THE GAA community has come together to make an amazing gesture for an “incredible” young Irish cancer patient who “loves jerseys“.

Leon, a young GAA fan and Irish cancer patient, was recently sent home from hospital to be with his family after receiving the devastating news that no more treatment was available.

He and his family have since received thousands of messages of support on Oscar’s Kids Ireland’s Facebook page.

The charity, which helps Irish children and families affected by childhood cancer, featured Leon recently in a post asking for “as many counties to come together and give this incredible boy a signed jersey from their team”.

Leon, a boy who “loves GAA jerseys” is now set to receive signed jerseys from every county in the country.

The plea, which achieved its goal in 12 hours, was inundated with thousands of messages of support.

Official GAA clubs were among those wishing him well and offering their support.

Donegal GAA said: “We would love to send Leon a jersey. We are so sorry to read this, saying prayers for Leon and this family.”

Galway GAA added: “Best wishes to Leon and his family.”

Westmeath Ladies GAA said: “Westmeath Ladies jersey signed by the team heading to Leon.”

Clubs outside of Ireland have even shown their support.

New York GAA commented: “New York will have one for him.”

OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT

Some members of the public were even so touched by Leon’s story that they offered their own signed jerseys in support.

One commenter said: “My son got his Tipperary jersey signed by the team last week and has offered to send it Leon’s way.”

Another added: “Contact me I have a signed Meath jersey which I got for a fundraiser.”

One person even offered a jersey signed by an All-Ireland winning team.

‘INCREDIBLE’

Offering the heartfelt gesture, they said: “Signed Kerry ladies team jersey got from the All-Ireland winning team.”

The charity has been blown away by the show of support online.

It added in an update: “You did it!!!! 12 hours, THOUSANDS of messages publicly and privately, thousands of shares and we’ve sorted every single county for Leon!! You’re all INCREDIBLE.”

US SINGER songwriter Monica Martin has told fans about her frightful health scare.

Chicago-born star Monica shared the worrying news with followers after an intense trip to A&E with her pal Jameela Jamil and partner James Blake.

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The multi-talented star – who has performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon – told fans on social media about the alarming incident.

She penned: “What I thought was just an intense and painful ocular migraine slowly turned into my left eye going blind, I was advised to not fly home.

“So alas, I can’t open for the best people/friends/musicians tonight for a sold out benefit at troubadour which blows a**.

“It’s now been 15 days both colourblind and a black hazy cellophane type feel on the left side and ANYWAY it’s been very disorienting and scary.

“Most of my little health woes are from me being clumsy as hell and snapping something: an ankle in softball, an ankle from dumb shoes, an ankle from giving a piggyback ride to a much larger person as a display of strength.

“My ankles are toast btw. This is why I don’t like writing captions omg long ting brev; thank you for letting me be myself.

“Been one of the scariest times but my best friends are taking care of me and also are hilarious and also after MUCH ADO have met an angel ophthalmologist, Dr. Shaman Dolly, god forbid you ever need to find him, London, I must let you know his name.”

She continued: “London show; you were all so sweet and caring to me when and I lost it and wept on stage smdh, @jameelajamil came to the stage and literally turned herself into a weighted blanket and held me and told me it’s gonna be ok. No thanks to lexapro btw.

“I’m on the way to get an MRI in an Uber and unsure why no one likes using their car fan in UK/EU and I’ve gotten ct scans and bloodwork and yada yada literally 7 trips to hospitals now.

“Anyway. I’m incredibly lucky. My heart is heavy waiting on a prognosis, but my a** is heavier, and my resilience is alarming actually, and the lore disrespectfully deepens, and I’m getting the sense more people want to smash when I’m wearing my eyepatch or I’m pulling it off.

“Thank you, London. And @jameelajamil @jamesblake for getting me sweets and savouries.”

Activist and presenter Jameela added some humour to the proceedings and commented: “What a glamorous day in A and E. Snacks were 10/10 tho [sic].”

