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Tesla takes giant step toward blue-chip respectability
- Markets
- November 17, 2020, 08:56
Tesla, Elon Musk’s 17-year-old upstart carmaker, took a giant step toward blue-chip respectability on Monday, getting named to one of the world’s most(...)

‘When you arrive in Los Angeles, you start at the beginning’
- Work
- November 13, 2020, 05:28
Model, actor and writer Olivia Tracey was enjoying a successful career in Ireland, but the dream of living in Los Angeles was an itch she had to scrat(...)

US presidential election: Biden welcomes ‘clear’ lead after key battleground wins
- US
- November 3, 2020
Democrat Joe Biden said on Wednesday he was heading toward a victory over president Donald Trump in the US election after claiming the pivotal Midwest(...)

Claddagh Records agrees licensing deal with Universal
- Media & Marketing
- August 29, 2020, 08:14
Claddagh Records has agreed to license a back catalogue that includes the Chieftains and Sean Ó Riada to music giant Universal. Founded by friends Ga(...)

US retailers step up security and close stores after looting
- Retail & Services
- June 2, 2020, 17:42
US retailers are stepping up patrols by armed security guards and transferring merchandise to secure locations as widespread civil unrest sets back th(...)

A man has been shot and killed by law enforcement in Louisville, Kentucky during protests on Sunday night. It was unclear if he was protesting. Police(...)

Mel Brooks: ‘I got friendship, love and free food. Free eats are very important’
- Film
- February 25, 2020, 06:04
Every evening, Mel Brooks leaves his home in Santa Monica, gets in his car and stares down Los Angeles’ notorious rush-hour traffic to go to Carl Rein(...)

The murdered Carlow man who shaped the silent movie era of Hollywood
- Abroad
- October 15, 2019, 07:06
Alfred Hitchcock once asserted that “When we tell a story in cinema, we should resort to dialogue only when it’s impossible to do otherwise”. Yet whil(...)

Forget pricey tours: Nine cities where you can see the sights on public transport
- Travel
- September 12, 2019, 06:00
Forget pricey tours. In many major cities across the world, sublime views can be had for as little as a one-way ticket on the local public transport. (...)

US army veteran charged with plotting to bomb white nationalist rally
- US
- April 30, 2019, 06:37
A US combat veteran of the war in Afghanistan who prosecutors say plotted to detonate multiple nail bombs at a Los Angeles-area white nationalist rall(...)