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The 42
16 hours ago
- Sport
- The 42
Free agent McLaughlin and Philadelphia-born defender link up with Ireland squad
ERIN MCLAUGHLIN has been added to the Ireland squad for Sunday's match against the USA in TQL Stadium, Cincinnati, Ohio (kick-off: 8pm Irish time). Donegal native McLaughlin is a free agent, having recently left Portsmouth, and will hope to win her fourth Irish cap this weekend. Advertisement The 22-year-old can cover midfield and attack and provides back-up to the squad following the withdrawal of the injured pair of Megan Campbell (ankle) and Denise O'Sullivan (knee). Philadelphia-born Dee Bradley will also train with the squad in Ohio, but won't be available for selection against the US. The Durham defender links up with Carla Ward's side for the first time and qualifies to represent Ireland through her Donegal-born father and Cork-born mother. IRELAND WNT SQUAD Goalkeepers: Courtney Brosnan (Everton), Grace Moloney (Unattached), Sophie Whitehouse (Charlton Athletic) Defenders: Jessie Stapleton (West Ham United), Anna Patten (Aston Villa), Caitlin Hayes (Brighton & Hove Albion), Hayley Nolan (Crystal Palace), Chloe Mustaki (Bristol City), Izzy Atkinson (Crystal Palace) Midfielders: Megan Connolly (Lazio), Tyler Toland (Blackburn Rovers), Ruesha Littlejohn (Shamrock Rovers), Marissa Sheva (Sunderland), Ellen Molloy (Wexford), Erin McLaughlin (Unattached) Forwards: Kyra Carusa (San Diego Wave), Abbie Larkin (Crystal Palace), Amber Barrett (Standard Liege), Lucy Quinn (Birmingham City), Emily Murphy (Newcastle United), Saoirse Noonan (Celtic), Erin Healy (Adelaide United)
RTÉ News
18 hours ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Erin McLaughlin added to Ireland squad for second USA friendly
Erin McLaughlin has been added to the Republic of Ireland squad ahead of this Sunday's second friendly against the USA. The Girls in Green lost 4-0 to the world number one side last night in the first match in Denver, Colorado. Experienced duo Denise O'Sullivan (knee) and Megan Campbell (ankle) were both ruled out with injury pre-match and manager Carla Ward subsequently indicated to RTÉ Sport that neither player would likely be available for Sunday's second friendly in Cincinatti, Ohio (live on RTÉ2 and RTÉ Player). Ireland had travelled to the USA without a number of players including captain Katie McCabe, who was rested for the trip, with Aoife Mannion, Heather Payne and Leanne Kiernan also among those not involved. Donegal native McLaughlin, who recently left Portsmouth, has three senior caps to her name and will now link up with the squad to provide cover in midfield and attack, while Philadelphia-born defender Dee Bradley, who plays for English side Durham FC, will train with the squad in Ohio. She qualifies for Ireland through her Donegal-born father and Cork-born mother. Goalkeepers: Courtney Brosnan (Everton), Grace Moloney (Unattached), Sophie Whitehouse (Charlton Athletic) Defenders: Jessie Stapleton (West Ham United), Anna Patten (Aston Villa), Caitlin Hayes (Brighton & Hove Albion), Hayley Nolan (Crystal Palace), Chloe Mustaki (Bristol City), Izzy Atkinson (Crystal Palace) Midfielders: Megan Connolly (Lazio), Tyler Toland (Blackburn Rovers), Ruesha Littlejohn (Shamrock Rovers), Marissa Sheva (Sunderland), Ellen Molloy (Wexford), Erin McLaughlin (Unattached)
Irish Examiner
a day ago
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Return of the Mack: Hansen ‘living the dream' on Lions trip back to Australia
Mack Hansen says he feels like is living in 'an alternate universe' on the eve of his first start for the British & Irish Lions in his native Australia. The winger, qualified for Ireland through his Cork-born mother, was a youngster in the crowd when the Lions last toured Australia 12 years ago and cannot wait to line up against one of his old housemates this weekend. The 27-year-old represented his homeland at under-20 level but says relocating to Europe was 'the best decision I ever made'. Nevertheless he has been pinching himself ever since flying in as a member of the 2025 Lions squad. 'It feels like I'm properly living the dream,' admitted Hansen before Saturday morning's fixture against Western Force, for whom his former Brumbies colleague and good friend Bayley Kuenzle now plays. 