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Irish Daily Mirror
6 days ago
- Sport
- Irish Daily Mirror
When is the draw for the All-Ireland Football Championship?
The draw for the All-Ireland Football Championship preliminary quarter-finals and Tailteann Cup semi-finals will take place on Monday morning, 16 June. Both draws will take place on RTE Radio 1's Morning Ireland at 8.35am on Monday. The draws will be governed by Central Competitions Control Committee chairman Brian Carroll and Feargal McGill, the GAA's director of Player, Club and Games Administration. The four second-placed counties from the All-Ireland SFC group stages - Donegal, Kerry, Down, Dublin - will have home advantage against the four third-placed counties - Cavan, Cork, Louth and Galway. These preliminary quarter-finals will take place on Saturday, 21 June or Sunday, 22 June. The sides will look to join Tyrone, Meath, Monaghan and Armagh, who have already secured their place in the last eight. The draw will avoid any repeats of provincial final pairings, and, where possible, repeat matchups from the group stages. Similarly, in the Tailteann Cup, repeat pairings will also be avoided as Fermanagh, Kildare, Wicklow and Limerick go into the hat for the last four clashes. The semi-finals are set to be played at Croke Park the weekend after next.
The Irish Sun
11-06-2025
- Entertainment
- The Irish Sun
‘It's been such a thrill' says RTE legend as she bids farewell in emotional retirement statement after 25 years
RTE legend Kay Sheehy is bidding farewell to the national station after working there for 25 years. Kay has worked in RTE Radio 1 for a quarter of a century as a producer, presenter and reporter. 3 KAY SHEEHY - RTE Credit: RTE 3 KAY SHEEHY - RTE Credit: RTE The radio star, who will be finishing up at the end of the week, described her time in RTE as an "exciting and often fun experience". From political highs like Seamus Heaney winning the Nobel Prize for Literature, to global horrors such as the Bosnian wars, Kay has had "the luck to live and work in the media during interesting time". She also had "the honour" of co-ordinating RTE's commemoration of the 1916 Rising. Kay began working in the arts as the first Arts Officer to be appointed by a County Council in Clare and she said it was "a dream" job. read more on rte She added: "What I loved most as my twenty-something-year-old self drove around the byways of Clare was coming up with an idea and seeing it through to completion with artists and colleagues. "From Dial a Seanchaí (a recently rejuvenated storytelling phone-in service), and Nights in the Gardens of Clare, an oratorio for speech and music in collaboration with poet Paul Durcan and virtuoso Micheal O Súilleabháin, to themed street parades with Theatre Omnibus." More recently, Kay has spent the last number of years working on RTE Radio 1's weeknight arts programme, Arena. Kay said: "You get to showcase creativity and add a bit of your own live on air five nights a week. read more on the irish sun "It's been such a thrill, working with the Abbey Theatre on an hour-long deep dive into Conor McPhearson's The Weir on the set of the show with the writer, director and actors as our guide, doing the same with the plays of Sean O'Casey in Druid for its phenomenal celebration of his Revolutionary period plays, the Plough, Shadow and Juno." Arena airs at 7pm each weekday but Kay has said her team "dream of having an afternoon slot" so they can showcase all art forms to a wider audience. Joe Duffy fights back tears on air She added her wish for the future as she leaves saying: "We also have dreams that our partners in TV will produce a sister arts show that can highlight creative endeavour on television. "Like the Government, RTE loves to promote its commitment to culture - my hope is that the schedule on both TV and radio will reflect that through more arts programming." Another RTE legend retiring this month is Joe Duffy. The 69-year-old is and leaving his hugely popular RTE Radio 1 show, Liveline, which he has helmed for over a quarter of a century. In his 27 years in the SAY JOE MORE And Joe shocked his listeners on air last month when he announced his retirement. The 69-year-old said: 'After 37 wonderful years here in "People felt they could pick up the phone, ring Liveline, and share their lives, problems, stories sad, bad, sometimes mad and funny, their struggles, and their victories. "I never took that for granted, not for a single minute. RTE has been a great place to work. Public service has always been at its heart. And now, after many happy years, I've decided the time has come to move on. "I would like to thank you the listener for tuning in each and every day, it has been an honour to sit in this seat and hear your stories.' Joe will be on air for another two weeks before his 3
RTÉ News
09-06-2025
- Business
- RTÉ News
Why having a massive public row with your boss rarely ends well
