Doha
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Brendan Boyce walks the walk in searing heat of Doha
- Other Sports
- September 30, 2019, 01:00
Preparing without fail for sweltering heat and humidity is one thing; enduring it without fail for over four hours is something else, and Brendan Boyc(...)

Doha World Championships present unique challenges
- Other Sports
- September 25, 2019, 06:00
“It will be a little bit different to London alright,” says Pierce O’Callaghan, gently addressing some of the fears and concerns surrounding the World(...)

Mark English’s late invite to Doha raises questions over IAAF qualifying process
- Other Sports
- September 22, 2019, 20:00
An eleventh-hour invite – or seven-day advance notice – will see Mark English in Doha for the start of the World Athletics Championships this Friday,(...)

Iran meeting may indicate UAE’s intention to distance itself from Saudis
- Middle East
- August 6, 2019, 18:30
Emirati and Iranian border and coast guard commanders have met for the first time in six years in Tehran to boost maritime co-operation in the Strait (...)

Afghan candidate made his will, then survived a car bomb
- Asia-Pacific
- July 30, 2019, 18:53
Even before he received specific intelligence about an attempt planned on his life, Amrullah Saleh had a feeling they were coming for him soon. So he (...)

On November 23rd, 2010, French football icon Michel Platini arrived at the Elysée Palace for lunch with president Nicolas Sarkozy and found he was not(...)

‘I don’t plan on returning to teach in Ireland in the current climate’
- Abroad
- June 8, 2019, 00:00
Repton, a British curriculum private school aimed at children of affluent expatriates, lies close to Abu Dhabi’s new waterfront of soaring residential(...)

Israel-style youth trip could attract Irish diaspora to visit Ireland
- Abroad
- May 15, 2019, 22:04
The introduction of an education tourism project which would see members of the Irish diaspora visit Ireland on a month long, State-sponsored trip sho(...)

Think Commonwealth can save Brexit Britain? That’s utter delusion
- UK
- March 12, 2019, 21:24
I’m struck, as the British parliament moves towards the endgame on Brexit, with the number of times Australia, Canada, New Zealand and India have been(...)

Afghan women speak out: don’t trade away our rights
- Asia-Pacific
- March 1, 2019, 17:08
It was a rare sight, even after 18 years of progress in Afghanistan: more than 700 women from across the country, gathered to send an unequivocal mess(...)