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Irish Daily Mirror
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Limerick v Clare LIVE score updates from Munster Hurling Championship clash
Limerick take on Clare this afternoon in matchday five of the Munster Hurling Championship. The Treaty looked back to their best last time out as they put Cork to the sword to all but book their place in the Munster final. Defending All-Ireland champions Clare are already out of the Championship after a wretched campaign, so are playing for pride today. TUS Gaelic Grounds hosts today's game which throws-in at 4pm. The game is not being televised or streamed live, so our blog below is the best place to keep up to date with all the action as it unfolds. LIMERICK: Shane Dowling (Na Piarsaigh); Barry Murphy (Doon), Dan Morrissey (Ahane), Mike Casey (Na Piarsaigh); Diarmaid Byrnes (Patrickswell), Declan Hannon (Adare), Colin Coughlan (Ballybrown); Darragh O'Donovan (Doon), William O'Donoghue (Na Piarsaigh); Gearoid Hegarty (St Patrick's), Cathal O'Neill (Crecora Manister), Tom Morrissey (Ahane); Seamus Flanagan (Feohanagh-Castlemahon), Shane O'Brien (Kilamllock), Peter Casey (Na Piarsaigh). SUBS: Jason Gillane (Patrickswell), Adam English (Doon), Vincent Harrington (Na Piarsaigh), Ethan Hurley (Newcastle West), Barry Nash (South Liberties), Aidan O'Connor (Ballybrown), Fergal O'Connor (Effin), Donnacha Ó Dálaigh (Monaleen), Patrick O'Donovan (Effin), David Reidy (Dromin Athlacca), Eddie Stokes (Doon). Clare: Eibhear Quilligan; Adam Hogan, Darragh Lohan, Rory Hayes; Cian Galvin, John Conlon, David McInerney; Sean Rynne, Cathal Malone; Tony Kelly, Mark Rodgers, Shane Meehan; Ryan Taylor, Peter Duggan, David Reidy. SUBS: Eamonn Foudy, Daithi Lohan, Ross Hayes, Diarmuid Ryan, Paddy Donnellan, Adam Shanagher, David Fitzgerald, Jack O'Neill, Ian Galvin, Colm O'Meara, Shane O'Donnell It's as hollow an exit for Clare as you could imagine as they go to the Gaelic Grounds with nothing to play for with another All-Ireland defence hitting the rocks at the earliest possible juncture. Limerick are all but in a Munster final so this is effectively a dead rubber and team selection may be compromised by more important tests ahead, but reasserting their authority over Clare in front of their own crowd should be sufficient motivation. Follow along for live updates here in our blog as the action unfolds.
Scottish Sun
23-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Scottish Sun
Two Doors Down favourite teases live show plans ahead of Christmas special
Stars are "over the moon" at prospect of festive show LAST LAUGH Two Doors Down favourite teases live show plans ahead of Christmas special Click to share on X/Twitter (Opens in new window) Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) TWO Doors Down star Doon Mackichan has revealed she wants the show to bow out with a live show in tribute to its creator. The actress is to return to her role as boozy neighbour Cathy in the hit BBC comedy for a Christmas special on TV screens later this year. Sign up for the Entertainment newsletter Sign up 1 Two Doors Down star Doon Mackichan However, she said she doubts there will be another full series following the sudden death of co-writer Simon Carlyle aged 48 in 2023. Instead Doon would like to see the antics of the residents of Latimer Crescent transferred to the stage as Carlyle had dreamed of seeing the show performed at Glasgow's Hydro arena. The Christmas special is being written solely by Gregor Sharp who previously penned every script with close friend Carlyle. Speaking on presenter Lewis Nicholls' YouTube channel, Doon, 62, said: "The producer called to tell us Gregor has come up with a Christmas special and we were just absolutely over the moon. "That is happening and I think we are going to shoot that in the summer. "Maybe it's a little tentative step in the water for (another series). I tend to think it would be better to do a live show as a goodbye. "I don't think it's that easy to do a series. Simon and Gregor used to sit together for about six months and write it. It's an incredible amount of work and it takes the magic of those two together. "It's been really hard for Gregor to do it and there has been such pressure on him." Speaking about Carlyle's death, she added: "I was in Thailand on my birthday and the producer phoned me to tell me. That was just hell, none of us could believe it, we couldn't take it in. "It was just a tragedy." BAFTA nominated BBC comedy series set to return for final ever series - and fans don't have long to wait Two Doors Down launched in 2013 and seven series have been broadcast on the BBC. Other cast members including Jonathan Watson, Alex Norton, Elaine C Smith, Arabella Weir, Kieran Hodgson, Joy McAvoy and Graeme 'Grado' Stevely will all be returning for the Christmas special. London-born Doon previously told how the character of Cathy had been taken to the hearts of the Scottish public. She said: "If I get into a cab in Glasgow they go 'Oh, it's you, you're the highly strung one,' meaning 'You drink a lot.' "Cathy has possibly got a bit of a drink problem. She enters a room and needs to be the centre of attention. "In Glasgow I literally get women running down the street going 'Cathy, Cathy, I am you, you are me.' "So a lot of people recognise themselves in Cathy which is really interesting."
