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Connor Wickham struck his first league goal for the Blues in injury time to give Town a dramatic 1-0 win over Scunthorpe at Portman Road with both sides ending the game with 10 men. Until the goal, the Blues had been frustrated by an almost entirely negative display by the Iron, who had Cliff Byrne red-carded for an off the ball elbow on Jack Colback. Later, Damien Delaney was more harshly sent off for a trip on halfway.
Full-back or midfielder Shane O’Connor has been named in the Republic of Ireland U21 squad for their friendly with Portugal in Águeda on Friday 25th March.
Boss Roy Keane will assess the fitness of defensive trio Damien Delaney, Gareth McAuley and David Wright in training today before deciding on his side for Saturday’s game at Blackpool. The Town manager will also look at how David Healy and Owen Garvan came through their midweek international matches.
Suicide is now the second leading cause of death among tweens, teens and young adults. Even before the pandemic, between 2009 and 2020 the number of high school students who reported feeling sad or hopeless increased by 40%, and suicide rates for people ages 10 to 24 increased by 56% between 2000 and 2018. In recent years, there has been no shortage of media coverage showing seemingly happy and successful people who die by suicide. From teenagers like Shane O’Connor to young adults like former Miss USA Cheslie Kryst and Ian Alexander, the son of actress Regina King. What once felt like a rar...
Sinéad O'Connor has accused the Irish Government of failing to care about teenage suicides in Ireland. O'Connor, whose 17-year-old son Shane was found dead in January after escaping suicide watch in Tallaght Hospital, took to Twitter to condemn Irish TDs for not being "bothered" about youth suicide in Ireland.