Exclusive: In the first half of the year, upheaval from the Trump administration’s foreign aid freeze delayed the delivery of hundreds of USAID shipments of antimalarial and HIV medical supplies to regional warehouses in dozens of countries. The consequences were deadly.

Amnesty write letter to Fifa/Uefa calling on a ban for Israel over clubs playing games on occupied land, with gen sec Agnes Callemard also referencing how "Israel continues to perpetrate genocide" Fifa has been accused of delaying decision on former www.independent.co.uk/sport/footba...

I agree with Pete Hegseth! This fat f*ck, the Commander in Chief, needs to go! 👍

People of Illinois, we need your help. Get your cell phones out – record what you see. Put it on social media. Peacefully ask for badge numbers and identification. Speak up for your neighbors. We need to let the world know this is happening – and that we won’t stand for it.

do these people not get embarrassed

Trump to suggest shining bright lights on autism to cure it

An incredible moment at tonight's Washington Spirit home game at Audi Field, as the crowd erupts in a "FREE DC" chant.

Just for those who may be a little confused: This is how an American president should treat Putin.

Extract of my book ‘Shattered Dreams, Sliding Doors’ in today’s Irish Times Fury and despair on the night Ireland’s 1982 World Cup dream was dealt a cruel blow www.irishtimes.com/sport/soccer...

Extract of my book ‘Shattered Dreams, Sliding Doors’ on Ireland’s infamous yet uplifting 1982 World Cup qualifying campaign in today’s @irishtimes.com

Great morning out with @aodhanoriordain.bsky.social and Gary Cooke on the Northside football walking tour. Gave our two excellent hosts a copy of my book ‘Shattered Dreams, Sliding Doors’ in recognition of their efforts! Thanks lads. My two lads really enjoyed it

A thrill to see my book ‘Shattered Dreams, Sliding Doors’ in the great Hodges Figgis bookshop on Dawson St in Dublin

"He’ll always be alive to us. He’ll always be 28 in our hearts. He’ll always be lifting that trophy, those trophies. He’ll always wear the number 20. He always did lead us to victory." ✍️ @thecenci.bsky.social's column... Read here 👇

Thanks to all at Pitch Publishing for a really lovely piece of work!

*OUT NOW* The definitive story of Ireland’s infamous 1982 #FIFAWorldCup qualification campaign, while painting a picture of 1980s #Ireland through the eyes of a young football fan⚽️📚👇 soccer-books.co.uk/collections/... @littlefootball.bsky.social #RTEsoccer #COYBIG #LOI #FathersDay #BookSky

On Saturday, I spoke to ‪@sp1873.bsky.social‬ all the way over in Los Angeles about 'Shattered Dreams, Sliding Doors' - my book on the Republic of Ireland's heartbreaking 1982 World Cup qualifying campaign published by @PitchPublishing. Here's the result: www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aSJ...

Book your place on the NORTHSIDE WALKING TOUR around Croke Park & Tolka Park on Sunday June 22nd at 11.30am. Email us at [email protected] to book your FREE place & for more info.

I live 100 yards from a direct provision centre. And I’ve two daughters. It’s not the residents of the centre I worry about. Not at all. It’s the racists. They’re the ones who burn things and threaten people.

Piece in today’s Irish Daily Mail on Sunday on my book on the Republic of Ireland’s heartbreaking 1982 World Cup qualifying campaign www.pressreader.com/uk/the-irish...

Thanks to all at Pitch Publishing for a really lovely piece of work!

My new book on the Republic of Ireland's infamous and heartbreaking attempt to qualify for the 1982 World Cup is out today! It covers the campaign in "real-time" and features a "What if" chapter with then manager Eoin Hand www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/shatter...

So, there’s a new Panini album for the Club World Cup, and there’s a collectible gold sticker for a mystery star striker, guess who it is? You’ll probably not be surprised. 🙄 There’s a type of neediness to some of this behaviour that is hard to explain.

