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50 people to watch in 2021: The best young talent in Ireland
- People
- January 2, 2021, 06:15
The hottest young talent set to make waves in the worlds of politics, fashion, food, sport, activism, art, film and TV, sustainability, entrepreneu(...)

UK prime minister Boris Johnson imposed an effective lockdown on over 16 million people in England and reversed plans to ease curbs over Christmas, sa(...)

The wheel deal – An Irishwoman’s Diary on mountain unicycling
- Opinion
- September 27, 2020, 15:01
Some of us look at a mountain and wonder how tough it would be to climb it. Others decide to make it more challenging by taking a mountain bike. And t(...)

Proposed nuclear power plant not a threat to Ireland, Government says
- Environment
- September 2, 2020, 18:10
The Government has said it is satisfied a proposed €22.5 billion nuclear power plant in the UK does not pose a threat to Ireland. The Irish public h(...)

Canned air is no laughing matter
- Innovation
- March 26, 2020, 04:43
It seems to have started as a joke. Two friends decided to fill a small plastic bag with air from a hillside in Canada, and put it on eBay to sell for(...)

Denis Staunton’s UK election diary – Disastrous day for Johnson
- UK
- December 10, 2019, 07:59
It’s two days to Election Day. Boris Johnson will be campaigning in Staffordshire today, warning of gridlock at Westminster if there is another hung p(...)

Paul Merton: Boris Johnson stopped being funny when he became prime minister
- Books
- November 16, 2019, 06:00
PAUL MERTON ON HIS IRISH REVOLUTIONARY GRANDFATHER, 30 YEARS OF HAVE I GOT NEWS FOR YOU, AND HIS NEW BOOK OF 80 FUNNY STORIES, SKETCHES AND SCRIPTS(...)

The story of Jack-o’-lantern: ‘If you knew the sufferings of that forsaken craythur’
- Abroad
- October 29, 2019, 11:55
Stories rarely stay the same over time. They change, evolve, become symbol and metaphor - especially when people move to new places and different myth(...)

Fintan O’Toole: Tories must grasp the profound stupidity of their approach to the North
- Opinion
- October 15, 2019, 06:00
I try not to be a pedant but I do get annoyed when people use “disinterested” when they mean “uninterested”. To be disinterested is to be impartial, t(...)

UK metal detectorists discover Norman coin hoard worth possible £5m
- UK
- August 29, 2019, 09:02
Two metal detectorists have told of their shock at unearthing a hoard of coins depicting William the Conqueror thought to be worth over £5 million (€5(...)