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RTÉ News
a day ago
- Sport
- RTÉ News
Ireland defender Aoife Mannion makes Manchester United exit
Republic of Ireland defender Aoife Mannion has departed Manchester United after the expiration of her contract. Mannion, 29, joined the Red Devils from Manchester City in the summer of 2021. She made 55 appearances for United, though her spell there was significantly impacted by injuries. Mannion suffered a season-ending ACL injury in February 2022 during a Conti Cup semi-final clash against Chelsea. She returned to action a year later, earning a first Ireland call-up for the Marbella friendly against China. However a tweak to her knee in training ultimately cost her a place in Vera Pauw's World Cup squad. Mannion penned a new deal with United that summer and helped the side win the 2024 FA Cup, coming off the bench in the 4-0 final win against Tottenham. She started at right-back in May's FA Cup decider against Chelsea, which United lost 3-0. She's not part of the Ireland squad for next week's friendly double-header against the USA, with boss Carla Ward opting to give some of her senior players an extended summer rest. Mannion was an unused sub in the 1-0 Nations League win against Slovenia at the start of the month. On Wednesday Everton confirmed Heather Payne will leave when her contract is up in a couple of weeks. The versatile 25-year-old, who is also unavailable for the American games, has been at the Toffees since August 2023 after spending four years in the US collegiate system with Florida State Seminoles.
The 42
a day ago
- Sport
- The 42
'I'd have him as up there as one of the best ever that's come out of Galway'
WITH 12 MINUTES left in the Leinster hurling final, Galway were staring at the abyss. The 2-18 to 0-12 deficit spoke volumes about their second-half struggles. The game had spun away from them as Kilkenny took control. A Galway revival looked unlikely, yet it materialised. They got the gap down to four, and while Kilkenny pulled clear at the finish, that phase of play gave Galway something to cling to. In that sense, they will pin their hopes on Cathal Mannion. He orchestrated their comeback with the class of his score under pressure next to the Cusack Stand, his ingenuity to tap a close-range free to Brian Concannon for a goal, and his reliability from placed balls. It was a continuation of Mannion's 2025 form. A decade on from his breakthrough All-Star winning season, his importance to Galway has grown even more. In Leinster fired 0-10 the first day out against Kilkenny, 2-8 the next day against Offaly, a mammoth 0-17 haul against Wexford, 0-8 against Dublin, and his 0-11 tally against Kilkenny in the final. Overall in the province he struck 2-54 (1-19 from play) across five games. Entering Saturday's quarter-final against Tipperary, team-mate Fintan Burke knows how valuable Mannion is. Advertisement 'He was probably carrying a knock the last year or two with his Achilles, and in fairness he got that sorted over the winter. People outside the county probably would have forgotten the level of hurler he is and in fairness to us in the group when you see him day in, day out and week in, week out doing it in training you're not really surprised. 'In my opinion I'd have him as up there as one of the best ever that's come out of Galway to be honest. 'Even he got a point there out under the Cusack Stand, we were kind of under the cosh, he kind of fell over, you wouldn't do it if you were in the pitch on your own. 'That's just the magic of Cathal in fairness.' Galway's Cathal Mannion and Paddy Deegan of Kilkenny. Bryan Keane / INPHO Bryan Keane / INPHO / INPHO If the form of Mannion as an individual is an asset, Galway's form as a collective is a concern in the wake of the Leinster final. Burke acknowledges the disappointment but is not pressing the alarm button just yet for their 2025 aspirations. 'Frustration is probably the word I'd use most. The most disappointing thing for us is that we didn't hurl how we want to hurl and we didn't express the brand of hurling that we're trying to express, which we kind of played on Kilkenny's terms, 'There is no panic. It's frustration and disappointment at our performance more than anything. We know it's not going to be an overnight thing Micheal (Donoghue) coming in and winning All-Irelands. It's going to take a year or two for lads to kind of knit in, the younger lads to get used to the older lads and vice versa. 'But still at the same time we want to be successful now. There's a few of us pushing on a small bit like and you don't want to be waiting three or four years to be getting successful. so it's kind of finding the balance in between. 'Sometimes people probably dwell on the loss or probably overreact sometimes. But at the end of the day if you were lucky enough to get over the line against Tipp, you're still back in the same place you would have been having won it (Leinster final).' Galway manager Micheál Donoghue dejected after the Leinster final. Bryan Keane / INPHO Bryan Keane / INPHO / INPHO Blocking out the outside noise is important to Burke. The night before the Leinster final, he didn't avoid watching the Munster thriller but there is a key part to his viewing experience. 'I'd watch the match, but I wouldn't watch the analysis, I'd leave the analysis and go have a cup or tea or something. There's a lot of talk there that I wouldn't agree with at half-time! 'Sometimes it'll creep into your own mind, maybe you could be sitting at half-time for 15 minutes and you'll be saying, what are they saying about us. 