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This past week has seen mixed progress on the road towards a restoration of devolved government in the North. Read more...
The British government has confirmed that the Secretary of State Peter Hain will be meeting with Dermot Ahern, the Irish Minister for Foreign Affairs. Read more...
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On Monday Ryanair revealed the details of its plans for a hostile takeover of rivals Aer Lingus, releasing a 125-page document that outlined the offer to shareholders in the airline Read more...
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Micheál Martin T.D, Minister for Enterprise Trade and Employment last Friday completed a four-day Enterprise Ireland trade mission to Canada Read more...
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If you were to somehow inadvertently find yourself in the middle of the rolling maul that typifies a Klaxons' gig, you could be easily forgiven for thinking that you had somehow slipped through some kind of wormhole and had been transported back in time to 1987 Read more...
Muse frontman, Matt Bellamy has caused some controversy by sharing his conspiracy-driven opinions on 9/11 in an interview with CMU last week Read more...
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As St. Patrick and later missionaries spread Christianity across Ireland, they encouraged the converts to give up their pagan holidays such as Samhain. Pope Gregory I issued an edict to his missionaries that rather than making pagan worshippers renounce their practices totally, they should allow the native observances to be incorporated into Christianity Read more...
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Das Boot, The Hunt for Red October, and many other Hollywood blockbusters from the depths of the ocean have been spawned from one of the most revolutionary developments in man's quest for superior weaponry - the submarine. Read more...
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A last minute goal superbly taken by Leinster's Joe Sheridan broke the match deadlock crashing any Connacht hopes of their first title since 1969 and securing for Leinster their second Interprovincial title in succession Read more...
In Boston on Sunday, the boys from the Glens of Antrim won their 5th Ulster hurling title in a row this time wining historically on foreign soil and did so empathetically running out easy winners over an outclassed new York outfit Read more...
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