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Rooted in faith: Amy Coney Barrett’s path to the steps of the US supreme court
- US
- October 12, 2020, 18:10
On a winter afternoon in 2018, Judge Amy Coney Barrett rose to speak in Notre Dame Law School’s wood-panelled courtroom and thanked the people gathere(...)

US Senate prepares for Coney Barrett confirmation hearings
- US
- September 27, 2020, 18:48
The US Senate will begin confirmation hearings to approve the new supreme court justice nominee on October 12th, after President Donald Trump named Am(...)

Coronavirus: Italy resists disaster with cultural pursuits
- Europe
- March 15, 2020
In the minutes before six o’clock, Jessica Phelan climbed the stairs to the roof of her building to look out over her Rome neighbourhood. All day on s(...)

Do Irish people hate babies? Our irritation with them is embedded in our culture
- Parenting
- January 22, 2020, 06:01
Do Irish people hate babies? One of the most underrated sketches in the Fast Show was called The Hurried Poor. In it, a frazzled dad is shown laden w(...)

European stocks fall on profit-taking amid holiday lull
- Markets
- December 30, 2019, 09:59
European shares retreated on Monday, as investors cashed in gains from a record run in stocks that has put the benchmark index on course for its best (...)

Jail terms for 13 bankers over Monte Paschi scandal
- Financial Services
- November 10, 2019, 13:12
Thirteen former bankers from Monte dei Paschi di Siena, Nomura and Deutsche Bank were sentenced to jail on Friday after a case that shook Italy’s esta(...)

UN report urges ban on sale of private surveillance industry software
- Technology
- July 11, 2019, 06:05
UN Special Rapporteur for freedom of opinion and expression David Kaye has called for a moratorium on the global sale of private surveillance industry(...)

Funeral of Andrew Mann hears music was ‘his burning desire’
- Irish News
- May 23, 2019, 15:47
The funeral of Voice of Ireland participant Andrew Mann has heard music was his “burning desire” since he was a child. Hundreds of mourners gathered (...)

Irish bank chiefs at lower end of pay scale among European peers
- Financial Services
- December 5, 2018, 02:45
The chief executives of AIB and Permanent TSB are among the lowest-paid compared with their European peers, according to an analysis of remuneration a(...)

A once-in-a-lifetime experience (and much cheaper than a divorce)
- Europe
- September 29, 2018, 06:00
Ten years ago, we got hitched in the back garden but in the months leading up to the Big Day I got entirely freaked out about the cheesiness of a prop(...)