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Under the Good Friday Agreement – the 1998 peace accord that followed the conflict colloquially known as The Troubles – those born in Northern Ireland can hold both British and Irish passports. A Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling in 2010 means players born anywhere on the island of Ireland are able to represent the Republic of Ireland regardless of whether they fulfil any other measure of eligibility, namely being born in the territory, having a biological mother, father, grandmother or grandfather born in the territory, or having lived there for an uninterrupted period of five years.Players born in the…

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The UK government is in discussions about joining a global investment bank, aimed at raising more money for defence spending. Chancellor John Healey is considering a bid to join the Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB), not long after his predecessor Rachel Reeves rejected the idea.Canada has been leading efforts to establish the bank, which supporters say would enable governments to borrow at lower costs to increase military spending.Treasury officials stressed that no decision has been made. A government spokesperson said it was “fully committed to working alongside our international partners to scale defence industrial capacity.”Before he cancelled commitments due…

Barcelona are monitoring both Harry Kane and Erling Haaland, while Germany striker Nick Woltemade could be a replacement for Kane at Bayern Munich, and Manchester United are interested in Jarrad Branthwaite. Barcelona are looking at England and Bayern Munich striker Harry Kane, 33, and Manchester City’s 26-year-old Norway international Erling Haaland as alternatives to Atletico Madrid and Argentina forward Julian Alvarez, 26. (Talksport) , externalBayern Munich have been linked with 24-year-old Newcastle United and Germany forward Nick Woltemade – currently on loan at Juventus – as a potential replacement for Kane. (Talksport), externalManchester United have their sights on Everton and…

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Social media ban: British officials hauled into US embassy for grilling over Labour’s internet crackdowns`; const adSlotHtmlSkyRight = “; const targetParentSky = document.querySelector(‘.sky–ad__container’); if (targetParentSky) { targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyLeft); targetParentSky.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adSlotHtmlSkyRight); } } else { // console.log(“Inder 3 – skys not showing because user is member”); } `; targetParentBillboard.insertAdjacentHTML(‘beforeend’, adBillboard); } }); } `; return trendingDiv; }

Heathrow’s third runway cannot be approved without changes to current climate policies, the government’s advisers have said.The Climate Change Committee (CCC) , externalsaid expansion can still go ahead but only if the aviation industry funds cleaner fuels and pays for machines that suck carbon dioxide out of the air.Making the industry pay could push up the cost of flying with a return trip to Alicante costing around £150 more by 2050, and a return to New York up £400 in today’s prices, it said.Once built, the expanded airport would produce more carbon dioxide than any other single sector of the…

Northern Ireland’s latest Nations League campaign starts away to Georgia on 25 September and Ceadach O’Neill is one of four teenagers in the squad alongside Blackburn Rovers defender Tom Atcheson, Everton forward Braiden Graham and Kieran Morrison – the Liverpool winger currently on loan at Sheffield Wednesday.Atcheson and Morrison were both born in England but qualify for Northern Ireland through grandparents and represented the side at underage level before making their senior bows in March and June respectively. “Kieran deserved the chance to play because he’d been around the Liverpool first team. He’d been showing up well in training as…

The alleged Lockerbie bomber will finally face trial – nearly four decades after the attack that killed 270 people. During a preliminary hearing in the case against Abu Agila Mohammad Mas’ud Kheir Al-Marimi, the Libyan man accused of building the bomb, prosecutors said that Americans had been the intended targets of the attack.Assistant US Attorney Brittany Keil told the court: “The purpose of the plan was to inflict pain and horror that would be reported around the world.”The 30-minute hearing saw Al-Marimi, now in his mid-70s sporting a short white beard, seated alongside his legal representatives at a conference table.He…

Mayors and other local political leaders could be given powers to oversee water companies under plans being considered by the government.Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s plan is to create nine new regional bodies responsible for planning, setting objectives, and holding water companies to account.The idea was a key recommendation of Sir John Cunliffe’s Independent Water Commission published in June last year.Improving the water industry has been a focus for Burnham since he took to power, as water customers in England and Wales continue to face steep bill hikes.But there has been little detail of what that could look like, short of…