the team to beat this season is leinster, the defending pro 1a and european champions.cause we have had a taste of the success we had last year. but not long before that we had two years where things didn't go our way and we lost in the final two connacht are not getting out of the pool in europe and getting beaten in two semifinals. so we had two years of no success and we got a taste for it last year and now we want that to be the story. what other target this time? we want to get there again, it is exciting and good fun. we think we can go deeper into the play—offs. the reality is, we have to be better than leinster, the european champions, pro 14 champions. scarlets, semifinalists in europe and in the pro 14 and ulster, all three sides spent significantly more money than we did and have a good, deep squad. so we have to be better than those three con sisterly.“ you look at the carrot, going one step further at celtic park. we will a lwa ys step further at celtic park. we will always set goals of wanting titles. this league, playing our best footy at the end of the s

bishops and priests are not usually pounding the turf at leinster rugby ground.ut as ireland prepares to welcome pope francis, it is also hosting this global gathering of catholics. an alter has been built along the touchline, but that is as nothing compared to the challenge of reconstructing the church after decades of scandal. a lot of the pain and the hurt that we thought we were moving on from has resurfaced, particularly for people who were hurt by clergy in the church. and i think the holy father, it‘s critical that he does something to try and address that. phoenix park, another venue, has been under construction for months. the catholic church and the irish

— champions leinster narrowly beat cardiff blues in the welsh capital.o tries as leinster had to battle back from 29—14 down to win 33—32 at the arms park. the winning try was converted in the last two minutes of the game... and down the coast in swansea, the ospreys beat edinburgh 17—13 inspired by new signing george north, the wales wing scoring two tries on his competitive debut. there were two matches in rugby league's super 8's in super league tonight — including a shock at top of the table st helens who were denied the chance to secure the league leaders' shield after losing 30—10 to wigan, dan sarginson scoring a double in the first half as they went on to score six tries in total. st helens are still ahead of wigan by six points in the table. but huddersfield's hopes of making the semi—finals are all but over after they were heavily beaten by wakefield. rafael nadal has a fight on his hands trying to reach the fourth round of the us open. the world number one went a set down against russia's karen khachanov, who took the first set 7—5 after havin

but a great deal of research has been done into that home by derek leinster from the bethany group.t‘s comparable with what happened in the catholic homes, but it seems to have been unique to ireland. even with these infant mortality rates, you are talking about going back to the ‘20s. yes. i mean, that was at a time when there weren‘t antibiotics, when they weren‘t vaccinations. and when those come in, the mortality rate drops dramatically. well, yes and no. the mortality rate dropped dramatically in ireland from the late ‘iios onwards, but that coincided with the start of the banished babies trade,

bishops and priests are not usually pounding the turf at leinster rugby ground.also hosting this global gathering of catholics. an alter has been built along the touchline, but that is as nothing compared to the challenge of reconstructing the church after decades of scandal. a lot of the pain and the hurt that we felt we were moving on from has resurfaced, particularly for people who were hurt by the clergy in the church. and i think the holy father, it‘s critical that he does something to try and address that. phoenix park, another venue, has been under construction for months. the catholic church and the irish government are spending more than £27 million to host pope francis. the highlight of this weekend‘s visit will be here on sunday when pope francis celebrates mass. 500,000 tickets have been issued. so, will ireland feel like it did the last time the pope was in town? 1979, and popejohn paul ii was greeted by the largest gathering of irish people in history. back then almost 90% of catholics attended weekly mass, contraception, abortion and divorce were a

in the pro 14, champions leinster beat cardiff blues and ospreys won against edinburgh.ampion sloane stephens has made it through to the last 16. the american, who's the third seed, beat belarus' victoria azarenka in straight sets 6—3, 6—4. stephens will face elise mertens on sunday. the world's fastest man, usain bolt, has ta ken another step towards playing professional football. the retired athlete, who holds the record for the 100m and 200m, came on as a sub for the australian a—league side central coast mariners in a pre—season friendly. he's hoping to impress enough to get a deal ahead of the new season. however, he was unable to take this chance. ironically hejust wasnt quick enough. that's all the sport for now. the weather's looking pretty good over the next couple of days, most of us this weekend will get at least a little dose of sun but the temperatures are expected to climb and there's some sunshine on the way. but the nights are starting to draw in now. the nights are getting longer. not the nights, the days are drawing in, the nights are getting longer, th

bishops and priests are not usually pounding the turf at leinster rugby ground.o hosting this global gathering of catholics. an altar has been built along the touchline, but that's as nothing compared to the challenge of reconstructing the church after decades of scandal. a lot of the pain and the hurt that we felt we were moving on from has resurfaced, particularly for people who were hurt by clergy in the church. and i think the holy father, it's critical that he does something to try and address that. phoenix park, another venue, has been under construction for months. the catholic church and the irish government are spending more than £27 million to host pope francis. the highlight of this weekend's visit will be here on sunday when pope francis celebrates mass. 500,000 tickets have been issued. so will ireland feel like it did the last time the pope was in town? 1979, and popejohn paul ii was greeted by the largest gathering of irish people in history. back then almost 90% of catholics attended weekly mass. contraception, abortion and divorce were against th