My new book on the Republic of Ireland's infamous 1982 World Cup qualifying campaign is out now, published by the excellent Pitch Publishing: www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/shatter...

An accurate summary of the content and intent of my new book 'Shattered Dreams, Sliding Doors', which tells the tale of Ireland's heartbreaking 1982 World Cup qualifying campaign. The book is available to pre-order now and will be in shops in June. www.soccerbooks.co.uk/products/sha...

"The US is about to discover the one thing more dangerous than a politician who believes in nothing is a politician who believes in something stupid." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

If you think the world and life in Ireland isn’t great now, then you don’t remember the early 1980s: H-Block hunger strikes, Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, hostage sieges in Tehran & London, attempt on the Pope’s life. Still, at least there was football www.waterstones.com/book/shatter...

@aodhanoriordain.bsky.social chatted to you about my book on the Republic of Ireland’s infamous 1982 World Cup qualifying campaign on your excellent football walking tour last summer. It’ll be in the shops this June! www.waterstones.com/book/shatter...

Salah poses a big question. Looks jaded. Can Liverpool afford to have him run empty at this stage next season? Of course, they can rest him more. But can you build your attack around that?

Peter Drury, Gary Neville and losing to Newcastle - the horror

Get Harvey Elliot on

I better not have paid €15 to watch Newcastle win.

Anti-trans and diversity, climate change denial, anti-immigration, demonisation of migrants, anti-NGOs - amazing how the far-right messaging is the same from Lima to Newtownmountkennedy www.theguardian.com/global-devel...

BREAKING: Hundreds of Jews and allies have taken over Trump Tower chanting “We want justice, you say how. Bring Mahmoud home now!” and “Fight Nazis, not students.” The civil disobedience is spawned by the ICE arrest of Palestinian student Mahmoud Khalil.

Kop Outs, LFC's's LGBT+ fan group, express their profound anger & disappointment at the club's decision to enter into a sponsorship deal with Visit Maldives. Given Maldives' appalling human rights record, this partnership directly contradicts the club's stated commitment to equality & inclusion.

Do the English worry about this "English v Irish" thing our Irish media always rattle on about in relation to Cheltenham?

Carla Sands - former US ambassador to Denmark under Trump - keeps appearing on my TV and radio of late. It’d be nice if her extraordinarily pro-Trump lines were questioned a bit. Is she on so we can see how bizarre these people are? Is that the idea?

If we have enough people with the knowledge and moral fortitude of Maine Governor Janet Mills, and the Associated Press- we might be able to save our Democracy

@bfcdublin.bsky.social v @shamrockrovers.bsky.social at Lansdowne today. Can’t wait to get down there!!

First time I've seen Slot rattled. Suspect he was more rattled by his own team's display than anything else

Not wild about Liverpool's defending leading up to the equaliser. A few just watching on. A few nowhere to be seen. If ye want to win the title, ye have to defend as if your life depends on it. Worrying

"Please note: Due to large recent demand, All Adult home jerseys are currently out of stock" Great to see such demand - even if my lads are dying to get their hands on a shirt each

Batman?

Given the travails of Wicklow GAA and the success of the likes of Liam Scales - and Mason Melia's big move - maybe more money should be invested in association football in the county? The more so given the rise in popularity of the League of Ireland and the fact we have a team in the league.

"He's totally lost it." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Hello to the hapes of new Bluesky people and followers who have stumbled across me this week. I mostly draw Irish football stuff, let's be internet friends.

Shame about the Connacht Air Dome. But they probably shudda taken it down yesterday and put it behind the shed. Easy in hindsight of course

The National Frisbee Championship has had to be cancelled.

Connacht GAA's Air Dome has been destroyed during Storm Éowyn www.rte.ie/sport/footba...

Storm Éowyn - ah, the poor old trees. Took an awful battering up here in Wicklow before Christmas. Hopefully not as bad today.

Well in Troy!