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Irish Examiner
26-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Five For Your Radar: Cork gigs, Glastonbury, Squid Game, and more...
Cork concerts: Duran Duran, etc Musgrave Park, Live at the Marquee, Cork, Friday-Thursday, June 27-July 3 What a week of gigs ahead. Duran Duran, supported by Nile Rodgers and Chic, play Musgrave Park (Virgin Media Park) on Tuesday, July 1, while the same night Live at the Marquee on the docklands, renowned blues player Joe Bonamassa plays Rory Gallagher on the first of three shows (next Thursday's show still has some tickets remaining). The Conoras play the Marquee on Friday, while the legendary Christy Moore returns on Saturday - expect classics and songs off last year's acclaimed album, A Terrible Beauty. Talk: Gerry McAvoy The Blue Angel, Cork Opera House, 2pm, Saturday, June 28 With the aforementioned Joe Bonamassa in town and Cork Rocks for Rory series of events continuing around the city, Gerry McAvoy, who played bass with Gallagher for 20 years, is in conversation on Saturday afternoon. Expect tales from the road and the recording studio. It's presented by Feedback Promotions as part of Gallaghers Music Festival, who are also staging a bus tour on Tuesday, July 1, of sights and landmarks associated with Rory. (Full disclosure... I'm the one interviewing McAvoy) Streaming: Squid Game Netflix, Friday, June 27 Netflix's number one non-English language series of all time, Squid Game returns for its third and final season on Friday. Gi‑hun (Lee Jung‑jae) returns wounded, vengeful, and ready to dismantle the Squid Game empire from within. He will be forced to make some important choices as he and the surviving players are thrust into deadlier games that test everyone's resolve. With each round, their choices lead to increasingly grave consequences. TV: Glastonbury 2025 BBC, Friday-Sunday, June 27-29 The cliche goes that the best way to experience Glastonbury is on your couch rather than in the usually muddy field of Somerset with over 250,000 people. Neil Young (his set won't be televised), Olivia Rodrigo (who played Dublin on Tuesday), and the 1975 headline, but the act everyone is talking about is Kneecap. It's unlikely their set will be shown on Saturday, however. Coverage begins on BBC Two at 5pm, while Kneecap's set on the West Holts stage is scheduled for 4pm to 5pm. Comedy: Dara Ó Briain Live at the Marquee, Sunday, June 29 It's a busy weekend of comedy in Cork, with Jarleth Regan doing a second night at the Opera House on Friday and Katherine Ryan playing a sold-out show there on Saturday. Meanwhile, on Sunday, Dara Ó Briain returns to the Marquee with his latest tour, Re:Creation, about the search for his biological father. Like the story itself, expect to be taken on a laugh-filled journey by one of the best standups around. Read More Tom Dunne: My six favourite albums of 2025 so far
ABC News
24-06-2025
- Politics
- ABC News
Queensland public drunkenness law reversal will bring racial profiling, elders warn
A proposal to make public drunkenness illegal in Queensland would lead to police racially profiling Indigenous people, elders warn. It comes after Queensland Police Minister Dan Purdie flagged the state government was considering making public drunkenness illegal again, less than a year after decriminalising it. Mr Purdie said the former Labor government's decision to remove public drunkenness as an offence made it hard for police to do their jobs properly. "The Crisafulli government is listening to communities who are alarmed that Labor's watering down of the laws has led to more anti-social behaviour and crime on our streets," Mr Purdie said. "Our government is working with the Queensland Police Service to ensure they have the laws and resources they need to keep people safe." At a snap community meeting in Musgrave Park, Brisbane, elders warned the reversal would create "open season" for police to target Aboriginal communities. Brisbane Murri Action Group organiser Adrian Burragubba said such laws had historically given police the discretion to arrest people they deemed were behaving drunkenly. He claimed these discretionary powers had disproportionately been used on homeless and Aboriginal communities. Mr Burragubba said these laws had previously not been applied equally in party destinations such as Fortitude Valley and Surfers Paradise on the Gold Coast. "These laws will criminalise our people again and our human rights will be denied, as the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody found over 30 years ago." In 1991, the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody recommended decriminalising public drunkenness, but Queensland was the last state to do so in late 2024. Queensland Council for Civil Liberties president Michael Cope said this reversal would take civil rights back 34 years. Mr Cope said Queensland police could already detain drunk people if they were violent, threatening, or a risk to their safety or the safety of someone else. "Alcoholism and alcohol abuse should be dealt with via health and social support systems, rather than in the criminal justice system," Mr Cope said. Marjorie Nuggins told the meeting she feared the proposed laws would be used to target homeless people in public spaces. Ms Nuggins said this would address the symptoms, but not the cause of alcoholism in Aboriginal communities. "I believe the Indigenous custodial people of this land need to make a stand now," she said. "There're so many injustices going on around this place. "It needs to stop and we need to come together in unity and love."
