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RTÉ News
36 minutes ago
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- RTÉ News
Damien Comer returns as late addition to Galway squad in Derry
Damien Comer has returned to the Galway squad for their trip to Derry, the 2022 All-Star replacing Cian Hernon on the panel ahead of the Celtic Park game. Comer has not featured for Galway since making a late cameo appearance in their Connacht semi-final win over Roscommon. He subsequently picked up an injury prior to the Connacht final against Mayo and was originally excluded from Galway's match-day 26. Derry and Galway face off in Celtic Park, with both badly needing a result after opening round losses to Armagh and Dublin respectively.
The 42
3 hours ago
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- The 42
The American college graduate who has taken Irish football by storm
THE CLICHÉ when Irish clubs acquire foreign players is that they will need time to adapt and adjust to the rhythm and pace of the Premier Division. However, this year, in both men's and women's top flights, a pre-season signing from abroad sits at the top of the scoring charts. In the men's game, New Zealand international Moses Dyer has been the league's most prolific player with nine goals since joining Galway in January. For Shelbourne Women, Mackenzie Anthony has had a similarly positive impact. The 23-year-old American has eight league goals from seven starts, leaving her joint top-scorer in the Premier Division alongside Athlone Town's New York-born forward Kelly Brady. Brady recently pipped Anthony to April's Player of the Month award, and it looks like it could be a race between the two Americans for the Golden Boot. Anthony's background is in college football in the US, while studying for a degree in advertising management. Last autumn, she graduated from Michigan State University after two years there, having previously played three seasons at Baylor University in Texas. Anthony subsequently went on trial with teams in the US, but had never been to Europe before and wanted to go 'just for the culture and the experience'. She considered Scandinavian countries but was keen to play somewhere where the main language was English. Ireland had not been on her radar until Eoin Wearen got in touch last February. The Shelbourne manager had previously coached in Anthony's home city, Chicago. He had never met Anthony during that time, but did coach one of her best friends in football, Bella Najera. Anthony also spoke with another US-born footballer, Maggie Pierce, who had a similar background in high-level college football and who spent two years at Shelbourne before departing at the end of 2024. Three weeks after Wearen initially got in touch, Anthony received her holiday visa and was ready to go for the new season. Mackenzie Anthony has been in flying form this season for Shels. All her goals so far 🔥 — League of Ireland (@LeagueofIreland) May 7, 2025 Advertisement The young striker has enjoyed her time in Ireland so far and finds it very 'different' to her US football experience. 'It's very technical and very much touch play, quick passes, which I feel like, in the States, you're dribbling a lot more, I would say, especially up in the attack,' Anthony tells The 42. 'I thought it was interesting — everybody knows everybody in this league. 'People are dropping first names and it was funny because I didn't realise, everyone's been playing against each other for years, or even with each other, which I guess it is how it is in the States, but not to that extent, where everybody knows everybody's strengths, everybody's weaknesses, in and out.' The Wheaton, Illinois native couldn't have asked for a much better start, averaging better than a goal a game in the league and coming off the bench to score an equaliser in their 1-1 draw with Bohemians in the All-Island Cup last weekend. The US star also describes her adjustment off the pitch as 'smoother than I thought it was going to be'. Based in Castleknock, she is roommates with Shelbourne goalkeeper Amanda McQuillan and recently got a Bernese Mountain Dog named Murphy to 'hang out with all day'. Anthony has been able to get away for short trips to England and Spain during breaks in the season, and soon plans on visiting Italy with fellow American Shels player Gabby DelPico. She compares this stint at Shelbourne to a 'semester abroad' and finds it less exhausting compared to the lifestyle she was accustomed to in the States. 'I was going to get a part-time job at a coffee shop. I still might, but I just have so much time,' she adds. 'What's nice about this league, actually, is you do get so much time. Because I know in America, in college, your life revolves around soccer. 'School was part of it, but I feel like it was mainly just soccer that consumed you. 'So it's been nice having more of a balance, getting to do so much more, and travel and explore.' The downside is that Anthony is playing in a part-time league where only some clubs pay travelling expenses. 'I would say I do wish it was more like full time, but it has given me the freedom to do more and just relax after five years of very intense soccer and it also gives my body a little break, I'd say, just not training as much — I feel like I'm able to recover better. 'But in the future, I do think I'd want to go back to being more full-time. I could do that, play professionally, full-time.' In the US, Anthony would play twice a week and train four times, meaning she invariably got one day off a week. 