Billy Byrne
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Wexford GAA tapping into a healthy respect for the past
- Gaelic Games
- May 19, 2020, 06:00
In a very busy schedule of events Wexford GAA, undaunted by pandemic, are running their McCauley Wellness Programme online for the next fortnight. Dur(...)

Coronavirus: Harris ‘packed pubs’ warning ‘petrifying entire sector’
- Consumer
- April 20, 2020, 20:36
Publicans have accused Minister for Health Simon Harris of “petrifying the entire sector” with suggestions pubs could not return to normal before a co(...)

My favourite sporting moment: Sonia O’Sullivan’s Olympic redemption
- Other Sports
- April 8, 2020, 06:00
Before Dundrum became a Town Centre and they paved our paradise we lived just around the corner on Weston Park and every summer transformed the place (...)

Giving people a virtual musical break from reality
- Music
- March 26, 2020, 05:00
As gigs and music festivals continue to be postponed or cancelled during these very strange and unpredictable times, artists are coming up with altern(...)

Impressive Leinster aiming to extend long unbeaten run
- Pro14
- December 20, 2019, 01:00
Pro 14: Leinster v Ulster Kick-off: 7.35pm, Friday. Venue: RDS. On TV: Live on Eir Sport. Where to look in Leinster this we(...)

Key witness in Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder inquiry dies
- Irish News
- December 10, 2019, 21:44
The death has taken place of Rosie Shelley, a witness in the Sophie Toscan du Plantier murder investigation. The 49-year-old, who died at Cork Univer(...)

The best jazz gigs of the week ahead
- Music
- June 9, 2018, 05:00
SATURDAY JUNE 9 Carmel McCreagh/Flo McSweeney/Fiachra Trench Arthurs, Dublin, 9.30pm, €12, arthurspub.ie It sounds simple – two singers, one pianist(...)

French village remembers 532 Irish killed in 1916
- Irish News
- May 2, 2016, 01:08
The village of Hulluch in northern France has unveiled a plaque which remembers the 532 Irishmen who died there during Easter Week in 1916. The men (...)

Michael Viney: Eye on Nature Your notes and queries
- Environment
- October 3, 2015, 03:00
I have two nesting boxes in the garden, yet neither of them has ever been used. I have moved them away from the feeding tray, but still to no avail. (...)

When the white swallows come back to Tacumshin
- Environment
- October 3, 2015, 02:00
If I were going there this weekend – and I’m sorry I’m not, it’s too far – we would end up taking the road from Wexford to Kilmore Quay and then, a(...)