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The 42
3 days ago
- Sport
- The 42
Westmeath and Offaly rack up wide-margin wins to book quarter-final spots
Westmeath 3-26 Laois 1-15 Offaly 2-25 New York 1-12 THERE WERE TWO landslide home wins in the preliminary quarter-finals of the Tailteann Cup today. But while no-one will be hugely surprised by Offaly recording a comfortable victory over New York at Tullamore, Westmeath's crushing 17-point win over Laois in Mullingar has nailed down the Lake County as the team to beat in the second-tier competition. Laois never reached the heights that they scaled in last Saturday's dramatic 3-18 to 3-16 win over Offaly, but Westmeath never allowed their fellow midlanders to get off the ground. Advertisement Even on a day when Trevor Collins put in a superb performance to curb dangerman Luke Loughlin, the rest of the Westmeath team stepped up with a superb all round performance. First among equals was midfielder Sam McCartan, who hoisted over two outstanding two-pointers in the first half and went on to score 0-8 from play in an outstanding effort. Team captain Ronan Wallace was also imperious, scoring 1-5, including goal after the first-half hooter that came from a move that began with a McCartan turnover. Loughlin also found the net with a penalty, as Westmeath took a 2-12 to 0-7 lead into the dressing room. The third quarter was a landslide, with Matthew Whittaker adding a third goal with a superb finish, while McCartan and Wallace both kicked highlight reel scores in a 1-10 to 0-2 run. Laois were a broken team by the end, and Jonah Kelly's goal – also after the hooter – will be scant consolation at the end of a tough evening. Offaly had a similar margin of victory as they went through the motions against New York. Dylan Hyland was their talisman, kicking 1-12, including a fortunate goal at the very end of their wind-assisted first half. Given some of the comebacks that have been seen under the new rules, 1-14 to 0-2 at half-time might have been seen as retrievable because a deceptively strong breeze was set to favour New York in the second half, while Offaly racked up 11 first half wides and several other missed opportunities. Instead Ruairí McNamee kicked 1-2 off the bench as they pulled 18 points clear before a New York rally late on, inspired by a goal of the season contender from Bobby O'Regan, salvaged something from the game for the Exiles.
Irish Examiner
3 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Westmeath overcome Laois challenge to progress to Tailteann Cup quarters
Tailteann Cup Preliminary quarter-final: Westmeath 3-26 (3-4-18) Laois 1-15 (1-1-13) What's the best remedy when you've been on the wrong end of a litany of heroic comebacks and tense finishes over the course of a gruelling year? Westmeath answered that question in spectacular fashion this evening in Mullingar when they crushed Laois in a one-side midlands derby, marking themselves out as the form team in the Tailteann Cup heading into next weekend's quarter-finals. After six one-score league games yielded five defeats and one draw, followed up by a two-point loss to Kildare in Leinster and last week's 0-19 to 0-18 loss to Limerick in the Tailteann Cup, Westmeath made sure that there was no danger of another tight game when they took on Laois, as they dominated from start to finish. Even on a day when Trevor Collins put in a superb performance to curb dangerman Luke Loughlin, the rest of the Westmeath team stepped up with a superb all round performance. First among equals was midfielder Sam McCartan, who hoisted over two outstanding two-pointers in the first half and went on to score 0-8 from play in an outstanding effort. Team captain Ronan Wallace was also imperious, scoring 1-5, including goal after the first half hooter that came from a move that began with a McCartan turnover. Loughlin also found the net with a penalty, as Westmeath took a 2-12 to 0-7 lead into the dressing room that was the very least that they deserved. The third quarter was a landslide, with Matthew Whittaker adding a third goal with a superb finish, while McCartan and Wallace both kicked highlight reel scores in a 1-10 to 0-2 run. Laois were a broken team by the end, and Jonah Kelly's goal – also after the hooter – will be scant consolation at the end of a tough evening for Justin McNulty's side. It was a tough evening for the rest of the Tailteann Cup