Irish Times
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
Munster are taking Champions Cup hopes down to the wire as they face dangerously strong Benetton
URC: Munster v Benetton, Musgrave Park, Friday, 8pm – Live on TG4 and Premier Sports 1 Ever the drama kings, Munster have taken their ambition of reaching the URC playoffs and next season's Champions Cup down to the last game of the regular season. Throw in Peter O'Mahony and Stephen Archer making their farewell appearances on Munster soil in their hometown, as well as the generational Conor Murray , and even by Munster standards this could hardly be pitched more dramatically. [ Munster will face probably the best Benetton side that has ever set foot on an Irish ground ] When there's bonus points involved there are multiple possibilities, but essentially this comes down to a winner-takes-all shoot-out for a place in the playoffs and next season's Champions Cup between the teams sitting seventh and eight in the table on 46 points. Benetton are ranked above Munster by dint of winning more matches, which is the first criteria for separating sides on the same points, to be followed by points difference. Therefore, in the event of a draw and either the same number of bonus points or none on the night, Benetton would finish above Munster. READ MORE Otherwise, bonus points can be ignored, for if there's a decisive result the winner will finish above the loser, who is likely to drop further as Cardiff sit ninth also on 46 points and Edinburgh are on 44 points in 10th. Helpfully, Cardiff meet the reshuffled Stormers in Cape Town beforehand (kick-off 6pm Irish time) and the Edinburgh-Ulster result will also be known entering the final quarter in Cork as that game kicks off at 7.35pm in Hive Stadium. In truth, these feel like sideshows, with this shoot-out in effect amounting to a Round of 16 tie, but with huge connotations if Munster are to retain their status as ever-presents in the Champions Cup over the last 30 years. Munster and Benetton come into this season-defining game on the back of impressive bonus-point wins at home to Ulster (38-20) and the champions Glasgow (33-7) and both have named unchanged starting XV. Benetton's Malakai Fekitoa is tackled during a United Rugby Championship game against Emirates Lions at Stadio Monigo. Photograph: Luca Sighinolfi/INPHO Munster also keep the same 6-2 bench configuration, whereas Benetton make two changes among their replacements by recalling experienced Azzurri prop Tiziano Pasquali and the Pumas outhalf Tomás Albornoz to replace Giosuè Zilocchi and Leonardo Marin. While the former All Blacks and Munster centre Malakai Fekitoa, now of Tonga, retains the number 23 jersey, perhaps nothing demonstrates Benetton's unprecedented strength-in-depth than the dead-eyed Albornoz having to be content with a place on the bench and the talented Marin, who nearly snatched victory for Italy over Ireland in Rome, isn't even named among the replacements. Save for the Italian A scrumhalf Nicolò Casilio, Benetton have an all-international bench which boasts a combined 258 Test caps. Last week it was striking how much energy and impact the likes of 40-year-old ex-Pumas captain Agustin Creevy, Niccolò Cannone and Sebastian Negri provided as the Italians tightened the