Charlie Hebdo
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‘Charlie Hebdo’ style attack unites Tunisia in grief
- Middle East
- March 20, 2015, 01:00
Serene Jaouani had never seen anything so terrible, not even during the 2011 revolution that overthrew President Ben Ali. The emergency room doctorwas(...)

French comedian avoids jail for Charlie Hebdo joke
- Europe
- March 18, 2015, 20:14
A French comedian has been found guilty of condoning terrorism by posting a joke on his Facebook account after Islamist attacks in Paris that killed(...)

Wrestling with radical Islam is an uphill battle in France
- Europe
- March 17, 2015, 17:01
French authorities are counting on the country’s Muslim establishment to combat extremism in their community.In a speech to the National Assembly fol(...)

Mallowney continues rapid progress but isn’t going to Cheltenham
- Sport
- February 23, 2015, 01:19
A Naas fixture billed as ‘Cheltenham Trial Day’ was lit up by sparkling Grade Two success for Mallowney, a horse not even entered for the festival in(...)

Department of Agriculture defends terms of new proposal
- Sport
- February 23, 2015, 01:15
Department of Agriculture officials have rejected Turf Club concerns that their independence is potentially threatened by the proposed Horse Racing I(...)

Jailed journalist ‘concerned’ about freedom of speech
- Middle East
- February 19, 2015, 15:20
The Al Jazeera journalist released from Egyptian prison at the start of February has said he is “deeply concerned” for the future of freedom of speech(...)

‘Charlie Hebdo’ cartoons linked Islam to terrorism, academic says
- Religion & Beliefs
- February 16, 2015, 21:50
Some of the cartoons published in Charlie Hebdo and the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten “made the unmistakable statement that the religion created by(...)

Real unvarnished Tiger more appealing than the bland PR mask
- Sport
- February 16, 2015, 09:00
So Tiger Woods is on sabbatical, perhaps never to return, crippled with his back and apparently struggling with nerves that stubbornly refuse to do wh(...)

Mullins sending ‘strongest ever’ team to Cheltenham
- Sport
- February 16, 2015, 01:00
Just three weeks away from the start of Cheltenham, Willie Mullins believes he is set to bring his most powerful ever team to National Hunt racing’s g(...)

Derek O’Connor reaches landmark 1,000 point-to-point wins
- Sport
- February 15, 2015, 23:00
The Cragmore track in Co Limerick was the location for a piece of racing history on Sunday when Derek O’Connor became the first jockey t(...)