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Shirley Manson of Garbage on stage at Iveagh Gardens in Dublin. Photograph: Kieran Frost/Redferns
Garbage in Dublin: Manson emerges on stage, an absolute badass

It’s almost 25 years since Garbage released their debut album, called Garbage, the cover of which still sums the band up: a rawly spray-painted black (...)

Caolan McKenna from Tyrone enjoying last year’s St Patrick’s Festival parade in Dublin. There was a time when watching a slow-moving caravan of Massey Fergusons and frostbitten scouts was considered high entertainment in this country. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Relax, our National Performance Anxiety Day will be over soon

Nothing strikes fear into the heart of an Irish person – okay, this Irish person – like the words “So we’re planning a trip to Ireland. ” It’s not th(...)

Thai military personnel walk inside the blocking area during rescue operations to save a soccer team at Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai, Thailand. Photograph: Pongmanat Tasiri/EPA
Thai authorities plan to turn cave into ‘adventure tourism’ site

It has emerged that the Tourism Authority of Thailand is making plans to promote Tham Luang cave in Chiang Rai, where a dramatic rescue of a children’(...)

Photograph: iStock
Never mind the wedding – where’s the honeymoon?

Wildlife Where Harry took Meghan? Well, not exactly, but those who caught the engagement interview might remember Harry’s favourite place in the world(...)

The Bridges of Ross on the Loop Head Peninsula, Co Clare. Photograph: Alan Betson, The Irish Times
Machu Picchu, Loop Head: Your favourite travel destinations

Last week we asked readers for a tourist attraction they had visited which had left them underwhelmed and unimpressed. We received hundreds of respons(...)

Protestors gather outside Walter James Palmer’s dental office in Bloomington, Minnesota. Photograph: AP Photo/Ann Heisenfelt
White House to review ‘Cecil’ killer extradition petition
  • US
  • July 30, 2015, 19:54

The White House said on Thursday that it will review the public petition to extradite the American dentist who allegedly killed Cecil, a Zimbabwean li(...)

The Indian Pacific travels coast-to-coast across Australia
Ten great train journeys

Trans-Siberian Railway Russia’s mighty Trans-Siberian Railway runs from Moscow to Vladivostok, crossing the Urals, the Steppes and eight (...)

Taking on the road: Derek Cullen and a local lizard in Botswana. Cullen is cycling solo through Africa for charity, taking in South Africa, Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Zamibia, Malawi, Tanzania and Kenya.
Cycling out of anxiety and into an African adventure
  • People
  • January 25, 2014, 01:00

Irish Lives: Peddling your way across the African plains, you tend to weigh up your options now and again: do I overtake this elephant now or lag behi(...)