Blacklion
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Olivia O’Toole added to Outstanding Contribution roll of honour
- Sport
- December 18, 2020, 14:42
It was a few years back that Olivia O’Toole recalled mentoring a new arrival in the Irish senior football squad. “I was sitting with her having dinner(...)

Neven Maguire’s Midweek Meals: Quick and easy meals for the family
- Food & Drink
- September 26, 2020, 06:00
The chef on his social media cooking videos, lockdown life and his new cookbook of midweek meals When chef and TV personality Neven Maguir(...)

Deferred college applicants: ‘It feels like my points are near worthless’
- Education
- September 7, 2020, 20:39
Until recently Joshua Kempton was confident that the 523 points he achieved in the Leaving Cert two years ago was more than enough to study engineerin(...)

Land of the giants: A wander through Cavan’s heartland
- Ireland
- August 29, 2020, 06:00
About 20 feet away, two “fishermen” float by in an inflatable boat. I say “fishermen” as having the equipment doesn’t necessarily mean you deserve the(...)

Border policing: Law and disorder in the land of omerta
- Crime & Law
- November 15, 2019, 16:30
Det Insp Pat Marry’s cross-Border investigation began with the discovery of a burning Volkswagen Golf at Ravensdale Forest Park in Co Louth, on the ni(...)

Foodies north and south of Border in for a long-table lunch treat
- Food & Drink
- September 8, 2019, 06:00
Long-table dinners and lunches are nothing new, bringing communal dining to locations from farmyards to orchards, to greenhouses, to one of Cork city’(...)

Should Ireland swap sides after Brexit?
- Motors
- August 4, 2019, 19:15
Back when Brexit was first mooted (ah, remember those halcyon days?) I wrote a piece which suggested that one of the many, unconsidered, consequences (...)

Greystones man charged with 23 counts of theft
- Crime & Law
- July 24, 2019, 17:46
A Co Wicklow man was charged with 23 counts of theft at a Dublin court on Wednesday following an investigation by the State’s corporate law watchdog. (...)

Man who had explosives before 2015 Prince Charles visit jailed
- Circuit Court
- May 11, 2017, 18:58
A man has been convicted of possessing explosives in Co Leitrim days before Prince Charles’s 2015 visit to Ireland . In May 2015 during a four-day vi(...)

Pretty vacant: Empty houses in Blacklion Co Cavan
- Social Affairs
- April 22, 2017, 01:00
It’s Thursday evening, on the day the latest cohort of census data has been released, about housing in Ireland. At Blacklion in Co Cavan, there isn’(...)