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A large crater caused by a bomb destroyed part of the main Belfast to Dublin railway line close to Newry on June 30, 2000. The bomb was thought to have been the work of the dissident republican terrorist group the Real IRA. Photograph: AP Photo/Peter Morrison
IRA bomb on Dublin-Belfast line could have been ‘disastrous’

An IRA bomb that exploded on the tracks of the Dublin to Belfast railway could have had “disastrous” consequences if a different train had been in ser(...)

A file image of a group of harpists taking part in an open air concert on the Samuel Beckett Bridge in Dublin. Unesco has recognised Irish harping as part of the world’s ‘living heritage’. Photograph: Matt Kavanagh/The Irish Times.
Irish harping joins hurling, Uilleann piping on Unesco living heritage list

Unesco has recognised Irish harping as part of the world’s “living heritage” and added it to a list that seeks to safeguard and raise awareness of cul(...)

Pedestrians walking over Ha’penny Bridge, the main access point to the touristic area of Temple Bar. Photograph: iStock
Dirty, dreary, expensive, nothing to do: British parents give their verdict on Dublin

Dublin is drab, expensive and with very little to do for a city purporting to be a major tourism destination, according to readers of one of Britain’s(...)

Cork Jazz Festival: this year’s festival was organised without an overall director. Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney
Cork Jazz Festival fails to move with the times
  • Music
  • October 19, 2019, 05:00

Jazz is improvised music, but looking at the programme for this year’s Guinness Cork Jazz Festival, there may be more improvisation happening off-stag(...)

Luggala: sale price is believed to be significantly less than the €28 million asking price
Campaigners urge new Luggala owner to keep public access to land

Campaigners for countryside rambling rights have called on the new owner of Luggala to allow continued public access to parts of the Co Wicklow estate(...)

Jazz name: the New York pianist Fred Hersch is among the headliners at the 2019 Guinness Cork Jazz Festival
Aslan at Cork Jazz Festival? Where’s the jazz?
  • Music
  • July 5, 2019, 06:30

This week’s news of the headline acts for Guinness Cork Jazz Festival has prompted concern that the event is once more moving away from its roots just(...)

Multi-can packs will be replaced with cardboard packs, which are sustainably sourced, recyclable and fully biodegradable. Photograph: Naoise Culhane/PA Wire
Guinness removes plastic packaging from beer packs

Guinness is to introduce 100 per cent recyclable and biodegradable cardboard to replace plastic from its beer packaging, including the plastic ring ca(...)

Younger US consumers are cutting back on alcohol consumption and eschewing beer as they count carbs. Photograph: iStock
Attention millennials: Guinness isn’t a heavy beer

Attention millennials: Guinness isn’t a heavy beer. That’s the message that the alcohol giant Diageo is trying to hammer home in the US as it seeks t(...)

The beloved black stuff is head and shoulders above all other Irish brands
Guinness still the most valuable Irish brand with Baileys the strongest

Guinness remains the Republic of Ireland’s most valuable brand, due in part to its ability to innovate with new beers and its continued success at mar(...)

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