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RTÉ News
24-05-2025
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Louth brought back down to earth by impressive Monaghan in All-Ireland group opener
Monaghan came away from Newbridge with an emphatic opening Group 4 win over neighbours Louth, with six points between the sides at the finish. The margin flattered the off-colour Leinster champions on a day the Farney were hell bent on taking all the local bragging rights. While Louth were collecting silverware and the nation's hearts, Monaghan were stewing over a narrow loss to Donegal in April. With the Tir Conaill men capturing the Anglo Celt further fuelling Monghan's burning ambition to get back out on the field. Louth would feel all that wrath as Monaghan started both halves with gusto and laid the foundations for their win as well as laying down a marker in the All-Ireland race. Impressive Stephen O'Hanlon had the ball in the back of the net as early as the second minute and jaded Louth could never put themselves in a position to win the contest. Despite being outplayed at times, Ger Brennan's side were never fully out of this rip-roaring contest either. His men side possess a knack of getting goals and that helpful trait had the de-facto hosts only three points down at the break, 1-11 to 2-03. Captain Sam Mulroy found the net and then his creator ,Tommy Durnin, also raised the green flag but Monaghan's dominance was seen in a 0-06 to 0-00 run. Farney captain Micheál Bannigan hugely imposing himself on the game. Upon the resumption, the visitors again began like a train with four quick points that made Louth supporters' heads look towards the next round. Ballybay's Dessie Ward curled over his third point that highlighted Monaghan's intent. However, the confidence that made Louth champions meant they would not go away. Despite Sam Mulroy's waywardness from frees he dusted himself down to nail a vital penalty. A lifeline for Louth. Such was Louth's day, they could never quite build on their moments of class. Bannigan nailed the response and instigated a seven-point scoring run to close out the game. With a couple of black cards to defenders Donal McKenny and Killian Lavelle, the game got ragged but Monaghan marched on in spite of Durnin's late goal. Louth: Niall McDonnell; Dan Corcoran, Emmett Carolan, Donal McKenny; Conall McKeever, Daire Nally, Craig Lennon; Bevan Duffy, Tommy Durnin (2-00), Ciaran Downey, Sam Mulroy (2-02, 1-00pen, 0-01f), Conor Grimes; Ciaran Keenan, Kieran McArdle, Ryan Burns (0-05, 2tp, 0-01f). Subs: Ciaran Byrne (0-01) for Downey (ht), Dara McDonnell for McArdle (ht), Liam Jackson for Corcoran (40), Andy McDonnell for Duffy (42), Conor Branigan for A McDonnell (55). Monaghan: Rory Beggan (0-04, 2tpf); Ryan Wylie, Killian Lavelle, Dylan Byrne; Dessie Ward (0-03), Ryan O'Toole, Kieran Duffy (0-01); Mícheál McCarville, Gary Mohan; Ryan McAnespie, Stephen O'Hanlon (1-03), Conor McCarthy (0-01); Micheál Bannigan (0-6, 1tp 1f), Andrew Woods, Stephen Mooney (0-03). Subs: Cian Mulligan for Beggan (Blood 26-28), Jack McCarron (0-02, 0-01f), for McAnespie (45),Ciaran McNulty for Woods (49), Davy Garland for Mooney (59), Darren Hughes for McCarville (64), Karl O'Connell for Ward (69), Jason Irwin for O'Hanlon (70).
