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BBC News
20 hours ago
- Sport
- BBC News
Pick of the stats: Birmingham City v Ipswich Town
The 2025-26 Championship season kicks-off on Friday (20:00 BST) with a mammoth game between promotion favourites Birmingham City and Ipswich Blues are first to host in this year's campaign after a record-breaking spell in League One last Ipswich will be seeking a big win as they look to bounce right back into the Premier League after just one season in the top of the last four league matches between Birmingham and Ipswich have ended in draws, with the Tractor Boys winning the other 3-1 in February 2024, the most recent meeting between the Town have won one of their last 19 away league matches against Birmingham (D8 L10), a 1-0 victory in the 2012-13 campaign in Mick McCarthy's first game in won the 2024-25 League One title with 34 wins and 111 points, both all-time records in a single season in Football League history. The Blues didn't lose a single home league game and are unbeaten in 25 overall (W21 D4), only having a longer unbeaten home run between October 1970 and April 1972 (36 games).Ipswich Town picked up just 22 points in the Premier League in 2024-25 (W4 D10 L24), their lowest ever in a single league season in their history. In 2025, only Southampton (6) have picked up fewer points than the Tractor Boys (7) among sides in the top four tiers of English football, while they also have the joint worst defensive record (49 goals conceded, level with Mansfield).This is the second time Birmingham are playing Ipswich at home in their first league game of the season. The other time was a 3-1 win in 1995-96 – when the Blues were newly promoted to the second tier, and Ipswich had just come down from the Premier League.
Extra.ie
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Extra.ie
SAIPAN to have world premiere at major global film festival
One of 2025's most anticipated Irish films has finally gotten its world premiere date. SAIPAN, which tells the story of the infamous feud between Republic of Ireland football captain Roy Keane and national team manager Mick McCarthy during preparations for the 2002 FIFA World Cup, will celebrate its world premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) next month. The flick will be screening as part of the Centrepiece programme which recognises the best of international cinema. Éanna Hardwicke as Roy Keane in SAIPAN. Pic: WildCard Distribution The hugely anticipated film about the infamous confrontation sees Éanna Hardwicke take on the role of Roy Keane while Mick McCarthy is played by Steve Coogan. The film joins the lineup for TIFF's landmark 50th edition, which will run from 4 – 14 September. Speaking about the world premiere, directors Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn said: 'Having premiered our last film Ordinary Love at TIFF we are thrilled to be returning with Saipan and are so honoured to be included in the stellar TIFF 50 line up. It is such a special festival to screen and watch films and TIFF audiences are the very best.' View this post on Instagram A post shared by (@extradotie) The official synopsis for the film reads: 'SAIPAN is the thrilling story of football player Roy Keane and his manager Mick McCarthy, and the events leading up to Ireland's incendiary 2002World Cup campaign. 'The intense rivalry between these two personalities transcended the game, gripping an entire nation and the sporting world. On the surface, the feud was all about standards, but deep down it was a hugely emotive story of two men whose rivalry and contempt came to surpass the sport they loved. This is the definitive account of one of the most fractious fallings-out in the history of sport.' Directed by award-winning filmmakers Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn and based on an original script by Paul Fraser (Heartlands, A Room for Romeo Brass), SAIPAN stars BAFTA nominated Éanna Hardwicke (Lakelands, The Sixth Commandment)as Roy Keane, with two-time Academy Award® nominee Steve Coogan (Philomena, The Reckoning) as Mick McCarthy. Steve Coogan as Mick McCarthy in SAIPAN. Pic: WildCard Distribution Supporting cast includes Alice Lowe (Sightseers), Jamie Beamish (Derry Girls), Alex Murphy (The Young Offenders), Harriet Cains (Bridgerton)and Peter McDonald (The Batman). The film is produced by Macdara Kelleher and John Keville for Wild Atlantic Pictures (Evil Dead Rise, Cocaine Bear, Black 47) along with Trevor Birney and Oliver Butler for Fine Point Films (Kneecap, No Stone Unturned) with Patrick O'Neill, Rachael O'Kane, Rupert Preston and Ed Caffrey serving as Executive Producers. Last year, it was revealed that a mansion on Belfast's northside was used for filming, with the location set up as the house of McCarthy. Producers Kelleher and Keville previously said: 'A million words have been written about what happened on that fateful week in 2002 on the tiny island of Saipan. 'Next year, audiences will finally get to experience first-hand the feud between Roy Keane and Mick McCarthy and why it was labelled 'the worst preparation for a World Cup campaign ever.''
