Women forming their own culture club

A man who was serving a 40-year driving ban when he led gardaí on a high-speed car chase has been jailed for two and a half years.

A 29-year-old man convicted of leading gardaí in a high-speed car chase was under a 40-year disqualification from driving at the time, a court has heard.

Watford failed to deliver a fitting tribute to their former chairman Graham Taylor after they were held to a goalless draw by Burnley at Vicarage Road.

In his autobiography, A Life in Questions, the broadcaster Jeremy Paxman relates a memorable exchange between John Major and Boris Yeltsin, as described by the former British prime minister.

The Anyone-But-England brigade will be up bright and early tomorrow, whistling a merry tune and flexing the brims of their Panama hats.

The Anyone-But-England brigade will be up bright and early tomorrow, whistling a merry tune and flexing the brims of their Panama hats.

In the modern game, when a wantaway player and a club lock horns, there is usually only one winner. But it wasn’t always so, writes Liam Mackey.

Premier League

Arsene Wenger questioned whether his Arsenal side were "mentally ready" after a home defeat to Watford saw their slender Premier League title hopes take another hit.

Brendan O’Brien talks about the "challenges, strategies, and governance of sport in Ireland" and what the men in charge plan to do about them.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today.

It takes a strong man to come back from adversity to succeed again after being mercilessly mocked for failing at the highest level, but it takes a very special kind of man to do that without any trace of bitterness, anger or regret.

He was famed as an England boss but any Irish players came under the wing of the late Graham Taylor during his long managerial career, with the legendary Paul McGrath leading the tributes to his former boss.

Here’s a briefing on some of the stories and issues highlighted on irishexaminer.com today

I have to say that, all those centuries past, it was very far-seeing and considerate of his ancestors to arrange for the new England manager to come among us in 2016 with a ‘gate’ already appended to his surname, thus sparing journalists the effort of having to add the same four letters if – when? - his reign goes, as it were, south.

Paul McGrath talks Fergie, Busby and explains why nothing will ever compare with Italia 90, writes Phil Campion

Before taking charge of the Springboks, Kitch Christie made a bold prediction: “Six months is long enough for a coach to win the World Cup.”

Former England manager Graham Taylor has insisted he would never have blocked black footballers’ path into the national team and denied that two Football Association members tried to cap numbers.

Andy Townsend might struggle to remember Ireland’s 3-3 draw away to Poland in 1991 – the last competitive meeting between the two countries – but it’s a game which is lodged firmly in your humble correspondent’s memory banks.

Same as it ever was… Same as it ever was… Same as it ever was… Same as it ever was… Same as it ever was… Same as it ever was… Same as it ever was… Same as it ever was.

Vaccinating against the virus that causes glandular fever could prevent up to 200,000 cases of cancer worldwide each year, according to a leading charity.

Grass isn’t always greener — you hear this saying quite a lot in the football world and, in the case of Wolverhampton Wanderers, it’s probably something that has run through the owners’ mind a gazillion times since their decision to relieve Mick McCarthy of his very successful tenure as the manager in February of last year — especially when they are now a further three managers down the line and, going into last night’s game against Watford, in the bottom three of the Championship.

In March last year Roman Abramovich sacked Andre Villas-Boas and speculation linked the then-Swansea manager Brendan Rodgers with the vacant position.

Former England and Aston Villa manager Graham Taylor has admitted that Shay Given's days at Villa Park appear to be numbered.

The scene in Gary Lineker’s Dublin hotel room is much as you’d expect: a hole kicked angrily in the television screen, Hell’s Angels wandering about, Keith Richards passed out in a corner and the main man himself, a bloody scar of unknown origin snaking down the side of his face, screaming at his terrified handlers in between swigs of Wild Turkey straight from the neck.

Graham Taylor has branded the treatment of England fans as “disgraceful” after last night’s World Cup qualifier with Poland in Warsaw was postponed because of a waterlogged pitch.

1. Martin Keown’s poker face: “Del Bosque has played his hand here… it’s almost like a game of chess.”

Graham Taylor today accused Roy Hodgson of getting his tactics wrong in England’s European Championship defeat to Italy.

Diary June 9

Rebekah Brooks was grilled by a House of Commons committee yesterday but the Murdoch empire has been imploding for years. It was Rupert wot done it, says David Kernek

Rio Ferdinand took a farewell swipe at Fabio Capello today as he joined Wayne Rooney in endorsing Harry Redknapp as his choice to become England’s new manager.

Former England manager Graham Taylor today joined Rio Ferdinand and Wayne Rooney in endorsing Harry Redknapp as his choice to become England’s new manager.

Fabio Capello will meet FA chairman David Bernstein later this week for talks over the decision to strip John Terry of the England captaincy.

WITH a few weeks to go, I feel we are still at a safe enough remove from the European Championship play-offs for your (admittedly nervous) correspondent to make an unusually bold prediction: Ireland will qualify for the 2012 finals in Poland and Ukraine.

IT was that hapless England soccer manager Graham Taylor who, on the eve of the 1992 European Championships, urged his country’s armchair supporters to “put your feet up and enjoy the football”.

Alex Ferguson has launched a passionate defence of under-fire Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger.

Former Chelsea boss Carlo Ancelotti is believed to be high on Aston Villa owner Randy Lerner’s list of preferred options to replace Gerard Houllier as manager, Press Association Sport understands.