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Le Bris on the brink? Sunderland rock bottom with five points after Coventry humiliation – and the next five fixtures are a horror show
Sunderland's 3-1 defeat at Coventry left them bottom of the Premier League on five points from nine games, and their manager admits the side is not consistent enough for the top flight.
Ireland v Argentina: Prendergast wrist sweat, 48,400 tickets gone and Farrell’s two huge calls before Friday’s opener
Ireland are optimistic Sam Prendergast will shake off a wrist injury for Friday's Nations Championship opener against Argentina, with more than 48,400 tickets sold and Andy Farrell facing big calls at blindside and outside centre.
‘Brazen’: Former Waterford school principal, 91, jailed for abusing pupil in his office in the 1970s as victim says memories came back ‘like a dam breaking’
Con Desmond, who was known as Brother Cornelius, was found guilty of nine counts of indecent assault against a child between 1978 and 1980.
Clampers out, tow trucks in: Dublin’s €51m parking crackdown is live, and the suburbs could be hit hardest
After 22 years of clamping by DSPS, Dublin City Council has switched to a new five-year enforcement contract with Apcoa that puts towing, fines and complaint-led patrols first. Here's what changes for drivers.
Documentary STUNS Hollywood: Nathan Fielder’s Elizabeth Holmes film beats DC’s Clayface to No 1, a first in 22 years
The forecasters were right: A24's Elizabeth Holmes documentary You Can See Everything edged DC's Clayface by about $200,000 to win a sleepy Halloween weekend in North America, a feat no non-concert documentary has managed since 2004.
US midterms election night: your hour-by-hour guide in Irish time, from the 11pm first results to Alaska’s 6am finale
Polls start closing at 11pm Irish time on Tuesday and the last ones shut at 6am on Wednesday. Here is when to watch, and which races will tell you who is winning.
Netflix’s November bombshells: Black Doves is BACK, Jessica Chastain hunts a missing niece and the FTX scandal gets the drama treatment – every date you need
From Keira Knightley's return in Black Doves to a Belfast actor's turn in the FTX drama The Altruists, here are the Netflix originals worth knowing about this month, the dates they land and what is about to disappear.
Storm Chloe: when will it hit Ireland? What Met Éireann’s long-range forecast REALLY says – and why the calm won’t last
Headlines are already asking when Storm Chloe will strike. Met Éireann's own outlook points to a settled week first, then a turn to wetter, low-pressure weather later in November, but no storm has been forecast.
‘I’m not here to be loved’: Glasner’s furious Forest ultimatum – buy in or get out, or a SIXTH manager will be coming
Oliver Glasner took full responsibility for Nottingham Forest's slump after defeat at Brentford, but also told his players to commit to change or leave, warning the club could otherwise be on its sixth manager in little over a year.









