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Belfast Telegraph
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Belfast Telegraph
Armagh's strong first-half showing downs Donegal and secures top flight status
Joe Feeney's Armagh, with the wind to their backs for the opening 30 minutes, soared clear with five points in the opening seven minutes, Niamh Reel picking off two points. After a lull in the game and Jodie McFadden having a goal chance go wide for Donegal, Armagh continued their dominance as Lauren McConville and Caroline O'Hanlon hit a brace of points, with McFadden getting Donegal on the board just before the break. O'Hanlon converted a free to make it 0-11 to 0-1 at the break, but Donegal started well in the second half as McFadden kicked a point 30 seconds in and Cait Gillespie fisted over from close range. Armagh did respond as Catherine Marley broke through to point, while Reel kicked another free for her fourth score of the game. Katie Dowds hit a great point into the wind for James Daly's side, but they then lost captain Róisín Rodgers to a black card as the game entered the final quarter. Rodgers returned to play with just the one point scored in that time as O'Hanlon kicked another free to restore the ten-point lead. And as McFadden and Reel traded late frees, it was Armagh who ensured their safety, while Donegal will face Leitrim in the relegation play-off final, with the loser being relegated to the TG4 Intermediate Championship next season. Scorers – Armagh: N Reel 0-5 (4f), C O'Hanlon 0-4 (4f), L McConville 0-2, N Henderson, A McCoy, E Druse, C Marley 0-1 each; Donegal: J McFadden 0-3 (2f), C Gillespie, K Dowds 0-1 each. ARMAGH: A Carr; M Ferguson, C Towe, R Mulligan; E Druse, M McCann, G Ferguson; C Marley, C O'Hanlon; L McConville (capt.), A McCoy, E Lavery; K Mallon, N Henderson, N Reel. Subs: Caoimhe McNulty for Lavery (36), A Mackin for Mallon (53), L Marsden for Marley (57), L Kavanagh for McCann (59). DONEGAL: C Friel; S McFadden, A Temple Asokuh, S McFeeley; B McLaughlin, E McGinley, C Gillespie; R Rodgers (capt.), R McColgan; S White, K Dowds, F McManamon; A McDermott, J McFadden, N Boyle. Subs: E Gallagher for McFadden, M Bennett for McDermott (both 43).
Irish Examiner
05-07-2025
- Sport
- Irish Examiner
Armagh secure safety, Donegal now face Leitrim
Relegation playoff: Armagh 0-15 Donegal 0-5 Armagh prevailed thanks to a strong first-half showing to defeat Donegal in the TG4 Ladies Senior Football Championship relegation play-off in Stewartstown and ensure their top flight status for 2026. Joe Feeney's Armagh, with the wind to their backs for the opening 30 minutes, soared clear with five points in the opening seven minutes, Niamh Reel picking off two points. After a lull in the game and Jodie McFadden having a goal chance go wide for Donegal, Armagh continued their dominance as Lauren McConville and Caroline O'Hanlon hit a brace of points, with McFadden getting Donegal on the board just before the break. O'Hanlon converted a free to make it 0-11 to 0-1 at the break, but Donegal started well in the second half, as McFadden kicked a point 30 seconds in and Cait Gillespie fisted over from close range. Armagh did respond as Catherine Marley broke through to point, while Reel kicked another free for her fourth score of the game. Katie Dowds hit a great point into the wind for James Daly's side, but they then lost captain Róisín Rodgers to a black card as the game entered the final quarter. Rodgers returned to play with just the one point scored in that time as O'Hanlon kicked another free to restore the ten-point lead. And as McFadden and Reel traded late frees, it was Armagh who ensured their safety, while Donegal will face Leitrim in the relegation play-off final, with the loser being relegated to the TG4 Intermediate Championship next season. Scorers - Armagh: N Reel 0-5 (4f), C O'Hanlon 0-4 (4f), L McConville 0-2, N Henderson, A McCoy, E Druse, C Marley 0-1 each. Donegal: J McFadden 0-3 (2f), C Gillespie, K Dowds 0-1 each. ARMAGH: A Carr; M Ferguson, C Towe, R Mulligan; E Druse, M McCann, G Ferguson; C Marley, C O'Hanlon; L McConville (capt.), A McCoy, E Lavery; K Mallon, N Henderson, N Reel. Subs: Caoimhe McNulty for Lavery (36), A Mackin for Mallon (53), L Marsden for Marley (57), L Kavanagh for McCann (59). DONEGAL: C Friel; S McFadden, A Temple Asokuh, S McFeeley; B McLaughlin, E McGinley, C Gillespie; R Rodgers (capt.), R McColgan; S White, K Dowds, F McManamon; A McDermott, J McFadden, N Boyle. Subs: E Gallagher for McFadden, M Bennett for McDermott (both 43). Referee: Anthony Marron (Monaghan)
Agriland
25-05-2025
- Business
- Agriland
Kildare breeder sells Wagyu consignment to Portugal
