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Johnny Rogan obituary: One of the most well-regarded music biographers of his generation
- Books
- February 22, 2021, 06:00
Johnny Rogan Born: February 14th, 1953 Died: January 21st, 2021 Johnny Rogan, who has died unexpectedly aged 67, was among the most prolific and well(...)
Séamus Woulfe profile: Judge in eye of storm was hard-working barrister who was well-regarded
- Crime & Law
- November 10, 2020, 00:01
Séamus Woulfe (58) was born in Raheny in 1962 and like so many of his colleagues at the Bar and on the bench, was educated at Belvedere College before(...)
Ireland to be hit by remnants of Hurricane Epsilon
- Environment
- October 23, 2020, 18:33
It never rains but it pours. Along with Level 5 restrictions and the clocks going back, a wet and windy weekend in Ireland over the next few days will(...)
Partridge Island – A typhus pandemic and the Irish of New Brunswick
- Opinion
- October 18, 2020, 18:01
As our cargo ship moved towards the port of St John, New Brunswick, Canada, our captain sent a telegram to the shipping agents requesting medical atte(...)
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order
- Film
- May 2, 2020, 05:00
Best reads of 2020: IN VERY PARTICULAR ORDER, HERE’S OUR (CURRENTLY DEFINITIVE) PICK OF THE GREATEST IRISH MOVIES EVER MADE No sane person (...)
Nova Scotia shooting death toll rises to 19, including gunman
- World
- April 20, 2020, 19:06
Justin Trudeau has called on Canadians to stand unified in the face of “senseless violence” as the death toll from the country’s deadliest mass shooti(...)
Rocky Johnson: Rags to riches pioneer for black wrestlers
- Sport
- January 22, 2020, 17:00
There was a time in America when black men trying to turn a buck in professional wrestling might be expected to dress as pimps or to quaff watermelon (...)
Axe throwing: ‘It’s cheaper than therapy’
- Fitness
- January 2, 2020, 06:01
On a wet dark winter’s evening I took the opportunity to join the Wicklow axe throwers on one of their regular practice evenings, held in a barn, on t(...)
Investors who lost €170m demand exhumation of cryptocurrency mogul
- Technology
- December 16, 2019, 08:33
Lawyers for customers of an insolvent cryptocurrency exchange have asked police to exhume the body of the company’s founder, amid efforts to recover a(...)
Trudeau fighting ‘blackface’ scandal after trio of incidents
- World
- September 19, 2019
Justin Trudeau’s campaign has moved to contain a growing scandal after a yearbook photo surfaced of the Canadian prime minister in “brownface” make-up(...)



