Time in Ireland

Amee-Leigh Murphy Crowe on course to clinch top try scorer award in Toulouse.

Billy Dardis ( Terenure College RFC)(capt) Lucy Mulhall (Wicklow RFC)(capt) Anna McGann (Railway Union RFC)

Jade Shekells and Caity Mattinson will both be in action at the Toulouse leg of the HSBC World Sevens Series this weekend.

It’s great she has the opportunity to pull on an England shirt and we’re excited to see what she can do. It’s about building for the future.” She’s been in with the wider squad since January and this is her opportunity to perform on the World Series. She has great energy and pace around the set piece and at nine.

Beibhinn Parsons will miss the rest of the World Sevens series though injury as the Irish teams head to Toulouse for the next round this weekend seeking to ...

Ireland Women v France (11.20am local time/10.20am Irish time) Ireland Women v England (11.20am local time/10.20am Irish time) Head coach James Topping has named a 13-player squad brimming with experience. McNulty’s side conclude the Pool stages against France on Saturday at 10.20am Irish time. We have another opportunity to back up our bronze medal finish in Langford and the opportunity to win an overall World Series medal. Lucy Mulhall once again captains the side as McNulty retains consistency in selection from Langford earlier this month.

He pointed to “clear signs” that the Covid-induced price surge has reached a tipping point with higher living costs and higher interest rates now likely to act ...

He pointed to “clear signs” that the Covid-induced price surge has reached a tipping point with higher living costs and higher interest rates now likely to act as a restraint on buyers. ‘Clear signs’ that the Covid-induced price surge has reached a tipping point with higher living costs and higher interest rates now likely to act as a restraint on buyers. Writing in The Irish Times this week, Economics Correspondent Eoin Burke Kennedy pointed out that the property cycle has “three distinct phases: boom, slump, recovery” and he suggested that Ireland was about to enter a “slump phase”.

Figures from Gas Networks Ireland reflect country's ongoing reliance on fossil fuel energy.

“April through to September tend to be the months of highest gas demand for electricity generation, as wind levels typically fall off,” he said. At times during the month, Gas Networks Ireland said gas powered nearly 90 of per cent the country’s electricity, peaking at 89 per cent and never dropping below 17 per cent, while coal peaked at 22 per cent with a low of 2 per cent. Gas generated 52 per cent of Ireland’s electricity in April, up from 41 per cent in March, “providing much needed back up to compensate for a fall off in wind, while also supporting a significant reduction in coal generation,” the utility said.