contenders too, particularly Kildare, Fermanagh and Wicklow, one of which will have to derail a runaway train next weekend. Scorers for Westmeath: S McCartan 0-8 (2tp), R Wallace 1-5 (1tp), L Loughlin 1-2 (1-0 pen, 1tpf), M Whittaker 1-1, R Forde 0-2 (0-1f), S Smith 0-2 (0-1f), K O'Sullivan 0-2, S Allen 0-1, N Harte 0-1, D McCartan 0-1, J Moran 0-1. Scorers for Laois: R Coffey 0-3 (0-2f), M Barry 0-3f, J Kelly 1-0, K Roche 0-2 (1tpf), P Kirwan 0-2, D Larkin 0-1, B Byrne 0-1, N Corbet 0-1, K Swayne 0-1, C Lee 0-1. WESTMEATH: C McCormack; J Gonoud, J Geoghegan, S Smyth; B Guerin, R Wallace, J Moran; S McCartan, K O'Sullivan; M Whittaker, N Harte, S Allen; L Loughlin, S Smith, R Forde. Subs: D Scahill for Gonoud (44), D McCartin for Smith (46), T Baker for Guerin (46), E McCabe for Whittaker (53), S Ormsby for Wallace (60). LAOIS: K Roche; L Knowles, B Dempsey, T Collins; P Kirwan, A McEvoy, P O'Sullivan; S Lacey, D Larkin; R Coffey, K Swayne, C Heffernan; N Corbet, M Barry, B Byrne. Subs: M Doran for McEvoy (half-time), J Darcy for Knowles (43), C Lee for Corbet (44), J Kelly for Coffey (55), J Brennan for Heffernan (63). Referee: Martin McNally (Monaghan).
Irish Post
5 days ago
- Health
- Irish Post
Heatwaves have ‘major impact' on spread of disease
HEATWAVES can have a major influence on the spread of disease new research by Irish scientists has found. The study conducted by researchers at Trinity College Dublin, found that a multitude of factors related to sudden heatwaves can have a significant impact on environmentally transmitted diseases. It also found that many existing predictive models related to the spread of disease have overlooked this factor. 'While scientists have a relatively good idea of how temperature impacts some viruses and disease-causing pathogens and parasites, they know much less about the effects of sudden heatwaves or cold snaps, or how influential variation in the duration of these events are,' the report authors explain. Specifically, the scientists discovered that differences in heatwaves – such as how much hotter they are than normal temperatures, and how long they last – can increase or decrease disease burden by up to 13 times. Their discovery and its implications come at a time when global climate change and related extreme weather events are impacting counties across the globe, and their findings have been published in the leading international journal PLOS Climate. 'In this study, we worked with the water flea (Daphnia magna) and a microsporidian pathogen (Ordospora colligata), which is a widely used model for environmentally transmitted diseases, to investigate the impacts of different heatwave attributes,' first author, Niamh McCartan, a PhD candidate from Trinity's School of Natural Sciences, said this week. 'We manipulated the amplitude and duration of heatwaves across four average temperatures and four distinct time points at which the hosts were exposed to the pathogen. 'This approach gave us 64 unique heatwaves for comparison.' The results showed that, when compared to other types of temperature variation, such as cold snaps, heatwaves alter parasite burden up to 13-fold, which drives significant variation in infection outcomes. 'A recently published study reported that 58 per cent of human pathogenic diseases have been aggravated by climate change, with temperature changes impacting host susceptibility due to altering biological properties such as how our immune systems function, as well as our behaviour,' Ms McCartan explained. 'From a bigger-picture perspective, this work underlines the need for more detailed, context-specific models to help better predict the likely impact of heatwaves and climate change on different diseases. 'We now know that amplitude, duration, baseline temperature and the point at which exposure occurs have differing effects in shaping disease outcomes, so overly simplified models may miss critical complexities.' She explained: 'For example, other researchers have suggested almost 70 per cent of Covid-19 cases in the summer of 2022 could have been avoided if there hadn't been heatwaves around that time – imagine the difference that a better understanding of how heatwaves alter disease dynamics could have made to countless people?' 'Climate change is also causing mosquito species that carry diseases like dengue, Zika, and malaria to be increasingly found in parts of southern and central Europe, including Italy and France, areas that were previously too cool to support them. 'While Ireland has so far been less affected, the findings of our study highlight the urgent need to understand how warming and extreme weather events can alter disease dynamics more broadly. 'With all of this in mind, it's important that future disease-specific models must account for fluctuating and extreme temperatures, not just averages.' See More: Disease, Heatwave, Research, TCD
