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Michael D Higgins: Some Irish were willing participants in British Empire
- Irish News
- February 25, 2021, 20:28
Irish people were “willing agents” and often “enthusiastic accomplices to the excesses of colonialism”, President Michael D Higgins has suggested. Th(...)

Thanks Paul Mescal for conferring sex appeal on the chunky, rural Irish male
- Culture
- July 18, 2020, 00:30
One of the great successes of our recent Covid-19 lockdown (though not an actual lockdown, they insist) was the television series Normal People. Who (...)

‘Chronic’ RTÉ funding meant Normal People taken to BBC – Lenny Abrahamson
- TV, Radio, Web
- June 20, 2020, 17:46
Film director Lenny Abrahamson has said he and the producers of Normal People took it to the BBC first because of the “chronic situation in terms of f(...)

War of Independence: The who’s who of policing in Ireland
- Culture
- June 3, 2020, 00:00
ROYAL IRISH CONSTABULARY One of the unintended consequences of the recent row over the proposed commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary (RIC) i(...)

From a New York Irish neighbourhood to chief of the NYPD
- Abroad
- March 7, 2020, 06:00
Nestled in the heart of lower Manhattan near City Hall, is the headquarters of the New York Police Department. The 13-floor building is the nerve cent(...)

Raw sewage from 36 areas released into Irish waters daily
- Environment
- November 12, 2019, 23:45
The pace at which Irish Water is fixing deficiencies in waste water treatment infrastructure “is too slow”, as raw sewage continues to be released int(...)

Hunker down, Sligo householders urge those facing water restrictions on the east
- Environment
- November 9, 2019, 01:30
Householders on the east coast who have been coping with a boil water notice for a number of days have been urged to “hunker down and get ready for th(...)

Mike Pence to arrive in Ireland for first official visit as vice-president
- Politics
- September 2, 2019, 00:16
US vice-president Mike Pence begins his official visit to Ireland when he flies into Shannon Airport on Monday. Mr Pence will be greeted on arrival a(...)

Mike Pence visit to Ireland brought forward to early next week
- Politics
- August 30, 2019, 13:20
The visit of US vice president Mike Pence is being brought forward to early next week after Donald Trump cancelled a trip to Europe this weekend and d(...)

Homelessness ‘a silent crisis’ reaching into rural Ireland
- Social Affairs
- September 30, 2018, 19:51
Homelessness has become “a silent crisis” reaching into Ireland’s towns and villages while the focus remains on the big cities, according to the recen(...)