Analysis: The spat between Donald Trump and Elon Musk is a vivid example of how a massive blowup with your boss can be destructive and dangerous The increasingly bitter spat between Donald Trump and Elon Musk has dominated the news cycle of late. Until a few days ago, they presented the appearance of being best buddies, but Musk's criticism of the "Big Beautiful Bill" that Trump is trying to get through Congress (which would enact tax cuts, cuts social funding, increase defense spending and lead to a substantial increase in America's already massive deficit) led to a serious breach between these two self-styled titans. Trump and Musk are now trading insults on their respective social media platforms (X and Truth Social), with Musk claiming that Trump would not have won the election without his help and Trump musing that it might be time to cancel Musk's many contracts with the US government. This has quickly degenerated into the type of brawl usually seen in the schoolyard, and pundits are having a field day. From RTE Radio 1's Brendan O'Connor Show, former journalist Mark Little on why he's backing Elon Musk in his schoolyard brawl with Donald Trump Beneath the childishness of their feud, there are serious issues. It is certainly an expensive fight for Trump and Musk, with Tesla stock losing over $150 billion and the Trump crypto coin $Trump losing over $100 million in value over the last few days. It is also a vivid example of one of the most destructive and dangerous events that can happen in an organisation: a massive blowup at your boss. These rarely turn out well. There are usually two scenarios that lead to this blowup with your boss. First is the case where you are completely in the wrong and probably in very hot water. For example, you make a mistake, your boss appropriately calls you out and you tell your boss to go soak his or her head (or something considerably more colorful). There is little to do here but hope that your boss is generous and forgiving. From RTÉ Brainstorm, my boss is a psychopath: why bad people get good jobs The second, and much more difficult situation, is where a blowup with your boss is the result of his or her unreasonable behavior. In a paper in Harvard Business Review, Annie McKee notes that many bosses lack the emotional stability to monitor and control their behavior. These bosses can be abusive, and they can make their subordinates' lives miserable by yelling, displaying hostility toward their subordinates, insulting and denigrating them or simply sabotaging their work by withholding information resources needed to perform their jobs. These are the bosses who are most likely to provoke a blowup - and also the bosses least likely to forgive and forget. Blowing up at an abusive boss can be dangerous in many ways. McKee suggests that the most important thing to do in this case is to protect yourself. If your boss is so abusive that you often feel on the verge or blowing up at him or her, it is a good bet that the culture of the business tolerates abuse, in part because the organisation is strictly hierarchical. This means that the presumption will often be that the boss is always right, and that no matter what the boss does, subordinates have no right to challenge it. From RTE Radio 1's Brendan O'Connor Show, how to deal with a toxic boss In this case, protecting yourself might start with developing a strategy for dealing with the fallout of a blowup. Do you have powerful allies? Do you have a realistic exit strategy? If the answer to both these questions is no, you must do whatever you can to avoid a blowup. A strategy for dealing with the physical and emotional toll of an abusive boss is every bit as important as developing an exit strategy. The targets of abusive supervision experience a range of negative effects, including elevated blood pressure, depressed immune systems, anxiety and depression. Unfortunately, many employees respond to abusive supervision by suffering in silence or by retaliation, and neither of these is a very effective response. Suffer in silence and it is likely that the physical and psychological effects of stress will accumulate. Retaliate by blowing up at your boss and you will probably be out on the street in short order. From RTÉ Radio 1's The Business, is being bold a good thing for the workplace? There are productive ways of dealing with an absuive boss than hitting them over the head with something heavy. You should document the situation and events, manage the way you perform your job to minimise contact with and conflicts with the abusive supervisor and diagnose the likely causes of abusive supervision. McKee suggests that you start with self-awareness and situational awareness. Are there things that you do or situations in the organization that contribute to your boss's behavior? Even if you cannot make large changes in the organization, having a better understanding of why your boss acts the way he or she does can help in managing the stress of dealing with an abusive boss. Reacting to a bad boss is always difficult (even if it is sometimes hard to tell who is the bad boss as in the Trump-Musk feud), but there is one thing we know with confidence from the research on abusive supervision. The thing that might be most satisfying at the moment – blowing up at your boss – is a very bad idea.
