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Sunday 13 June 2021
This year’s Leaving Certificate exams kicked off this week.
The incident involving full-back Conor McGill sparked a brawl that saw two players sent-off and three booked.
This week, our reader is working late shifts and managing health and wellbeing.
Naftali Bennett, head of a small ultranationalist party, will take over as premier but will have to maintain an unwieldy coalition of eight parties.
Danish head coach Kasper Hjulmand said he regretted the decision to recommence the Euro 2020 match after the incident.
Here’s what was said and who said what this week.
An extension of emergency Covid laws was set to be passed.
As many as 25,000 people attended.
Raheem Sterling got the game’s only goal after 57 minutes.
It will be cooler in Atlantic coastal areas with temperatures ranging between 15 and 19 degrees.
The Department of Health confirmed the latest figures this afternoon.
Galway trailed by six points at the break but won by five at the end.
But the pledge on vaccines for poorer nations fell drastically short of the 11 billion doses that campaigners say are needed.
The Croatia national anthem was also booed.
Emmanuel Macron reportedly implied that Northern Ireland was a separate country.
Simon Coveney said it could include longer quarantine periods for unvaccinated people travelling from Britain to Ireland.
Videos shot by witnesses and verified by Beijing News show several buildings reduced to rubble and rescue workers carrying shocked survivors on stretchers.
Sportable’s smart ball was used recently in the Varsity Cup in South Africa.
Martin also insisted a breakthrough between the EU and UK was still possible ‘if there’s a will there on both sides’.
Settle back in a comfy chair and sit back with some of the week’s best longreads.
Boris Johnson said the G7 wanted to “drive a global Green Industrial Revolution to transform the way we live”.
Ex-Ireland international Sean St Ledger on his past and future in football.
A total of 14 people were wounded in the incident in Austin.
The auction winner’s identity will be revealed in a couple of weeks.
An extract from a new book on the European Championships looks back on England’s defeat to West Germany in 1972.
“Our political class have forgotten that housing is a right and not simply an opportunity to redistribute money upwards to the wealthy,” writes Mark O’Halloran.
The cert will allow free travel for vaccinated people as well as those who have had a recent negative PCR test.
Dublin saw off the challenge of Donegal on a score of 1-18 to 1-14 in tonight’s NFL semi-final.
We chat to Jan and Brian Vokes, the real-life couple behind the film Dream Horse.
Paul Geaney struck two of Kerry’s five first-half goals.
Denmark’s game with Finland was temporarily suspended earlier this evening due to a medical emergency after Eriksen collapsed.
“Alternative operations” for the Dublin – Kerry and Dublin – Donegal routes are yet to be confirmed, while the remaining routes will be accommodated by other airlines.
A local LGBT+ group is urging the public to fly the rainbow flag from their home as a show of support.
The Department of Health confirmed the latest figures this afternoon.
EURO 2020 IS well and truly underway.
The competition, cancelled last year due to the pandemic, kicked off last night between Italy and Turkey with Roberto Mancini’s side winning 3-0 in the opening game.
Switzerland take on Wales today at the Baku Olympic Stadium with Denmark facing off against Finland and Belgium taking on Russia this evening.
Competition favourites France will play their first match against Germany on Tuesday while 2016 champions Portugal face Hungary that same day.
As the competition gets underway we want to know: Who do you think will win Euro 2020?
Poll Results:
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This week, our reader is working late shifts and managing health and wellbeing.
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