Jameela, who found fame on T4 in 2009, has recently revealed that she tried to take her own life multiple times while struggling to cope with crippling insomnia.

The She-Hulk star, 39, recently opened up about her debilitating sleep disorder in a candid publication on Substack.

Jameela, who has been in a relationship with Grammy winner James Blake since 2015, also said her insomnia affects her sex drive and makes her “fully lose a grip on reality”.

The actress, model and broadcaster wrote: “I would, without flinching, trade in all the success, money and adventures I’ve had to just be a good sleeper. Insomnia is the absolute ghetto of the mind, body and soul.

“It is years of the loneliest, darkest and most despairing hours in the middle of the night… It’s a lower sex drive. It’s nihilism and hopelessness. It’s being desperate for donuts all f***ing day because you need some respite and consolation.

“Every suicide attempt I have ever made was a result of just that few too many days in a row without a wink of sleep.”

Jameela now lives in Los Angeles in the US and is also an activist.

She describes herself as a ‘feminist-in-progress’ and uses her platform to advocate for disability rights, LGBTQ rights, body neutrality, and social justice.

She has spoken about her health conditions, including anxiety, depression, obsessive-compulsive disorder and an eating disorder. 

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TWO Spice Girls will not be attending Mel B’s wedding this weekend, according to reports.

Neither Victoria Beckham or Geri Horner will be among the guests when Scary Spice Mel ties the knot with Rory McPhee at St. Paul’s Cathedral.

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The MailOnline claims that Victoria, 51, won’t be in the country, hence her absence from the wedding.

A source said: “Victoria has long standing plans out of the country and she simply can’t be there.

“She adores Mel, they get on really well despite their paths going in opposite directions. It’s a real shame.

“There is no issue between them, they haven’t fallen out. It’s just one of those things.”

Meanwhile Geri is said to be absent because of her tense relationship with Mel.

The two women had a pretty big falling out when Mel B revealed that she had an intimate relationship with Geri when the band was starting out.

Mel made the confession while she was being interviewed for Piers Morgan’s Life Stories back in 2019.

Geri was stunned and upset by Mel’s admission, and even more saddened when Mel allegedly did not issue an apology.

The Sun reached out to Mel B’s representative, but they declined to comment.

SNUBBING GALORE

This is not the first time this year that the Spice Girls have been divided.

Neither Victoria or Geri attended Mel’s 50th birthday either.

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In May, Mel celebrated the milestone birthday when she threw a big bash in Leeds.

Supporting their fellow Spice Girl, Emma and Mel C were in attendance.

But despite the supposed tensions between the group, there is hope for a reunion of sorts.

REUNION PLANS

The Spice Girls’ former manager is in talks for them to reunite as avatars just like ABBA.

The Sun revealed back in May that Simon Fuller pitched the idea to the band — as he did with the Swedish pop superstars.

It would see holograms of Geri Halliwell-Horner, Mels B and C, Emma Bunton and Victoria Beckham playing their biggest hits.

Victoria, who was not part of their 2019 tour, was said to have suggested she would agree if the others did.

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HOLLYWOOD actress Charlize Theron has revealed she’s having the best sex of her life aged 49 – and said she recently had sex with a 26-year-old man.

The Mad Max star, who was in a relationship with actor Stuart Townsend from 2001 to 2009, has two adopted daughters and said she doesn’t want a partner until they’ve left home.

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But she said being a mum hasn’t stopped her from having a sex life – and said she is into “weird s**t.”

Recalling a recent experience, she said: “I’ve probably had three one-night-stands in my entire life.

“But I did just recently f*** a 26 year old and it was really f***ing amazing.

“I’ve never done that. And I was like, ‘Oh, this is great. OK.”

Asked on the Call Her Daddy podcast if she is usually “down for a one night stand,” she replied: “Yes. I don’t have many of them. I’m sitting here sounding like I do.

“So when I do, I’m like, ‘Oh, f**k yeah, I should have done this in my twenties.’