'On the last Lions tour I was at the game in Canberra and the Brumbies beat them. My dad, my brother and me were sitting behind the goalposts watching it. It was mad. It seems like an alternate universe. I remember the buzz around Australia and seeing these players you didn't really get to see. It was amazing. I always loved the Lions and I didn't know it would be something that I'd get to do. But I'm here and I'm enjoying it.' That formative experience also taught him just how desperate the local Super Rugby sides are to take down the Lions. 'You don't expect anyone to actually do it but I talked to guys [at the Brumbies] after that and they'd been pumped up for the game for weeks. They saw it as the be-all and end-all.' Hansen, who has 28 Test caps, has absolutely no regrets about declaring for Ireland, where his allegiance is so complete he has a tattoo of [head coach] Andy Farrell's face on his leg. 'I haven't really looked back at it and wondered: 'What if?' I've just been going forward with Ireland. I've got a new life over there, new friends, new family. For me, it's definitely the best decision I've ever made.' He also says his Aussie mates will now be expected to support the Lions – 'I'm expecting them to be wearing red; if not they won't be getting tickets' – but accepts the touring team need a victory following their 28-24 defeat by Argentina in Dublin last week. 'If you get the opportunity to play in the red jersey then, yeah, you should be winning games. We're [drawn from] four of the best teams in the world, so the expectation is to win regardless of who you're playing. 'There were a few excuses we could have had but we've thrown them out the door. At the end of the day [we have] some of the best players in the world. You should be winning every time. So every time it's a loss it just isn't good enough. We know we'll get our heads absolutely chewed off if it happens again so the plan is to win from here on out. The only thing that can beat us is us really.' Hansen's experience of Ireland's tactical approach, currently in the process of being transplanted to the Lions, could further enhance his prospects of making the Lions Test side, with the Force game offering an ideal chance to press his claims ahead of, among others, England's Tommy Freeman 'We've all got different strengths. The other guys would be a bit quicker and more physical than me. That's not my game. For me, my main strength is my work off the ball. That's my focus a lot of the time: keep working hard and try and get into the game wherever I can.' Guardian
Irish Independent
4 days ago
- Entertainment
- Irish Independent
Fans offered first look at Cillian Murphy in new Netflix film ‘Steve'
The film, which is a reimagining of the bestselling book by Max Porter, Shy, follows headteacher Steve and his students at a last-chance reform school 'amidst a world that has forsaken them' as he fights to keep the doors open while facing his own struggles. The movie will release in select cinemas and on the streaming service on October 3. Young actor Jay Lycurgo plays Shy, a troubled teen 'caught between his past and what lies ahead' while stars like Tracey Ullman, Top Boy star Simbi Ajikawo and Small Things Like These actor Emily Watson join Murphy on screen. The Netflix film is being directed by Tim Mielants, while author Max Porter has also written and executive produced the project. Murphy is also among the producers billed on the film alongside Alan Moloney and Tina Pawlik, while the music is written by Ben Salisbury and Geoff Barrow. The Cork-born actor is also set to return for the Netflix film Peaky Blinders, the series he starred in as Tommy Shelby. An auction of original costumes from BBC TV series Peaky Blinders, including a suit worn by actor Cillian Murphy as Tommy Shelby in the show's final scenes, has raised £19,000 (over €22,200) for charity. The 48-year-old Cork actor wore the period-style grey three-piece suit in the final episode of the sixth series. The highest price of £3,000 (€3,500) was fetched by a three-piece woollen suit, also worn by Murphy as Tommy Shelby, which comes with a label reading 'Tommy suit C'. Across six series, Peaky Blinders tackled the rise of fascism, Irish republican politics, and communist activities through the period following the First World War, along with Shelby's political ambitions. The sequel movie written by the show's creator and screenwriter Steven Knight is due for release this autumn.
