Tuesday’s Irish sports news round-up sees Alan Judge hang up his boots at the age of 36 following a long and successful career.
The midfielder never made a Premier League appearance but racked up over 400 Football League appearances, including nine caps.
Meanwhile, Bohs’ new stadium costs have rocketed to €63million, meaning the council have been granted their request to borrow more money.
Here’s a round-up of all the sports news across Irish papers on Tuesday.
Irish Mirror
Alan Judge has announced his retirement from football and has described playing for Ireland as the “proudest moment” of a career in senior football that spanned almost 18 years and 500 games.
Kobe McDonald will join AFL side St Kilda’s next summer, in what is a major blow to Mayo GAA.
The 17-year-old will complete his Leaving Cert in Ireland before moving to Australia to join the Melbourne-based club as a Category B rookie.
RTE Sport
After last week’s dramatic play-off victory over Belgium, the Republic of Ireland will learn their World Cup fate.
The draw for the 2027 World Cup qualifiers takes place at midday on Tuesday, and what we know already is that Carla Ward’s side secured a play-off place, at worst, for the tournament in Brazil, thanks to Abbie Larkin’s late goal in Leuven.
The cost of redeveloping Dublin’s Dalymount Park has more than tripled since Dublin City Council bought the stadium a decade ago, with the council now needing to borrow €34 million to fund the modernisation of the League of Ireland ground.
Irish Examiner
John Kiely believes a golden score is the most suitable means of deciding a “winner on the day” game that is level after extra-time.
The Limerick manager saw his side’s six-year reign in Munster end at the hands of Cork in June’s Munster final in TUS Gaelic Grounds on penalties, 3-2.
Cork City boss Ger Nash says the club is in a far stronger position heading into Sunday’s FAI Cup final, with many players already under contract for next season.
Irish Times
DJ Carey has begun his 5 and a half years in jail for fraud, with a judge having these final words: “I couldn’t imagine a more reprehensible fraud than to tell people you had cancer and to extort them on that basis.”
In golf, Tom McKibbin secured his spots at The Masters and The Open on Sunday with his victory at the Hong Kong Open; however, he did so after he took in an abandoned dog.