“I was married from the time that I was like having sex to the time that I had my last relationship. Then I had children.

“Who has f***ing time for dates and shaving and waxing and makeup? And I’ve got two children that have to go to school.”

Continuing to talk about how great her sex life is now that she is almost 50, she said: “I’m having the kind of sex I never had in my twenties or in my thirties.

“That part has been really exciting. But I’m not missing a relationship.

“I’m not missing the partnership that I think people think you miss when you’re me.”

She continued: “I’m having sex now for the first time, like I never had before, is because I’m not in relationships.”

Charlize, who also dated Sean Penn, 64, from 2013 to 2015, has previously been spotted on celebrity dating app Raya, but said she tends to meet men through her friends.

She explained: “I am on the apps, but I don’t use the apps.

“So I have a few friends that are very, very good. And one of them I know is listening to this right now, who always is like, okay, you need to come here right now and you need to meet this person. And I’m very grateful for her.

I had a guy once ask me to make out with his nose, which was really, really probably one of the most bizarre asks ever.

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“I have not been brave enough on a lot of her offers, but recently I have and it has paid off tremendously.”

Quizzed on her biggest dating disaster, she said: “Oh my God. I had a guy once ask me to make out with his nose, which was really, really probably one of the most bizarre asks ever.

“That was really gross. I would say aside from that, nobody’s ever asked me to do something that I was like, ‘Whoa, that’s really f***ing weird’. Like, I guess I like weird st.”

Charlize went on to defend being single and said she is happy being with her kids, without having a long-term partner in her life.

She continued: “With women, it’s always like, ‘Something must be wrong with her. She can’t keep a man.’

“I literally can’t imagine a man moving into our house and me sharing my closet. I just don’t see that happening.

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“And it’s never part of the discussion of like, ‘Wow, she’s really living her truth.’ Like she’s living in her happiness. Like this is actually a choice that she made.

“I like want to just like look at them and just be like, ‘Do you know how f***ing great it is to live exactly how I want to live? To experience motherhood exactly how I wanted to experience it?’”

On her kids, she continued: “I love that I don’t have to share them with somebody. I love that I don’t have to run every f***ing thing by a guy.”

And speaking about how she has ruled out a relationship for the time being, she added: “I have tried dating and I can tell that no man’s moving into our house while my daughters are there.

“I literally can’t imagine a man moving into our house and me sharing my closet. I just don’t see that happening.

“But then I imagine being an empty nester and how that part of my life will be.

“And by then feeling like maybe I will feel like I want to be in a relationship.”

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Moira Harding, the runner who was found in a critical condition after the Comrades marathon, has shared an update in an emotional message.

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ONE of the best seaside towns in the UK is home to a very popular ice cream parlour.

BBC Good Food has found the crème de la crème of ice cream parlours around the country and Harbour Bar in Scarborough was rated very highly.

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Harbour Bar is found by the seafront on the road leading to the West Pier, and is kitted out with 1950s American-style decor.

It has unmissable red lettering, a diner looking bar with red booths and stools.

You can pick up tall ice cream sundaes from Bananarama, to Eton Mess, Chocolata and Mandarino.

The Harbour Bar is known for its ‘Mega Cones’ – which are a lot longer than your average ice cream cone.

They also serve toasted waffles topped with a range of ice cream and fruit. As for drinks, it has a selection of soda floats and milk shakes.

Harbour Bar was established in 1945 and has remained a family-owned business ever since.

Another reason as to why it’s such a good parlour is that the ice cream isn’t bought in, it’s churned in a small factory behind the shop.

Good Food described the ice cream parlour as being “big and brash, but hugely fun and buzzy.”

One visitor on Tripadvisor wrote “We heard about this place and absolutely HAD to visit. The place is amazing. It’s like a 1950s American ice cream parlour.”

“We decided on a Knickerbocker glory and the Pear Valentino both were excellent and we loved it. So we can definitely highly recommend this place and you MUST visit it when you come to Scarborough 10/10.”

