My News
Personalise your news feed by choosing your favourite topics of interest
#gold standard
# gold-standard - Tuesday 23 June, 2020
Quiz: How well do you remember Ireland's tour success in Australia?
Ireland were hot property in 2018 and they scorched to a landmark tour success down under.
# gold-standard - Thursday 2 January, 2020
Red-hot Liverpool sink Blades to go 13 points clear and make it a year unbeaten
Deadly duo Mohamed Salah and Sadio Mane grabbed the goals at Anfield.
# gold-standard - Thursday 12 December, 2019
England's World Cup attack guru Wisemantel joins Rennie's Wallabies
The Australian comes in as Scott Johnson plots out his four-year plan.
# gold-standard - Saturday 9 November, 2019
Van Graan fondly recalls Kolisi debut and hails 'incredible' journey
The Munster boss worked at close quarters with many of the World Cup-winners.
# gold-standard - Saturday 10 August, 2019
Cheika's Wallabies stun All Blacks with six-try win in Perth
The world champions were torn apart after Scott Barrett’s red card.
# gold-standard - Thursday 25 July, 2019
Golden girl Adeleke seals sprint double at European Youth Olympics
The teenager produced another hugely impressive performance to claim 200 metres gold.
# gold-standard - Saturday 8 June, 2019
Fierce 14-man effort unravels for Ireland U20 against Australia
Stewart Moore’s magic individual score gave Ireland hope of an upset, but the Junior Wallabies made their man advantage count.
# gold-standard - Tuesday 28 May, 2019
Pocock calls an end to his time with Brumbies and chases World Cup fitness
The Wallabies back row is struggling with a calf issue and his club have been unable to put a time frame on his return.
# gold-standard - Tuesday 30 January, 2018
A Canadian woman loved Coppers so much, she got a tattoo of its coordinates
This deserves a gold card.
# gold-standard - Monday 2 October, 2017
Going for Gold - the USA have a new rugby coach
South African Gary Gold only signed a one-year deal with Worcester in January.
# gold-standard - Monday 26 December, 2016
This skyscraper is the architectural design of the year
Now the world’s second-tallest building, the tower began construction in 2008 and took seven years to build.
# gold-standard - Friday 25 December, 2015
'It's not beyond anyone' - Kelly Gallagher on why others with disabilities can dream of gold medals
The Paralympic gold medallist tells The42 about overcoming obstacles to reach the top of her sport.
# gold-standard - Sunday 4 May, 2014
Katie Taylor warms up for European Championships with three wins in 48 hours
The Olympic gold medallist closed out her whistle-stop boxing tour with an unanimous points decision win.
# gold-standard - Monday 8 July, 2013
11 months on from Olympic glory, Katie Taylor lands home with another Gold
The world number one led a medal-winning charge for the Irish Women’s boxing team in Hungary.
# gold-standard - Wednesday 19 June, 2013
VIDEO: Road to Rio 2016 begins in the swimming pool for Irish hero
Darragh McDonald is striving to replicate the Gold Medal he won in London last year.
# gold-standard - Saturday 10 November, 2012
Fionnuala Britton to test her form at IAAF cross country international in Spain
The European champion leads a strong Irish challenge at the Sunday meet in Burgos.
# gold-standard - Friday 20 July, 2012
VIDEO: Brazil show Team GB the gold standard
Goals from Sandro and Neymar helped Brazil secure a 2-0 victory this evening.
# gold-standard - Tuesday 15 May, 2012
Michael Phelps: London Olympics will be my last
“If my mom wants to go to Rio we can go on vacation there, but I will not be swimming after London.”
# gold-standard - Thursday 8 March, 2012
Opening the doors: athletics chiefs establish Hall of Fame
Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis are amongst the first dozen inductees.
# gold-standard - Thursday 1 March, 2012
Rich sports fans are renting luxury London homes for the Olympics
On your marks, get set… spend.
Your say
View more polls
Poll: Should single parent families have two sets of parental leave?
THERE HAS BEEN a mixed reaction to the government’s decision to extend paid parental leave by three weeks due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
The extension applies to both mothers and fathers but there has also been calls this morning for single parent families to benefit.
Social Democrats TD Gary Gannon has said that children in single parent families should also be considered and benefit from the same amount of leave.
Two-parent families can now avail of a combined 10 weeks leave and Gannon says that the children of single-parents should also benefit from the same amount of time with a parent.
Poll: Should single parent families have two sets of parental leave?
Poll Results:
No (340)
Yes (249)
Don't know (51)
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Hospital doctor: Frontline workers have given their all - a second surge would be devastating
By Rachel McNamara
Money Diaries: A 22-year-old software engineer on €50k in Dublin in lockdown
By TheJournal.ie reader
Larry Donnelly: America's problems go far deeper than Donald Trump
By Larry Donnelly - @LarryPDonnelly
Dublin Weather
Change location-
Tuesday
Cloudy with a couple of showers
Max: 15 °C
Min: 12 °C
-
Wednesday
Cloudy
Max: 18 °C
Min: 13 °C
-
Thursday
Still cloudy
Max: 21 °C
Min: 13 °C
Cloudy with a couple of showers
Max: 15 °C
Min: 12 °C
Cloudy
Max: 18 °C
Min: 13 °C
Most Popular
Most viewed articles in the past 24 hours
Most Commented
Most commented articles in the past 3 days
Download our app
