Former Irish Times property editor leaves over €4m in his will
The property editor of The Irish Times has left over €4m in his will.
Jack Fagan, with an address in Navan, Co. Meath, left an estate valued at €4,550,978.
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Irish Examiner
19 minutes ago
- Irish Examiner
Re-entry into football's top-tier must only be the beginning for Kildare
Tailteann Cup final: Kildare 1-24 (1-4-16) Limerick 2-19 (2-1-17) Saturday confirmed what we all suspected since the throw-in of the 2025 season. This is not Kildare's level. They are not a Division 3 League outfit. They are not a tier two championship side. Less certain are we, though, as to how much above this level Kildare actually are. Escape from the League's Division 3 was only achieved via scoring difference. Offaly subsequently denied them Division 3 silverware. The one still-Division 2 outfit they ran into all year - Louth - bettered them in the Leinster semi-final. Bettering Limerick on Saturday required a Brian Byrne half-block right on the hooter to prevent an equalising goal. So, while the verdict on this year of rehabilitation came back as expected, the jury remains out on the inroads and impact Kildare can make when returning to football's upper echelons in 2026. Right now, nobody is envisaging a Meath-esque run. Even emulating their Tailteann Cup predecessors, Down, and lasting 12 rounds with a Division 1 outfit in the last 12 of Sam Maguire does not look within their capabilities. The counter-argument to that is the value of Saturday's win and the extent to which it can lift a young side unburdened by Kildare's unfulfilled past. Eight of Saturday's starting team, plus second-half subs Jack McKevitt and Eoin Cully, featured in either the 2022 or '23 All-Ireland U20 final. At the start line of their senior inter-county careers, and with a strong guiding hand from Kevin Feely, Alex Beirne, and Darragh Kirwan, they have delivered the county's first piece of senior silverware since the 2012 Division 2 League crown and first piece of championship silverware since the provincial triumph of 25 years ago. Further scars of the past have been healed and erased. A first pair of back-to-back Croke Park championship wins since 2010. In the intervening 15 years, they'd lost 20 of their 27 summer HQ outings. And so, re-entry into football's high society is only the beginning for this Kildare group, announced Brian Flanagan. Kildare captain Kevin Feely lifts the cup after his side's victory in the Tailteann Cup final match between Kildare and Limerick at Croke Park. Pic: Ray McManus/Sportsfile 'It is year one of what we hope will be four, and maybe more, but winning and lifting silverware was so, so important so you had that in the mentality and in the psyche going forward, because there's much bigger challenges lie ahead for us,' said the year one Kildare boss. 'What this year has done is proven that we deserve to be there in Division 2 and Sam Maguire. We've earned our spot in both. We didn't get it easy. We had to beat the best teams. I felt the winner of the Tailteann Cup was going to come from Westmeath, Offaly, Sligo, Fermanagh. "We beat Westmeath in Leinster, we beat the other three throughout this journey. Dealing with pressure and expectancy is something they've come through. 'People spoke about Croke Park having a bit of a hoodoo over Kildare teams in the last decade or more, so having back-to-back wins here now, for the psyche of the group, can only be a positive going forward. 'We're ambitious. We want to play as many games as we can here, but we know that there's a step up going into year two, but that's something we relish.' The psyche of the group was challenged in front of a swelling Croke Park crowd when Killian Ryan goaled for a two-point Limerick lead on 47 minutes. The Lilywhites had commanded a first-half lead of seven and second-half lead of five. Now they were chasing. Composure won out. A touch of class too. Nothing spectacular, but rather an at times confident execution of the simple when so many others were falling on this front. Limerick got off 11 shots following Ryan's goal. Four white flags was their 36% return. Danny Neville and Barry Coleman's two-point efforts fell short. Darragh Murray's goal drive was blocked. The four remaining opportunities went wide. Kildare, for contrast, engineered 14 scoring opportunities. Their return was 50%. Darragh Kirwan kicked a two-pointer into the breeze to tie matters at 2-15 to 1-18 immediately after the aforementioned Limerick two-point fails. 'It's everything that I would have wanted coming back from soccer,' said former professional-turned Kildare captain Kevin Feely. 'In my 10th or 11th season playing for Kildare, we finally get some silverware.' Scorers for Kildare: D Kirwan (0-8, 2 tps); A Beirne (1-2); B McLoughlin (tp), R Sinkey (0-3 each); C Bolton (tp), K Feely (free), C Dalton (0-2 each); T Gill, D Flynn (0-1 each). Scorers for Limerick: C Fahy, K Ryan (1-1 each); J Ryan (tp free, 0-1 '45), P Nash (free), J Naughton (0-2 frees), T McCarthy (0-3 each); E Rigter (0-2); T Childs, D Neville, R O'Brien (0-1 each). KILDARE: C Burke; R Burke, H O'Neill, B Byrne; T Gill, D Hyland, J McGrath; K Feely, B Gibbons; C Bolton, D Kirwan, C Dalton; R Sinkey, A Beirne, D Flynn. SUBS: J McKevitt for McGrath, B McLoughlin for Gibbons (both 43); E Cully for Flynn (47); M O'Grady for Burke (66). LIMERICK: J Ryan; J Hassett, D O'Doherty, M McCarthy; K Ryan, I Corbett, T McCarthy; T Childs, D O'Hagan; P Maher, C Fahy, D Neville; P Nash, E Rigter, J Naughton. SUBS: B Coleman for T Childs (temporary, 16-18); D Murray for O'Hagan (43); B Coleman for Maher (47); R Childs for Rigter (55); T Ó Siochrú for Corbett (61); R O'Brien for T Childs (66). REFEREE: L Devenney (Mayo).
