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Irish Times
3 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Times
Cork City take their time to shake off debutants Leicester Celtic
FAI Cup second round Cork City 3 Leicester Celtic 0 Fairview Rangers 0 Shelbourne 4 Bangor Celtic 0 Cobh Ramblers 2 Salthill Devon 1 St Michael's 0 READ MORE New signing Charlie Lutz netted his first goal to the relief of manager Ger Nash as Cork City eventually shook off Leicester Celtic's challenge to win 3-0 in Saturday's FAI Cup second-round clash at Turners Cross. The Aston Villa academy recruit argued with midfielder Evan McLaughlin over who should take their 69th-minute penalty before dispatching it to the bottom corner. Kitt Nelson, who had been fouled for the spot-kick, added the clincher within two minutes to finish off the Leinster Senior League's fourth-tier side. Standout centre back Kevin Curry was unlucky to end with an own goal in the dying moments. Nash's first win as City manager in front of 893 fans sees them advance to the third round ahead of a crucial relegation dogfight against Sligo Rovers on Friday. Leicester Celtic, first-time FAI Cup participants from Rathfarnham, drew a strong travelling support. They were without long-serving captain Alan O'Shaughnessy, who missed the game due to a clash with his wedding. A few team-mates attended the Friday ceremony before joining the rest of the squad in Cork. Their goalkeeper Charles Delmotte made a series of brilliant saves, beginning with a quick-thinking block on Lutz. The attacker also struck the post as City were frustrated for the remainder of the first half. Freddie Anderson came agonisingly close from a pair of corners, being denied by Delmotte and the crossbar. When Nelson went over the leg of Daniel McCullagh, City had their breakthrough from the spot through Lutz. With that confidence boost, the forward's close control teed up Nelson to blast home a quick-fire second from the edge of the box. Finally, Benny Couto's 88th-minute free-kick was turned in by Curry. Meanwhile, John Martin bagged a hat-trick as Shelbourne saw off Fairview Rangers in Limerick. Joey O'Brien opted for 11 changes ahead of their Champions League clash with Qarabag. They make a quicker job of things than the Leesiders with Martin teed up by James Norris in the fourth minute. A direct ball over the top fed Daniel Kelly for a 2-0 half-time lead. Martin completed his hat-trick with two strikes in the final 20 minutes. Elsewhere, First Division high-fliers Cobh Ramblers saw off Bangor Celtic with second-half goals from Samuel Bellis and Matthew Whelan in Crumlin. Salthill Devon also advanced to the third-round draw with an early goal from Timmy Molloy against Tipperary town side St Michael's for a 1-0 win in Galway.
BreakingNews.ie
23-06-2025
- BreakingNews.ie
Man (30s) arrested over criminal damage in Cork city
A man has been arrested in relation to an incident of criminal damage in Cork City in May. It happened at a premises in the Turner's Cross area. Advertisement He was arrested on Saturday and detained following an operation carried out by the Crime Special Unit in Cork City. The man in his 30s has since been charged and is scheduled to appear before Cork District Court on Monday. Gardaí say investigations arfe ongoing.
The Independent
18-06-2025
- Politics
- The Independent
Micheal Martin's constituency office in Co Cork vandalised
The Irish premier's constituency office in Co Cork has been vandalised with red paint. It is the third such incident in recent weeks. Pictures showed red paint sprayed across the walls of the property in Turner's Cross, with black writing also scrawled across the window of the office. A spokesperson for Taoiseach Micheal Martin confirmed the latest attack, adding that personal threats have also been sent to the office. 'I can confirm there was an act of vandalism on the constituency office last night, this is the third such attack,' they said. 'Personal threats have also previously been sent to the office, warning the Taoiseach it will be made impossible for him to navigate in public spaces. 'This is a working office with constituency staff acting on a daily basis to support the community on various issues. 'Those responsible for these criminal acts and intimidatory and abusive threats are fundamentally anti-democratic. 'We believe the vast majority of people who are appalled by the situation in Gaza would have nothing to do with such actions.'
BreakingNews.ie
18-06-2025
- Politics
- BreakingNews.ie
Taoiseach's Cork office vandalised and personal threats made
The Cork office of Taoiseach Micheál Martin has confirmed that there was an act of vandalism onsite overnight with personal threats also being made. The window of the office in Turner's Cross in Cork was daubed with the words 'Zionist pawn". The words were etched in red paint. Advertisement A spokesperson for the Taoiseach confirmed that this is the third such attack on the office on the southside of Cork city. 'I can confirm there was an act of vandalism on the constituency office last night, this is the third such attack. The window of the office in Turner's Cross in Cork was daubed with the words 'Zionist pawn". "Personal threats have also previously been sent to the office, warning the Taoiseach it will be made impossible for him to navigate in public spaces. "This is a working office with constituency staff acting on a daily basis to support the community on various issues.' The spokesperson added that those responsible for the 'criminal acts' and 'intimidatory and abusive threats are fundamentally anti-democratic". "We believe the vast majority of people who are appalled by the situation in Gaza would have nothing to do with such actions.'
