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Panicking politicians and officials ran in terror from the Northern Ireland Assembly building at Stormont last Friday, after notorious loyalist killer Michael Stone burst into the building waving a gun and a bag in which he said was a bomb Read more...
On Monday Labour announced that they would reduce all adult bus fares in Dublin to €1 and child-fares to 50 cents if they formed part of a government after the next election Read more...
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On Saturday The Minister for Social Affairs, Séamus Brennan T.D., announced that the Government would be spending €27 million to fund the extension of Maternity Benefit entitlements from the current 22 weeks to 26 weeks from early next year Read more...
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Ireland must develop and implement a new national health research strategy as a matter of urgency, according to a new report last week... Read more...
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As this year draws to a close, the thoughts of music fans are beginning to turn to those acts destined to make the biggest splash next year as punters seek to get ahead of the curve so that they can tell their friends: 'Oh yeah, I was into them way back when.' Read more...
There's an absolute overload of movies in the theatres right now, and despite my best intentions I am starting to get caught up in the rush to see some of the bigger ones, or at least some of the ones that are being vaunted for the Oscars Read more...
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Many people would agree that you can't beat a good Irish stew. Full of meat, potatoes, onions, carrots, parsley and a maelstrom of other random and surprising ingredients, it's as evocative of Ireland as a pint of Guinness Read more...
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Our esteemed editor wanted to know why I was going to write about undoing the damage a week before I wrote about the partying that causes the damage in the first place. Easy peasy... Read more...
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On the back of what was an enriching, merited win by the Irish rugby team over their Australian counterparts in dripping Dublin last Sunday, it is worth reflecting back on the last traditional fixture to have been played at the storied old ground of Lansdowne Road prior to the entry of the wrecking balls Read more...
Looking forward to the Boston GAA All Star Banquet this weekend we take time out to talk a bit with a player and a manager about the annual awards and the central role of the home based player in keeping the GAA flame alight in Boston and indeed across America Read more...
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