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Football legend John Giles

Last night.

On Off The Ball:

“A lot of players are not being vaccinated, which I don’t agree with.

“I think they should be vaccinated, he (Republic of Ireland forward Callum Robinson) has had it twice himself who knows where he spread it to when he did have it.

“I think footballers are being given a lot of freedom in this particular situation. I think they’ve been privileged in some of the things that they can do because they’re footballers.

“I read the other day that some of the journalists weren’t allowed in (to the Ireland press conference) because they weren’t vaccinated.

“I can’t understand it and I think in this case I think they’ve (footballers) been too privileged.

“They’ve created an awful lot of rules so that they can go on trips and continue to play and do various things that I don’t think people on the other end of it are being taken into consideration.

‘”think it’s wrong, I think professional footballers are privileged, but when it comes to this they’ve been very loose in allowing certain things to happen.”

John Giles on Off The Ball last night.

John Giles slams ‘privileged’ footballers refusing to get vaccinated (Extra.ie)

Yesterday: One For The Team

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This afternoon.

Nobby Stiles, World Cup winner with England and European Cup winner with Manchester United, has died at 78.

Nobby was married for 57 years to Catherine ‘Kay’ Giles (they had three children), having met her through her brother John, when they were fellow young recruits at Old Trafford.

RIP.

Nobby Stiles: The ‘toothless fella’ who meant so much to fans (BBC)

Pic via All Football

Last night.

Claire Byrne Live on RTÉ One.

Meanwhile…

Good times.

Previously: All Back To Claire’s

The Science Bit

Covid For Dummies

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This afternoon.

From left: Liam Brady, John Giles and Eamon Dunphy at the Church of  Perpetual Succour, Foxrock, Co Dublin for the funeral of their RTÉ Sports Colleague Bill O’Herlihy. Mr Giles and Mr Dunphy acted as pallbearers.

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From top: Tom McGurk (left) and Brent Pope; Sean O’Rourke; Marty Morrissey (centre) and former GAA President and MEP Sean Kelly (Right).

The Bill O’Herlihy Interview (Michael McMullan, Today FM)

(Sam Boal/Photocall Ireland)

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The launch of Eamon Dunphy’s autobiography The Rocky Road this evening at the Patrick Guilbaud, Merrion Street, all the way in Dubbelin’, whack-fol-la-de-da, etc.

From top: Eamon Dunphy with John Giles and Liam Brady; With Bill O’Herlihy: launch speech; with Louis Walsh and at the podium (name that painting anyone?).

(Sam Boal/Photocall ireland)