NFL will play in Dublin in 2025 in game headlined by Steelers
NEW ORLEANS – Dublin will host Ireland's first NFL regular season game in 2025 when the Pittsburgh Steelers played at Historic Croke Park. The Irish capital will join Madrid and Berlin as their first hosts next season as the league expands its global footprint. Earlier this week, we announced that the NFL game will be […]
Israel Closes Dublin Embassy After Ireland Joins South Africa’s ‘Genocide’ Case
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar announced on Sunday that Israel would close its embassy in Ireland following the country's decision to join South Africa's “genocide” claims at the International Court of Justice (ICJ). South Africa has filed suit against Israel at the ICJ, accusing Israel of committing “genocide” in response to the October 7, 2023 […]
Masked gang broke into home of Conor McGregor accuser, Dublin court was told | Ireland
It has been revealed that a group of masked men broke into the home of the woman who filed a civil lawsuit against mixed martial artist Conor McGregor for raping her. The incident was mentioned at the start of proceedings in Dublin, but could not be reported until now because it came to light during […]
MMA fighter Conor McGregor assaulted woman at Dublin hotel, jury finds | Ireland
A jury has found Irish fighter Conor McGregor assaulted a woman in a south Dublin hotel in December 2018 and ordered him to pay damages of around €250,000. McGregor faced accusations that he “brutally raped and beat” Nikita Hand, also known as Nikita Ni Laihin. The fighter, once one of the world's highest-paid sports stars […]
Reader stumbles on Dracula’s ancestors in a Dublin library | Bram Stoker
Beneath a turquoise-and-white domed ceiling and surrounded by oak shelving in the Dublin library once frequented by James Joyce and W.B. Yeats, Brian Cleary sits on the floor of Who's Alive? I happened to come across a book by Bram Stoker, the author of Dracula, who I believed I had never read. Cleary, who suffered […]
Julian Edelman and Jameson want to take pro football all the way to Dublin
The idea of playing soccer in Ireland is a great one. This is so important that I had to make it the first sentence. Imagine soccer being played there. Real soccer. Not something Florida State has done. The idea of professional football in Ireland seems like a pretty real possibility, at least according to my […]
Taylor Swift borrows boyfriend Travis Kelce’s signature dance move during Eras Tour show in Dublin
Despite Travis Kelce being absent from her Eras Tour show in Dublin on Friday night, Taylor Swift paid tribute to the NFL player several times during her performance. Swift, 34, paid tribute to the Super Bowl champion’s famous touchdown dance while performing “Midnight Rain” from her Grammy Award-winning album “Midnights,” playfully recreating Kelsey’s trademark bow […]
Conor McGregor opens up about UFC injury at Bellator Dublin event
Conor McGregor continues to say he will return. A broken toe has once again postponed McGregor’s long-awaited return to the Octagon against Michael Chandler at UFC 303, but he was in attendance at Saturday’s Bellator Champions Series event to speak about the injury. Speaking at an event in Dublin, Ireland, McGregor said he still has […]
Singles scene heats up at ‘portal’ linking NYC and Dublin
Slainte goes to singles! A virtual portal connecting New York City and Dublin opened earlier this week, becoming a hotspot for strangers looking to connect across thousands of miles. It has been live streaming all summer from Manhattan’s busy intersection of Fifth Avenue, Broadway and 23rd Street, but it appears that the scheduled cultural programming […]
‘Irish Lives Matter’ — Thousands Protest Against Mass Migration in Dublin
The largest anti-immigration demonstration to date was held in Dublin on Monday, with demonstrators denouncing the neoliberal Irish government’s open borders policy. Thousands of people took to the streets of Dublin holding placards that read “Ireland belongs to the Irish,” “Irish civil rights,” “mass deportations,” “economic migrants are not refugees,” and “Irish lives matter.” It […]