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Scarborough was also named one of the best UK seaside towns of 2025.

In April, Conde Nasté Traveller declared it to be one of the best in the country, and an essential summer stop for 2025.

The town has even been called ‘Scarbados’ thanks to two very long stretches of sandy beaches called North and South Bay.

Scarborough is one of the UK’s oldest seaside towns, and it has an ancient castle, spectacular cliffs and Tudor streets.

Vincent’s Pier is the longest in Scarborough and has a lookout, cafe, and restaurant.

It’s a great place to visit with affordable cafes like Seastrand which is inside the oldest Funicular railway station. 

Travel Reporter Helen Wright visited and found you can get a cup of tea and a flapjack for £3.50 – and she discovered the best spots for cheap parking.

There’s lots still to come for Scarborough, including the possible construction of an outdoor tidal lido at the top of Scarborough South Bay.

If approved, the pool would have sand running into it and a sheltered beach and bathing area for children.

Here are Sun Travel’s favourite seaside towns that are less than 90 minutes from London.

And the cheap UK seaside towns – where a day out for the whole family costs from just £25.

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PEOPLE on the dole should not get the same budget pay bounce as pensioners while Ireland is at full employment, Tanaiste Simon Harris has claimed.

The Fine Gael leader today held talks with business leaders, trade unions and State agencies in Dublin to discuss the potential impact of Donald Trump’s tariffs on the Irish economy.

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There is just one week left until deadline day for the introduction of punishing US tariffs on EU goods with negotiators locked in talks to try to secure a last minute deal to avoid an all-out trade war.

The meeting was told to expect a new norm of 10 per cent tariffs on goods being exported to the US regardless of the outcome of the EU US talks.

Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe said that the Trump tariffs will hit Irish businesses hard and could result in job losses and fewer jobs being created by inward investment from US companies.

However, the Finance Minister said Ireland’s economy will still continue to grow and the jobs market will remain strong with the country currently at full employment.

In their general election manifesto, Fianna Fail promised to increase all core welfare payments by €12 annually while Fine Gael committed to increasing the State pension to €350 over the lifetime of the government.

With businesses struggling to find workers to fill vacant positions, Tanaiste Simon Harris today indicated that the Government may freeze the jobseekers allowance at its current level instead of including it in any social welfare increases in the upcoming budget.

Asked if the Government will separate the jobseekers allowance from other welfare hikes in the budget, the Tanaiste told the Irish Sun: “I do always think there is merit in not looking at social welfare payments with uniformity across the board.

“We’ve been talking a lot about college fees the last couple of days unexpectedly perhaps but roughly speaking the equivalent of €1.20 or €1.25 on every social welfare payment is roughly the equivalent of reducing the college fees by €1,000.

“So budgets are all about choices. They are all about balance and there is only so much money in the pot so I will keep an open mind on that.

“I’m not convinced that you need to see as significant a rise in the dole as you do in the pension for example at a time when our country is in full employment and there’s lots of supports out there for people getting into work and there is other supports out there for people who can’t work for very many good reasons.

“That is my view but we will thrash all that out in the budget and there’s a long way to go.”

Government leaders have ruled out any cost of living bonuses for the upcoming budget as they plan to dial back spending due to concerns about the economic impact of the Trump tariffs.

NO BONUS PAYMENTS

The Budget 2025 package – the largest in the history of the State – was made up of a mixture of increased payments, 10 once-off lump sums for social welfare recipients, a minimum wage increase and tax changes.

It included two double Child Benefit payments handed out before Christmas, €400 extra for carers and €300 for those on Fuel Allowance.

Budget 2025 also provided an additional October cost-of-living double payment as well as the usual social welfare Christmas bonus.

But Donohoe and Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers previously admitted that they are reluctant to make any spending or taxation decisions in Budget 2026 that “create new risks”.

COLLEGE FEE ROW

This year’s lack of cost of living package has led to a row between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael over college fees which were temporarily lowered by €1,000 in the last budget but could rise back to €3,000 in the next budget unless action is taken.

