Person: John Foley

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<p>Mags Kelly and Billy Walsh. Pictures: Ian Cronin Photography</p>

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Wedding of the week: Three's the magic number when your daughter is flowergirl

Mags Kelly and Billy Walsh looked amazing for their wedding — but little Fiadh Rose Walsh is the star of the day

<p>Peloton have signed a deal with JP Morgan Chase and Goldman Sachs to borrow $750m in five-year term debt.</p>

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Peloton shares plunge as fitness firm faces hard race

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FAI appoint partner to spearhead CEO search

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Ireland Clubs see off Scots to retain Dalriada Cup

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Cork Con's Abbott replaces clubmate in Ireland Club XV

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Garry Ringrose's brother selected for first Ireland Club cap

FAI set to reveal first three independent directors

Steps to prevent the Football Association of Ireland descending into insolvency will intensify this week with the announcement of independent directors and a roadmap to financial stability.

Tue, 07 Jan, 2020

Will answers be as plentiful as the legion of burning questions at the FAI’s third EGM?

At the end of a tumultuous year for the Irish football, delegates will on Sunday face into a third emergency general meeting of the Football Association of Ireland in 2019.

Fri, 27 Dec, 2019

Three Ireland will not be renewing sponsorship deal with FAI

The embattled FAI have been hit by yet another blow with the news that Three Ireland will not be renewing their flagship sponsorship next year, a deal which the company says has seen it invest €30 million in Irish football over the past ten years.

Wed, 04 Dec, 2019

FAI risks Ross wrath and government funding with Cooke’s CEO appointment

The Football Association of Ireland are prepared to defy Sports Minister Shane Ross by appointing a new chief executive without his imprimatur.

Tue, 03 Dec, 2019

FAI appoints Paul Cooke to new role of executive lead

The FAI have switched Vice-President Paul Cooke to a full-time position of executive lead as their search for a new CEO continues.

Tue, 03 Dec, 2019

FAI in limbo as John Foley won’t take up role

The FAI has been left reeling by John Foley’s decision not to take up an agreed position as interim CEO at the organisation.

Mon, 02 Dec, 2019

Blow for FAI as Foley backs out of Interim CEO role at last minute

The crisis-hit Football Association of Ireland was dealt another blow after the man lined up to assume the role of Interim CEO backed out at the last minute.

Mon, 02 Dec, 2019

Wedding of the week: A day of global reunions for Aisling and Tim

Tim had popped the question during a weekend trip to Paris as they strolled along the Champs-Élysées.

Mon, 26 Aug, 2019

Injured walker rescued from mountain ridge in the Comeraghs

The man was treated and brought by helicopter to University Hospital Waterford.

Sat, 30 Mar, 2019

No cruise for Rowing Ireland CEO Hamish Adams as he switches to athletics

Athletics Ireland announced yesterday that its new CEO will be Hamish Adams, who currently holds the same position at Rowing Ireland.

Wed, 07 Feb, 2018

Athletics Ireland taking steps in right direction

Paul McNamara has only been Athletics Ireland’s High-Performance director since April. 

Fri, 04 Aug, 2017

Nigel Carolan’s cubs bid to derail England Grand Slam bid

Ireland U20 coach Nigel Carolan insists his side wouldn’t lack for motivation against Grand Slam- chasing England at Donnybrook this evening (6pm).

Fri, 17 Mar, 2017

Wondrous ways of the MacGillycuddy’s Reeks

THERE are places words are inadequate to describe.

Mon, 28 Nov, 2016

Rassie Erasmus: ‘I think my heart is turning Irish’

Something special is happening in Munster, forged from the sorrow of Anthony Foley’s untimely death.

Mon, 14 Nov, 2016

Another magical night at fortress Thomond

It just gets better and better for Rassie Erasmus and his remarkable group of Munster rugby players and their magnificent supporters!

Sat, 12 Nov, 2016

Munster eye another huge scalp but Erasmus expecting bruiser

The inclusion of seven players in Ireland’s 23-man squad against Canada tomorrow along with the absence of several others means that Munster will be severely depleted when they take on the powerful Maori All Blacks at a sold-out Thomond Park tonight.

Fri, 11 Nov, 2016

Coach happy as Munster A team face high quality test

Munster A couldn’t have faced a stiffer challenge than the champions in today’s B&I Cup opener with London Welsh at Towns Park, Midleton (2.30p.m.), but coach Peter Malone believes his young side will be up to the task.

Sat, 15 Oct, 2016

Athletics Ireland director Kevin Ankrom leaving

Athletics Ireland has announced Kevin Ankrom, the association’s High Performance Director, is to leave his position at the end of the year, bringing to an end a five-year tenure that was often clouded in criticism.

Fri, 07 Oct, 2016

Russian fury as Olympic athletics ban upheld

Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva has called the International Association of Athletics Federations’ decision to maintain Russia’s athletics ban ahead of this summer’s Olympic Games a “violation of human rights” and said she plans to appeal.

Sun, 19 Jun, 2016

Abbey score second victory

Mark Ferncombe fired over 10 points as Abbeyside earned their second win of the Waterford SHC against Cappoquin in Colligan last night (1-20 to 2-15).

Fri, 10 Jun, 2016

Shotgun discharged in ‘moment of madness’

Kerry farmer shot at his daughter’s partner after drinking

Thu, 12 May, 2016

‘Small but mighty’ clubs providing power to Waterford

Tomorrow in Semple Stadium the programme will have Waterford club names you know well: Mount Sion. Ballygunner. Lismore.

