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On Tuesday afternoon, the Viking longship Sea Stallion arrived in Dublin. Accompanied by the tunes of Irish Army No. 1 Band, the ship docked at Custom House Quay in central Dublin Read more...
The North's Social Development Minister Margaret Ritchie last week challenged the UDA to begin decommissioning its weapons. If they did not, she said, the funding provided to the Conflict Transformation Initiative (CTI) project involving the Ulster Political Research Group would likely end Read more...
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Reaction to Aer Lingus' decision to discontinue services from Shannon to Heathrow Airport from January came fast and furious last week... Read more...
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Consumer Prices in July, as measured by the CPI, increased by 0.3% in the month.
This is the same monthly increase as recorded in July of last year Read more...
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Sometimes names can be misleading. In military and administrative parlance, The Go Team is group of individuals 'which responds to aircraft accidents and other transportation-related catastrophes, consists of trained, experienced and professional accident investigators who are ready at a moment's notice to respond to an aircraft accident or any other major accident.' Read more...
Sinead O'Connor has been sharing her opinion once again, this time regarding the slightly eschewed version of Christianity practiced by George W Bush... Read more...
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On August 1st, acclaimed Irish singer, songwriter and storyteller Tommy Makem finally succumbed to the lung cancer that had plagued him for some time, bringing to an end an entertainment career that spanned the globe for more than five decades. He was 74... Read more...
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Much has been made of Barry Bonds' breaking the home run record held by Hank Aaron, who supplanted the legendary Babe Ruth. But how many people know the name of the man who Ruth replaced as baseball's all-time home run king? Read more...
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Seamus Burke took maximum points at Rally West Virginia boosting his bid to retain the United States Rally championship title. Round five of the USRC would take place in the high hills of the Mountain state... Read more...
This very entertaining all-singing, all-dancing quarterfinal clash in a packed Croke Park can be summarised as follows - Derry won the first quarter, Dublin won the second and third quarters while Derry were the dominant team in the final quarter Read more...
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