CTV News
29-04-2025
- Politics
- CTV News
‘Remarkable how fast polls changed': U of R political scientist breaks down federal election results
Over 19.5 million voters cast their ballot in Canada's 45th federal election, representing more than 68 per cent of eligible voters. A Liberal Party minority win was made clear Monday evening and remains so, although some polls are still being tallied. University of Regina political scientist Jim Farney joined CTV Morning Live Saskatchewan on Tuesday to analyze the election, attributing part of the Liberal Party's success to Justin Trudeau's resignation and U.S. President Donald Trump's involvement in Canadian politics. 'It is really remarkable how fast the polls changed,' Farney said. 'There's all sorts of kind of little landslides that got set off as a result,' In Saskatchewan, the Conservatives held all 14 seats going into election night. Liberal Party candidate Buckley Belanger managed to claim a seat in the Desnethé – Missinippi – Churchill River riding, marking the only change to the province's long-held blue dominance. While federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre remains popular in much of Saskatchewan and the prairies, he ended up losing his own seat in the Ottawa riding of Carleton. 'If you look at kind of the core demographics of Poilievre's own riding, if it hadn't been for his record, we would have been talking about it as a swing riding. It's a little bit like Regina-Qu'Appelle here, a mix of rural and urban in Ottawa, and that's not easy campaigning grounds for a conservative,' he said. Farney said something that really hurt the Conservatives was the progressive vote shifting towards the Liberals and away from the New Democrats. 'That probably cost them something [in] the order of 15, maybe 20 races, depending how fine grained you want to get,' he said. 'It's that collapse of the NDP and [Jagmeet] Singh's own loss that I think is the probably lasting story of the night that the NDP has lost official party status as a result of yesterday's voting.' Farney also doesn't think Canadians will be heading back to the polls anytime soon, noting Prime Minister Mark Carney's platform is a big spending one, so he has ways to negotiate with the NDP and Bloc Quebecois to get things passed. 'We are at a time of national crisis, so no party is going to want to be the one that interrupts us with another election quickly, but my guess would be in the next 18 months or so, we'll be back in election mode,' he added. Farney said what drove Carney over the top was a 'rally around the flag effect.' 'I think there is a bit of mystery in why the Liberals are so good at being kind of Canada's natural party,' he said. 'I think if we had made a similar move before Trump was President, we would be taking about Prime Minister Poilievre this morning.' 'It was very much a feature of timing.' Looking forward, Farney said the prime minister has a big job ahead and will undoubtedly face some challenges. 'The first will be this meeting with Trump, but making the premiers and the federation work together, dialing down some of the tension, making sure everyone understands they have a seat at the table is, I think, Carney's big challenge,' he said. 'It's both the prairie west and Quebec has kind of simmering issues with the federation, simmering kind of hotter than they've been for a while, that is going to be probably his second challenge.'
The Irish Sun
23-04-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Oisin McConville urges GAA to ditch big rule change mid-season after controversial ending to Championship clash
OISIN McConville wants the GAA to abandon the hooter for the remainder of the Gaelic football Championship. Calls to ditch the Football Review Committee-inspired change grew extra legs on the back of Sunday's contentious last play 2 The hooter was brought in for the 2025 men's season, following the lead set several years ago by the LGFA and ladies football 2 Throughout matches the clock now stops whenever the ball goes out of play with the hooter blaring on 70 minutes as there's no longer any stoppage time added on by the referee The hooter rule This had appeared to clarify the grey area around trailing teams having one final play to score an equalising point or goal. However, there was still anger expressed by those with allegiances to the Farney as they felt they ought to have been granted one last throw of the dice. But as the above Read More On GAA So ref David Coldrick was right to blow his whistle and call a halt to proceedings with Donegal two to the good as the scoreline read 0-23 to 0-21. Nonetheless though, some feel there's too much uncertainty around the end of game scenario for it to be a live rule this inter-county season. Speaking on "So for the teams down in the lower divisions, we've already said that. Most read in GAA Football "The other problem is how visual the clocks are in the stadiums to give players [information] - which I think is an essential part of using the hooter. "We haven't nailed that down yet. We've gone with a system and a rule change that we're not ready for and we've tried to push it through. RTE pundit Peter Canavan angers fans after leaving notable county out of his 'big four' All-Ireland contenders "It's only in televised games, which is a nonsense. "You talk about the same competitions and teams playing the same was no need for what happened there. "I think sideline [the hooter] until we're really ready to go in every inter-county ground in the country that's going to be staging championship football. "I want to know who's looking after the hooter. When the referee puts up his hands and says "time off" does that happen instantly? "Is it two seconds? Would two seconds have made a difference for ten seconds have made a difference over the course of the game? "There's a lot going on there that hasn't been nailed down yet, I feel. "I think we shoehorned it in because we feel it's a good idea. "I agree with the hooter but it's everything that surrounds it that we haven't just nailed down yet that is causing us a massive problem. "Visually, you have to be able to have some sort of indicator for players around the clock [and] where it is."
