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Celebrity: Who had a good 2020 and who had a bad one?
- People
- December 25, 2020, 05:00
Pandemic aside, the year was good to some, and not so good to others Good year: Jacinda Ardern New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ard(...)

Australia’s first national poet – An Irishman’s Diary on Bernard O’Dowd
- Opinion
- November 22, 2020, 17:01
Bernard O’Dowd was Australia’s first national poet. This son of Catholic immigrants from Ulster was born in Australia in 1866. Described as “a radical(...)

Irish country music legend Brian Coll dies at the age of 79
- Irish News
- November 9, 2020, 17:38
The death has occurred of Brian Coll, a stalwart of the Irish country music scene for the last 60 years. Coll (79) died from a heart attack at his h(...)

Death of ‘giant of the left’ Seán Garland marked in Glasnevin
- Social Affairs
- December 18, 2018, 20:35
Séan Garland was “a giant of the left in Ireland”, Workers’ Party ard comhairle member Mickey McCorry said at a memorial service in Dublin’s Glasnevin(...)

Debenhams rushes out trading update after shares drop
- Retail & Services
- September 10, 2018, 18:42
Debenhams rushed out a trading statement on Monday to reassure investors after a sharp share price fall triggered by reports it was considering a fina(...)

Euro stocks snap two-day run as FTSE gets budget boost
- Markets
- November 22, 2017, 18:14
European shares slipped after two days of gains on Wednesday, led by the Dax, which was hit by a bounce in the euro as well as deadlock in attempts to(...)

How the swastika became a Confederate flag
- Opinion
- May 22, 2017, 13:35
The easy-listening white supremacists who surged out of the shadows during the presidential campaign are no less dangerous than their white power surv(...)

How Donald Trump is jolting Silicon Valley politics in unexpected ways
- Business
- March 14, 2016, 09:00
The prospect of a President Donald Trump is rattling Silicon Valley – even if his fellow Republicans can’t find any trace of his campaign there. The (...)

The Clasp by Sloane Crosley: Latching on to love
- Books
- November 7, 2015, 01:00
Raymond Carver called it “smoked-glass prose”, writing that is blurry or not clear in sentiment. It is the downfall of many novice writers, and som(...)

Hewlett-Packard to cut up to 30,000 more jobs worldwide
- Technology
- September 16, 2015, 07:24
Hewlett-Packard, which is splitting into two listed companies later this year, said it expects to cut another 25,000 to 30,000 jobs in its enterprise (...)