42 m. ago The Weekend Run with Liam Gaskin — Ireland's Ancient East and Tony Toner's most memorable ride

The Weekend Run with Liam Gaskin — Ireland's Ancient East and Tony Toner's most memorable ride  Extra.ie

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78 m. ago Sitdown Sunday: Two reporters cold called Donald Trump. He picked up

Settle down in a comfy chair with some of the week’s best longreads.

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3 h. ago €2,000 refund for teaching graduates may just go towards their flight to Australia

Ireland's schools are facing a polycrisis

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3 h. ago ‘Tariffs’ is about to become the excuse for absolutely everything we don’t like

My vote for the next pet peeve to be thrown into the semantic black hole of ‘tariff’ would be the hidden fees we pay on everything in the app economy

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4 h. ago Trio of Galway secondary school students gear up for National Student Enterprise Finals

A trio of teenage entrepreneurs will attempt to do their county proud when they represent Galway at this year’s Student Enterprise Programme National Final next Thursday, May 8, in Mullingar. Katelyn Hyland from Holy Rosary College, Mountbellew, and Niamh Ryan and Aoife Cleary from High Cross College in Tuam emerged as winners in the Senior […] The post Trio of Galway secondary school students gear up for National Student Enterprise Finals appeared first on Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune.

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4 h. ago Barna / Furbo community tells its own history in words and photos

The parish of Barna/Furbo hosted what it called a Fáilte Isteach event last weekend – on the theme of a community stroll down Memory Lane. The exhibition showcased fascinating photographs and written articles of local historical interest, past school groups and social and sports events. Divided into a series of themed rooms, each dedicated to […] The post Barna / Furbo community tells its own history in words and photos appeared first on Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune.

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7 h. ago Surge in US students looking to study in Ireland amid ongoing Trump attacks on third

Surge in US students looking to study in Ireland amid ongoing Trump attacks on third-level institutions  The Irish Independent

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13 h. ago What if Ireland had a power blackout? A leading emergency expert tells us how you could prepare

Following mass blackouts on the Iberian peninsula, Dr Caroline McMullan told us how to best prepare to emergencies.

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13 h. ago Trump draws ire of US bishops with AI image of himself as pope ahead of papal conclave

‘There is nothing funny or clever about this, Mr President. Do not mock us,’ say Catholic leaders

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14 h. ago Opinion: Irish people being against immigration is like Brazilian people being against football

Peter Flanagan examines the tensions in Ireland around immigration and asks us not to blame migrants for our own shortcomings.

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14 h. ago Trump draws criticism with AI image of himself as pope ahead of papal conclave

A group representing Catholic bishops in the US said: ‘There is nothing funny or clever about this, Mr President. Do not mock us.’

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23 h. ago Donald Trump claim of top US role in second World War ‘pretentious nonsense’

US president posted on Truth Social that ‘nobody was close to’ US in strength, bravery, or ‘military brilliance’ in both world wars

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24 h. ago Russian attack on Kharkiv wounds 47 as Zelenskyy says Trump's views have evolved since Vatican meeting

The attacks came hours after Russian strikes on the southern city of Zaporizhzhia wounded more than 20 people.

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24 h. ago Australians vote in election shaped by living costs, climate anxiety and Trump

Voters are choosing between left-leaning incumbent Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and conservative challenger Peter Dutton.

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25 h. ago US to stage military parade in Washington on June 14, which coincides with Trump's birthday

‘If military tanks were used they should be accompanied with many millions of dollars to repair the roads,’ said Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser.

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26 h. ago Australians go to the polls in election shaped by living costs, climate anxiety and Trump

Voters are choosing between left-leaning incumbent Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and conservative challenger Peter Dutton.

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27 h. ago Donald Trump should kill off the myth of the first 100 days for good

Start of Trump's second presidency has been a dark parody of Roosevelt’s. And it remains far too early to guess at what the long-term institutional consequences will be

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27 h. ago Strong US jobs data likely to mean further Trump pressure on Fed to cut rates

Latest data shows few signs of tariffs' impact as of yet

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27 h. ago In The Settlers, Louis Theroux does something we have rarely seen him do in 30 years of TV

Louis Theroux has encountered such people before but they have tended to be fringe propositions with no real power. The Israeli settler movement is different

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28 h. ago Enda Kenny’s life and times offer five lessons for today’s politicians

A perennial rule of politics comes to mind for former Fine Gael leader

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