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The Irish couple who became digital nomads in their 50s
- Abroad
- April 16, 2018, 10:00
Married to an Austrian, having lived abroad (in France and Austria) since 2002, and with family members scattered around the globe, I long ago switche(...)

In 2014, as evidence mounted about the harmful effects of diesel exhaust on human health, scientists in an Albuquerque, New Mexico, laboratory conduct(...)

10 of the best Christmas markets in Europe
- Travel
- December 2, 2017, 00:00
Vienna The Viennese have been holding Christmas markets since 1298 so they know how to do it. Of the 20 or so to choose from, the best sits in front (...)

The emigrant who’s walking 2,500km home to Ireland
- Abroad
- July 24, 2017, 11:00
The idea for The Long Walk Home, a 2,500km trek from my adopted home near Graz in Austria to my native home in Keady, Co Armagh, featured in many a la(...)

Austrian hospital fined €90,000 over baby mix-up in 1990
- Europe
- June 12, 2017, 20:15
An Austrian hospital has been ordered to pay €90,000 in damages for mixing up two babies nearly 30 years ago, even though one remains unidentified. D(...)

Irish skiers claim four more medals at Special Olympics
- Irish News
- March 23, 2017, 19:42
Irish skiers claimed four more medals on Thursday at the Special Olympics World Winter Games in Austria. On the final day of competition, Team Irelan(...)

Lough Boora among ‘best sculpture parks in Europe’
- Visual Art
- September 8, 2016, 15:38
Lough Boora Discovery Park is a well-kept secret, though, perhaps, not for much longer. The Guardian tasked Arenike Adebajo with picking some of Euro(...)

New Toyota Supra and BMW Z5 to be built Austria
- Motors
- May 16, 2016, 12:01
A local newspaper in Austria is reporting that Magna-Steyr will build the replacement for the BMW Z4 and Toyota’s born-again Supra. About 60,000 of t(...)

‘I never thought I’d be using my cúpla focail so much abroad’
- Generation Emigration
- March 11, 2016, 15:00
I can definitely be counted among the Peig haters of this world, but many moons ago, as a five-foot-nothing blond student travelling alone around Eur(...)