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The Irish Times view: Preserving vital Anglo-Irish relationship
- Editorial
- December 11, 2020, 21:30
Whether or not there is a last-minute deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union, geography will still be destiny. Ireland can no more dri(...)

Galway couple receive Christine Buckley Volunteer of the Year Award 2020
- Social Affairs
- December 3, 2020, 13:21
The 2020 Christine Buckley Volunteer of the Year award has been given to a Galway couple. Arthur and Deborah Carr are responsible for the mental hea(...)

The Irish Times view on Ireland’s environment: running out of time
- Editorial
- November 26, 2020, 19:00
This week’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) report on our environment lays bare, in forensic detail, the abysmal failure by successive governmen(...)

One in five young people have experienced abuse by partner, study finds
- Social Affairs
- November 25, 2020, 13:48
One in five young people aged 25 or younger have experienced abuse by a current or former partner, a study commissioned by Women’s Aid has found. The(...)

Irish in US respond to Biden’s election: ‘A big dark cloud is being removed from the country’
- Abroad
- November 8, 2020, 18:02
Joe Biden has been elected the 46th president of the United States of America. We asked Irish people living in the US to send us their reactions. Here(...)

Digging into heritage for more resilient barley
- Science
- October 22, 2020, 01:00
You want to reduce the stress on barley – how does barley get stressed? Plants experience different kinds of stress, including having too much rainfa(...)

In Ireland’s largest urban park – currently buzzing with wildlife – biodiversity expert Leif Murray explains why the birds seem to be singing loude(...)

US vice-president Mike Pence expressed support for UK prime minister Boris Johnson in the ongoing Brexit negotiations following his meeting with Taois(...)

Pence’s Brexit backing catches Dublin unawares
- Politics
- September 3, 2019
US vice-president Mike Pence leaves for London on Wednesday following a visit to Ireland that did not go entirely to plan. Pence made an unexpected in(...)

Irishman's Diary: An enigma of the Famine years in Ireland
- Opinion
- August 14, 2019, 20:00
Writing about the Polish Count Pawel Strzelecki last May, I called him a “forgotten hero of the Irish Famine”. Forgotten may have been overstati(...)