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Leo Varadkar says ‘we have lost our way’ in the decade of centenaries
- Irish News
- December 16, 2020, 12:55
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has suggested that “we have lost our way” in relation to the commemorations marking the decade of centenaries. Mr Varadkar sug(...)

Identity of Auxiliary letter writer admitting burning of Cork revealed after 100 years
- Irish News
- December 12, 2020, 12:44
In the aftermath of the burning of Cork City 100 years ago, the Irish Labour party and the Trade Union Congress published a long pamphlet blaming the (...)

How Terence MacSwiney’s death led to estrangement between his wife and daughter
- Irish News
- October 24, 2020, 12:09
Terence MacSwiney, the Republican martyr, became an enduring symbol of self-sacrifice and stoicism even before he died on hunger strike 100 years ago.(...)

What next for green jersey hero Sam Bennett after toughest of Tours?
- Other Sports
- September 22, 2020, 06:00
Traditionally the only thing as epic as the last day of the Tour de France down the Champs-Élysées is the epic after-party for each of the jersey winn(...)

Born to ride, born to win: Sam Bennett, the making of a green machine
- Other Sports
- September 19, 2020, 06:00
Helen Bennett is standing in the doorway about to say goodbye when her eyes begin to well up. Just thinking about it, stuck in each passing moment, it(...)

A fire death, tenament collapse and a lost WW1 medal; the story of James Murray
- Irish News
- September 12, 2020, 15:46
On June 12th, 1963 a Dublin Corporation tenement building in Fenian Street, Dublin collapsed leading to the death of two young girls who were playing (...)

Sam Bennett a true product of Irish cycling, maybe not a reflection of it
- Other Sports
- September 12, 2020, 06:00
If like me you’ve spent some time this week learning how to pronounce Tadej Pogacar you may also have been delving into the history of Slovenian cycli(...)

Ireland’s Tour de France trio all harbouring stage ambitions
- Other Sports
- August 29, 2020, 06:00
They’re on different teams, at different stages of their career, with different stage winning aspirations, and still the three Irish riders set to sta(...)

Carrier of O’Donnell flame waits as search for Red Hugh continues
- Irish News
- June 1, 2020, 01:35
On many occasions Vincent O’Donnell, a retired primary school teacher from outside Donegal town, has led family members on a melancholy pilgrimage to (...)

Nicolas Roche: ‘For me the Tour in August could be a very good thing’
- Other Sports
- April 9, 2020, 15:48
Nicolas Roche has welcomed the possibility that the Tour de France will be held in August, saying that it will be good for the sport if it does indeed(...)