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Anne Gibney (56), originally from Dublin, on the road in Croatia
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(...)

10 monkeys and a rigged Beetle: Inside VW’s campaign for ‘clean diesel’

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

The Christmas market in Krakow takes place in the mammoth central square, Rynek Glowny, in the middle of its atmospheric Old Town.
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 (...)

Eamonn Donnelly (right) and his friend Sepp Tieber-Kessler are walking 2,500km from Austria to Armagh to raise awareness for dementia research.
The emigrant who’s walking 2,500km home to Ireland

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(...)

University Hospital Graz cast doubt on whether the mix-up happened there
Austrian hospital fined €90,000 over baby mix-up in 1990

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(...)

Co Armagh’s Cyril Walker was presented with his silver medal by Special Olympics ambassador Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Irish skiers claim four more medals at Special Olympics

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 Discovery Park, Co Offaly
Lough Boora among ‘best sculpture parks in Europe’

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(...)

Toyota’s FT1 concept, which showcases the firm’s new Supra
New Toyota Supra and BMW Z5 to be built Austria

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(...)

Anne Gibney: ‘Irish has suddenly become cool, at least in this corner of Austria.’
‘I never thought I’d be using my cúpla focail so much abroad’

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(...)