County of Shropshire
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Spanish ex-king’s lover due to testify in defamation trial
- Europe
- January 14, 2021, 17:15
The former lover of Spain’s retired king Juan Carlos I is due to testify on Friday in a defamation trial stemming from claims of death threats and de(...)

One hundred years ago: The first IRA prisoner dies on hunger strike
- Irish News
- October 17, 2020, 19:27
One hundred years ago today, Michael Fitzgerald, a high-ranking IRA officer, became the first republican to die on hunger strike during the Irish War (...)

Now wash your hands: The Irish soapmaker in England during a pandemic
- Abroad
- October 1, 2020, 11:00
Rosie Casey from Walkinstown in Dublin now lives in Newport, Shropshire, where she makes soap, organic skincare and runs her company Organik Orangutan(...)

Fanny Lye Deliver’d: The dampest spectacle you will see this year
- Film
- June 26, 2020, 05:00
It’s 1657 and rural Shropshire in post-civil war England is a crazy place to be. One mightn’t know as much watching the opening sequence of Fanny Lye (...)

Ricky Tomlinson’s criminal convictions to be re-examined
- TV, Radio, Web
- May 27, 2020, 13:10
The criminal convictions of the British actor Ricky Tomlinson, who starred in the TV comedy The Royle Family, are to be re-examined by UK appeal-court(...)

Star of the ‘Emerald Isle’ – An Irishman’s Diary on William Drennan
- Opinion
- February 3, 2020, 18:15
The phrase “the Emerald Isle” to describe Ireland is well known but what may not be as well known is that the man who is credited with first using the(...)

Missteps in Brexit will be felt for generations, Simon Coveney says
- Irish News
- September 18, 2019, 18:44
Those involved in negotiating the United Kingdom’s exit from the European Union are effectively “writing history”, and missteps made now will be felt (...)

The Irish soap maker ensuring her carbon footprint leaves zero waste
- Abroad
- May 30, 2019, 10:00
Working Abroad Q&A: Rosie Casey, from Walkinstown in Dublin, now lives in Newport in Shropshire, where she works as a handmade(...)

Brexit: English midlands town of Wellington sticks the boot in
- UK
- November 15, 2018, 20:56
“I think they should just get on with it,” said Jo McAllister as she served customers at JP Fruits in the Shropshire market town of Wellington in the (...)

The animal magic of Agas: The ultimate creation for practical living
- Interiors
- September 8, 2018, 00:00
We had over 57 varieties of animals at home when I was growing up. The figure seems extraordinary now but we once did a count. Tiny gerbils, elusive h(...)