Legendary Irish Musician Mick Moloney Dies, Aged 77

Legendary Irish Musician Mick Moloney Dies, Aged 77

Legendary Irish musician Mick Moloney has died, aged 77. Hailing from Limerick, Ireland, he began playing tenor banjo at 16 years of age. As a teenager he listened to American folksingers and especially enjoyed the music of the Weavers and...
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Quarter Of Children In Dublin Are Deficient In Vitamin D

Quarter Of Children In Dublin Are Deficient In Vitamin D

One in four children in Dublin is deficient in vitamin D, a new Trinity College study has found. The research also showed the proportion of children with vitamin D deficiency increased to one in three children in disadvantaged areas. Higher...
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On Average Only 9% Of Irish Have Received Second Covid-19 Booster

On Average Only 9% Of Irish Have Received Second Covid-19 Booster

The average percentage of people who have received a second Covid-19 booster vaccine is almost 9 per cent across the Republic’s Local Electoral Areas (LEAs), new figures show. Data released by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) reveals that the average...
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Coalition Fails To Reach Agreement On Climate Emissions Targets

Coalition Fails To Reach Agreement On Climate Emissions Targets

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said “it is not easy” to decide what level of climate emissions targets should be imposed on each sector, after the three coalition leaders failed to reach an agreement on Tuesday night. Speaking on his way into...
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Irish Coast Guard And RNLI Respond To Over 1,100 Incidents So Far This Year

Irish Coast Guard And RNLI Respond To Over 1,100 Incidents So Far This Year

The Irish Coast Guard and RNLI have been tasked to 1,100 incidents so far this year. The Coast Guard coordinated the response to 1,500 incidents including inland, coastal and offshore, with volunteer units attending more than 1,100 incidents. One was...
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Victims Of Claudy Bombing Have Been ‘Continually Failed’ By Justice System

Victims Of Claudy Bombing Have Been ‘Continually Failed’ By Justice System

The family of a mother-of-eight killed in the bombing of Claudy said she and the other victims have been “continually failed” by the justice system over 50 years. No-one has ever been brought to justice for the attack which claimed...
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Twenty-Six Deaths Linked To Covid-19 In The Last Week In The North

Twenty-Six Deaths Linked To Covid-19 In The Last Week In The North

Twenty-six deaths linked to Covid-19 have been recorded in Northern Ireland in the latest weekly update. The fatalities, in the week ending July 15th, take the total number of coronavirus-linked deaths recorded by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research A...
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Lisa Smith Sentenced To 15 Months In Prison For Membership Of Islamic State

Lisa Smith Sentenced To 15 Months In Prison For Membership Of Islamic State

Former Irish soldier Lisa Smith has been sentenced to 15 months in prison for being a member of the so-called Islamic State (IS) terror group. The 40-year-old ex-Defense Forces member was found guilty in May of IS membership but was...
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Northern Ireland Secretary Determined To Avoid New Stormont Elections In The Fall

Northern Ireland Secretary Determined To Avoid New Stormont Elections In The Fall

Northern Ireland Secretary Shailesh Vara said he is determined to avoid a fresh Stormont election in the autumn. He stressed that he is not afraid to take tough decisions and that the option of cutting MLAs’ pay is “on the...
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Ireland Expanding Program For Cardiac Patients To Have Virtual Consultations

Ireland Expanding Program For Cardiac Patients To Have Virtual Consultations

A project that sees hospital consultants carry out virtual consultations with cardiac patients is to be rolled out across Ireland in an effort to shorten long waiting lists and ease pressure on emergency departments. Health Minister Stephen Donnelly made the.....
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