screw on Glasgow. Save for a draw at the Stadio Monigo in their most recent meeting last season, Munster lead the head-to-head 18-3 and are unbeaten in their last 15 meetings with Benetton. However, this did include a lucky 15-13 win in the 2018-19 quarter-finals against a less accomplished Benetton side that led 13-6 entering the final quarter before three JJ Hanrahan penalties in the final quarter. The vast bulk of the Benetton squad have been together for a few years and they reached the playoffs last season, losing 30-23 in a thrilling quarter-final away to the Bulls. This season they came within one play of winning away to Castres (where Munster lost) and reaching the Champions Cup knock-out stages for the first time after beating Premiership leaders Bath and La Rochelle in the pool stages. Benetton's scrum and lineout are generally very solid, their defences has improved this season, their back three provide a sharp cutting edge and, of course, they have the superb, telepathic Nacho Brex and Tommaso Menoncello in midfield. They can cut any team open. And often do. Munster, and their capacity home crowd, will need to be on it for this gamefrom the off. If there's anything like the same tension in the air as seven nights ago in Thomond Park, and more pertinently a repeat of those recurring lineout malfunctions and defensive glitches, then given any encouragement, unlike a callow Ulster, this dangerous Benetton side has the depth and experience to stay in the fight until the end. Tadhg Beirne is pictured at Munster's United Rugby Championship away game against Connacht last March. Photograph: James Crombie/INPHO Any pack with the experience of Niall Scannell, the brilliant standard bearer Tadhg Beirne and O'Mahony, whose presence should be as inspirational as it was when scoring one try and assisting for two others last week, should be capable of problem solving as it did against Ulster. If they play with the same freedom and if the in-form Craig Casey and Jack Crowley ensure the same tempo, they probably have the greater all-round firepower: for while these two have similar defensive records over this season's URC campaign, Munster have scored 63 tries to Benetton's 47. A nervy start and with it a few hiccups along the way seems a likelier problem than Munster and their supporters being lulled into any false sense of security by history. The highest stakes game of their season should take care of that and see Munster pull through. But it could be dramatic. MUNSTER: Thaakir Abrahams; Calvin Nash, Tom Farrell, Alex Nankivell, Diarmuid Kilgallen; Jack Crowley, Craig Casey; Michael Milne, Niall Scannell, Stephen Archer; Jean Kleyn, Tadhg Beirne (capt); Peter O'Mahony, John Hodnett, Gavin Coombes. Replacements: Lee Barron, Josh Wycherley, John Ryan, Fineen Wycherley, Tom Ahern, Conor Murray, Seán O'Brien, Alex Kendellen. BENETTON: Rhyno Smith; Ignacio Mendy, Tommaso Menoncello, Ignacio Brex, Paolo Odogwu; Jacob Umaga, Alessandro Garbisi; Thomas Gallo, Siua Maile, Simone Ferrari; Scott Scrafton, Federico Ruzza (capt); Riccardo Favretto, Manuel Zuliani, Lorenzo Cannone. Replacements: Bautista Bernasconi, Mirco Spagnolo, Tiziano Pasquali, Niccolò Cannone, Sebastian Negri, Nicolò Casilio, Tomás Albornoz, Malakai Fekitoa. Referee: Mike Adamson (SRU).