'And even on that day off, we would have to be doing treatment, massages, still going in to lift, maybe, an optional lift and rehab, just injury stuff,' she explains. Anthony believes this background is part of the reason why she has looked so impressive since moving to Shelbourne. In the States, however, she did not always thrive in the demanding environment. 'It's easy to lose that love for the game when it has become such a monotonous thing. 'But here I'm excited for training. I'm excited for the games. It's not like I wasn't excited then, but I feel like I would get nervous before games. And here, I don't, which has been really freeing, I would say.' She is not anticipating a lengthy career in the game but hopes to compete at a high level for 'at least' another four years. 'Coming here, I was hoping I'd figure out more what I'd want to do once I'm done with playing,' she says. 'But I don't really know.' Anthony grew up competing in tennis and soccer, ultimately deciding to focus on the latter while in eighth grade. 'My parents were like: 'You've got to pick a sport. It's too much money to pay for two.'' At the age of just 14, Anthony's footballing talent led to her being recruited by Baylor University. It took the pressure off the final years of high school, knowing she had a college place secured. 'My friends were all going through it when they were juniors and seniors. It was nice that I didn't have to worry about any of it.' While appreciative of the opportunities soccer has afforded her, Anthony admits there have been some dark moments too, such as when she missed an entire season after suffering an ACL injury in her second year of college. 'There was a lot of being like: 'Do I even want to play anymore?' Asking those questions. There was a point when my dad told me to quit because it got so stressful. 'I remember it was my fourth year, spring, and I was just really down and no confidence, nothing. 'And then I went and did Summer League [an amateur and semi-professional competition that US college players can avail of in the off-season], and I loved the game again. I was playing, and I was having fun with it. And you just, you remember [why I played in the first place] 'So there's going to be ups and downs — it [applies] everywhere. Just know, throughout your career, you're going to have so many ups and downs, and that's just normal. It's not normal to be only up — then something's wrong.'
Extra.ie
4 hours ago
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- Extra.ie
Sunday's All Ireland football championship fixtures
There's plenty of sport to get stuck into this Bank Holiday Sunday, with Cavan, Donegal, Derry, Galway, Dublin, Armagh, Monaghan and Clare all lining out for Round 2 of the All Ireland Senior Football Championship. On Saturday, Kerry beat Cork 1-28 to 0-20 while Roscommon and Meath drew on a score of 2-15 and 0-21. In Newry, Down beat Louth by one point at 0-25 to -24 while Mayo managed to pull away from Tyrone in Omagh with a score of 2-17 to 1-13. Ciaran Moore in action for Donegal Senior Football team. Pic: Ramsey Cardy/Sportsfile On Sunday, GAA fans have four more Senior football games to choose from. Here's everything you need to know… Cavan host Donegal at Breffni Park for the teams second outing of the All-Ireland SFC Group 1 stages with kick-off at 2pm. Donegal lost to Tyrone 2-17 to 0-20 points last month and will be hoping to pick themselves up with a win against Cavan, who already have a win under their belt following their match against Mayo. The Ulster clash is not being streamed, with supporters not attending the game not getting to see some live action until the RTÉ 2's Sunday Game at 9.30pm. Cian Reilly of Cavan during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 1 match between Mayo and Cavan. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile Derry host Connacht champions Galway at Celtic Park on Sunday afternoon, with both teams looking for their first points of the campaign following Galway's loss against Dublin and Derry's loss to Armagh. Throw-in is at 2pm on Sunday afternoon, with coverage of the game starting from 1.30pm via GAA+. The game will not be streamed on free-to-air channels, though highlights will be shown on the Sunday Game at 9.30pm on Sunday night. Theo Clancy of Dublin during the GAA Football All-Ireland Senior Championship Round 1 match between Galway and Dublin at Pearse Stadium in Galway. Pic: Piaras Ó Mídheach/Sportsfile All Ireland champions Armagh are making the trip down to Croke Park where they will meet Dublin in a highly-anticipated clash between the two teams. Both teams will be hoping to make it two consecutive wins following victories over Derry and Galway two weeks ago. The game will be on RTÉ 2 as well as RTÉ Player with throw-in at 4pm, preceded by Fermanagh and Wexford's Tailteann Cup clash. Monaghan host Clare in Group 3 of the championships with the clash taking place in St Tiernach's Park, Clones. The teams last faced each other in Clones in 2023 with Monaghan winning 1-23 to 1-18 but Clare will need to pick themselves up after their defeat against Down in Ennis in the first Round of games. Throw in is at 4pm, but unfortunately the game will not be streamed anywhere. Highlights will be shown on RTÉ 2's The Sunday Game from 9.30pm on Sunday night.
