Helena Byrne

Hopefully the @FAIWomen can get another goal tonight against France. In this article I look back at the first time these sides met in Ireland in 1978. #COYGIG #IRLFRA #WomensFootball #FootballHistory @RTEBrainstorm rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

Why it's OK to say soccer instead of football at World Cup 2026. It makes perfect sense to use the term soccer in Australia, Ireland and North America given the popularity of other codes, writes Connell Vaughan @WeAreTUDublin rte.ie/brainstorm/202…

Tonight: The life of an agricultural innovator, Harry Ferguson. How a farmer’s son from County Down became a global industrial pioneer, & made a handshake deal with Henry Ford that transformed farming. Colm Flynn speaks to John Barron about his new book on Ferguson's life & work

On tonight's show: 40 years after the Giotto mission reached Halley’s Comet, Professor Susan McKenna-Lawlor recalls Ireland’s role in one of the great space missions of the 20th century. Ian Kenneally and Flor MacCarthy talk to Susan about the Irish experiment on board Giotto.

Web history disappears when it can’t be preserved. Today, many publishers are blocking the Wayback Machine from archiving parts of the public web, putting decades of digital history at risk. Tell publishers: don’t block the Wayback Machine. Sign the petition ➡️ savethearchive.com/newsleaders/ #WaybackMachine

#SouthamptonFC 😂

Join us in welcoming Internet Archive Switzerland!🇨🇭 This independent non profit foundation in St. Gallen, Switzerland, is a mission-aligned organization with the Internet Archive, Internet Archive Canada and Internet Archive Europe, with the common goal of Universal Access to All Knowledge. Visit their website and learn about their mission and projects. internetarchive.ch

Raising the bar 👏 All the best stats from our 50 games at Emirates Stadium 🏟️

A radio interview: gjfootballarchive.com/2026/05/20/rad… Thanks @LewisConnell14 @tamesideradio

May 24th 2025: Arsenal lift the UWCL May 24th 2026: Arsenal will lift the Premier league I love The 24th of May 😭❤️

ARSENAL ARE PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS 🏆

Liverpool FC is top of the table, but not of a league to be proud of. A 4-2 pasting at the hands of Aston Villa on Friday night affirmed the Reds’ mediocre season on the pitch. But, according to campaigners, Liverpool is number one in complicity in the Gaza genocide. War on Want have published a league table of Premier League clubs’ ties to Israeli actions in Palestine. Liverpool are ahead of north London rivals Arsenal and Spurs in joint second place. Man United and Man City are tied in third place while the fourth spot is shared by Chelsea, Crystal Palace, Everton and Fulham. The league table is part of a report entitled Red Card: English Premier League Complicity in Israel’s Atrocities Against the Palestinians. The report says at least 15 Premier League sponsors have connections to the military assault on Gaza, the construction of illegal settlements and the wider system of apartheid. Liverpool’s shirt sponsor, Standard Chartered, provided $15.4bn (£11.5bn) to 24 complicit businesses between January and August 2025. The Premier League itself is sponsored by Barclays bank, which the report says has provided billions to 49 complicit companies. Neil Sammonds, senior campaigner on Palestine at War on Want, said: “These clubs speak proudly about equality, inclusion and community. Yet behind the branding, some are using ‘sportswashing’ to sanitise corporations connected to some of the gravest crimes and humanitarian catastrophes of our time. “Palestinian footballers are being killed. Stadiums are turned into detention camps. Child players are buried beneath rubble. “The Premier League has shown before that it can act when sponsorship becomes morally toxic. The question is why Palestinian lives appear to count for less.”

On Saturday, I gave a lecture at the Ilac Central Library about the first men’s floodlit soccer match to take place in Dublin (1953) During the event, I also discussed the first women’s floodlit soccer match (1970) A story told in this short recording: youtu.be/ktQN3ObUBjo

A trophy-laden eleven years ✨ A Gunner for life, thank you Katie ❤️

The natives of Crumlin held a surprise goodbye party for @ShamrockRovers footballer Roberto Lopes as he prepares to travel to the World Cup with Cape Verde.

Not exaggerating in the slightest when I say Katie McCabe has made it possible for young Irish girls to play at the top tier in the future. She has inspired an infinite number of young Irish girls and given them a goal, someone to copy.

She came from Dublin, 🇮🇪 To North London, ❤️🤍 And she won the whole damn thing 🏆

Give Katie McCabe the reception she deserves today. She didn't get a reception on our final home game because the talks on a potential contract extension were still going. With tears in her eyes she waved the crowd goodbye that night, potentially already having made a decision that wasn't out to the public yet. 300+ appearances for the club, scoring 37 goals, many memorable. I'm thinking the late winner against Manchester City at Meadow Park, this season's screamer away at Everton, the volley outside the box against Liverpool in 2022, the goal away at Birmingham City in 2019, the list goes on and on. 7 titles to her name with Arsenal. One FA cup, one WSL title, three League cups, Champions League and FIFA Champions Cup. List of individual honours too long to mention. She's won it all. A true club legend is leaving Arsenal. Someone who left everything on the pitch, time and time again. Someone who fought for the badge. We're gonna miss her grit, her experience, but most certainly her passion for the game. Give Katie McCabe the reception she deserves today. ❤️

The 2nd edition of the Corinthians book is coming out in October but you can order now AND get your name printed in it in a special roll of honour of supporters. All publisher & author profits will go to funding Corinthians events etc. see: gjfootballarchive.com/order-manchest…

We have been engaged in a fascinating and important piece of research in #Louth and more specifically #Drogheda for a number of months now. We are trying to identify the dominant values in our communities using the #Schwartz circumplex.

🤾‍♀️ A chance social media post changed everything for Sarah Devlin - now the Scotland international is targeting a standout year for club and country. 🔗 totalrl.com/how-a-social-m…