Irish Examiner
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Saipan film to get world premiere at major film festival next month
A new film detailing an infamous confrontation ahead of the 2002 FIFA World Cup will see its world premiere next month. Saipan, which follows Republic of Ireland football captain Roy Keane, played by Cork actor Éanna Hardwicke, and his national team manager Mick McCarthy, playe by Steve Coogan, will premiere at the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) next month. It will screen as part of the Centrepiece programme, which recognises the best of international cinema. 'Having premiered our last film Ordinary Love at TIFF we are thrilled to be returning with Saipan and are so honoured to be included in the stellar TIFF 50 lineup. It is such a special festival to screen and watch films and TIFF audiences are the very best,' said directors Lisa Barros D'Sa and Glenn Leyburn. Saipan is described as the definitive account of one of the most fractious fallings-out in the history of sport and the film joins the lineup for TIFF's landmark 50th edition. Supporting cast include Alice Lowe ( Sightseers), Jamie Beamish ( Derry Girls), Alex Murphy ( The Young Offenders), Harriet Cains ( Bridgerton) and Peter McDonald ( The Batman). Screenplay writer Paul Fraser recently told the Irish Examiner the Saipan drama was a huge international story. 'In the UK, he was massive, Roy Keane, and anyone who knows football also knows who Mick McCarthy is. So it's a story that's international as well as huge in Ireland. It was just massive, and I think divided the nation.' Last month, Roy Keane told a sold-out audience at Live at the Marquee that he does not intend to watch the film. TIFF runs from September 4 - 14. Saipan will release in cinemas across Ireland and the UK at a later date.
Irish Times
29-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Times
Saipan the movie triggers a two-word reaction from Jason McAteer
It was a 'been there, done that' moment for former Republic of Ireland midfielder Jason McAteer this week when the trailer for an upcoming film circulated online. Saipan, due for release later this year, looks back on the spat between Roy Keane and manager Mick McCarthy on the Pacific island before the 2002 World Cup, which prompted the team captain's absence from the tournament and devastated a chunk of the nation. A line from Keane's criticism of the FAI's planning for the competition – 'fail to prepare, prepare to fail' – became famous and will surely be delivered by Éanna Hardwicke, who plays the former Manchester United captain, in the film. 'What makes him a great player on the pitch makes him a pain in the arse off it,' says Steve Coogan, who plays McCarthy, of the Corkman in the trailer. READ MORE McAteer, whose goals against the Netherlands in the qualifying phase helped Ireland to reach that World Cup, responded to a post on social media website X featuring the trailer, simply stating: 'Seen it.' Roy Keane and Jason McAteer during a Premiership match between Sunderland and Manchester United in 2002. Photograph: Getty He is played by Oliver Coopersmith in the film. McAteer was critical of Keane's departure from Saipan, and the pair memorably clashed months afterwards when Manchester United visited Sunderland. In an on-field confrontation during the game, McAteer gestured as Keane was being restrained, advising him to 'put it all in the next book'. Keane was later sent off for delivering an elbow to the side of McAteer's head. Department of Agriculture secretary general Brendan Gleeson with Environmental Protection Agency director general Laura Burke. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill A tidy salary on offer in Agriculture House The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is searching for a secretary general, with an annual salary starting at a very tidy €259,170. Brendan Gleeson (no, not that one) is retiring from the role in October with Minister of State at the department Noel Grealish recently wishing him well after a 'long and distinguished career in the Civil Service'. Speaking in the Seanad, Grealish recalled meeting Gleeson when he took up his own post earlier this year and how 'the first thing he said ... was that farming is a good news story. 