Sean Maguire has endured more than his fair share of all-too-familiar injury woes in recent years, so absolutely the very last thing he needed, days before Ireland hosted Switzerland in Dublin in early September, was something described by Preston manager Alex Neil as “the most bizarre injury I’ve ever seen.”

Limerick Rose Sinéad Flanagan claimed it was the Treaty County's year after success in hurling, Love Island and now the Rose of Tralee.

“Do you reckon this will be Cody’s last year, Enda?”

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Our capacity, maybe our need, to live with paradox is a characteristic of 21st-century humanity. Many of us, some more fervently than others, invest absolute belief in systems that could not survive a courtroom cross-examination.

Flitting from one item to another online has reduced our attention spans to eight seconds – and it’s having a detrimental impact on our lives, says Aileen C. O’Reilly.

Audrey's been sorting out Cork people for ages...

An Irishman has already had one big win this week, now Dundalk’s Sean Gannon is aiming for an even bigger one in Azerbaijan tonight.

So that’s nearly Tuesday wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Greg O'Shea's family said they would have been so mad if he had not chosen to share the Love Island prize money.

There's no doubt that Love island has gripped the nation.

So that’s Friday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

The countdown is on to the Love Island final this coming Monday and we can't cope with the thought of what to do with ourselves come 9pm each night post-finale.

Center Parcs resort launches officially to the public on Monday, but today the gates were opened for an invite-only weekend.

Since leaving the villa earlier this month, he has received daily abuse that is “as worse as you can imagine”.

It all began when Jordan Hames confided in Curtis Pritchard that he thinks he rushed into his relationship with Anna Vakili.

He will not be in tonight's episode.

Another Irish person will enter the Love Island villa tonight.

So that’s Thursday nearly wrapped up. Here are some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Maura D Higgins, lads. We must protect her at all costs.

With a camera crew in tow, the Meath native was greeted at the airport by friends, family, balloons and a bouquet of flowers.

So that’s Tuesday nearly wrapped up. Here are some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

The Woman's advocacy group believe that the 22-year-old has shown signs of increasingly “possessive behaviour ” towards Lucie Donlan.

Following a statement from ITV yesterday, the 20-year-old chef from London said he mutually agreed with producers to leave the reality series.

Viewers got their first glimpse of new Islanders at the end of last night’s episode.

The 20-year-old chef from London mutually agreed with bosses to leave the reality series after just nine days

Women forming their own culture club

With Love Island promoting the perfect, groomed body, Deirdre Reynolds looks at the growing pressure on men to look their Instagram best

The scientist, who graduated from Athlone Institute of Technology with a First Class Honours in Biotechnology, says people are surprised when they hear about her profession.

The former stripper and glamour model has never been shy about her past and during her time on the reality TV show.

As they prepare for their last evening together in the villa, word reaches the Islanders that the Love Island Summer Ball awaits them.

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He's also scheduled a September appearance in Maynooth, Co. Kildare.

Croke Park has been treated by the GAA public lately as if it were a vacuous hunk on the receiving end of a particularly awkward Love Island dumping.

‘Poldark’ star Aidan Turner’s chest rug is driving a new interest in manscaping, writes Deirdre Reynolds.

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“I'm chuffed that the Oz crew liked what I was at and it's actually come to pass”.

Now that elite pathway has been closed off, there are fears the women described by F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo as ‘fast girls’ will be condemned to the slow lane, writes Larry Ryan

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