Monday morning briefing: Rugby world mourns Anthony Foley. Catch up on all the headlines
ANTHONY FOLEY: 1973 - 2016
Munster Rugby players and officials returned to Ireland last night in deep shock following the sudden death of head coach Anthony Foley. He was 42.
Anthony Foley’s death raises an eternal Irish question — why are all our heroes sportsmen?
With the passing of Anthony Foley things will never be the same again and Irish rugby has been robbed of a massive talent, writes Donal Lenihan.
The great Munster rugby teams of the early years of the millennium were renowned as hard men who never backed off a challenge. Anthony Foley certainly fit into that category and so, too, did his great friend Mick Galwey and yet it is little surprise that the teak tough Kerryman should have been shattered by yesterday’s tragic news.
Find more tributes to Anthony Foley here.
IRELAND
The ESB is preparing to adjust its charges according to the time of day.
No member of Cathriona White’s family is involved in any legal action about her untimely passing, according to a statement issued on behalf of the family.
The newly-established citizens’ assembly has been embroiled in controversy with its credibility already under threat.
Cork County Council has sought funding from the Government for the development of up to 18,000 houses under proposals worth more than €170m.
WORLD
Donald Trump has said Alec Baldwin’s portrayal of him on Saturday Night Live “stinks”. The Hollywood star has been playing the US presidential nominee on the sketch show since its 42nd season kicked off a few weeks ago.
With roughly three weeks to US election day, Republican strategists have conceded that Hillary Clinton has a firm grip on the 270 electoral college votes needed to win the White House - and that she may be on her way to a crushing victory over Donald Trump.
SPORT
Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius heads into probably the biggest match of his career confident in his position as Jurgen Klopp’s first choice.
With only four games left to play and four points separating the sides, Cork City and Dundalk are back in league action tonight as the SSE Airtricity League Premier Division race enters the final fortnight of a fascinating season.
The 15-year-old daughter of American sprinter Tyson Gay has died after a shooting outside a restaurant in Kentucky.
Honours to Carbery Rangers in yesterday’s Cork SFC final — the west Cork men were just too good for Ballincollig in a high-scoring, entertaining game as they won an emotional first senior county title.
OPINION
It killed her father’s five siblings and left her a widow but personal brushes with cancer were not the motivation for Prof Kerri Clough-Gorr’s career choice. As Cancer Week Ireland gets underway, the Boston native and the new director of the National Cancer Registry talks to Health Correspondent Catherine Shanahan about vital statistics, unnecessary screening for prostate cancer, and why cancer clusters aren’t always what they seem.
Academic’s analysis of reports reignites debate on local government future, writes Eoin English
BUSINESS
Fifty new finance jobs are on the way in Limerick. ACI Worldwide, which helps bank customers to make electronic payments, is opening a data centre in the national technology park.
The budget last week was a bland and pallid affair, designed to try to create an illusion of prosperity, a Potemkin Village of a performance.
LIFESTYLE
Fourteen years after her debut, novel, Tara West tells Margaret Jennings about her second outing, Happy Dark, an insight into her battle and recovery from depression.
SHOWBIZ
Ben Affleck will star as a maths savant cooking the books for dangerous clients when his new film The Accountant premieres in London today.
VIRAL
A wild rhino in Zimbabwe managed to get himself into a spot of bother when he wedged his snout into a car tyre.
VIDEO - OUR CHOICE
Anthony Foley’s talent was spotted early on and he went about fulfilling every inch of his potential, writes Charlie Mulqueen.
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Munster Rugby players and officials returned to Ireland last night in deep shock following the sudden death of head coach Anthony Foley. He was 42.
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