'It is a good news story, and it is important we get that story out there,' the Galway West TD added. The job advert seeks a person with a proven track record as a leader 'in a large and complex organisation', excellent communication and negotiating skills, and a proven track record in 'managing for results'. With big cuts to agriculture-related carbon emissions needed by 2030, uncertainty over whether tariffs will hit the multibillion euro agri-food sector and ongoing unhappiness among farmers about the level of 'red tape' they face, Gleeson's successor in Agriculture House will have plenty of complex issues to grapple with. Pope Leo XIV wears a Chicago White Sox hat during an appearance at St Peter's Square in the Vatican earlier this month. Photograph: Filippo Monteforte/AFP via Getty Pope Leo's expanding wardrobe An image of Pope Francis sporting a white designer puffer jacket went viral a couple of years back, but many were left disappointed when it turned out to have been generated by artificial intelligence (AI). Some assumed a photograph that appeared earlier this month of Pope Leo XIV decked out in a cassock and a Chicago White Sox baseball cap for an outing in St Peter's Square might also have been doctored. Oh ye of little faith. The pope wore the White Sox hat soon after being honoured with a mural near where he sat when he attended his hometown club's opening 2005 World Series game. Should we see an image of him in a red GAA jersey in the near future, there's every chance it too could be legitimate, as he was recently gifted one during the Vatican's Jubilee of Sport. The weekend event brought athletes together to reflect on the role of sport as a source of resilience and fraternity. Catherine Hallinan, Niamh Ryan, and Katie Molloy of Rome Hibernia GAA club. Photograph: Vatican News Among those who attended were members of the Rome Hibernia GAA club – Co Tipperary woman Catherine Hallinan, Niamh Ryan from Co Limerick and New Yorker Katie Molloy. They caught the pope's attention during an audience in St Peter's Basilica and passed on the top, featuring an image of St Michael the Archangel on top of Castel Sant'Angelo in Rome, to his handlers. 'We got the jubilee logo printed on the sleeve, written as Gaeilge,' Molloy told Vatican News. Hallinan later joked that they now considered Leo an honorary GAA member. Having a fan in the Vatican hasn't turned around the fortunes of the White Sox, who sit bottom of their division having lost 28 games in the seven weeks since Leo's election. The version of the fence which Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council and An Bord Pleanála took issue with Balls to the boundary wall in Milltown Those travelling on Lower Churchtown Road in Dublin these days can snatch a clearer glimpse inside the exclusive Milltown Golf Club and see its golfers in action following the resolution of a planning dispute over a boundary fence. Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council previously decided the club, which in most cases commands a five-figure joining fee from new members, had carried out unexempt development when it removed 56m of old fencing sitting above a stone boundary wall and erected a timber replacement close to the 14th green and 15th tee. Milltown's trustees appealed the decision to An Bord Pleanála, arguing the fence was necessary to stop 'fly-tipping', deter 'unwanted trespassers' and to keep 'golf balls within the confines of the site'. The board agreed with the council. The club went back to the drawing board and returned with a solution: what went up, must not come down. Instead, the fence would be modified to allow for a 300mm high evergreen gap above the stone wall to permit landscaping – involving clematis, hydrangea, passion flowers and other climbing plants – to grow. One observation on the application argued that it created 'a hostile boundary with the neighbourhood' and the use of decorative flowering climbers was 'totally not in keeping' with the vegetation along the other 1.6km of the boundary. However, the council recently granted temporary permission for the fence, but said the structure would have to be removed if further approval for its retention has not been granted by it or An Bord Pleanála within three years. The club will be hoping the fence has more than its fair share of climbers by 2028, but not of the unwanted trespasser kind. Lord Mayor of Dublin Emma Blain in the Mansion House. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw Lord Mayor throws Mansion House party as term nears end Fine Gael councillor Emma Blain held a bash in the Mansion House this week as her term as Lord Mayor of Dublin neared its end. It wasn't one to rival the events she would have attended in her days as a member of the Sunday Independent's culture-curious '03 team'. Nor would it compare to those thrown by councillor Nial Ring, whose hospitable ways during his stint as the city's first citizen more than exhausted the free beer allowance provided by Diageo to the Mansion House. Blain issued an invite to 'anyone living in Dublin who is 100 years old or over' to join her for The Centenarians of Dublin Afternoon Tea on Thursday. She has been keen to resume the Dublin City Centenarians Project, which started in the 1990s but stalled for reasons not clear to the outgoing mayor. 'People who have reached the age of 100 have seen so much and have a wealth of life experience to teach the rest of us,' she said. Blain intended to present each party guest with 'a beautiful framed scroll', 'a small gift' and to invite them to sign a roll of honour. 'Hopefully we can make this an annual event again going forward. It's so important that we take care of and honour our older citizens.'
