71 m. ago John Simpson: ‘It’s been great to watch how Ireland went from a pretty backward country to a real powerhouse in Europe’

John Simpson: ‘It’s been great to watch how Ireland went from a pretty backward country to a real powerhouse in Europe’  The Irish Times

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10 h. ago Carer who died in house fire was a 'son, brother, partner, friend and rock'

Mr Kelly (31) died alongside Sunny Jacobs (76) when a fire broke out at her cottage at Gleannicmurrin in Casla on Wednesday morning

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10 h. ago Cork beat Limerick on penalties to win dramatic Munster final

Cork are the Munster SHC champions for the first time in seven years after putting their 16-point defeat to Limerick last month well and truly behind in a historic final in TUS Gaelic Grounds

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11 h. ago Ireland Crowned the World’s Most Scenic Country with Majestic Cliffs Lush Countryside and Pristine Beaches Just an Hour Away from the UK

Ireland Crowned the World’s Most Scenic Country with Majestic Cliffs Lush Countryside and Pristine Beaches Just an Hour Away from the UK  Travel And Tour World

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11 h. ago Carer who died in Galway house fire was a 'son, brother, partner, friend and rock', funeral hears

Kevin Kelly (31) died alongside Sunny Jacobs (76) when a fire broke out at her cottage at Gleannicmurrin in Casla on Wednesday morning.

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21 h. ago This stunning Sligo cottage could be your ideal country home

The detached family home sits on a beautifully maintained site surrounded by nature. The views here are breathtaking, with the majestic Benbulben and Glencar mountains forming a dramatic backdrop.

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25 h. ago Life in a Trump stronghold in Virginia: ‘Most people just see those of us who live in Appalachia as hick’

Southwest Virginia, which Barbara Kingsolver put on the literary map, is poor but also beautiful and friendly, with a rich cultural heritage

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39 h. ago Total of 120 new garda recruits sworn in at ceremony in Templemore

The new Garda members will now be assigned by the Commissioner to Garda Divisions throughout the country where they will begin their careers in An Garda Síochána.

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41 h. ago We are everywhere Rhonda Doyle, Schneider Electric Ireland Country President

We are everywhere Rhonda Doyle, Schneider Electric Ireland Country President - Irish Tech News  Irish Tech News

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45 h. ago Unruly behaviour of Longford passenger on Sligo to Dublin train led to multiple Garda complaints

Unruly behaviour of Longford passenger on Sligo to Dublin train led to multiple Garda complaints  Longford Leader

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46 h. ago Gloomy weekend for much of the country as Met Éireann forecasts widespread rain

But there is some cause for optimism at the end of the month.

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48 h. ago US judge blocks Trump's latest ban on foreign students at Harvard

A proclamation issued by the White House sought to bar most new international students at the university from entering the country.

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50 h. ago Kevin Barry: ‘You can almost fool yourself into thinking there’s no class system in rural Ireland’

The author on writing, living in the Sligo countryside and how digitalisation is warping our sense of reality

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65 h. ago ECB cuts interest rates to 2% in good news for mortgage holders and first

Ireland is the fifth most expensive country in the eurozone for mortgages.

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66 h. ago Heimir Hallgrimsson believes Senegal’s ‘massive physicality’ ideal for big Ireland tests to come

Heimir Hallgrimsson believes Senegal’s ‘massive physicality’ ideal for big Ireland tests to come  The Irish Independent

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3 d. ago From a phone call down by the river to a sea of online abuse

Country Living with Francis Farragher IDO have a confession to make . . . I’m in love . . . and it’s an affair that started many years ago down by the Abbert River. Like thousands of other people across the country at the turn of the Millenium, my first mobile phone had been purchased […] The post From a phone call down by the river to a sea of online abuse appeared first on Connacht Tribune - Galway City Tribune.

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3 d. ago Lorcan Sirr: Ireland is like the paradox of Schrödinger’s cat: a wet country that has too little water

We also have more than 15,500 homeless people and 160,000 vacant homes

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3 d. ago Eoin Morgan is just one example of why national identities are complex questions

Instead of insisting players represent only the country of their birth, perhaps we should grant them some leeway

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3 d. ago Who is more Irish, Conor McGregor or his fellow Crumlin native Roberto Lopes?

It is time to stop insisting footballers play for only one country even if they could be eligible for more

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3 d. ago Here are the vacant and derelict buildings around Ireland that councils asked ABP to CPO in May

Three councils sought to CPO three houses across the country last month.

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