A pedigree Wagyu cattle breeder based in Co. Kildare has secured the sale of a consignment of Wagyu heifers and bulls as well as Wagyu semen and embryos to a customer in Portugal. Based outside Kilcullen, Co. Kildare, Oliver O'Hanlon is the owner of the Ohanasaki Wagyu Herd (pronounced O-Hana-Sa-Ki). The farm is home to a herd of full-blood Wagyu cattle and Agriland caught-up with the Wagyu breeder to hear how the sale came to pass. 'In April this year, a delegation of farmers from Portugal visited our farm in Kilcullen, Co. Kildare to see Wagyu cattle,' O'Hanlon said. 'This resulted in the sale of 20 full-blood registered females, two full-blood registered stock bulls, as well as a selection of Wagyu semen and embryos. The cattle left Ireland on Tuesday, May 20, and arrived at their destination on Friday, May 23,' he added. Wagyu The Kildare farmer told Agriland how he managed to get the cattle to their market destination in Pombal, Portugal. 'The cattle travelled in a new livestock trailer owned by Cormac Morgan from The Moy in Co. Tyrone. This was it's maiden voyage. 'The cattle were rested at lairages on the way and arrived content and happy on Friday evening,' he said. The truck and trailer which the cattle travelled on O'Hanlon said that the purchaser has a number of business interests. 'When I asked the buyer, 'Why do you want to buy Wagyu?' he said owning Waygu in Portugal is like owning a Rolex, only better and [he] also said that it is challenging to source quality Wagyu cattle in Portugal, Spain or France,' O'Hanlon said. The cattle pictured on arrival to their destination on Friday evening: One of the bulls sold to Portugal was Ohanasaki Tucker, which according to O'Hanlon was 'an outstanding son of Arubial Anticipated out of Ohanasaki Jenny Penny (2023 offspring)'. This bull was an embryo transfer calf carried in a Friesian-cross cow. The cattle arriving at their new home in Pombal, Portugal 'The dam's milk quality gave this bull the very best start, making him the pick of that group,' O'Hanlon said. The purchaser has plans to use the foundation cattle to grow his herd and produce Wagyu beef from it.
Yahoo
20-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
How achievable is Trump's Golden Dome plan?
Seven days after his inauguration, Donald Trump issued the 'Iron Dome for America' executive order to create a cutting-edge defense system that protects the U.S. from long-range missile attacks. Trump revealed Tuesday that his administration has settled on a design for the massive system, adding that it will be operational within three years. The president appointed Michael Guetlein, the current vice chief of space operations, to lead the project. 'Once fully constructed, the Golden Dome will be capable of intercepting missiles even if they are launched from other sides of the world and even if they are launched from space, and we will have the best system ever built,' Trump said from the Oval Office. The idea evokes the concept of Israel's missile defense system, but there would be several key differences between the U.S. ally's Iron Dome and Trump's so-called 'Golden Dome'. The Golden Dome would have to cover a much larger area, for starters. The Golden Dome will also have to be a lot more comprehensive, with several different systems that can locate, track and stop any kind of aerial attack the U.S. might face, according to Wes Rumbaugh, a fellow in the Missile Defense Project at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. By comparison, Israel's Iron Dome is a system designed to specifically protect against just short-range rockets and artillery shells. Congressional Republicans recently proposed allocating $25 billion from this year's budget for the project, further signaling that construction could begin soon. Here's what you need to know about Trump's plan — and why some experts warn it has some 'big issues': Trump's executive order outlines some straightforward aspects to his Golden Dome plan, like an updated missile threat risk assessment or a list of strategic locations where it'd be best to defend against missile threats proactively. But the most significant component is also the most complicated: a network of 'space-based interceptors,' such as lasers, that would be able to stop or destroy warheads shortly after they're launched. This harkens back to President Ronald Reagan's infamous space-based missile defense system, nicknamed 'Star Wars' by critics. Officials building any space-based interceptor system would need to ensure every possible attacker and target are covered — you can't have Florida covered but not California. But this means building a massive web of interceptors to ensure they're always in the correct position, which Michael O'Hanlon, director of research in the Foreign Policy program at the Brookings Institution, argues would be costly and 'hugely inefficient.' 