New York Post
28-05-2025
- Entertainment
- New York Post
Former Disney child star Ryan McCartan gives rare insight into pay from residuals
A former child star has shared the jaw-dropping amount he makes in residuals from a popular Disney Channel show. Ryan McCartan, 31, starred in 'Liv and Maddie,' a successful tween show that ran from 2013 to 2017. Advertisement Usually, famous people shy away from discussing money, but he took to Instagram to reveal how much he still makes from the hit show. 4 Ryan McCartan starred in 'Liv and Maddie,' a successful tween show that ran from 2013 to 2017. Disney Channel via Getty Images Residuals are an extra payment made to actors when reruns are aired. It is separate from the salary they're paid initially. Advertisement The star really aimed for transparency when he took to Instagram and shared his recent residual cheque of 41 cents. 'When they ask me if Disney Channel paid me well,' he joked. 4 McCartan took to Instagram to reveal how much he still makes from the hit show. Disney Channel via Getty Images Thankfully, McCartan isn't relying on his measly residual paychecks to get by. Instead, the actor is currently starring in the musical version of 'The Great Gatsby 'on Broadway. Advertisement The 31-year-old also has a million followers on Instagram and describes himself as a 'role model to tens of theater kids' but he perhaps still most famous for his past relationship. He previously engaged to fellow former Disney star Dove Cameron. The pair met on the Liv and Maddie show and got engaged in 2016 after two years of dating, but they called off their engagement in the same year. 4 Ryan McCartan and Sarah Hyland at 'The Great Gatsby' Centennial Celebration Gala at The New York Public Library's Astor Hall on Jan. 16, 2025 in New York, New York. Variety via Getty Images Advertisement McCartan announced their break-up on X and said, 'Dove has decided this relationship isn't what she wants' and added that the pair still loved each other and asked fans to be sensitive because it was a 'painful' time. Cameron also tweeted about their break-up, saying it was an 'intense' time and adding that there was still lots of love between the pair. Later, in an interview with Seventeen magazine, she admitted it was her first ever real relationship. 4 The 31-year-old (R) also has a million followers on Instagram and describes himself as a 'role model to tens of theatre kids,' but he is perhaps still most famous for his past relationship. Disney Channel via Getty Images 'It was on-screen and off-screen. A lot of what I went through in that first relationship, the very low-lows, I did not make public.' 'I was under the impression that I had to make everything look perfect all the time and my partner definitely put that in my ear,' she said. Cameron also said that while fans thought they were sharing 'loads' of their relationship online, she felt like she'd hardly shared anything. Meanwhile, McCartan went on the podcast, allegedly, and said the break-up was 'really hard' and 'plain out sucks,' but he understood that time would heal everything.
Yahoo
27-03-2025
- Yahoo
Man verbally abused and struck with dog lead in racist attack
A man has been verbally abused and struck with a metal dog lead in what police believe was a racially motivated assault. It happened in the Divis Street area of west Belfast at about 13:20 GMT on Thursday. The victim was treated in hospital for injuries to his arm. Police Service of Northern Ireland Det Sgt McCartan said the assault was "prolonged" and appealed for information. The victim was reportedly followed by another man with a dog, who subjected him to racial verbal abuse, police said. He proceeded to follow the victim home while being verbally abusive and making threats. The suspect then tried to enter the property while assaulting the man and striking him with a metal dog lead. He eventually fled after a number of residents intervened, police said.
