Monday 8 August 2022
Steve Clarke’s side won 1-0 away to the Faroe Islands and now need a win against Moldova.
The sea mammals are killed for their meat and blubber.
Islanders usually kill up to 1,000 sea mammals annually, according to data kept by the Faroe Islands.
Sonni Nattestad gave the Faroe Islands a first-half lead against Austria.
Norwegian and Danish broadcasters have signed deals to show the tiny Atlantic archipelago’s Premier League, which started today.
With back-to-back wins, Ireland are in a strong position to reach the elite phase of qualification for the Uefa European U19 Championships.
But 20-year-old Andre Silva stole the show with a hat-trick.
Former Denmark international Lars Olsen says his side are the inspiration for Claudio Ranieri’s team.
Greece, Moldova and Estonia were left red-faced.
An ex-Manchester United winger popped up with a gorgeous last-gasp strike to grab a point for his side.
The hunt went ahead anyway, and 33 pilot whales were killed.
The Norwich star gets the nod and will make his first competitive start in tomorrow’s game at the Aviva Stadium.
The Norwich winger explained that he pulled out on the advice of his club’s management.
The Italian manager also paid tribute to Alex Ferguson during his press conference today.
Minister Simon Coveney said the agreement would now allow fishermen and fish factories “to get on with their business in the normal way”.
The West Brom striker was initially left out of the provisional squad for the Aviva Stadium friendly.
The Ireland defender is facing up to three months on the sidelines. A little less if the Stoke boss gets his way.
Oh dear. That’s our record goalscorer, America.
The defender will now miss the Irish team’s upcoming friendly against Greece.
The Italian coach is here to stay, whether Irish fans like it or not.
Today, Germany coach Joachim Loew cancelled an appointment to appear on German television this evening, because of a fever.
The Italian will be in East Anglia today to run the rule over the Irish in action for Norwich against Arsenal.
The manager’s going nowhere for now.
The FAI announced last night that the Italian manager had their backing.
Trap avoids the sack, Punchestown to go ahead and the day of reckoning for Lance Armstrong.
Trapattoni must interpret last night’s events a warning that he must deviate from his stubborn ways, writes Paul Fennessy.
Trapattoni survives for now, and many of the Twitterati were far from impressed.
It has been confirmed that Trapattoni will stay on as Ireland manager. What do you think of this development?
The Ireland manager has come under pressure since the team’s 6-1 loss to Germany at the weekend.
“Our aim now is to kick on and to beat the teams around us, Sweden and Austria. Our main objective is to finish second,” the skipper said.
It was bad news for Ireland’s World Cup hopes though.
The former Ireland boss reckons the German game was the ‘end of the line’ for Trap.
Letting slip a four-goal lead, Jogi? What’s the German for schadenfreude?
Two out of three ain’t bad but is the Trap era over for Ireland?
The Italian’s former assistant in the Ireland footballing set-up launched a blistering defence of the embattled coach.
Goals from Marc Wilson, Jon Walters and Darren O’Dea handed the visitors a 4-1 win tonight.
“I think he was the manager after Friday’s game and after getting a great result tonight I can’t see him not being the manager to be honest with you.”
The Italian dismissed further speculation on his coaching future and proclaimed ‘a golden goal’ for Marc Wilson.