'You've got to be pretty confident you're going to get everything, or at least knock everything off course,' O'Hanlon tells The Independent. O'Hanlon also says lasers themselves also pose a cost issue, because those would have to be sent into orbit with large amounts of fuel and giant mirrors that can focus the laser's energy enough to destroy a warhead. 'This translates into each one of your defensive space-based lasers being the equivalent of the Hubble telescope,' he says. Rumbaugh believes the Golden Dome is feasible on a purely technical level, but other factors will determine whether it ever gets built. By building up such strong defensive systems, the U.S. could provoke an adversary into further strengthening their offense, sparking a global arms race. This could trigger a feedback loop where officials make the country 'less secure and certainly more impoverished,' O'Hanlon said. 'If you really try to make this comprehensive against even a Russian nuclear attack, then you're reigniting all the age-old debates about the likelihood of just triggering an arms race where defense continues to be more difficult and expensive than offense,' O'Hanlon added. Other challenges will include budget and scale. Rumbaugh said some have compared the Golden Dome to the Manhattan Project, America's top-secret effort to construct an atomic bomb during World War II. O'Hanlon similarly estimates the project would cost hundreds of billions of dollars. 'Even if you just sized [the system] to today's Russian nuclear arsenal, and you wanted to build a multi-layer capability that Trump has talked about, that is already enormously expensive,' O'Hanlon said. 'I think I calculated something in the range of $500 billion, and that was just for a limited part of it.' Collaboration and resource-sharing may also prove difficult and the details are still unclear, Rumbaugh added. How will the Missile Defense Agency, the Space Force, the Army, the Navy, the Air Force and various other agencies work together to manage the Golden Dome? That remains unclear. Even if the idea seems farfetched, O'Hanlon says the U.S. does need to expand its missile defense capabilities. 'I think that there could be some benefits to even a limited, partially effective missile defense system, whether it's defending against the North Korean threat that's continued to grow, or a future Iranian threat, or a threat of a limited strike by Russia or China,' he said. The Independent has contacted the White House for comment. O'Hanlon offers that a scaled-back version of Trump's plan could be beneficial overall to U.S. national security. 'I think there is value in doing more than we've done already,' he added.
Irish Independent
16-05-2025
- Sport
- Irish Independent
Stage Three of Rás Tailteann to finish in popular Clare town for the first time since 1971
Rás Tailteann, an iconic Irish cycling race, will take place from May 21 to May 25 and stretches for over 760km across Ireland, featuring 13 categorised climbs. Miltown Malbay is to host the Stage Three finish of this year's race on May 23, the first time it has served as a finishing point for the race in over five decades, last doing so in 1971. Beginning in Cong, Co Mayo, riders will journey down the Wild Atlantic Way before a fast finish in Miltown Malbay. The following morning, May 24, will see Ennis take centre stage as the starting point for Stage Four of the race. Starting at 11.45am outside the Clare County Council offices, riders will proceed to take on a category one climb in the Slieve Blooms before a 14km race to the finish in Mountrath, Co Laois. The 70th edition of the Rás Tailteann runs across five stages and begins in Drogheda, Co Louth on May 21 and will eventually finish in Bective, Co Meath on May 25 with further key points in the race in counties set for Roscommon, Mayo, Galway and Kildare. Stage Three of this year's race is especially significant due to its dedication to Sé O'Hanlon on the 60th anniversary of his second overall race victory in 1965, which included five stage wins. Lauded as one of the most iconic figures in the history of Rás Tailteann, O'Hanlon was known for his aggressive riding style, immense stamina and tactical brilliance. The iconic rider remains one of the most successful figures in the history of the race, with four overall wins to his name between 1962 and 1967. Race Director Ger Campbell paid tribute, saying: 'Sé O'Hanlon represents everything the Rás has always stood for — courage, commitment, and a fighting spirit that captured the imagination of the Irish public. 'It's only fitting that we honour him during this 70th edition, and particularly on a day that echoes the era he defined.'
