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It isn’t often that news about the appointment of a new Louth Senior football manager becomes a national story, a couple of lines in the daily newspapers ...

The journey of an inter county footballer is one filled with huge highs and significant lows and Sam Mulroy has certainly experienced his fair share of both. Th...

Interview: Mickey Harte hopeful of returning lost confidence in Louth GAA as he takes the reigns this weekend Reporter: Patrick.flaherty@iconicnews.ie Mickey Harte will be begin his tenure with Louth at home to Antrim this Saturday (Throw in 3pm) );  ); It isn’t often that news about the appointment of a new Louth Senior football manager becomes a national story, a couple of lines in the daily newspapers and maybe a quick announcement at the end of radio bulletins being as far as the story...

Harte: Louth want to strive to new level May 11, 2021 Louth manager Mickey Harte Mickey Harte is relishing his first competitive game in charge of Louth’s senior footballers when they take on Antrim this Saturday afternoon. The game will see Harte plotting against two of his former players in ex-Tyrone stars Enda McGinley and Stephen O’Neill with two early points up for grabs in Division 4 at the Geraldines GAA grounds in Haggardstown (throw-in 3pm). Speaking to Sportsound Extra Time on BB...

RTÉ Sport Journalist Those of a certain age may not be aware that Louth footballers did win an All-Ireland title in the second half of the last century. The year was 1957, when the team, captained by famed musician Dermot OBrien, defeated Cork to take home Sam Maguire. It was Louth’s third All-Ireland success, placing them alongside Mayo, Tyrone and Offaly in the roll of honour. There is a tradition there, but silverware won since has been scarce. Yes, the Wee County in the years after ’57...

Lucky Louth punter wins €7,505 Lotto windfall from €5 bet Reporter:  ); The luck was in for a County Louth punter on Tuesday night when they scooped a four-figure profit thanks to just three Lotto numbers. The anonymous winner made it a week to remember by placing a €5 bet on their BoyleSports account, picking just three numbers to land in the main EuroMillions draw on Tuesday evening.  They pinned their hopes on numbers 3, 10 and 28, with the chances of all three coming out rated at 1...

Unlimited Subs among the changes proposed to underage GAA following Louth Strategic Review Reporter:  ); The world has of GAA has been in the doldrums for the whole of 2021, with the start of the National League in February postponed due to another Lockdown, before again being put on the backburner when inter county stars lost their ‘elite status’ in March. But finally there seems to be light at the end of the tunnel with county panels back training and the new GAA calendar released giv...

Updated / Tuesday, 20 Apr 2021 12:31 Dublin are looking for an 11th successive Leinster football title All-Ireland champions Dublin will begin their quest for seven-in-a-row with a Leinster quarter-final clash against Wexford or Wicklow. Dessie Farrells side are strong favourites to continue their domination of the province and will face winners of the first-round clash of Wexford and Wicklow, who met at the same stage last year with the Garden County running out five-point winners. Dublin are...

Around 200 jobs to be created as Clackmannanshire firm secures testing contract Omega Diagnostics, based in Alva, are one of two firms across the UK to secure the contract producing lateral flow tests. Updated Omega Diagnostics in Alva has secured a contract to produce lateral flow tests Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our daily newsletter.Invalid EmailSomething went wrong, please try again later. Subscribe When you subscribe we will use the information you p...

She was dragging it out. "I know that you probably would have seen a good bit of that material as well. Umm, Ive had the benefit, I suppose, of having seen the material unredacted." What had she seen? "Umm… Now, from what I have looked at so far, I havent been… I havent seen any evidence of wrongdoing." How hard had she looked? "Umm, but the question is," she said, "where do we go from here?" The Department of Agriculture and Food said it expected to close its files on the €165,000 Cooley...