Irish Examiner
an hour ago
- Irish Examiner
Keegan pivotal in helping Ryan find balance between leading and managing
They don't come much more self-critical than Pat Ryan. And more often than not, the Cork manager's self-criticism is completely unprompted. In the Croke Park media room after their All-Ireland semi-final win, Ryan was asked how difficult it was to stand again at ground zero following extra-time heartache last July and plot a fresh course all the way back to the decider then 12 months in the distance. He stated in reply that one of the first actions undertaken was he and the rest of management looking at what they had done wrong in 2024 and the final itself. He could easily have said that he and management looked at what they could have done better or looked at where they needed to improve. That's not Ryan's style, though. He never spares himself. Last week's All-Ireland final press evening at Páirc Uí Chaoimh was no different. 'I was probably managing instead of leading,' admitted Pat when asked by the Examiner what he was getting at with the aforementioned semi-final statement. Performance coach Gary Keegan isn't exclusively for the players. Pat too sits down with him to learn and grow, to have pointed out what he might be blind to. 'Gary would speak an awful lot with me that you need to lead maybe a bit more, instead of maybe managing the situations. "It's not taking over, it's you giving the direction clearer to people and you're giving the direction of what we want to do and the standards and the expectations of everybody is clearer and then fellas just go and do their jobs, whatever their role is within our group. 'I think the fact that we did perform really, really well in 2024, the players believed in us as a management team more. "And when the players are believing in you as a management team and understand that you're doing the right things and that you can get them to where they want to get to, what their dreams and expectations are, that gave us a bigger footing again in 2025 to go on and expand our game-plan and expand the way we wanted to do things.' Pat leads where he has to. The leadership group established at the outset of the 2025 assault ensures the camp is player-led regarding on-field style and off-field analysis. 'The 20-minute video sessions are gone. It's five, six, seven minutes regularly, just to get fellas tuned in and that seems to be working. But the proof is in the pudding on Sunday.' Neither Pat nor anybody else in the Cork camp is sitting down in-person with Gary Keegan on the run-in to Sunday. They are instead sitting down for Zoom calls with the Lions staffer resident on the far side of the world. 'He's been unbelievable for us over the last couple of years,' Ryan continued. 'It was Kieran [Kingston] who first got him involved. I met Gary in 2023, and he was adamant he wanted to stay involved. Obviously, his work schedule had got busier, but he was adamant that he could do it. "He's probably down to us maybe five or six times a year, he does an awful lot of one-to-ones with the lads, does one-to-ones with myself. 'He's done one or two zoom calls since he's been away in Australia with the lads, and he'll do one or two more before the All-Ireland. 'He makes the effort. Like, he was up at 3.30am after one of the matches, he's got really, really keen, he's got a great affinity to these players, and as good as a fella that you could meet.' Elsewhere, the Cork boss said his 'biggest bugbear' in management is the inability to get messages to players during Croke Park games. 'There should be a situation where you have something in place, some sort of mechanism where you can give instructions maybe two or three times a half. A runner, or something like that. It's absolutely crazy that coaches can't adjust on that situation on that day.'