RTÉ News
20-06-2025
- Entertainment
- RTÉ News
Cillian Murphy will return in next 28 Years Later movie
28 Years Later director Danny Boyle has said that Cillian Murphy will reprise his role from the first movie in the next instalment of the zombie franchise early next year. The Cork-born actor played motorcycle courier Jim in 2002's 28 Days Later and Boyle and writer Alex Garland have another two movies planned for the series, both of which will feature Oscar winner Murphy. It follows speculation that the Peaky Blinders and Oppenheimer star would be back in the latest part of the franchise, 28 Years Later, which stars newcomer Alife Williams, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and Jodie Comer, and is in cinemas now. Speaking to RTÉ Entertainment, the 68-year-old director, who also made Trainspotting, Yesterday, and Slumdog Millionaire, said, "It's all linked to Cillian. He is a producer on this new film, 28 Years Later, and with his agreement, we didn't connect directly to that first film from 2002." The fourth part of the series, 28 Years Later: The Bone Temple, is due for release next January and there is also a fifth and final movie planned, with Boyle back behind the camera. "Cillian's character, Jim, will reappear and in fact he will appear at the end of The Bone Temple to take us into the fifth film and that will be his film, really," Boyle said. "28 years have passed and something is the same and something is very different. That's all I can tell you . . . " So, Cillian will be back? "Oh, he will be!" 28 Years Later is set on an isolated island in the northeast of England where a small community has continued to live uninfected as the rest of the Britain remains quarantined and contaminated by the Rage virus which turns people into a manic state. The new movie centres on 12-year-old Spike (Williams) and his parents, Isla (Comer) and Jamie (Taylor-Johnson), a scavenger and survivalist who takes his son on his first sortie to the mainland to make his first zombie kill. It is essentially a movie about a father and son relationship. "Yes, it is but it is flawed," says Boyle. "Jamie and Spike's relationship is intense but it is quite narrow in a way. Jamie wants to teach Spike quite specific skills but they are very gender-based and quite strict. "The girls are left at home and the boys are taken out to train and they have a nostalgia about when England was great and the long bowmen beat the French at Agincourt . . . Spike learns different lessons from his mother and, later, from Ralph Fiennes' character." A lot has changed since the first movie in the franchise back in 2002. Given the new film's themes of not so splendid isolation and a virus that has left Britain cut off from the rest of Europe, the tumults of Brexit and Covid were an irresistible framing device for Boyle and Garland. "It's definitely influenced by that," Boyle says. "You can't not be influenced by that but this is a not a political film about Brexit or a political film about Covid but they do pass through the film at times. "One of the wonderful things about the horror genre is that you can read things in that feel like the present day, like what's happening in Gaza or the way migrants are treated. "Covid had a particular influence on us and it's a slightly surprising one. It's not that cities were transformed in the way we saw at the beginning of 28 Days Later. It was the way behaviour changed over time after the initial alert, which was high scale panic and worry." Boyle adds, "People start to relax after that and they start to take risks and branch out and don't wear a mask all the time. It's just human nature to do it." Of course, Garland and Boyle do not forget the gore. The zombies in this franchise are not quite the shambling undead of B-movie yore but fleet-footed berserkers who pose real and immediate danger. And in 28 Years Later, Boyle and Garland give us two new breeds of zombie - the sluggish "Slow-Lows" and super-fast and strong Alphas. It seems that as time passes, the half-dead are evolving. "That again was a Covid thing," Boyle says. "We saw how Covid mutated and the variants arrived and in this film the variants that have emerged are very dangerous indeed and if anything, the landscape is more hostile and dangerous than the first film." It's been a busy few days in Dublin for Boyle. As well as doing press duties for 28 Years Later, he also attended the gala opening of his new movie at the Irish Film Centre and was given UCD's Literary and Historical Society James Joyce Award. No doubt he talked about his new film's star - 12-year-old newcomer Alife Williams, who plays Spike. "When we cast him, his shoe size was 6, by the time we finished the film, his shoe size was nine-and-a-half," laughs Boyle. "I kid you not." "He's transforming from a boy into a man, which is what happens in the film so he is perfectly cast. He was exceptionally accommodated by the other actors who passed on their knowledge to him - wittingly and unwittingly.