Irish Daily Mirror
6 hours ago
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- Irish Daily Mirror
What time, TV channel is Dublin v Armagh on today in All-Ireland Championship?
Dublin have no Con O'Callaghan but John and Paddy Small, Sean Bugler and Lee Gannon are all named in their 26 man squad. Killian McGinnis and Lorcan O'Dell stepped up against Galway last time out. Can they do it again? The home comforts of Croke Park will help. It might be the turn of a Cormac Costello or Colm Basquel to stand up. As All-Ireland champions Armagh will want to flex their muscles at Croke Park. With Eoin still Murchan out, it's hard to see a match up for Armagh's key man, Oisin Conaty. The in-form Ross McQuillan should suit Croke Park, while Dublin could well start Luke Breathnach. This is one to be savoured and one that could go either way. Dublin were superb at Croke Park in Division 1 this Spring, but this is Championship and with so many new faces the jury is still out. Where is the game being played? The game is being played at Croke Park. What time is throw-in? Throw in is at 4pm. Can I watch the game on TV? Yes, the game is LIVE on RTE 2. Is the game being streamed online? Yes, the game is being live streamed on the RTE Player Betting Odds: Armagh: Evens Draw: 13/2 Dublin: 11/10
Irish Times
8 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
TV guide: Housewife of the Year, Ginny & Georgia and the other best things to watch this week
Pick of the Week Housewife of the Year Monday, RTÉ One, 9.30pm If Donald Trump were president of Ireland, the first thing he would do would be to reinstate this ancient housekeeping pageant, where Irish women competed to be the best at cooking, cleaning, ironing and fixing their husbands a nice cocktail after his hard day at the office. This documentary opens the cupboards on recent Irish history, when the competition was as hotly contested as a Miss Ireland or Rose of Tralee. Housewife of the Year started in 1965, just when young women around the world were starting to break loose from the pinafores and aprons, and was televised on RTÉ from 1982 until it was finally put out to pasture in 1995. As part of the competition, contestants were filmed at home doing the housework and generally keeping the show on the road, so this documentary features insightful footage of Irish mammies in their natural habitat – even David Attenborough would raise an eyebrow at these arcane domestic rituals. It also features interviews with former contestants, who recall an age when contraception didn't exist, many jobs had a marriage bar, and scrimping and saving to pay for household basics was the norm (still is). And of course there are lots of surreal moments from the event itself, broadcast in front of live audience with Gay Byrne presenting. The film by Little Wing won Best Irish Feature Documentary at last year's Galway Film Fleadh, where it made its debut. Highlights My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan Sunday, RTÉ2, 6.30pm My Epic Camel Adventure with Gordon Buchanan. Photograph: Jack Warrender/Hello Halo productions/BBC Lights, camel, action!* In this wildlife special, aired on the BBC in March, adventurer Gordon Buchanan sets off across the Gobi Desert with only his trusty camels to get him across this treacherous terrain. He will travel over searingly hot sand dunes and perilous, rocky plains – not to mention the daunting Bumbat mountain – and he'll have to develop a close, trusting relationship with his camels if he's going to survive the journey. He'll learn all about these remarkable animals, and how they have evolved to survive in a hostile desert environment, and he'll encounter other denizens of the desert along the way, including wolves, saiga antelopes, yaks and the elusive Gobi bear. (*With apologies to 1980s Anglo-Cork band Stump and their classic tune Charlton Heston.) Our Guy in Vietnam Sunday, Channel 4, 9pm Guy Martin: Our Guy in Vietnam It's been 50 years since the Vietnam war ended, and the country is still dealing with the long legacy of that traumatic conflict. But it's also charging forward into a high-tech future and looking to become an industrial hub of Asia. Guy Martin gets on his motorbike and heads down the iconic Ho Chi Minh Trail to explore the history of the Vietnam war and learn how the country is moving on. In the first of this