Lee Hurley
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![Ireland accuse Israel fans of racist abuse
Paul Rowan - Irish Football Correspondent, Debrecen
Idah was the subject of chants by the Israel fans
Ireland players have alleged that goalscorer Adam Idah was racially abused by Israel fans during the controversial Nations League match in Hungary on Sunday night.
According to a Football Association of Ireland (FAI) spokesman, Jayson Molumby heard the chants before halftime and the midfielder asked the German referee, Harms Osmers, and the fourth official, Florian Exner, to “listen”.
Because Uefa’s protocol in that situation is to say the word “racism”, European football’s governing body said that no immediate action — such as a warning over the PA system — was taken.
However, the FAI has now said that it will go through the footage to find out if there is any evidence of the alleged abuse and, if so, demand a Uefa investigation into the treatment of Idah, 25, who plays for Swansea City.
There were also reports of confrontations in the tunnel between players, with the Israel captain, Manor Solomon, taking exception to what some Irish players were saying and the opposition bowing their heads during the Israeli national anthem.
In an angry rant after the game, Solomon vowed to get “revenge” on Ireland when the teams meet again on Sunday.
“They said nonsense [to us] during the game, I don’t want to talk about them,” Solomon said. “If I say what I think about them, I’ll probably be banned for a few games so I don’t want to say. Of course they hate us and we don’t like them. I’m already looking forward to the next game against them. What they did with the anthem? I’m not interested in them, we have a country that is ten times better than theirs, stronger, an amazing country with amazing people.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyefpiziml7b24sxpd74axq7/bafkreichrcolnv6rcrvnptrfpffarvxt444sqx4usc67plmjli72gnruoy)
![No one will believe you – I’m a 75-year-old woman!
Boast of pensioner who sprayed ant killer into the eyes of 6ft 1in male neighbour in row over drive
Daily Mail21 Sep 2026By Jack Hardy
A PENSIONER who sprayed ant poison into her terminally ill neighbour’s eyes told him nobody would believe she was the culprit because she was an elderly woman.
Sally Beaney, 75, ‘revelled in making other people’s lives very difficult’ and robbed her victim Matthew Perry of precious years because of a parking dispute, he told a court.
Her attack left her neighbour, who has late stage cancer, with swelling on his eye from chemical burns and a corneal injury.
Mr Perry had moved next door to Beaney with his wife Lucy and their two children about 15 years ago. Gaylene Coles, prosecuting, said: ‘[They] are neighbours who share a driveway. He believed he could park by the property.
‘In June 2025, there was an issue between them with a lawnmower. After that, notices began to appear about parking in the wrong place.’ Following this, Mr Perry parked in the road instead but then Beaney began to leave objects out to prevent him from doing so. She also filmed his family and shouted at them as they came and went, the court heard. Her antisocial behaviour escalated on October 13 last year when, out of the blue, she sprayed ant killer in Mr Perry’s eyes as he left home in Southampton.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cyefpiziml7b24sxpd74axq7/bafkreihi7b54kyttlkxenitupxs5il7xpze4qgj4r7g2k4i5fu37v772am)
