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Nadia Power named Irish Times/Sport Ireland Sportswoman for January
- Other Sports
- February 11, 2021, 06:00
While 2020 might have been a bit of a write-off for many of our athletes, for Nadia Power it was another year of progress, the Dubliner building on th(...)

A friend in need – An Irishman’s Diary on Ireland and the Franco-Prussian War
- Opinion
- August 10, 2020, 19:15
Ireland’s first halting attempt to alleviate distress abroad took place 150 years ago during the Franco-Prussian War. In 1870, the Second French Empi(...)

Coughing, colonoscopies and porn: the tedium of teaching AI
- Innovation
- August 29, 2019, 04:50
Namita Pradhan sat at a desk in downtown Bhubaneswar, India, about 40 miles from the Bay of Bengal, staring at a video recorded in a hospital on the o(...)

How $1bn from Microsoft could help to mimic the brain
- Innovation
- August 1, 2019, 04:03
As the waitress approached the table, Sam Altman held up his phone. That made it easier to see the dollar amount typed into an investment contract he (...)

How does Ireland’s public transport compare with other countries’?
- Consumer
- July 1, 2019, 02:06
As pollution released by vehicles and industry continues to have severe consequences for our health and the environment, sustainable transport has nev(...)

Silicon Valley takes a (careful) step toward autonomous flying
- Innovation
- August 30, 2018, 02:55
Last week, at a tiny airport in the dusty flatlands east of San Francisco, a red-and-white helicopter lifted gently into the air, hovering a few feet (...)

Migrant crisis: Over 120 more people deported to Turkey
- Europe
- April 8, 2016, 17:46
Two boats carrying more than 120 migrants arrived in Turkey from the Greek island of Lesbos on Friday, in the second round of deportations under the E(...)

EU vows to support Ukraine after Dutch reject trade deal
- Europe
- April 7, 2016, 18:11
The European Union has pledged to continue its engagement with Ukraine, despite the decisive rejection of an EU-Ukraine association agreement by Dutch(...)