Irish Times
11-06-2025
- Politics
- Irish Times
Micheál pummelled from all sides over Government's latest plan to ease rental crisis
Micheál Martin isn't losing the run of himself as he jets around the globe, rubbing shoulders with world leaders. He's still just a lad from Turner's Cross who did well for himself above in the Dáil – and anyway, being Taoiseach is a very humbling job. But at those rare times when he might be in danger of succumbing to notions, Micheál asks himself a simple question: 'What would the king of Jordan say?' We learned this a little later in Tuesday's proceedings, after he had survived yet another torrid round of Opposition questions on the subject of housing and attention turned to the continuing horror in Gaza. READ MORE The Taoiseach prefaced one reply with this memorable line: 'As the king of Jordan said to me ...' But back to the intractable issue of housing, Micheál was pummelled from all sides over his Government's latest plan to ease the rental crisis. Thankfully, he had his Minister for Housing there for guidance and moral support, which must have been a comfort. Situated almost by his side, a mere six seats away on the front bench, James Browne was a tower of strength. At one point during Micheál's lengthy grilling at the hands of Mary Lou McDonald, Ivana Bacik, Cian O'Callaghan and Paul Murphy, the Minister even passed him a short note. This was most dramatic. The Taoiseach had been under pressure over the confusing details of these new proposals which have the twin objectives of further protecting tenants' security while ensuring decent profits for institutional landlords in an effort to get them building again. James, the man at the epicentre of what everyone in Dáil Éireann agrees is the single biggest issue facing Ireland today, was sandwiched between Minister for Children Norma Foley and Minister for the Arts Patrick O'Donovan. From his exalted pew, he scribbled a few words on a piece of paper and handed it under the ledge to Norma, who passed it underarm to Noel Grealish, who sneaked it to Dara Calleary who slipped it swiftly across the empty seat to his boss. [ Proposed changes to rent rules will incentivise evictions, housing charity warns Opens in new window ] Presumably it was a reminder to Micheál to continue saying the proposed measures 'won't affect existing tenants'. A clear enough statement in that it clearly did nothing to clear up the continuing confusion. The Taoiseach was doing his level best to convince the chamber he feels good about James Browne's big production number. But he was hampered by a press release sent out by the Minister's department about an hour before the Dáil resumed for the week. Sinn Féin, Labour, the Social Democrats and People Before Profit had copies of it and it seemed to cast huge doubt on the 'won't affect existing tenants' aspect of the plan. This statement – with pertinent lines highlighted in neon – was waved with abandon at Micheál from across the floor. Time and again he was asked to explain it. He didn't, leading People Before Profit's Paul Murphy to put the question yet again when he grabbed the baton for the last lap and bore down on what he called the Taoiseach's 'incredibly brazen performance'. Here's the particular detail which had everyone in a tizzy: 'All landlords will have the right to reset rent where the rent is below market at the end of each six-year tenancy.' Paul read it 'very slowly' for the Taoiseach, in case he missed the point when it was made by the three previous speakers. The TD for Dublin South-West was puzzled – like a lot of people. How could he say sitting tenants will keep their existing 2 per cent/Consumer Price Index rent cap indefinitely when the Minister for Housing has it down in black-and-white that 'all landlords' will have the right to adjust upwards after six years? 'It's not just new landlords, not just big landlords, not just small landlords, but every single landlord. That means it affects existing tenants and new tenants,' said Paul, his Opposition colleagues nodding in agreement. Maybe the Minister could enlighten him as to the finer details of this policy? Sinn Féin's Louise O'Reilly chimed in: 'Do you want to phone a friend?' Micheál was sticking to his guns. He had the note from James in front of him on the ledge. The measure is due to come into effect next March. After that, all new tenants will be subject to the six-year rule, be they students returning after the summer and looking for a place to stay again or renters who left accommodation for whatever reason and are in the market again. A short time after Leaders' Questions, the housing body Threshold issued a statement giving a qualified welcome to the proposed rental sector reforms. This will have come as some solace to Micheál, who may just have to mention this intervention when the subject comes up again on Wednesday. Meanwhile, in her contribution, Labour's Ivana Bacik quoted her own housing spokesperson, Conor Sheehan, who had been out on the plinth earlier in the day voicing his reservations about the proposals. [ Rules for renters: What are the planned reforms and will they work? Opens in new window ] She had to agree with him when he said there were 'more holes in the policy announced today than there were in the Titanic'. Conor has a flair for the dramatic. He also said that renters were 'thrown to the wolves' and 'thrown under a bus' by the Government. As for the Titanic, wasn't it just one big iceberg-inflicted hole which did the damage? Almost all Dáil business on Tuesday was taken up with the housing crisis. But during Questions on Policy, the horrendous situation in Gaza was discussed. Ruth Coppinger asked if the Naval Service could be used to deliver humanitarian aid to the stricken population there. 'If 12 activists can go on a ship, how can a professional Navy not do that?' This wasn't possible, replied the Taoiseach, applauding the crew of the Madleen for their actions. However, its crew acknowledged this was a symbolic gesture. And then he added: 'As the king of Jordan said to me at the weekend, the people need trucks and trucks of aid. Not drops. They need absolute unimpeded aid going into Gaza at huge scale ...' The king of Jordan, like. As you do.