'Whereas if you don't know what they're talking about, you don't know what they're focusing on. 'I think sometimes a lot of what is said at half-time is just fill in the 15 minute gap. It has no relevance to how the game is going or how the result is going.' Related Reads Jake Morris: 'We were embarrassed, a lot of soul-searching done over the winter' Here are the permutations for All-Ireland senior hurling semi-final pairings Lynch unaware penalties were a prospect in Munster final - 'It's tough for guys' Galway hurler Fintan Burke. Ray McManus / SPORTSFILE Ray McManus / SPORTSFILE / SPORTSFILE The praise showered on the Munster championship and the regular comparisons with the fare in Leinster does not affect him. 'It doesn't bother me and I don't think it bothers anyone on the team. I just think comparisons sometime, it takes away the joy, why not sit back and watch the Munster final and just be like what a class game? 'And go and watch the Leinster and if you feel personally that it wasn't at the same standard, well what about it? If every game of hurling was to that standard, it's not going to work like that. You don't need to compare.' *****
Irish Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
Tribe star hails teammate as 'one of the best that's ever come out of Galway'
If Galway are to extend their season this weekend, it's likely they'll lean on a player that Fintan Burke describes as one of the county's best ever. Cathal Mannion has already almost single-handedly brought Galway back from the brink after a loss to Kilkenny this year, and he may be required to do the same against Tipperary on Saturday. Having started their Leinster campaign with a 12-point loss to Kilkenny, it ended with an eight-point reverse to the Cats in the recent provincial final, but Mannion's form has held up whatever the outcome. He took his tally for the Championship to 2-55 from five games with 0-11 in that Leinster final and if there was a player of the year award for the provincial series, it would surely be his. 'I suppose it's probably people outside the county probably would have forgotten the level of hurler he is and in fairness to us in the group when you see him day in, day out and week in, week out doing it in training you're not really surprised to be honest,' noted his teammate Burke. 'In my opinion I'd have him as up there as one of the best ever that's come out of Galway to be honest. 'Even he got a point there out under the Cusack Stand [in the Leinster final], we were kind of under the cosh, he kind of fell over like, you wouldn't do it if you were in the pitch on your own. 'That's just the magic of Cathal in fairness.' Even his sorcery wasn't enough as while Mannion helped inspire a comeback as Galway whittled a 13-point deficit down to four, they fell off again to round out an underwhelming afternoon having come into the game with much momentum. 'The most disappointing thing for us and for the group is that we didn't hurl how we want to hurl and we didn't express the brand of hurling that we're trying to express, which we kind of played on Kilkenny's terms, which is disappointing,' said Burke. 'Now in fairness to them they had probably taken the foot off the gas like, we know that too, but we hurled how we wanted to hurl, we moved the ball faster and worked it through the lines and in fairness it was effective. 'But yeah, look, obviously we know at this level you need to bring that for 65, 70 minutes if you're going to, if you're going to get over the line.' Galway have been stagnant in recent years having continually fallen to Kilkenny when it counts most in Leinster and made little impact in the All-Ireland series since their last final appearance in 2018. It comes amid a backdrop of having won four successive All-Ireland minor titles from 2017-20 and an expectation that the players from those sides should be at or near their peak now. 'There is no panic,' says Burke. 'Obviously, as I said a few times, it's frustration and disappointment at our performance more than anything and like we know it's not going to be an overnight thing, Micheál [Donoghue] coming in and winning All-Irelands. 'It's going to take a year or two for lads to kind of knit in, the younger lads to get used to the older lads and vice versa. But still, at the same time, we want to be successful now. 'There's a few of us pushing on a small bit and you don't want to be waiting three or four years to be getting successful. So it's kind of finding the balance in between.' Their rivalry with Tipp is one of the most keenly fought in hurling, particularly since it really took off in the late '80s. Eleven out of their last 12 Championship meetings have been decided by three points or less - six of them by just a single point. The previous Championship fixture to take place at the TUS Gaelic Grounds, the Cork-Limerick Munster final, went all the way to penalties though, having experienced it with St Thomas's against Ballygunner in the All-Ireland club final two seasons ago, Burke feels that there are better ways to decide a stalemate. 'If you win great and if you lose, it's the worst thing in the world. We had played Ballygunner two years ago and we won. 'And obviously delighted we won, but at the same time I'd be of the opinion of replay. 'Just that's just personal, I just think like, I don't think penalties are a fair reflection on where a team is at, as in you could have five great penalty-takers and maybe the other team only has three, and it's not really reflecting on hurling throughout the team. 'So personally I'd be going for a replay, but that's just again personal preference.'