bishops and priests are not usually pounding the turf at leinster rugby ground. to welcome pope francis, it is also hosting this global gathering of catholics. an alter has been built along the touchline, but that is as nothing compared to the challenge of reconstructing the church after decades of scandal. a lot of the pain and the hurt that we felt we were moving on from has resurfaced, particularly for people who were hurt by the clergy in the church. and i think the holy father, it's critical that he does something to try and address that. phoenix park, another venue, has been under construction for months. the catholic church and the irish government are spending more than £27 million to host pope francis. the highlight of this weekend's visit will be here on sunday when pope francis celebrates mass. 500,000 tickets have been issued. so, will ireland feel like it did the last time the pope was in town? 1979, and popejohn paul ii was greeted by the largest gathering of irish people in history. back then almost 90% of catholics attended weekly mass, contracept

but a great deal of research has been done into that home by derek leinster from the bethany group. have been unique to ireland. even with these infant mortality rates, you are talking about going back to the ‘205. yes. that was at a time when there weren‘t antibiotics, when they weren‘t vaccinations. and when those come in, the mortality rate drops dramatically. well, yes and no. the mortality rate dropped dramatically in ireland from the late ‘iios onwards, but that coincided with the start of the banished babies trade, which was a huge moneyspinner for the nuns. i want to pick you up on that, because this is a central claim of your book, and it is a very stark criticism. you suggest that the reason that the death rates go down is because the nuns, the catholic church, saw these babies — realised they could make money out of them. yes, that is a fact. well, where‘s the evidence? the evidence is the fact that the mortality rates plummeted after the banished babies trade started. you can see the correlation between them. from the time the banished babies trade started, in 1945, that

bishops and priests are not usually pounding the turf at leinster rugby ground. francis, it's also hosting this global gathering of catholics. an altar has been built along the touchline, but that's as nothing compared to the challenge of reconstructing the church after decades of scandal. a lot of the pain and the hurt that we felt we were moving on from has resurfaced, particularly for people who were hurt by clergy in the church. and i think the holy father, it's critical that he does something to try and address that. phoenix park, another venue, has been under construction for months. the catholic church and the irish government are spending more than £27 million to host pope francis. the highlight of this weekend's visit will be here on sunday when pope francis celebrates mass. 500,000 tickets have been issued. so will ireland feel like it did the last time the pope was in town? 1979, and popejohn paul ii was greeted by the largest gathering of irish people in history. back then almost 90% of catholics attended weekly mass. contraception, abortion and divor

in the pro 1a — champions leinster are drawing eight all with cardiff blues and edinburgh have a slendermen's defending champion sloane stephens has made it through to the last 16. the american — who's the third seed — beat belarus' victoria azarenka in straight sets 6—3, 6—4. stephens will face elise mertens on sunday. meanwhile world number one rafael nadal is takign on karen khachanov right now. in the arthur ashe stadium. 6—5 at the minute. rafa nadal is struggling. the world's fastest man — usain bolt has taken another step towards playing professional football. the retired athlete — who holds the record for the 100 and 200 metres — came on as a sub for the australian a league side — the central coast mariners in a preseason friendly. he's hoping to impress enough to get a deal ahead of the new season — however he was unable to take this chance — ironically hejust wasn't quick enough. that's all the sport for now. i'll have more for you in sportsday at 10.30. until then, goodbye. studio: thank you very much. see you later. the struggling diy retailer, homebase, has made a deal that

suppose that the houses that we see that it was kind of modeled on in many ways are houses such as leinster house, which would have had, i suppose, at the moment obviously it's the seat of the government, but it was this image of a kind of -- a grand -- a grand house but in terms of how it expresses in american identity, i think this kind of -- i mean, in a way, there's a relative modesty in terms of the scale of it, which was obviously smaller than was originally intended. and something about how that decision to create this house that was in many ways a kind of a beginning and, you know -- >> let me bring in one british voice and then we're going to get to all of your questions. do you have a thought when you look up at the white house that the -- what it is with all of the elements that it has brought to it from ireland and the united kingdom, what you see in it that's kind of uniquely american? >> well, i see -- it's a republican building because very clearly, as i was suggesting in a very -- in about one sentence in my talk that the whig inability in england in the early 18th century h

these are the leinster which i atk at things, -- the lens which i look through things.ruth is, this administration as a whole has done bad things to working people. one of the things they have done is try to divide working people up, that's one of the ways you maintain corporate power, divide them by race, gender, sexual orientation, that prevents working people from working together to protect their interests. hear from bill, in canton, illinois, on the independent line. i voted for trump, and being that we voted for republicans this time is because of two major reasons. the stance of the democratic party with regards to illegal immigrants, and sanctuary cities. and universal health care. universal health care of any type will not work in the united -- until thee government steps in and regulate hospitals, doctors, and clinics. you can make the point that medicare works, but the government red -- regulates the cost. the v.a. works but the government regulates the cost and the lobbyists are so great in the hospitals, clinics, and doctors, they will never work. fromis wh