This afternoon.
Victoria Road, Cork city.
Sonia O’Sullivan races past a mural of locally-based Irish Olympic rower Sanita Puspure – currently a world champion in women’s single sculls – unveiled by Indeed, partners of Team Ireland at the Tokyo Games (starting this weekend).
Leon Farrell/Photocall Ireland
At least 4,000 racehorses have been slaughtered in abattoirs in Britain and Ireland since 2019
Animal Aid, who campaign for an end to horse racing, set up covert cameras at a slaughterhouse in England licensed to kill horseshttps://t.co/X8p6sK1e3L #BBCPanorama pic.twitter.com/L1Sx8v0vlS
— Panorama 🌐 (@BBCPanorama) July 19, 2021
Last night.
Panorama on BBC1.
Meanwhile…
“Wherever animals are used for entertainment and profit corners will always be cut. Cruelty, exploitation and death are a sad reality of the horse racing industry here in Ireland and the UK.
“The industry is not glamourous, it’s not fun and it should come to an end because of the immense exploitation and cruelty involved.
“We call on kind people everywhere to tear up their betting slips and would urge progressive members of government to axe any further grants in the upcoming budget to this deadly industry.”
Animal rights campaigner John Carmody this morning.
FOIRE!
This afternoon.
Howth, county Dublin.
Turned out nice.
Uefa announce disciplinary proceedings against England, after laser pointer directed at Danish goalkeeper Kasper Schmeichel during Euro 2020 semi-final https://t.co/6Cku0mCk1k
— BBC Breaking News (@BBCBreaking) July 8, 2021
This afternoon.
Meanwhile…
• Booing the Danish anthem
• Harry Kane diving every 30 secs
• Sterling dives for penalty
• Shining lazer pointers in Schmeichel's eyesHonestly never thought we’d see a final where the Italians are the least shitehousey side. pic.twitter.com/OWdSfApgfU
— Neil Jackman (@JackmanNeil) July 8, 2021
No one likes them.
They don’t care.
Italy score, Kerry jerseys spotted in crowd, within a few minutes a forwarded WhatsApp announcing them to be O’Connors from Brosna – the devil works hard but the Kerry Connection Identification Network works harder
— Ciara | Ciaraíoch 🎨 (@Ciaraioch) July 6, 2021
Last night.
UEFA Euro 2020 semi-final.
Italy (plus Kerry) Vs Spain. Italy won on penalties.
Thanks Bebe
England fans at Wembley Stadium last night
Last night.
Wembley Stadium, London.
How many?
Some 40,000.
Meanwhile…
The LIT Gaelic Grounds in Limerick will host Tipperary v Clare for 500 fans
Breaking: Government bringing forward the 500 limit for this weekend’s GAA fixtures in intercounty venues with capacity of 5,000 or more. Confirmation imminent. More to come on @RTEgaa.
— Damian Lawlor (@LawlorDamian) June 30, 2021
This morning.
Good times.
Getty/LIT
This afternoon.
Sallynoggin Pearse FC, where Paul McGrath played and whose home pavilion has become a vandalised rubble (pic 2), has received a cash injection from Paddy Power’s €100,000 #saveourgame campaign fund.
Rachael Kenny writes:
Sallynoggin Pearse FC will receive a donation of €10,000 to go towards the purchase of an anti-vandalism unit.
The club had been using a “tin-can” shed circa 1970s as their clubhouse in Sallynoggin Park [south county Dublin] for years.
The corrugated steel structure housed two dressing rooms, a shower room and a tearoom, but no toilets..
But vandals seemed hell bent on destroying the meagre facility and stealing the equipment the club relied upon.’
Where was the FAI through all this, anyone?
Meanwhile…
…Paddy Power added:
“The needs of Sallynoggin Pearse FC really put the state of Irish football into raw perspective. When we set out to help Irish football at a grassroots level with #saveourgame, we never expected to find a club where the grass growing beneath their feet were literally all they had.”
OK, Paddy.
We’ll do the jokes around here.
FIGHT!
20 years ago I got on a bike because I wanted to race in pink kit and go to the Olympics. I’ve worked everyday since to make this dream a reality. Beyond proud and honoured to get to represent @TeamIreland at my first Olympics games. I hope I can do Ireland proud💚🇮🇪 pic.twitter.com/0bUy17SnCR
— Emily Kay (@EmilyKay95) June 17, 2021
In fairness.
Irish track team named for Olympics: The riders who have made the cut (Sticky Bottle)
Pic 2 via Sticky Bottle
Robbie Keane
“Money is scarce. They (the FAI) have had no crowds at the matches, no season ticket sales and no major sponsorships announced. You can understand that because it’s a difficult marketplace; the international team isn’t winning games.
“There’s a lot of doom and gloom. It’s been tough.
“Within that, surely you’d think they’d get that one dealt with so that Robbie isn’t being paid for not working. I’m sure he’d prefer to be working.
“Robbie was given a four-year deal by the previous maestro while the manager only had a one-campaign contract. That was a mad situation from the start.”
Former Republic of Ireland manager Brian Kerr on the FAI still paying Robbie Keane over a year after he lost his position as the national team’s assistant coach.
Champagne, anyone?
Brian Kerr: FAI must sort out ‘mad’ Robbie Keane situation (RTE)
Pic: FAI
This afternoon.
Via Reuters:
Olympic athletes will be subject to GPS monitoring as will members of the media, Tokyo 2020 Organising Committee CEO Toshiro Muto said on Wednesday.
Muto, speaking at a news conference, also said the monitoring system will be used not to track every single movement of the Olympic participants but to retroactively trace them if an issue arises….
Olympics-Athletes will be subject to GPS monitoring, says Tokyo 2020 CEO (Reuters)
Earlier…
Kaori Yamaguchi, a senior figure in the Japanese Olympic Committee, has warned that holding the Tokyo Games during the pandemic is putting officials under intense pressure, after one employee reportedly took his own life https://t.co/ePP3h00Q23
— Times Sport (@TimesSport) June 9, 2021