Irish Examiner
07-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Irish Examiner
Saturday with Jerry Fish: 'Life is transient. It's about living in the moment'
10.00 I've possibly been gigging the night before so I'll take things easy. My biggest inspiration in life has been Baloo the bear - I just look for the bare necessities in life. Enda, the bass player with An Emotional Fish, who sadly passed away in 2022, always called me 'a lazy artist'. I am a beach bum at heart. I enjoy having less - you're not going to take anything with you when you go. I'll have a coffee and listen to The Business Show on RTE Radio 1 - it's so well put together and entertaining. People might be surprised that I'm into business, but once I set up a record label, 'business' stopped being a bad word and I wanted to learn more about it. I'm a natural daydreamer and luckily I've found a job that facilitates it. As an artist, when it looks like you're least working is often when the real work happens. 11.00 I'll make some eggs on toast and I'll imagine I'm still on a Greek island. I'll eat outside if the weather allows. Myself and my family live on Mount Leinster in Co. Carlow so we've a stunning view of Mount Brandon and the Barrow river. 12.00 When I'm working on something like a festival there is no comparison to a normal Saturday. I'm up and at it. I don't even think about food - I just move. If I'm gigging, I'll check Google Maps if I've been to the location a thousand times. I am surrounded by amazing musicians and incredible people who look after me really well. I'm usually racing in saying 'What's happening?!'. Jerry Fish: "As an artist, when it looks like you're least working is often when the real work happens." The less stuff I have when travelling the better. I really only need my voice and a tambourine. I have a bag of tambourines, maracas and sweets that I always take with me. I will wear certain items of clothing - I think many performers have certain gig jackets or shoes - things that have a bit of a spell on them. Performers can be quite superstitious about certain items of clothing or jewellery. 18.00 I might have grabbed a wrap or something in a garage on the way to the gig. Food on the road is the bane of a musician's life, so, if I can, I will try to eat before I leave home. Sometimes I feel I have more energy when I haven't eaten before a show. 20.00 When I'm not doing festivals I do a lot of piano and theatre shows. When I first started this I thought I'd be doing jazz standards but I quickly realised that I am a rock performer at heart. I am full of neurotic energy. When it comes to festivals, I'm gigging with a full band and I also love working with circus performers - I love how self-contained they are. I think I'm a bit of a circus performer at heart. I take a lot of inspiration from street performers too. I often think that my job is about uniting people in a positive way. I always remind my audience that they're going to die - it could be their last night. It's an important aspect of living to remember that. Jerry Fish: "When it comes to a festival like Kaleidoscope I don't have to make a lot of changes to my act because most of the time what I'm trying to do is to remind grown-up people that they never stop being children." I lost my best friend when he was 20. Losing someone makes you realise that nothing is permanent. I've lost friends since then too. It's important to remember that life is transient and that it's about living in the moment and celebrating those moments. When it comes to a festival like Kaleidoscope I don't have to make a lot of changes to my act because most of the time what I'm trying to do is to remind grown-up people that they never stop being children. The kids are easy - they're open, they don't have preconceptions and if they don't like you they don't like you. Children are great teachers. They should be running the place. 23.00 If I'm doing a regular gig I'll jump back in the car and drive home. I love that I see a lot of animals at night on the drive home. Many years ago I had depression and got into bird watching - it is great because you're very much in the moment when you're bird watching. One of the biggest problems we have is our separation from nature so I try to absorb as much of it as I can. If I'm performing at a festival I'll go back to the 1970s caravan that I've restored. I love the solace of that caravan at festivals. I'll need a moment to reflect on the gig. If I'm working to keep everyone's energy up then I need to restore my own energy. 02.00 If I am at a festival I'm always the last to go to bed. I'm quite a night bird. I like to walk and talk - I'm usually keeping an eye on everyone I'm working with. A lot of people think I like to party but it's usually that everyone else is partying and I'm in the vicinity still awake. If I'm not in bed by one or two I'll be awake till 5am. I never liked to go to bed - even as a child. Jerry Fish Electric Sideshow performs at Ireland's largest family summer festival, Kaleidoscope presented by Glenveagh. Taking place at Wicklow's Russborough House from Friday July 4 to Sunday July 6. Tickets from
Extra.ie
04-06-2025
- Health
- Extra.ie
Young people warned 'don't use your passport as ID in holiday hotspots'
The holiday season is well and truly here, with thousands of us heading abroad in the next few weeks for sunshine and fun. With the Leaving Certificate students also heading abroad after the exams at the end of this month, to popular spots like Majorca, Ibiza and the Greek Islands, young people are being warned NOT to use their passports as forms of identification on nights out. Most nightclubs and pubs in holiday hotspots will look for some form of ID from students, especially the ones lucky enough to look younger than they are. Pic: Getty Images But there are many reports of passports lost or stolen every year, and the Department of Foreign Affairs is advising young people to carry a different form of identification, such as a student card or driving licence, on nights out, instead of their passport. 'We advise all Irish citizens travelling abroad to be mindful of their surroundings at all times and take the necessary precautions for their personal safety and that of their belongings.' What should you do IF your passport is lost or stolen abroad? Pic: Getty Images Speaking on RTE Radio 1's Claire Byrne Show, the Director General of the Consular and Passport service, Fiona Penollar, said: 'I know that many people have it (their passport) in their back pocket. It's so easy to lose it and then it can just be challenging and not just to have the passport but whatever visa was in it, whatever it's connected to, just adds layers of complication that you don't need.' But if it happens and you do lose your passport abroad? You MUST contact the local police in whatever country you are in and immediately inform the Passport Service in Ireland. They will report the details to Interpol and the passport will be marked as no longer valid for travel. Pic: Getty Images If you report a passport as lost or stolen, DO NOT attempt to travel on it. If your passport is lost, stolen or damaged while you are overseas and you need a travel document to return home, your nearest Irish Embassy or Consulate may be able to help. Stay safe and have fun, but leave the passport in the hotel safe when you go out.
