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The GAA must ensure Bloody Sunday is remembered appropriately
- Heritage
- September 16, 2020, 05:00
Living memory of Bloody Sunday has now escaped us. Those who recounted their stories as witnesses to the events that unfolded in Croke Park on Novembe(...)

Church of England rules Irish inscription on grave stone must have translation
- Irish News
- June 2, 2020, 20:44
The Church of England has ruled that an Irish-language inscription on a Coventry gravestone must have a translation with it to ensure the phrase is no(...)

Rugby and cycling the focus for Irish anti-doping testers
- Rugby
- April 29, 2020, 01:20
Irish sport does not have “a huge doping culture” according to Sport Ireland chief executive John Treacy. Of 1,303 anti-doping tests carried out in (...)

November’s International Rules series is called off
- Gaelic Football
- April 5, 2020, 14:47
This year’s planned resumption of the international rules series in November will now not go ahead. The news was expected given that both the GAA and (...)

Seán Moran: What nostalgia tells us about how the GAA sees itself
- Gaelic Games
- April 1, 2020, 06:20
In the days of ‘Breaking Ball’, the GAA television programme in which I had an involvement, one of the most popular elements was a strand called ‘Heav(...)

Leading Northern Ireland lawyer in critical condition because of coronavirus
- Irish News
- March 28, 2020, 22:08
One of Northern Ireland’s most well-known solicitors is in a critical condition in hospital with coronavirus, his law firm has said. Niall Murphy, 43(...)

Coronavirus: Croke Park to become testing ‘drive-thru’ centre
- Irish News
- March 16, 2020, 20:35
Croke Park is to be used as a temporary testing centre for coronavirus in north Dublin from Tuesday, the Health Service Executive has said. The HSE h(...)

Coronavirus: 54 new cases confirmed in Ireland, 15,000 forecast by end of March
- Health
- March 16, 2020
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned of an “exponential increase” in cases of coronavirus as the confirmed number in the Republic reached 223, and in the(...)

The day 14 died in Croke Park: Remembering those killed 99 years ago
- Gaelic Games
- November 20, 2019, 07:00
This Thursday in Glasnevin, an important legacy issue for the GAA will literally be laid to rest. On what will be the 99th anniversary of Bloody Sunda(...)

Want to live longer? Be a volunteer, not a gym bunny
- Health
- February 21, 2019, 01:00
Active involvement with family, friends and the wider community, through volunteerism and participation, and building exercise into one’s routine, are(...)