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This feature was a joy to cover for Football Focus. Three years ago?!? Crazy

Damp in places for a time this morning with further rain expected this afternoon. Rick Faragher has the forecast with a look ahead to the weekend.

Golf too tough and thinking about quitting? Nick Dunlap shot 90 (+18) yesterday. One of the worst rounds in Masters history. He’s currently -3 in his second round and set to improve on his score by, what’s surely, a record tally.

Unreal.

Finding the words to accurately sum up this final round became impossible at least two hours ago.

The dream realised. The legacy complete. Rory McIlroy - this generation’s greatest golfer - is a Masters champion.

Ireland’s major wins ☘️ 🟢 Rory McIlroy (US Open ‘11, PGA ‘12 & ‘14, Open ‘14, Masters ‘25) 🟢 Shane Lowry (Open ‘19) 🟢 Darren Clarke (Open ‘11) 🟢 Graeme McDowell (US Open ‘10) 🟢 Pádraig Harrington (Open ‘07 & ‘08, PGA ‘08) 🟢 Fred Daly (Open 1947)

Can all of us in Northern Ireland start work at lunchtime tomorrow please? We’re shattered.

Good craic on radio duties lately. Busy but fun! Thanks to my numerous co-presenters who’ve all been top class.

A wet and windy night out there. Will the rain clear for tomorrow? Here's Rick Faragher with your forecast...

As the parking inspector just informed me, today is NOT free on-street parking in Belfast 🚨

A Manx bomb disposal specialist who had been helping to train troops fighting in Ukraine has died. bbc.in/4k5IHKj

🚨That’ll probably be my last ever North West unfortunately…we’re not going to be here and be treated like the way we’ve been treated. Rules being bent for certain people and not others. It’s not right and it’s not fair so that’s it I’m afraid.” - Peter Hickman

BREAKING: Survivors and bereaved families of the Summerland fire have been denied a fresh inquest by the Isle of Man's Attorney General. itv.com/news/granada/2…

An application for a fresh inquest into the deaths of 50 people in the 1973 Summerland fire disaster has been rejected by the Isle of Man's Attorney General. bbc.in/42ZDzBS

NO MAN IS AN ISLAND is now available to watch on The Guardian website. Director: John Craine Producer: Diarmuid Hughes Exec Producer: Amy Gardner, Finite Films Funded by: TheDocSociety BFI The Guardian & Isle of Man Arts Council #nomanisanisland theguardian.com/no-man-is-an-i…

RED FLAG UPDATE: Peter Hickman, bike number 10, came off at Kerrowmoar during lap one of the third qualifying session of TT 2025. He is currently reported as conscious and stable, and has been taken to Noble's Hospital by Airmed for further assessment. Further condition

Norwegian ships appearing on the Manx horizon. We’ve been here before…

Not the Senior Race Day the Isle of Man was hoping for but there’ll be many more to come. Congratulations to everyone who competed, podiumed, and triumphed in this year’s races. The first TT I’ve missed for a while (pic from last year) but great coverage - well done to all.

And what? Belfast is the IoM’s closest city and there’s no direct flight the rest of the year. Useless.