Irish Examiner
an hour ago
- Irish Examiner
How the British and Irish Lions Test team looks ahead of game one with Australia
Full-back Hugo Keenan's performance against the AUSNZ Invitational XV in Adelaide on Saturday reminded everyone just how dependable he can be at 15. Emerging after 12 days of illness which clearly hampered his efforts on his Lions debut against the Waratahs seven days earlier, Keenan will eased concerns about the full-back berth following Blair Kinghorn's knee injury. Kinghorn's fitness for this Saturday cannot be guaranteed at this point but Andy Farrell will ve satisfied that Keenan is a more than just a next-best option for the first Test. Verdict: KEENAN Right wing Another impressive Mack Hansen outing on the wing for the Lions has given the tour management a real headache over who to select at number 14. A tough decision between Hansen and Tommy Freeman just got even more difficult. Freeman's start against the Brumbies was perhaps his quietest outing of the tour but the Northampton and England wing is strong in the air and a proper out and out finisher compared to Hansen, the roaming playmaker and supplier of a killer last pass while his hunger for work and involvement makes him a Farrell favourite. Verdict: HANSEN Centres What a difference a few days makes. Bundee Aki and Garry Ringrose looked string favourites to start as 12 and 13 respectively following their showings against the Brumbies last Wednesday. Then came the news Ringrose had failed concussion protocols after suffering delayed symptoms and was ruled out of the first Test on a 12-day stand down. That now throws Aki's involvement into doubt with Scottish pairing Sione Tuipulotu and Huw Jones both impressive on Saturday. And then there was the 30-minute contribution off the inside centre from Owen Farrell on his 2025 tour debut. The English veteran's sharp passing, with Tuipulotucmoved to outside centre, was a standout feature in the final quarter and his ability to manage a game invaluable, making up for any lack of pace in midfield. An all-Scottish 10-12-13 axis with Finn Russell at fly-half makes a lot of sense but has Farrell junior muddied the waters? Does Aki still have a chance in a mix and match pairing and could that be at 13, in tandem with Tuipulotu or Farrell? It will be a tough call. Verdict: TUIPULOTU and JONES Left wing After the Brumbies game we underlined the value of James Lowe's booming left boot to any back three combination in the wake of an otherwise below-par performance for the Ireland wing. Lowe may remain favourite for the number 11 jersey in next Saturday's first Test but could he be sacrificed to solve the Freeman-Hansen conundrum on the opposite edge by playing both in-form wings? Lowe's kicking effectiveness at the highest level may be enough to make him a Test Lion, but he is not irreplaceable. Verdict: LOWE James Lowe with fans. Pic: ©INPHO/Billy Stickland. Half-backs Scrum-half Jamison Gibson-Park and fly-half Finn Russell remain the front-running half-back pairing for the Test series having sat out Saturday's mismatch against the AUSNZ Invitationals. The less experienced Fin Smith did not male the impact at 10 he would have hoped to make on Saturday and though late call-up Ben White, on debut, made a big impression on the head coach in his start at scrum-half in Adelaide, his run may have come too late to oust Gibson-Park from the Test number nine jersey. Fin Smith may have also lost ground for the bench covering role at fly-half alongside his Northampton Saints and England partner Alex Mitchell with Marcus Smith bringing impact off the bench as his replacement against the AUSNZ XV in an effective tandem with Owen Farrell at 12. Verdict: RUSSELL and GIBSON-PARK Loosehead prop The shootout between Ellis Genge and Andrew Porter for a start against the Wallabies remains in play as Pierre Schoeman started at the Adelaide Oval on Saturday and played the full 80 minutes. That Porter was an unused replacement appears to indicate his place in the Test 23 is secure and as was suggested here following the Brumbies game, Andy Farrell has the luxury of a powerful one-two punch to face Australia, whichever way round he deploys the Irish and English looseheads. Verdict: GENGE Hooker Dan Sheehan remains nailed-on as the first Test starter after being given the night off at the weeekend, while Luke Cowan-Dickie's head injury in his start on Saturday means he has been ruled out of the Brisbane series opener. That clears the way for Ronan Kelleher to secure his place on the Lions Test bench, with two-tour veteran Jamie George leaving England's tour in Argentina to link up with the Lions as additional cover. Verdict: SHEEHAN Tighthead prop Will Stuart has reacted brilliantly to rescue his Lions tour following a disappointing debut against Queensland Reds more than two weeks ago. It may not be enough to dislodge a similarly resurgent Tadhg Furlong though. Much like at loosehead, the Lions have a one-two at tighthead in Furlong and Stuart, or Finlay Bealham for that matter, to go into a series against the Wallabies with confidence. Verdict: FURLONG Read More Springboks borrow playbook from Under-14 B schools team Locks Tour captain Maro Itoje and Joe McCarthy remain the first-choice second-row combination for the Test series but Tadhg Beirne has advanced his claim for a bench spot. The Munster captain led the Lions to their 48-0 victory over AUSNZ on Saturday and put in a solid shift, as did fellow lock James Ryan, as the tourists finally sorted out their breakdown issues, albeit against disappointing opponents. Beirne will also be an option as a starting blindside flanker but his the matchday 23 against the Wallabies this Saturday could be secure. Verdict: ITOJE and McCARTHY Blindside flanker The selection battles for the numbers six and seven jerseys appear to remain unresolved The initial issue could be whether to choose a third lock, that hybrid player between a second row and blindside such as Ollie Chessum and Tadhg Beirne, or a flanker in the Tom Curry/Henry Pollock mould. Andy Farrell is keeping his cards close to his chest. Pollock brings a genuine x-factor to the position and poses a real threst out on the fringes but for the purpose of reaching a decision, the hybrid option outweighs, literally, the lighter, more mobile models who can bring an impact off the bench. Verdict: CHESSUM Openside flanker Perhaps the most hotly contested positional vacancy with Josh van der Flier and Jac Morgan both playing excellent rugby while Ben Earl and Curry are also among the runners and riders. Ireland's van der Flier came off the bench against both the Brumbies and AUSNZ in consecutive matches and made his presence felt in a positive manner with Curry having failed to fire as the starter at number seven. Morgan, flying the flag for Wales, made sone strong impacts as the starter at seven on Saturday and it will be a tight call whichever way Farrell eventually makes his choice. Verdict: VAN DER FLIER No.8 Jack Conan's strong showing against the Brumvies last Wednesday looked to be enough to nail the Test start, although Ben Earl played well as the starter in Adelaide three days later. It could be another 50/50 call for the Lions brains trust to make. Verdict: CONAN.
