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‘There is so much to do here especially in the summer when there are festivals and open-air cinemas in the Plaza España’
There are lots of museums and exhibitions and there is so much to do here especially in the summer when there are so many ...
Derry’s Anton Tohill on mental health and sport: ‘The biggest wake up call for me was Red Óg’
Derry midfielder was close to Red Óg Murphy in Australia and now gives GPA mental health workshops to GAA clubs ...
Driving tests: Average wait for learners rises to 24 weeks with no-shows ‘clogging up’ the system
Road safety group renews criticism over unaccompanied learners and those renewing permits without sitting tests ...
If Warfare’s not an anti-war film, what is? Apocalypse Now? Don’t make me laugh
Most sensible people might be anti-war, but just as many are in favour of certain wars. And pacifism just doesn’t make for ...
‘Many are delighted to see a lay person present’: Growing numbers of laity helping out with ministry in Catholic churches
Peter McLoughlin has conducted a funeral for a relative in Co Tipperary as the priest was on leave. He “led the prayers alone ...
‘This is for everyone’: Rory McIlroy transcends orange-green divide in all-island game of golf
Since 2010, he has carried out post-election surveys of identity in the North. The most recent, undertaken after the UK ...
Painter Francis Bacon’s childhood home on the market in Dublin for €1.6m
Number 63 Baggot Street, in the heart of the city’s Georgian core, was the childhood home of the painter Francis Bacon. Over ...
The New Yorker at 100: this eclectic magazine is a lucky bag of intellect
New Yorker comes with its fabulous cargo of reportage, fiction, memoir, graphic art, poetry and some eclectic pieces that ...
Trump and the Irish tech bros: How the ‘crypo president’ is winning over Silicon Valley
US president’s supportive moves on crypto-currency may appeal to Stripe’s Collison brothers and Intercom boss Eoghan McCabe ...
Ireland now: anxious, jumpy and no country for young men or women
Despite full employment, a new survey suggests Irish people are increasingly concerned about the economic outlook ...
Hotels will not be so hospitable to tax proposals
Much as with any industry, Dublin’s hotels are unlikely to be too accommodating to any new tax. Talk of their bête noire – ...
Three decades on from the Oklahoma City attack: ‘After that bombing, people joined together for good’
Edye Raines looks from spangle-rimmed sunglasses when asked whether she is the same person now as she was before the Oklahoma City bombing of April 19th, 1995. “Oh, no I’m a different person. People ...