two-part documentary, Martin stops off at a former US combat base housing a Huey helicopter graveyard. Aistear an Amhráin Tuesday, RTÉ One, 7pm Aistear an Amhráin: Grace Gifford Have you ever heard a song on the radio, in a pub, or on a film soundtrack and wondered about the story behind it? Aistear an Amhráin is back with another playlist of tunes, from evergreen standards and classic pop anthems to uplifting ballads, and explores the real-life inspirations for the songs. What was the love story that fuelled The Frank and Walters' 1990s hit After All? Who was the Belfast roadie whose murder prompted Spandau Ballet to write Through the Barricades? The first programme looks at a tragic love story that inspired one of Ireland's most enduring songs, Grace. The subject of the song was Grace Gifford, who married her beau Joseph Mary Plunkett in Kilmainham Gaol just hours before he was executed as one of the architects of the Easter Rising. The song has been covered by more than 100 artists, including Jim McCann and Rod Stewart (there's even a version by boxer Kellie Harrington), and reporter Sinéad Ní Churnáin meets one of the song's writers, Seán O'Meara, to get the full story of how the song came about. READ MORE Hardy Bucks Thursday, BBC Two, 10pm Okay, calm down – this is not a brand new series of the classic 2010s comedy set in the west of Ireland, but it is a chance to revisit Eddie, Buzz, Frenchtoast and The Boo as they get up to all their aul' shenanigans in the fictional village of Castletown in Co Mayo. This is series three, made 10 years ago, and in episode one, Eddie realises he needs a woman's touch to keep him from going off the rails altogether, but who would be brave – or foolish enough – to take on the job? Time to get back with his ex, Noreen, but the candlelit dinner he's planned fails to rekindle the passion – in fact, it's a complete disaster. The British Soap Awards 2025 Thursday, UTV, 8pm It's time to hand out gongs for the best soaps on the telly, and this year the E's have it, as both EastEnders and Emmerdale are leading the list of nominations with 13 each, including for best leading performer, while Coronation Street and Hollyoaks are trailing behind with 11 nominations each. Jane McDonald returns as host for this year's ceremony, which takes place in front of a live audience at Hackney Empire in London on Saturday. 'You all know I love my soaps, so to be in a room giving recognition to all these wonderful actors and their fantastic hard work is simply joyous,' says McDonald. Streaming Stick From Wednesday, June 4th, Apple TV+ Stick: Owen Wilson What do washed-up sports stars do when they've reached the end of the road and are looking for a pathway to redemption? Easy: they just stumble on a young prodigy, preferably from a dysfunctional background and with a few anger issues, and take them under their wing. Pryce Cahill is a former pro golfer – nicknamed Stick – whose career ended 20 years ago, followed soon after by his marriage and his job at a sporting-goods store. With lots of time on his hands and little else in prospect, Pryce encounters Santi, a troubled teenager who happens to be a genius with a golf club. Can Pryce help Santi hit the heights of PGA success that he never reached himself? And does Santi even want success? Owen Wilson stars as Stick in this comedy drama that plays a bit like Hoosiers meets Happy Gilmore. It's from the crowd that brought us Ted Lasso , so nuff said. Ginny & Georgia From Thursday, June 5th, Netflix Ginny & Georgia: Brianne Howey and Antonia Gentry Mother-daughter relationships can be a bit of a trial, but in the third series of this family drama the family faces an actual trial – for murder. Series two ended with Georgia (Brianne Howey), the mom, being arrested on her own wedding day; her daughter, Ginny (Antonia Gentry), faces the dilemma of whether to believe in her mother's innocence or accept the overwhelming evidence against her. What she does know is that she doesn't want her mom to go to prison. Georgia is put under house arrest and made to wear an electronic ankle monitor, while Ginny has to run the gauntlet in the school corridor every day, with the eyes of her classmates burning through her head. Will the Miller family rise to their greatest challenge yet while still delivering some laugh-out-loud moments? You better believe it, peaches.
