Experienced Galway boss - who steered U21s to All-Ireland final - takes charge of Tribe ladies
Gerry Fahy succeeds Tim Rabbitt in the role, having been involved in his backroom team in 2020. By Emma Duffy Wednesday 27 Jan 2021, 11:45 PM Jan 27th 2021, 11:45 PM 4,363 Views 0 Comments
New man in: Gerry Fahy (file pic).
Image: James Crombie/INPHO
Image: James Crombie/INPHO
FORMER GALWAY U21 manager and experienced coach Gerry Fahy has been named as the county’s new ladies football boss, and succeeds Tim Rabbitt in the role.
Fahey was ratified at a county board meeting tonight, having been part of Rabbitt’s backroom team in 2020 as Galway reached the All-Ireland semi-final.
Dundalk library offering plenty of services during lockdown
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Although our buildings are closed in line with Level 5 restrictions, staff in Louth Library Service continue to work hard behind the scenes finding new ways to support the community.
Their biggest and most impactful initiative has been the introduction of a new Housebound Service.
This has been an enormous benefit to users with them receiving some very positive feedback.
The library continues to operate this service for the older members of our community or those who are particularly vulnerable during this time.
People can get in touch by emailing libraryhelpdesk@louthcoco.ie or ringing 042-9353190, leave a message with their name and number and a staff member will get back to you.
The best crime fiction of 2020: Liz Moore, Jane Casey, Scott Turow and more Declan Burke and Declan Hughes, our crime-writing specialists, share their picks of the year
Tue, Dec 22, 2020, 06:00 Declan Burke and Declan Hughes
Liz Moore, author of Long Bright River.
A strong year for Irish crime fiction opened with Nicola White’s
A Famished Heart (Viper), in which religious martyrdom provides the motive for a suspicious death. Malachi O’Doherty’s debut
Terry Brankin Has a Gun (Merrion Press) was an impressive addition to the post-Troubles canon of crime writing while Arlene Hunt’s
No Escape (Hachette Ireland) delivered a pulsating thriller set in gangland Dublin.
Tim Bamforth December 18, 2020
The Seashore Striders hosted the 15th Run With Santa 5K at Cape Henlopen State Park in Lewes Dec. 12 and accomplished the four goals I set for the event. We attracted more than 100 participants again during a worldwide pandemic and hosted another safe event. The run raised money for the local Toys for Tots campaign; we team up with Apple Electric each year. We raised money for a local family in need that just suffered a loss in a local fire at their home. Lastly, we collected canned foods for the local Needy Family Fund.
“So much good came out of this event today, and it is great that we can help so many people in the community with these events the Seashore Striders host,” said longtime runner Richard Tikiob.
Movie Reviews: Deadly gangster priests and a boatload of MDMA Pixie stars Colm Meaney; plus Wolfwalkers, The Racer; and Kajillionaire
Wolfwalkers is another triumph for Cartoon Saloon
Sat, 12 Dec, 2020 - 08:00
Declan Burke
Set in 15th century Ireland, Wolfwalkers (PG) opens in the English garrison of Kilkenny, where young Robyn Goodfellowe (voiced by Honor Kneafsey) has ambitions of following in the footsteps of her father, Bill (Sean Bean), to become a wolf-killer in the service of the Lord Protector (Simon McBurney). When Robyn sneaks out into the surrounding forest, however, she meets the feral Mebh Óg (Eva Whittaker), a young girl with the magical power of transforming herself into a wolf. This latest offering from Cartoon Saloon (Song of the Sea, The Secret of Kells), Wolfwalkers is another epic animation steeped in Irish history that employs a blend of angular, hand-drawn animation and a more impressionistic style akin to the mystical elements of the original Wa