Daily Mail
01-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
Smack The Pony comedy troupe reunite over 20 YEARS after their Channel 4 series ended
The Smack The Pony comedy troupe are reuniting – more than 20 years after their comedy series ended on Channel 4. Fiona Allen, Doon Mackichan and Sally Phillips are reviving their comic sketches for the Edinburgh Fringe festival at the Gilded Balloon this summer. The three comedians say they have lots of new ideas for skits and can't wait to reunite 24 years after the show came off air. In a statement, the trio said: 'This is slightly surreal because it's 24 years since we finished. We're not old comedy, we now qualify as vintage, which is cool. Is it?' 'Because we always talk sketch ideas when we get together, on some level it's almost as if 'Smack the Pony' never really stopped - that it just kept going in some parallel universe. 'So it feels like Gilded Balloon is some kind of portal and we'll be popping into catch up with Series 26. We're very grateful to have this chance to hang out and take the p*** out of ourselves again - we've missed it!' Their show, titled Back in the Saddle, will also feature broadcaster Kirsty Wark and will be a look back at the TV series with classic sketches revisited as well as their new material. Smack The Pony - which was created by Victoria Pile, who also wrote surreal hospital sitcom Green Wing - ran on Channel 4 for three series from 1999 to 2002, and concluded with two specials broadcast over Christmas 2002 and New Year 2003. Back in 2019, 'Two Doors Down' actress Doon, 62, revealed in an interview with The i newspaper that the trio had written a host of fresh sketches for a potential TV comeback but executives were not interested in bringing back 'Smack The Pony'. She said: 'It's just been really difficult. We've pitched to a few places and it's not happening. 'I don't know whether it's [because it's] older women but it's not happening, which is, to me, astonishing. You think, how funny does it have to be? With the brand?' Doon, Fiona, 60, and Sally, 54, previously reunited for a sketch for Red Nose Day in 2017. Chris McCausland is not returning for a second series of his talk show. The Chris McCausland Show ran on ITV for 11 episodes and saw the stand-up comedian interview an array of celebrity guests, including Paul Whitehouse, Rob Beckett, Pixie Lott and more. The comic's publicist has released a statement revealing that Chris, 47, made the decision to walk away from the programme to pursue other projects. The 2024 Strictly Come Dancing winner has been inundated with work offers since becoming the first blind contestant to take home the Glitterball Trophy on the BBC One ballroom show. The publicist told comedy news website Chortle: 'It was Chris who stepped away from this show. It was a great experience but he's looking at other opportunities and there have been a lot of offers since 'Strictly'.' Chris' next confirmed project is a BBC Two documentary which will focus on how technology has changed the way he has been able to continue his life after losing his sight by age 22 due to the genetic condition retinitis pigmentosa. Seeing Into The Future will show Chris visiting Silicon Valley and investigating the latest technology helping people with blindness and severe sight issues. Chris will also be releasing his memoir later this year. Announcing the book in January 2025, he said: 'I thought 'Strictly' was terrifying but my book has a release date and I haven't started writing it yet.
