Manchester City Held To Draw By West Brom

Manchester City Held To Draw By West Brom

Manchester City’s lack of cutting edge proved costly again as they were held to a 1-1 draw by struggling West Brom to remain off the pace at the top of the Premier League. Ilkay Gundogan fired them ahead on the...
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Pedro Neto Scores Late Wolves’ Winner Against Chelsea

Pedro Neto Scores Late Wolves’ Winner Against Chelsea

Pedro Neto’s dramatic injury-time winner stunned Chelsea as they lost 2-1 at Wolves to miss the chance to go top of the Premier League. Daniel Podence cancelled out Olivier Giroud’s opener before Neto hit Chelsea on the break at the...
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Actor Gary Oldman Speaks About Playing The Late John le Carré’s Iconic Character George Smiley in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”

Actor Gary Oldman Speaks About Playing The Late John le Carré’s Iconic Character George Smiley in “Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy”

[John le Carré courtesy: Penguin Books] Q&A by Brad Balfour On Halloween 2020, Scottish actor Sean Connery died at 90 years old. His breakthrough role as British secret agent James Bond established the character and the idea of what was...
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Lines Of Ambulances Form Outside Overloaded Northern Hospitals

Lines Of Ambulances Form Outside Overloaded Northern Hospitals

Queues of ambulances formed outside several hospitals in Northern Ireland as pressure continued to mount on the region’s over-capacity health service. The scenes unfolded as First Minister Arlene Foster participated in a call with other UK political leaders ...
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EU Brings Forward Meeting To Assess Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine

EU Brings Forward Meeting To Assess Pfizer/BioNTech Vaccine

Facing strong pressure from Germany and other EU nations, the European Medicines Agency (EMA) has brought forward a meeting to assess the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to December 21. It brings vaccinations a step closer for millions of EU citizens. The....
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Number Of Redundancies In The North Double In Last Year

Number Of Redundancies In The North Double In Last Year

The number of redundancies proposed in the North has doubled in a year, according to official statistics. There were 10,720 collective redundancies proposed to the end of November. Of these, 10,000 were since March when the coronavirus pandemic took a...
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“Brush” Shiels Went From Skid Row Frontman To A full Solo Career

“Brush” Shiels Went From Skid Row Frontman To A full Solo Career

Irish musician Brendan Francis “Brush” Shiels from County Dublin, is best known for being the front man of Gary Moore‘s first band, Skid Row. An Irish blues rocker of the late ’60s and early ’70s, it was based in Dublin and fr...
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Late “White Christmas” Star Rosemary Clooney’s Seasonal Revival

Late “White Christmas” Star Rosemary Clooney’s Seasonal Revival

With the holiday season in mind, the song and film White Christmas is also ever-present. That and the fact that her nephew George is starring in a new film, the late Rosemary Clooney makes her presence know once again. In...
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Recollections of Late Singer Sean Dunphy Who Went from Dublin to Nashville and Back

Recollections of Late Singer Sean Dunphy Who Went from Dublin to Nashville and Back

Memories by Paddy McCarthy I had the pleasure of meeting the late Sean Dunphy on my own travels in the music business. Memories of him have come to mind but, that was quite a while ago. In the late ’70s,...
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Dáil Vote On EU-Canada Free Trade Deal Postponed Until 2021

Dáil Vote On EU-Canada Free Trade Deal Postponed Until 2021

A contentious vote on an EU-Canada free trade deal will be deferred until the New Year after two Green Party TDs indicated they would not vote with the Government on the issue. The Green Party sought a postponement of a...
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