Public Expenditure Minister Jack Chambers could not give a straight answer in the Dail today when asked how much college fees will be for students from September onwards.

Sinn Fein, the Social Democrats and even back bench Government TDs pressed for clarity on the future of college fees but the Dail was told that it would be a matter for budget negotiations

Higher Education Minister James Lawless said: “The indications are – and we haven’t entered budget discussions in earnest yet as we’re engaged in the national development plan at the moment which obviously will have a significant uplift in education and research as well – but the indications are that there won’t be a cost of living package this year.

“So all of us in any walk of life have to play the hands we’re dealt.”

Asked to clarify, the Minister said: “The once-off supports – and they were phrased very clearly as once-off supports – are not being provided for as it stands because there is no cost of living package being made available.

“That may change coming into the budget. It’s a matter for the Finance Minister more so than myself but that is what’s coming.”

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LOVE Island’s Megan has blamed fellow Islanders for her treatment of Tommy, as she admitted to regretting some of her behaviour in the villa.

Last week Megan, along with Remell, was dumped after the public were asked to choose their favourite girl and boy.

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Megan had a tense final week in the villa.

Fans were left unhappy after she ditched Tommy, who she had been with from the start, and move on with rugby lad Conor.

The pair shared secret snogs on the Terrace behind smitten Tommy‘s back, infuriating viewers at home.

Fans also turned on ‘nasty’ Megan after she appeared to be gleeful when Conor and Tommy rowed over her, even calling it “brilliant”.

But now the brunette stunner is keen to clear the air on what REALLY went down in the villa between the three of them.

Speaking to On Demand Entertainment on TikTok, Megan was asked if she would do anything differently, and she said: “I’d taken a breath.”

Appearing to blame her fellow Islanders for her actions, she said: “But you know when you hear something and you just see red, and I saw red for about four days, and then obviously, while I was seeing red, Connor swooped in, so it was just a really bad time.

“And of course you only see the hour out of the 24, so I know I’ve left things on good terms with Tommy, we obviously didn’t have a lot of time on our side.

“Well, I like to think of time as if the essence, we could have been mates. But no, like, it was fine. When you see red like that, someone needs to sit you down and say, girl.”

Continuing, Megan said: “I felt like the girls were seeing where I was coming from, so I think that’s why I got more wound up, because I was like, well if they’re all seeing, why isn’t the gentleman?

“But when you’re in there, emotions are high. When you hear he said, she said stuff, it just winds you up even more.”

‘FIX’ CLAIMS

Megan was dumped last Friday, but following her elimination some fans accused bosses of “fixing” the public dumping, in a bid to get rid of her after all the Conor and Tommy drama.

The Irish star found herself in the bottom three girls, along with then revealed as Shakira, Megan and Toni.

And the bottom three boys in the firing line were Ben, Harry and Remell.

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Shockingly, Megan and Remell received the least votes from the public and were then immediately dumped from the villa.

But Love Island fans came up with a theory about why Megan was the one to be dumped from the villa out of the girls.

They think because of the public turning on Megan over the last few days, bosses were keen to see the Irish beauty leave the villa.

Taking to social media, one said: “I’m guessing the producers didn’t like Megan.

“I bet they wouldn’t have allowed the other Megan to go, had she been bottom.

“Sometimes they let the public votes decide other times they let the Islanders choose… either way it’s very very manipulated.”

Another echoed this “Basically the producers were happy to let Megan go, otherwise they’d have had the Islanders pick.

“They would’ve 100% saved Megan.

“I think they wanted to get rid of her once they saw her unhinged and abusive behaviour.”

CHAOS has erupted in Spain after a passport control “collapsed” at a major holiday airport.

Holidaymakers were seen fighting after endless passenger queues formed at Madrid-Barajas Airport due to overcrowding.

Hundreds of passengers are understood to have missed their flights due to longer wait times.

Spanish Civil Guard were forced to take charge after passengers engaged in minor scuffles.

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