The Irish Sun
22-04-2025
- Sport
- The Irish Sun
Peadar Morgan urges Donegal to limit two-point openings in Ulster SFC semi-final against Down after Monaghan scare
DONEGAL defender Peadar Mogan knows they need to crack-Down on giving up two-point scores after Monaghan almost reeled them in last Sunday. Jim McGuinness' men led the Farney 0-15 to 0-8 in their Ulster SFC quarter-final in Clones before the 1 Peadar Mogan of Donegal during the Ulster GAA Football Senior Championship preliminary round match against Derry Credit: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile Dessie Ward, Micheál Bannigan, Conor McCarthy and Jack McCarron all raised orange flags. And Donegal were saved by the bell when the hooter sounded just when the Farney were about to take a line ball. But All-Star Mogan delivered the goods again and scored four points in a 0-23 to 0-21 victory to set up a semi-final against Down this coming Sunday. And the St Naul's man admits the one-week turnaround will be tough. Read More on GAA But he knows stopping double scores will go a long way towards reaching another provincial final. He said: 'It was Monaghan's first Championship game and it's their home crowd and venue. 'You're not going to expect anything else. 'But inter-county players are just so good at kicking the ball now that they're going to kick two-pointers. It's just about trying to limit them. Most read in GAA Football 'We were the same last year after the Derry game so we just have to recover and get the bodies right. 'I think it really is about just freshening the minds and bodies. 'That's the clean version' - Watch RTE pundits Anthony Daly & Donal Og Cusack's hilarious reaction to Clare-Cork draw 'We'll have to be very much improved for next week because Down are a hugely athletic team, very similar to Monaghan. 'They've got huge legs, pace and they've got a couple of top players.'
BBC News
21-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Two-pointer becomes gaelic football's game changer
The two-pointer has become the game changer in gaelic Guinness' shot from outside the 40-metre arc sparked Down's dramatic late comeback against a shell-shocked Fermanagh on while Monaghan's second-half revival ultimately fell agonisingly short against Donegal in Sunday's concluding Ulster Football quarter-final, it was those two-pointers which suddenly had Jim McGuinness' previously utterly dominant side not looking so assured at went for double top on 12 occasions in Sunday's contest - landing five and missing it's not just the score itself that's making the difference but the need for defensive readjustment which in turn is creating more space for the inside Farney men's first successful two-pointer by Dessie Ward in the 32nd minute reduced Donegal's advantage to 0-13 to 0-7 and the margin remained six at the interval after both sides added a further it was Conor McCarthy's 38th-minute two-pointer which energised a previously subdued Monaghan support, as the 2023 All-Star frantically urged the Farney support on the Hill to lift the decibel levels."We had serious support today but we felt we'd let them down in the first half," said McCarthy."You're searching for something to get them back on side. We did get that momentum. There was my two-pointer and two more [soon] after that and you could feel the crowd getting behind us. "Listen, it's just disappointing not to win in the end." The successive two-pointers from substitute Jack McCarron and captain Micheal Bannigan within the space of 60 seconds incredibly cut Donegal's lead to 0-16 to 0-15 as the increasingly vocal home crowd scented a famous successive scores from late inclusion Michael Langan, a largely quiet Patrick McBrearty and substitute Jamie Brennan put daylight between the sides again at 0-20 to Monaghan revival appeared to have been repelled when another Brennan score extended Donegal's advantage to 0-22 to 0-17 with eight minutes of normal time as Fermanagh folk will attest, even a seven-point lead with that amount of time remaining is far from we had a frantic conclusion, which for a few moments appeared set to be laced with controversy, as a Ryan McAnespie point, which was a sniff of a goal chance, was followed by Dessie Ward's second two-pointer of the afternoon to leave only two between the sides. As the clock ticked into the final minute, Monaghan won the subsequent kickout and managed to work the ball to Ward once again but on this occasion he pulled the far-from-easy chance wide of the post. Much as he might have liked to stall, Shaun Patton knew he had to take the kickout - lest he be blown up for time wasting - and after the ball bounced over the sideline off a Donegal fist, Monaghan's Ryan O'Toole was about to take the line ball when the hooter sounded. Thinking, Monaghan still had a final play, O'Toole found a team-mate in close proximity near halfway but at that very moment, David Coldrick's final whistle blew, quickly to be followed by protests from some Farney the Meath whistler had followed the new rulebook to the letter. "The rule is that if the ball's out for a sideline and the hooter goes, it's game over," said a rueful McCarthy."It seems harsh because the rule's there that if you've a chance of build an attack or score, play should be let on. Maybe that rule needs to be looked but we can have no complaints as we missed chances before that."But while defeat was ultimately Monaghan's lot on this particular Sunday at St Tiernach's Park, McCarthy recalled regrouping from an emphatic Ulster SFC defeat by Derry two years ago to go all the way to the All-Ireland semi-finals where they gave eventual champions Dublin a tough test."We have four or five weeks to get ready for the All-Ireland series. "In 2023, we were in a similar position after being knocked out in Ulster and went on a run to reach the All-Ireland semi-finals so it's within us to make a run in the All-Ireland series."
