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Independent candidate Sean Gallagher has emerged from nowhere to become a serious contender in the Irish presidential election, according to two opinion polls published last week... Read more...
Parishioners in the County Galway village of Ahascragh gave a standing ovation to Fr Kevin Reynolds on Sunday, as he returned to say mass for the first time since being defamed by an RTE television program Read more...
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Former US president Bill Clinton has offered to host a special summit on investment in Ireland in New York in the near future Read more...
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Plans have been revealed for the biggest tourism initiative ever staged in Ireland, with a global "homecoming" set to take place in 2013 Read more...
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Andy Irvine (Planxty, Mozaik) is in town from his home in Fermanagh for a rare few days of concerts this week, promoting his latest album Abocurragh. We caught up with him on his way up to Maine... Read more...
It's that golden time of year again. A year ago a single rose budded in Mike Farnham's yard... Read more...
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There is something eerily familiar about those crowds protesting on Wall Street that harkens back to the mid-sixties and the anti-Vietnam war demonstrations. They are both mostly white, young college students living off their parents and hygienically challenged... Read more...
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Say her name around Irish alt-music lovers and players and you'll hear a sigh. Hearing I was to interview Lisa Hannigan last month, before her album Passenger came out, Guggenheim Grotto's Kevin May begged for a link... Read more...
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The regional premiere of Acallam na Senorach: "An Irish Colloquy," performed by the Irish Chamber Choir, under the direction of conductor Paul Hillier, will take place at the Alexander Kasser Theater, in Montclair, New Jersey on October 16 at 3pm Read more...
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Ireland had to endure a deflating finish to their Rugby World Cup campaign as tries from Shane Williams, Mike Phillips and Jonathan Davies sent a clinical Wales side through to the semi-finals Read more...
The Republic of Ireland produced the professional performance that was required to defeat Andorra in the Estadi Communal stadium and set up a contest of critical importance at the Aviva Stadium on Tuesday Read more...
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