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extra.ie | Clare McGoldrick
Damien Duff has made a shock exit from his role as manager of League of Ireland champions Shelbourne, just a day before the club’s Premier Division clash with Waterford. Duff’s resignation also comes just two weeks ahead of Shelbourne’s crucial Champions League qualifier against Linfield. It is understood that players were informed of his decision during a meeting on Sunday morning.
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extra.ie | Clare McGoldrick
Gardaí in Donegal have removed two vehicles from the road following a checkpoint operation that uncovered serious safety and legal breaches, including a dangerously modified handbrake. The Letterkenny Roads Policing Unit, working alongside the Road Safety Authority (RSA), conducted a joint checkpoint outside Letterkenny over the weekend.
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5 days ago | 
extra.ie | Clare McGoldrick
Three football fans have died and more than 70 others were injured after falling from the upper stands of a stadium in Algeria during celebrations for MC Alger’s league title win. The incident happened at the 64,200-capacity Stade du 5 Juillet in Algiers on Saturday, shortly after MC Alger drew 0-0 with NC Magra, securing the top-flight championship for the second year in a row.
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5 days ago | 
extra.ie | Clare McGoldrick
Fred Smith, the billionaire entrepreneur who transformed the global delivery industry by founding FedEx, has died at the age of 80. Smith launched FedEx in 1973 with a groundbreaking idea: a faster, more efficient way to deliver small parcels and documents than the traditional postal service. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW Starting with just 14 aircraft operating out of Memphis International Airport, the company serviced 25 U.S. cities in its early days.
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5 days ago | 
extra.ie | Clare McGoldrick
A wedding celebration in southern France ended in tragedy when gunmen opened fire early Sunday morning, killing the bride and a guest, and injuring three others. The attack took place at around 4:30am in the village of Goult, Vaucluse, as the celebration was winding down. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW According to Le Parisien, four hooded men arrived in a vehicle and opened fire on the newlyweds and their guests.
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1 week ago | 
extra.ie | Clare McGoldrick
More and more, social and political division is shaping the world we live in. According to the World Economic Forum’s Global Risks Report 2025, polarised societies are now one of the top five long-term risks to global stability. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW For businesses, this isn’t something happening on the sidelines, it’s front and centre – and they’re most certainly feeling it. There was a time when taking a stand on social issues helped brands stand out.
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1 week ago | 
extra.ie | Clare McGoldrick
Big Brother star Henry Southan has taken a savage swipe at Jeremy Clarkson’s popular pub, The Farmer’s Dog, in a now-viral TikTok review. The 26-year-old food critic, who appeared on the 20th series of the reality show in 2023, visited the pub last Sunday to celebrate Father’s Day with his dad. But things quickly took a turn, from chaotic parking to what he later described as a disappointing roast.
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1 week ago | 
extra.ie | Clare McGoldrick
A terrifying plane crash in Kansas left two people injured on Monday afternoon after a light twin-engine aircraft crash-landed on top of a hangar. The incident occurred just before 1:30 p.m. local time. According to the Johnson County Sheriff’s Office, the two occupants of the aircraft, both of whom sustained non-life-threatening injuries, were transported to a nearby hospital.
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1 week ago | 
extra.ie | Clare McGoldrick
Irish TikTok star and musician Garron Noone has announced a break from social media, leaving fans heartbroken. The Mayo native, who boasts 2.1 million Instagram followers and 2 million on TikTok, shared an emotional video last night explaining his decision to step away for a while. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW ‘I’m gonna be saying a little goodbye to you today, just a tiny little goodbye, just maybe for a couple of months,’ he told fans.
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1 week ago | 
extra.ie | Clare McGoldrick
The constituency office of Taoiseach Micheál Martin in Co Cork has been vandalised with paint in what is now the third such incident in recent weeks. Images from the scene in Turner’s Cross show red paint sprayed across the building’s exterior walls, while black writing has also been scrawled on the office window. Today's top videos STORY CONTINUES BELOW A spokesperson for the Taoiseach confirmed the latest act of vandalism and noted that threatening messages have also been received.
