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President Mary McAleese may have another 12 months left in Áras an Uachtaráin but already the race to succeed her is gathering pace... Read more...
Irish author Emma Donoghue is one of six authors who have been shortlisted for this year's Man Booker Prize for her novel "Room"... Read more...
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The bank that led the way in Ireland's reckless lending has been told by the government that it will never lend another cent... Read more...
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Dublin's new Convention Centre, which opened for business last week, has already secured 150 events, providing a much-needed boost of over €110m to the Irish economy Read more...
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Ten for the price of one? Just about! If you go to a first run movie and buy popcorn and coke - you're right at twenty dollars. On Friday, you can see ten shorts at the Wee Craic Festival at 7 pm. Not only that, you'll be done in an hour or so - the after party starts at 8... Read more...
Though it has lost some of its luster in recent times, the Mercury Music Prize remains big news on the right hand side of the Atlantic, and last week, English band, XX beat out names like Paul Weller and Dizzee Rascal to claim this year's award, with their eponymous debut album Read more...
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Of course, in this benighted country that probably produces more hard-necked chancers per head of population than any other country in Europe (a completely unscientific study, coming only from my own observations, although I have my hand out for a grant if there is one going) it is difficult to put one gouger above another... Read more...
Koran burning and Ground Zero mosques dominated the 9th anniversary of the most vicious attack by foreigners in our nation's history. It also generated much inane commentary by notables who should have known better... Read more...
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You know, we could just go overboard with the superlatives and the County Meath references (folk down Navan, Kells and Trim-way will tell you they go hand-in-hand anyway) when describing Irish comedian Tommy Tiernan, or indeed, we could just let the man himself get a word in... Read more...
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What a great party I was at last Wednesday in Ireland House, this time to mark Marie Fullington's retirement. It was a blast as a lot of her old friends and colleagues turned up to wish her well and toast her for all the good work she has done down through the years for Tourism Ireland... Read more...
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The Scarlets made hard work of it on a sunny Saturday afternoon but deep into injury-time, they managed to turn what looked like a second successive defeat into a bonus point victory courtesy of a Sean Lamont try... Read more...
Everton scored twice in stoppage time to snatch a dramatic 3-3 draw at home to Manchester United... Read more...
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