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
‘The country's more important than my reputation': Rep. Mannion explains tirade on House floor
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) — Congressman John Mannion admits he didn't want his vulgar comments toward a fellow New York congressman 'broadcast to the world,' but he thinks it might turn out to be a 'good thing.' Rep. Mannion sat down with NewsChannel 9 on Friday, after returning back in Syracuse from Washington, DC, where on Thursday, he unleashed a tirade on Republican Congressman Mike Lawler. Audio of the heated exchange was caught on the official camera feed broadcast from the House floor. 'F**king stop it, Lawler,' Mannion shouted. 'F**king get over there and get some f***ing balls!' In his interview with NewsChannel 9, Mannion said Lawler then asked something to the effect of 'who do you think you are?' 'You know who I am,' Mannion is heard responding twice. 'I'm a New Yorker just like you.' On Friday, Mannion characterized his outburst at frustration over Republican's lack of challenges to President Donald Trump. Mannion said, 'He's not standing up to the president. He is seeding his authority along with the other Republicans to the president, as is the Speaker of the House.' Mannion lists a series of concerns about actions by President Trump, like deploying the military to stop protests in the United States, refusal to follow court orders, the firing of inspectors general, the gutting of federal employees and more. Immediately after, Lawler called Mannion's comments 'unhinged' and 'unprofessional' in an also-vulgar post on social media. Responding to Lawler's response, Mannion said, 'I think that I spoke for the vast majority of the members of NY-22 and I wish it had not come to that. I have watched, over and over again, the lack of action by my Republican colleges. I am harshly criticized for not being active enough in pushing back against these authoritarian acts.' Mannion said, 'I spent 30 years in a classroom and I never used profanity in those 30 years. This is a time for action. And you know what? If it got attention turned towards me to call out these illegal, authoritarian and dangerous acts, if it hurts my reputation a little bit, the country's more important than my reputation.' Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
7 days ago
- Politics
- Yahoo
Congressman curses fellow lawmaker on House floor
WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – New York Democratic Congressman John Mannion cursed out Republican Congressman Mike Lawler on the House floor, Thursday. Video caught the congressman shouting as the rest of the House floor fell silent 'I said it loud enough for him to hear. I did, and he turned to me and then you see the exchange that occurred,' said Mannion. The congressman's outburst came shortly after California Senator Alex Padilla was forced out of a news conference in Los Angeles and handcuffed. Mannion defended his actions saying Republicans, like Lawler, are letting the president and the administration walk over the Constitution. 'He's not standing up to the president. He is ceding his authority, along with the other Republicans, to the president, as is the speaker of the House,' said Mannion. Todd Belt with George Washington University says the country is reaching a boiling point as these aren't the usual things lawmakers would say to each other. 'Tempers are really flaring up over what's going on with these Ice raids, and how members of Congress are being arrested and thrown to the ground and handcuffed,' said Belt. Belt says this could be the start of more to come on the House or Senate floor. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
