League of Ireland

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Irish players' involvement in Premier League falls to record low (The42)

14 Irish players accumulated just under 10000 minutes action this season, less than half of last season's total.

Goals: 1 10 years ago, Irish players totalled just over 55,000 minutes, leaving Ireland second only to England in accumulated minutes. Clark has also fallen out of favour at international level.

Ireland near bottom of EU league for biodiversity lands (Irish Examiner)

According to Eurostat, around 1.1 million sq m, or 26% of the total EU land area, is protected.

"On the positive side, a lot of the solutions in climate will also be good nature-based solutions. The €55m will see 60 roles such as rangers and scientists filled quickly, as well as establishing the NPWS as an executive agency. However, environmental campaigners and bird experts say that Ireland has failed in its mission to do so, with a biodiversity crisis now taking place across the land. In 2021, protected areas represented 20% or more of the total land area in 20 of the 27 EU member states, with the highest shares recorded in Luxembourg (52%), Bulgaria and Slovenia (both 41%), Eurostat said. 🌳🐞In 2021, protected areas represented 20% or more of the total land area in 20 of the 27 EU Member States, with the highest shares recorded in:— EU_Eurostat (@EU_Eurostat) Ireland languishes near the bottom in the EU when it comes to the amount of land designated for the preservation of biodiversity.

Quiz: Name Every Irish Player To Feature In Premier League This ... (Balls.ie)

The Premier League season has come to an end, and while it was an exciting one at both ends of the table, it wasn't exactly a vintage campaign from Irish ...

You will have five minutes to get them all. To help you out, we have given you the amount of appearances made by each player. We want you to name every player from the Republic of Ireland to feature in the Premier League during the 2021/22 season, with 14 to get in total.

Irish in Premier League: Going has never been tougher (RTE.ie)

Here's how they fared. Nathan Collins (Burnley). Premier League appearances: 19. It was a miserable end to the campaign for 21-year-old centre-half Collins. He ...

He went on loan to QPR in January but the Dubliner won't be heading to Loftus Road permanently. Like Clark, Hendrick looks like he'll be left behind as Newcastle charge towards a new era. Idah's season was ended in February when he had to undergo knee surgery. Traore went to Barcelona, giving Doherty a lifeline that he took emphatically. Just three starts for Long this term and one league goal. Still only 17, it feels like Ferguson has already been around for ages. However, when the chips were down he stood up - as always - to help drag the team over the line and avoid what would have been a catastrophic relegation. Graham Potter will sit down with Duffy in the coming weeks to discuss his future. There haven't been many opportunities for the Ireland Under-21 midfielder, though this was always going to be a season of transition for him. Omobamidele made his Premier League debut against Arsenal last September, the same month he excelled for Ireland away to Portugal in a World Cup qualifier. Premier League appearances: 4 Premier League appearances: 13

THE OTB LUNCHTIME WRAP - Draw for round 1 of All Ireland ... (Off The Ball)