must be included in next Budget
On Dáil's last day before summer recess, Sinn Féin's Pearse Doherty criticised Government for plan 'to cancel the energy credits that people desperately need' Electricity credits must be included in the next Budget, as in recent years, because of the number of people falling into arrears, the Tánaiste has been told. Sinn Fein's Pearse Doherty said the number of people in arrears with their electricity bills has risen by 63,000 in the first four months of this year. He added that there are now 175,000 people in arrears on electricity bills, with 300,000 'not able to pay the gas bill'. Mr Doherty told Simon Harris that people needed help to heat their homes and keep the lights on, adding: 'I say you have all the wrong priorities.' However, speaking on the Dáil's last day before the summer recess, Mr Harris said: 'You'd probably have to go back a very long time to find a summer recess in which we have seen a moment of greater economic uncertainty.' Addressing Mr Doherty, he said: 'You don't want to talk about trade. You don't want to talk about tariffs. You don't want to talk about the 48,000 people who work in pharma in this country. You don't want to talk about the global uncertainty. 'You've never seen something you don't want to spend more money on. But we have to be honest with the Irish people, we can't just keep saying, 'spend, spend, spend'.' Social Democrats TD Jennifer Whitmore said the Government was 'reckless and feckless' with public money and wanted to blame the opposition for its own failures. The Tánaiste asked her to name one benefit the Social Democrats wanted to cancel in order to save money. He said the Government was trying to make sure that people and working families can keep working 'by protecting their jobs at this dangerous, dangerous moment'. On the Budget, he said: 'The on-off measures served a purpose at a time of extraordinarily high inflation.' He said the Government had made clear, ahead of the last election, that it couldn't last. ADVERTISEMENT He told Mr Doherty: 'We will support families, but we're also going to support the economy, something you don't like talking about very often.' 'There are those on fixed incomes who are at greater risk of poverty' Ms Whitmore said the State had never had so much money come into its coffers as in the last 14 years, 'and we have very little to show for it'. Mr Harris said he did not agree with that analysis, adding that he had stood alongside Ms Whitmore, his constituency colleague, at many a ribbon-cutting for new facilities in Wicklow. There had been record investment across the country, he said. Mr Doherty said: 'Your plan is to cancel the energy credits that people so desperately need and relied on. 'You dig in and you continue to refuse to agree for a cost-of-living package in October's budget. And of course, there are those on fixed incomes who are at greater risk of poverty and they need greater support. 'But this ever-worsening cost-of-living crisis has widened significantly. More and more families, more and more working people, are struggling to get by. 'Even families with two incomes find it harder than ever to keep up with the bills, which are out of control. Prices across the board are pushing households to the brink. 'It's not lost on these families that they are being hammered by rip-off prices and electricity and gas, while these same energy companies are recording bumper profits. 'The ESB recorded operating profits of over €1bn in 2023 and similar to that again last year. And SSE Airtricity made hundreds of millions of profits in both of the last two years.'
