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Harvey Weinstein reports earn Pulitzer Prize for public service
- Culture
- April 16, 2018, 20:46
The New York Times and the New Yorker have won the Pulitzer Prize for public service for their reporting on Harvey Weinstein and sexual misconduct tha(...)

Milky Way’s centre ‘contains thousands of black holes’
- Science
- April 4, 2018, 20:54
A new study points to evidence of thousands of black holes at the centre of our galaxy, the Milky Way. The idea that a plethora of smaller black hole(...)

Julia Kristeva was a communist agent, Bulgaria claims
- Europe
- March 28, 2018, 18:25
Renowned Bulgarian psychoanalyst and philosopher Julia Kristeva, who has lived in France since the mid-1960s, worked as an agent and collaborator wit(...)

Finland happiest country in the world as Ireland ranks 14th
- People
- March 15, 2018, 06:39
Happy are the people of the Nordic nations, happier, in fact, than anyone else in the world. And the overall happiness of a country is almost identica(...)

Philip Lane: From star pupil to ECB hopeful with Nobel potential
- Economy
- February 16, 2018, 06:00
Trinity College Dublin economics professor John O’Hagan didn’t think much of it when he hadn’t heard in weeks from the third-year student he’d hired i(...)

Philip Lane wins strong backing for ECB vice-presidency position
- Economy
- February 15, 2018, 13:44
The governor of the Central Bank Philip Lane won strong backing for his candidacy for the vice-presidency of the European Central Bank from MEPs (...)

Spanish minister faces resistance to being appointed to ECB role
- Economy
- February 2, 2018, 13:43
Spanish economy minister Luis de Guindos, the longtime frontrunner to become the next vice president of the European Central Bank, is facing some resi(...)

Ursula K Le Guin, acclaimed fantasy and science fiction writer, is dead at 88
- Books
- January 24, 2018, 19:13
Ursula K Le Guin, the immensely popular author who brought literary depth and a tough-minded feminist sensibility to science fiction and fantasy with (...)

Dublin turning into third Heathrow runway as traffic grows
- Transport & Tourism
- January 19, 2018, 05:42
International Airlines Group chief executive Willie Walsh is having a go at Heathrow airport over costs and spending. The airport charges at Heathrow (...)

It was already past midnight on Thursday when the news arrived in Norway: A day after meeting with Norway’s prime minister in Washington, President Do(...)