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MRIA. Irish Times columnist, advising ed New York Review of Books, winner European Press Prize, Orwell Prize, Robert Silvers Prize. We Don't Know Ourselves
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'We're getting pretty close': R&A chief on Open Championship at Portmarnock

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By Fintan O'Toole Verified
| The42 Verified
THE PROSPECT OF the Open Championship being held at Portmarnock is ‘getting pretty close’, according to R&A chief executive Mark Darbon. The 154th Open commences on Thursday at Royal Birkdale near Liverpool, with Darbon speaking at a press conference today on the eve of the last Major of the 2026 season. The Open has been held on three occasions at Royal Portrush in Antrim – 1951, 2019, when Shane Lowry was victorious, and in 2025 when reigning champion Scottie Scheffler triumphed.
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Dublin will have regrets and grievances, but Kerry's attacking class was the decisive factor

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By Fintan O'Toole Verified
| The42 Verified
DEFEATS CAN COME in all shapes and sizes. For so long Dublin were unaccustomed to reversals, embarking on a relentless winning run as they monopolised the Leinster championship and generally extended that dominance to the All-Ireland scene. The mood has shifted. Sunday brought their seventh championship defeat in the space of 24 months – Kerry joining Galway, Meath, Armagh, Tyrone, Westmeath, and Louth on the list of conquerors, with six of those occurring in Croke Park.
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Young fly-half Moyo among four Springbok debutants to face Wales

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By Murray Kinsella Verified, Fintan O'Toole Verified
| The42 Verified
SHARKS FLY-HALF VUSI Moyo will debut for South Africa against Wales in their Nations Championship third round match in Durban on Saturday. The 20-year-old was part of the team crowned world under-20 champions last year and is among four new caps named by head coach Rassie Erasmus. Another Shark, winger Jaco Williams, and two France-based forwards, tighthead prop Carlu Sadie from European champions Bordeaux-Begles and Montpellier lock Ruben van Heerden, are the other debutants.
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