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Coronavirus: Argentina becomes fifth country to surpass 1m cases
- World
- October 20, 2020, 07:45
Argentina health officials say the nation has officially surpassed 1 million coronavirus cases, becoming the fifth country to do so. Across Latin Ame(...)

Claire Sheridan still scaling new heights in her passion for adventure
- Other Sports
- October 1, 2020, 06:00
It wasn’t a man who firmly told Clare Sheridan that “girls don’t climb” but actually a fellow female member of the UCD Mountaineering Club. This was (...)

Bananas might hold the key to post-Covid trade
- Agribusiness & Food
- May 22, 2020, 14:15
In the banana plantations of the tropical lowlands of Ecuador, workers are being issued with protective clothing and disinfectant is provided for thei(...)

A Baltinglass soldier on Lake Titicaca – An Irishman’s Diary on Don Juan O’Brien
- Opinion
- May 18, 2020, 19:15
The Isla del Sol, or Island of the Sun, on Lake Titicaca is one of the most important sites in Inca mythology. It lies almost 4,000 metres above sea(...)

Throughout his 78 years, Sé O Hanlon has done a lot. He has raced road bikes, climbed mountains in two continents and until recently went rock climbin(...)

The Offload: James Cronin case not the first time we’ve heard of prednisolone
- Rugby
- April 27, 2020, 09:00
To paraphrase Hunter Thompson ‘We had just finished the warm-up when the prednisolone began to take hold.’ Time to play. Pain free. Where had we hea(...)

Have a green Christmas – gift ideas for the sustainable shopper
- Consumer
- December 2, 2019, 02:06
Happy Cyber Monday everybody! And belated happy Black Friday. Oh and is it time for the winter sales yet? While Christmas has long been a time of ov(...)

The woman who should have got Alzheimer’s by 50, but didn’t
- Health & Family
- November 10, 2019, 06:01
The woman’s genetic profile showed she would develop Alzheimer’s by the time she turned 50. She, like thousands of her relatives, going back generati(...)

Learning the art of travel conversation
- Travel
- February 23, 2019, 06:00
For me, one of the most surprising things about travelling is how boring some of the conversations you wind up having can be. With locals and fellow b(...)

Get soulful on the slopes this season
- Food & Drink
- December 1, 2018, 01:00
Ski & Soul This winter season, Le Grand Bellevue, Gstaad, is set to introduce a new Ski & Soul package. Combining active outdoor mountain pur(...)