Daily Mail
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Daily Mail
It's Gust-onbury! Incredibly inventive flags start appearing at windy Glastonbury ahead of the bands playing tomorrow
As thousands of colourful and glittered revellers gear up for Galstonbury Festival, those whose attention is demanded the most are the ones with gigantic inventive flags. Worthy Farm is heaving as the music extravaganza kicked into overdrive as fans brace themselves for tomorrow's headline act The 1975. Festival-goers, who have been on the site since Wednesday, don sparkly and eccentric outfits, while others have got creative with their flags. One flag mimicking Porn hub said 'Paul hub', to let his fellow campers aware of where he is posted. Another makes reference to a former Premier League referee, which states 'Bobby Madley sh**s dogs'. The odd flag is a nod to when a bizarre fake rumour caught fire on social media in 2020 that he had sex with a dog. It spiraled so out of control that the 39-year-old received threats from animal rights activists and several calls for him to be arrested. However the flag was dubbed 'the best at Glastonbury,' by amused fans on X. Keeping on the football theme, one flag showcases an image of former manager of Blackpool Mick McCarthy from a snapshot of a viral video clip saying 'it can', that seemed to tickle the nation. The image has been super imposed on the giant flag for thousands of fans to laugh at once again. One fan celebrated the flag on X: 'Mick McCarthy on a Glastonbury flag. Football is culture. McCarthy an icon.' A fourth flag shows Bob Marley in front of a rainbow coloured flag wearing a Reading football kit, with his hand reaching out. The iconic 70s reggae artist is known for his hit Everything's Gonna Be Alright. 'Big shoutout to whoever's flag this is at Glastonbury,' one user said on X. Last year, one flag depicted the moment BBC News presenter Maryam Moshiri gave the middle finger to the camera live on air. Many festival-goers woke up this morning to rain showers as they walked through the site with umbrellas or ponchos. This year's event will see headline performances from British rock/pop band The 1975, veteran singer Neil Young and his band the Chrome Hearts, and US pop star Olivia Rodrigo. Performing in the coveted Sunday tea-time legends slot this year is Sir Rod Stewart, who previously said he will be joined by his former Faces band member Ronnie Wood, as well as some other guests. But those attending last night's Pyramid Stage opening ceremony branded it 'embarrassing' after claiming the show was marred by a lack of amplified sound. Acrobats and singers took part in the colourful performance which finished with fireworks - but disappointed revellers among the crowd at the start of the festival said they were unable to hear anything and the performers had been 'let down'. Others however pointed out that the ceremony, which was entitled 'The Dreamweaver's Journey', was meant to be unamplified due to noise restrictions. MailOnline understands that the lack of sound was because Glastonbury's main stages are not allowed amplified sound until Friday due to the terms of its licence. Choirs were therefore placed around the audience during the performance, while the unamplified circus show and the big screens encouraged the crowd to sing along.
