Tag: thriller

Munster narrowly beat Edinburgh in thriller

Edinburgh’s hopes of making it into the BKT United Rugby Championship play-offs suffered a blow as they were edged out 29-26 by high-flying Munster in an exhilarating encounter at the Hive Stadium. The side from the Scottish capital may now require a win away to Benetton in the last match of the regulation campaign if […]

Munster narrowly beat Edinburgh in thriller

Edinburgh’s hopes of making it into the BKT United Rugby Championship play-offs suffered a blow as they were edged out 29-26 by high-flying Munster in an exhilarating encounter at the Hive Stadium. The side from the Scottish capital may now require a win away to Benetton in the last match of the regulation campaign if […]

Cork beat Limerick in thriller, Carlow come back for Kilkenny draw

Cork have handed Limerick a rare championship defeat in the Munster hurling round-robin today. The Rebels needed a late penalty from Pa Horgan to beat the All Ireland champions by 3-28 to 3-26. Meanwhile, the Leinster hurling championship experienced another shock this evening. Carlow came back from the dead to record a 1-20 to 1-20 […]

The mayoral thriller that exposed Tory and Labour challenges

The drama started on Friday morning, before a single vote had been counted. It didn’t stop until late in the night on Saturday. It’s normal for party campaign teams and supporters to brief journalists on how they think the vote has gone once the polls are closed and the ballot papers are verified. At that […]

Pundits enthralled by Chelsea v Man Utd thriller

The drama of Chelsea’s 4-3 Premier League win over Manchester United on Thursday left pundits raving about the clash, with some labelling the roller-coaster encounter an instant classic. United had looked on course for a comeback win but hat-trick hero Cole Palmer scored the latest-ever winning goal in a Premier League game – after 11 […]

Five new books to read this week

Labour MP Chris Bryant has written a powerful historical account about homosexuality in the time of Charles Dickens… Fiction 1. The List Of Suspicious Things by Jennie Godfrey is published in hardback by Hutchinson Heinemann. Available now I SAW MY BOOK IN THE BOOKSHOP I WORK IN IRL! (This deserves shouty caps!) @waterstonestaun #TheListofSuspiciousThings #booktwitter […]