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Canned air is no laughing matter
- Innovation
- March 26, 2020, 04:43
It seems to have started as a joke. Two friends decided to fill a small plastic bag with air from a hillside in Canada, and put it on eBay to sell for(...)

The terrible toll of bird collisions with modern buildings
- Science
- February 13, 2020, 00:00
Be it in homes, offices or shopping malls, many are seeking to get closer to nature without having to set foot outdoors. Yet, constructing buildings(...)

Record 33 million passengers at Dublin Airport last year
- Travel
- January 29, 2020, 16:56
Just under 33 million passengers passed through Dublin Airport last year setting a new record for traffic at the airport. All told around 30.7 millio(...)

Dublin ranked the worst city in the world to move to for housing
- Abroad
- December 3, 2019, 09:00
Dublin has been ranked the worst city in the world to find a place to live for expats in a new study published on Tuesday. Ireland’s capital was in l(...)

David McWilliams: Why Irish apartment rents are like the Cuban car market
- Opinion
- September 7, 2019, 06:00
Two years ago, my son spent half his transition year in the Vedado area of Havana, a few miles west of Havana’s extraordinary old city. Havana is a vi(...)

World’s most liveable cities for 2019 revealed
- Abroad
- September 4, 2019, 16:20
Vienna has held off Melbourne to retain the top spot on the Economist Intelligence Unit’s Global Liveability Index for 2019, further strengthening its(...)

Will Norwegian’s Irish exit lead to higher transatlantic airfares?
- Transport & Tourism
- August 14, 2019, 12:30
With the announcement on Tuesday that Norwegian Air was ending its transatlantic routes from Ireland in September, the era of budget airlines flying t(...)

Priest blaming autism on parents has retreat cancelled by Canadian dioceses
- Religion & Beliefs
- June 24, 2019
A Catholic diocese in Canada has cancelled a retreat to be given there next month by Indian priest Fr Dominic Valanmanal who has been preaching that a(...)

Brexit pushes global commodities broker to establish European HQ in Dublin
- Financial Services
- January 23, 2019, 16:00
A global commodities broker headquartered in London will establish its European headquarters in Dublin after having acquired an Irish company. Marex (...)

Dublin Airport passenger figures hit record 31.5m in 2018
- Transport & Tourism
- January 15, 2019, 13:56
A record 31.5 million passengers passed through Dublin Airport last year, a 6 per cent rise year on year. It was the eighth year in a row passenger (...)