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Eight great outdoor activities to try this autumn and winter
- Ireland
- September 25, 2020, 09:00
If you are looking to stay active over the winter months here are a few ideas to get you out the door on a cold day 1. Hike one of Ireland’s waymarke(...)

Election 2020 fact check: Has Fine Gael cut Garda stations and recruitment?
- Politics
- January 31, 2020
Question: Have Fine Gael-led governments since 2011 cut Garda station numbers and cut recruitment into the force? Who is making the claim? During M(...)

Life as an Airbnb host: ‘A stag party had a huge egg fight in our kitchen’
- Homes & Property
- November 2, 2019, 06:00
Who ever would have thought that an air mattress would have the power to change the world? Airbnb was born in San Francisco when two of its founders, (...)

Cycling from Armagh to Portaferry: ‘Could there be a more beautiful border?
- Fitness
- April 30, 2019, 06:01
Trailed two-hundred-and-seventy miles, Fought bitter gales hard, Swum turbulent showers, Blazed freezing chills, And now, I awake in Armagh. Abandone(...)

Searching for salmon using the bar code of life
- Science
- October 25, 2018, 01:16
When Siobhán Atkinson gets into the river Dinin in Co Kilkenny in her waders, she’s on the hunt for wild salmon – the king of fish and a prized specim(...)

Man (60s) dies after car hits ditch in Co Wicklow
- Irish News
- October 22, 2018, 07:59
A man in his 60s has died following a single vehicle crash in Wicklow on Sunday night. The man, who was a passenger in a Toyota Landcruiser died whe(...)

An Post not attacking rural Ireland, chief executive says
- Social Affairs
- August 29, 2018, 08:58
The chief executive of An Post has said he is not attacking rural Ireland but is ensuring the viability of the company. “What we are doing is the opp(...)

Co Down bodyguard who reached K2 summit says he would ‘do it all again’
- Offbeat
- July 26, 2018, 09:08
Co Down climber Noel Hanna (51) who is one of the first Irishmen to survive an ascent of K2 says he would do it all again. Hanna has a habit of that,(...)

Seven steps to realise any goal
- Health & Family
- October 10, 2017, 07:00
August would have been the 77th birthday of my wife’s father, Oliver. Eight of us set out to climb Slieve Donard, an old favourite of his. Ranging fro(...)

Garda report urged Stepaside station reopening despite crime fall in area
- Politics
- September 30, 2017
An increasing population in Stepaside, Co Dublin justifies the reopening of its Garda station despite a significant dip in crime in the area over the (...)