Tag Archives: Ireland

MNA Sports Desk: Ireland will host West Indies and Bangladesh for an ODI tri-series in the first half of May, with a double round-robin phase followed by a final, reports ESPNcricinfo. The tri-series will begin on May 05, with Ireland facing West Indies, and conclude with the final on May 17. All the matches will take place in Dublin, at Castle Avenue, Clontarf and The Village, Malahide. The tournament will serve as preparation for West Indies and Bangladesh ahead of the 2019 World Cup that begins in England on May 30. West Indies play their first match on May 31, ...

MNA Sports Desk: An all-round performance from Bangladesh enabled them to overwhelm Ireland by eight wickets in the fourth match of the Tri-Nation Series at Dublin. Chasing 182, Bangladesh rode on the opening partnership of 95 between Soumya Sarkar and Tamim Iqbal followed by the 76-run stand to win the match quite comfortably in the end. Soumya was 87 not out. He faced only 68 balls and struck 11 fours and two sixes during his match-winning knock. Tamim made 47. Winning the toss, Tigers skipper Mashrafe Mortaza opted to bowl first and his bowlers made sure his decision gets proven ...

MNA Sports Desk: The first match of the tri-series in Dublin between Ireland and Bangladesh was abandoned after just 31.1 overs because of rain. The Tigers were 157 for four against hosts Ireland when the players were forced off the field, with Tamim 64 not out from 88 balls. The opening batsman was unable to play the full range of his attacking strokes because his side found themselves in trouble at 70 for four. But in partnership with Mahmudullah he led an impressive recovery, with the latter 43 not out when the rain came. Winning the toss, Irish skipper William ...

MNA Technology Desk: EU antitrust regulators ordered Apple on Tuesday to pay up to 13 billion euros ($14.5 billion) in taxes to the Irish government after ruling that a special scheme to route profits through Ireland was illegal state aid. The massive sum, some 40 times bigger than the previous known demand by the European Commission to a company in such a case, could be reduced, the EU executive said in a statement, if other countries sought more tax themselves from the US tech giant. Apple, which with Ireland, has already said it will appeal the decision, paid a tax ...

MNA Sports Desk: Robbie Brady recorded a magnificent late winner for Ireland to put them through to the knockout phases of the European Championship for the first time with a 1-0 win over Group E winners Italy. It brought Irish football one of its most celebrated nights against a second-string Italy side, with the three points safeguarding third place in the group and setting up a last-16 tie against hosts France in Lyon on Sunday. “It’s what dreams are made of. I grew up dreaming about this stage and to go and do it in front of my family is ...