Updated at 1pm
WEATHER WARNINGS REMAIN in place across all of the country today as Storm Desmond’s high winds and heavy rain continue to hit Ireland resulting in the cancellation of a number of sporting events.
The most high profile casualty so far is Leinster’s game with Glasgow Warriors, scheduled to kick off at 3pm, after it was postponed following a pitch inspection this morning.
The province tweeted:
A number of Ulster Bank League games have also been postponed including the Division 1A game between Young Munster and Galwegians. The IRFU recommend checking with your local club before heading to a game.
Also off are the interprovincial hurling and football fixtures which were scheduled to take place in Pearse Stadium, Galway as well as Newry and Armagh this weekend.
A statement from the GAA contained no information about rescheduling.
The AIB Leinster Club Junior Hurling Championship final between Lusmagh and Glenmore, due to take place in Offaly this afternoon, has also fallen victim to the weather. The fixture will be rescheduled at a later date.
An inspection at Navan found that conditions had deteriorated to such an extent that racing, due to start at 12.05pm today, had been cancelled while racing at Punchestown tomorrow will be subject to an inspection later today.
Also cancelled due to safety concerns is the annual Clonakilty marathon which joins the Waterford half-marathon which was cancelled yesterday.
In soccer, all the FAI Women’s National League game between Cork City and Galway, as well as the league’s festival of soccer, have also been called off.
The games which were due to take place were Castlebar Celtic v Peamount United, Galway WFC v Cork City WFC, Kilkenny United WFC v Wexford Youths WFC, and Shelbourne Ladies FC v UCD Waves.
The42 will continue to update this article as cancellations and postponements are confirmed.
Originally published at 10am.
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Hope this causes the UFC to rethink the way they look at their fighters. Some of the pay they offer is laughable, and when you consider how much money fighters are also losing because of the awful Reebok deal, I can see even bigger names following Henderson to Bellator and other companies. Dana White and the top UFC brass definitely take a lot of their fighters for granted.
Benson was definitely not a low paid fighter. He’s 4-3 in his last 7 so it’s a big wage off the books on a fighter who is now very inconsistent
Damn. What a signing for Bellator!
Bellator have big money behind them with Viacom. I just hope they move away from the oap fights like shamrock and Gracie and novelty fights like Kimbo v Dada 5000. Some decent fighters already on the roster like Pico and McGrath. I hope they start airing live events on tv over here. Competition for the ufc can only be a good thing.
*McGeary , Damn autocorrect .
McGregor nut huggers are now furiously googling Bellator and thinking “but that cage is round, I thought the had to have 8 sides” God help them if you mention Pride or Rizin. Ring ropes would confuse them altogether!
Go to bed you have school in the morning.
Absolute fact that Pride fights were rigged so probably best not to mention it.
True but the fact that there are single digit comments on this story (a pretty big one in the grand scheme) and far more in an article about McGregors haircut should make it pretty obvious that there are more McGregor fans than mma fans on here. That was more my point than the legitimacy of other mma organizations.
Wait….There was an article on McGregors hair cut? How did I miss that? Damn 42 alerts must be acting up again.