Sun, 01 May, 2016

Marathon runners now wait on Rio selectors

For several of Ireland’s best marathoners, the door finally closed on Olympic qualification at the London Marathon yesterday, with the race to Rio de Janeiro now left in the hands of selectors ahead of next month’s deadline.

Mon, 25 Apr, 2016

Constituency profile - Offaly: Vote unlikely to throw up surprise

Anyone looking for a shock result in election 2016 would be wise not to spend too much time pondering the political landscape in Offaly.

Sun, 21 Feb, 2016

Bag of antlers produced in court as sex of deer shot in field is disputed

A bag of deer antlers was produced at a sitting of Kenmare District Court yesterday in a vigorously-contested case over whether a wild deer shot in a local field was male, female, or a male without antlers.

Sun, 07 Feb, 2016

Nigel Carolan’s U20s aim to lay foundations for Irish success

The morning after the depressing night before, when Ireland’s failure to provide a single representative in the Champions Cup’s last eight was belatedly confirmed, and Nigel Carolan is introducing his latest batch of Ireland U20s to the media in a Dublin hotel.

Tue, 26 Jan, 2016

Athletics Ireland CEO John Foley wants radical reform of sport

Athletics Ireland yesterday backed IAAF president Sebastian Coe to salvage the sport’s reputation, despite the independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) finding that the IAAF’s governing council “could not have been unaware of the extent of doping in athletics and the non-enforcement of applicable anti-doping rules”.

Fri, 15 Jan, 2016

A gift for book-lovers: Kevin Barry and Olivia Smith have created a beautiful arts anthology, Winter Pages

A new arts anthology edited by Kevin Barry and his wife Olivia Smith is a treat to warm the heart of book-lovers everywhere, writes Marjorie Brennan

Fri, 27 Nov, 2015

Doping claims worry athletics chief John Foley

Athletics Ireland CEO John Foley says the association is deeply concerned about the allegations of widespread doping in the sport, reported in yesterday’s Sunday Times.

Mon, 03 Aug, 2015

Scene + Heard: Entertainment News round up

What’s going on this weekend

Fri, 10 Jul, 2015

Chris Jones to leave Athletics Ireland endurance coaching role

Athletics Ireland has unexpectedly announced that national endurance coach Chris Jones will be leaving the organisation.

Wed, 13 May, 2015

Cattle marts report: Strong prices for dairy stock point to post-quota confidence in the milk sector

Everyone was busy in Corrin mart on Tuesday. It was a big mart with big prices, with 2,000 cattle and calves on offer.

Thu, 26 Mar, 2015

Has the froth started to subside on China’s thirst for milk?

A year ago, China’s thirst for milk was the great white hope for dairy companies, writes John Foley.

Mon, 23 Feb, 2015

Ardscoil’s early blitz proves decisive

Munster Senior Cup: Ardscoil Rís 21 St Munchin’s College 13

Thu, 29 Jan, 2015

Dublin civil servant wins €500,000 EuroMillions prize

A public servant from South inner City Dublin won the top prize of €500,000 in last night's EuroMillions Plus draw.

Wed, 03 Dec, 2014

McGettigan Dumas to get belated Euro bronze medal

Roisin McGettigan Dumas will receive a European Indoor Championship bronze medal from the 2009 Games at the National Athletics Awards at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Santry tomorrow.

Tue, 25 Nov, 2014

Antique brief: Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness portrait

A marble portrait by John Foley (1818-1874) of Sir Benjamin Lee Guinness, third son of Arthur Guinness and Ann Lee, comes up at Adam’s Country House Collections sale at Slane Castle on tomorrow and Monday and is estimated at €20,000-€30,000.

Sat, 11 Oct, 2014

Defiant Obama vows to fight Foley killers

US President Barack Obama has pledged to continue attacking the group responsible for the death of journalist James Foley, despite its threats to kill another American hostage.

Thu, 21 Aug, 2014

Kerry cast envious eye at Páirc grant

Kerry chairman Patrick O’Sullivan has welcomed the €300,000 in sports capital funding to assist the development of a centre of excellence but revealed further assistance will be sought in line with recent Government funding of Páirc Uí Chaoimh.

Fri, 04 Jul, 2014

GloHealth announce Athletics Ireland sponsorship

GloHealth and Athletics Ireland today announced GloHealth’s sponsorship of athletics in Ireland.

Tue, 01 Jul, 2014

Saddlenomore gets Conerney off the mark

On an afternoon that saw Jamie Codd crowned point-to-point champion for the first time, Mikey O’Connor dominated yesterday’s second stage of the two-day Ormond Foxhounds fixture at Ballingarry in north Co Tipperary by partnering two winners.

Tue, 03 Jun, 2014

‘Think-tank’ to assess cross-country options

The expected cross-country debate never materialised at the Athletics Ireland General Congress which finished ahead of schedule at the Moran’s Silver Springs hotel in Cork on Saturday, where Ciarán Ó Catháin was re-elected as president for a further two years.

Mon, 28 Apr, 2014

Athletics Ireland gets set for debate

The Athletics Ireland biannual General Congress takes place this weekend in the Moran’s Silver Springs Hotel in Cork and there is expected to be some lively debate and arguments over a wide range of topics from cross-country to finance and high performance.

Sat, 26 Apr, 2014

Ardscoil dreaming of Munster double

Ardscoil Rís 11 St Munchin’s 7

Thu, 06 Mar, 2014