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Canada police rebuke public after alert for abducted girl causes complaints
- World
- February 16, 2019, 14:57
Police in Canada have issued a rare rebuke to the public after a late-night emergency mobile phone alert about an abducted child prompted widespread c(...)

No more excuses: exercising for just 20 seconds can improve your fitness
- Fitness
- February 3, 2019, 07:01
As little as 20 seconds of brisk stair climbing, done several times a day, might be enough exercise to improve fitness, according to a pragmatic new s(...)

Irish caught in polar vortex: ‘I felt my eyeballs freezing’
- Abroad
- January 31, 2019
A blast of Arctic air is moving across the United States and Canada, bringing record-breaking windchill temperatures as low as -48°C in parts of the M(...)

Dublin Airport passenger figures hit record 31.5m in 2018
- Transport & Tourism
- January 15, 2019, 13:56
A record 31.5 million passengers passed through Dublin Airport last year, a 6 per cent rise year on year. It was the eighth year in a row passenger (...)

Canada: Irish gin continues to make a splash as brands approved for sale
- Agribusiness & Food
- January 14, 2019, 11:13
Irish gin brands continue to make a splash in the Canadian market with three products set to be available from this week in Ontario, which is the worl(...)

Ten things we’ve learnt from the COP24 climate change summit
- Environment
- December 16, 2018, 11:49
1. The Paris Agreement lives: Imperfect, incomplete but moving forward with the world’s countries, bar one – the United States – on board. It has been(...)

Protest at UK’s switch from coal to gas disrupts Katowice meeting
- Environment
- December 13, 2018, 19:18
The global rise in greenhouse gas emissions over the past year has been driven by increased use of coal to generate power and heat, the UN climate tal(...)

Too much sleep may damage your heart
- Health & Family
- December 12, 2018, 00:05
Getting too much sleep may be bad for your heart, according to a new study, with the amount of time a person sleeps linked to their risk of cardiovasc(...)

Harry Leslie Smith, ‘world’s oldest rebel’, dies aged 95
- People
- November 28, 2018, 09:46
Harry Leslie Smith, the political commentator and second World War veteran who survived the Great Depression, has died in Canada aged 95, his family s(...)

No ifs or butts: Canada’s marijuana runs low weeks after it was made legal
- World
- November 8, 2018, 12:34
Canada is running low on legal pot three weeks after the government approved the use of recreational marijuana, a shortage that is sending some frustr(...)