Irish Times
12-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Times
What Munster must do to guarantee URC playoff spot and Champions Cup rugby next season
If Munster thought they were in knock-out territory ahead of last Friday's 38-20 win over Ulster in Thomond Park, they certainly are now. Next Friday night at Musgrave Park (kick-off 8pm) they host Benetton in what effectively amounts to a straight win-or-bust shoot-out with the Italians for a place in both the playoffs and next season's Champions Cup. Due to results elsewhere over last weekend's penultimate round, Munster only climbed one place to eighth in light of that bonus-point win over Ulster, moving above Cardiff on points difference after the latter's 45-21 loss away to the Bulls. But seventh-placed Benetton stayed above Munster in a three-way tie on 46 points by dint of having won more matches thanks to their 33-7 bonus-point victory over the champions Glasgow at home on Saturday. The Scarlets also stayed above Munster in sixth on 48 points after their 32-19 bonus-point win away to the Lions on Sunday. Lurking two points behind Benetton, Munster and Cardiff in 10th place on 44 points are Edinburgh after their 31-21 bonus-point win away to Connacht on Saturday. The Scottish team host Ulster, now out of the playoff picture and consigned to next season's Challenge Cup, next Friday in Hive Stadium (kick-off 7.35pm). READ MORE As things stand therefore, Leinster (who are assured of top seeding), the Bulls, Glasgow Warriors and Sharks have guaranteed themselves home quarter-finals, while the Stormers have also secured their place in the playoffs. Five other teams remain in the hunt for the other three spots, namely the Scarlets, Benetton, Munster, Cardiff and Edinburgh. Cardiff are away to the fifth-placed Stormers on Friday at 6pm Irish time, meaning Munster will know their fate at the conclusion of their game against Benetton in Cork. A win of any kind would ensure Munster finish above Benetton and Edinburgh and thus guarantee themselves a top-eight finish. However, a draw without bonus points, or with one apiece, would leave Munster behind Benetton by dint of the Italians having won more matches and mean they would miss out on the playoffs and next season's Champions Cup were either Edinburgh or Cardiff to win on Friday night. A defeat against Benetton would also see Munster miss out on the top eight were either Edinburgh or Cardiff to win. Benetton's Sebastian Negri and Federico Ruzza celebrate the victory over Glasgow Warriors at Stadio Monigo in Treviso. Photograph: Luca Signolfi/Inpho Five into three 6 th Scarlets 48 points (9 wins, +54 points difference) Final round game: v Sharks (away) Saturday 6.30pm Irish time Dwayne Peel's side will know exactly what's required of them at kick-off as the four teams below them all play on Friday night. It could be that they will already have qualified for the top eight or might need something from this game. 7 th Benetton 46 points (9 wins, -76) Final round game: v Munster (away) Friday 8pm. Despite a vastly inferior points difference Benetton sit above Munster and Cardiff by dint of winning more matches, the first criteria for separating sides on the same points total. A win of any kind would thus ensure Benetton of a place in the top eight. A draw, provided they emerged from the game with the same match points as Munster, would also suffice provided Cardiff and Edinburgh didn't both win, the latter with a bonus point. However, a defeat would see Benetton miss out on the top eight if Cardiff or Edinburgh win. 8 th Munster 46 points (8 wins, +6) Final round game: v Benetton (home) Friday 8pm Munster know that a win of any kind would guarantee a top-eight finish as they would finish above Benetton and could not be overtaken by Edinburgh. A draw, with a bonus point while denying Benetton one, would see Munster finish above the Italians and might be sufficient to make the top eight provided Cardiff and Edinburgh didn't both win, the latter with a bonus point. A draw, and the same tally of match points as Benetton, would see Munster miss out on the top eight if either Cardiff or Edinburgh win. A loss to Benetton, and a win for either Cardiff or Edinburgh, would also see Munster finish outside the top eight. 9 th Cardiff 46 points (8 wins, -58) Final round game: v Stormers (away) Friday 6pm Irish time The Blues know that a win of any kind in Cape Town against the Stormers, who have secured a playoff place and cannot earn a home quarter-final, will ensure them of a top-eight finish. A draw or a defeat would not be sufficient if Edinburgh win. 10 th Edinburgh 44 points (7 wins, +34) Final round game: v Ulster (home) Friday 7.35pm Edinburgh may sit 10th but they look reasonably well placed to qualify for the playoffs. A Cardiff loss, coupled with a clear result in Cork and a win of any kind against Ulster would ensure the Scots of a top-eight finish. A win over Ulster with a bonus point would seal a place in the top eight provided Cardiff don't win. If the Blues did win, then Edinburgh would be waiting on the outcome of the Stormers-Scarlets match. A draw, without a bonus point, or a loss would see Edinburgh miss out on the top eight.
SBS Australia
08-05-2025
- Sport
- SBS Australia
NITV News: May 8, 2025
Community support for rough sleepers as Brisbane Council moves in to evict them from Musgrave Park. Vigils getting underway to remember the victims and survivors of domestic violence. And - big praise for the New South Wales coaching staff ahead of game 2 in the Women's State of Origin.
