Labrador
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Dog days – Colm Keena on Lenny, the lockdown Labrador
- Opinion
- April 5, 2021, 17:30
The inclination some humans have for anthropomorphising their household pets is one of those traits that used to make me wonder about the species. Bu(...)
Litter of corgis stolen as demand soars during lockdown
- Irish News
- March 4, 2021, 15:02
A litter of six cardigan corgi puppies have been stolen from the home of a breeder in Co Kilkenny. Marie Butler runs boarding kennels in Grovine with(...)
Manchester City give Chelsea and Lampard a lesson
- English Soccer
- January 3, 2021, 21:34
With 43 minutes gone at Stamford Bridge, Phil Foden could be seen gliding through the debris, the ruined city walls of Chelsea’s right flank. There w(...)
Irish vet in Australia: I look at this wombat, snoring on my chest, the last I’ll raise
- Abroad
- February 24, 2020, 06:10
Sitting here on the verandah looking out over the forest and rising moon, that recent drop of rain has the place looking a bit green, which is unusual(...)
How to turn racists’ genetic arguments against them
- Innovation
- February 13, 2020, 04:35
It was funny once. The perfectly square bit of dirt on the window. The shocked reactions of Craggy Island’s Chinese community. The local farmer who do(...)
Emigrant Christmases: ‘I miss home but I’ll whack on The Pogues and have a drink’
- Abroad
- December 23, 2019, 06:00
Thousands of Irish people around the world will be celebrating Christmas far from home. Many are finding ways to keep Irish festive season traditions (...)
Stakeknife investigator: ‘If I wanted to be popular I would have got a Labrador’
- Irish News
- December 18, 2018, 19:37
“If I wanted to be popular I would have got a Labrador, ” said Bedfordshire chief constable Jon Boutcher who is leading an investigation into one of t(...)
Vatican treasurer faces Australian court for hearing on sex offence charges
- Asia-Pacific
- March 5, 2018, 09:45
Lawyers for Vatican treasurer Cardinal George Pell asked an Australian court on Monday to allow a support person to sit with him through a four-week (...)
All paws on deck: The joy of pets at work
- People
- February 17, 2018, 06:00
The Irish office is a much-changed place of late. The past year has seen the sweeping out of casual sexism, power lunches and after-work drinks. In th(...)
Don’t Tell the Bride that he’d prefer a hoolie down the dump
- TV, Radio, Web
- February 17, 2018, 05:00
Don’t Tell the Bride (Monday, RTÉ2) came back this week just in time for, aptly, Valentine’s Day and, even more aptly, Lent. I’m surprised, to be hone(...)



