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California wildfires: Two dead as state battles over 300 blazes
- US
- August 20, 2020, 21:04
Two people have been killed fighting lightning-sparked California wildfires, and tens of thousands have evacuated homes as the state scrambles to find(...)

Miami shuts restaurants again as US coronavirus deaths surge to 130,000
- US
- July 7, 2020, 08:53
Florida’s greater Miami area became the latest US coronavirus hot spot to roll back its reopening, ordering restaurant dining closed on Monday as Covi(...)

Fr Martin Hayes appointed new Bishop of Kilmore
- Religion & Beliefs
- June 29, 2020, 22:21
The newest Catholic bishop in Ireland spent time working at California’s Silicon Valley in a previous life. In 1981 Fr Martin Hayes (60) graduated f(...)

Airbnb to offer accommodation to those fleeing domestic abuse
- Technology
- June 25, 2020, 05:00
Airbnb has partnered with Safe Ireland and Women’s Aid to assist those experiencing domestic violence by providing somewhere to stay when emergency ac(...)

More than 22m out of work in US as coronavirus takes economic toll
- Economy
- April 16, 2020, 13:47
More than 22 million American have lost their jobs in the last four weeks as the coronavirus pandemic has swept across the US, according to government(...)

Ten new cases of coronavirus have been reported this evening, the biggest daily increase recorded since the disease was found here at the end of Febru(...)

California declares emergency over coronavirus and holds cruise ship offshore
- US
- March 5, 2020, 09:31
An ocean liner that previously carried two passengers who contracted the coronavirus was barred on Wednesday from returning to its home port of San Fr(...)

Coronavirus: First death recorded in US, says Trump
- US
- February 29, 2020, 07:49
The first death of a coronavirus patient has occurred in the United States, president Donald Trump has confirmed. The patient was a woman in her lat(...)

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 (...)

Daniel Johnston, enigmatic cult songwriter, dies aged 58
- Music
- September 12, 2019, 08:00
Daniel Johnston, a singer-songwriter and visual artist whose childlike, haunted songs brought him acclaim as one of the United States’ most gifte(...)