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Obamas’ next home: nine bedrooms in wealthy area
- US
- May 26, 2016, 12:22
US president Barack Obama and his family plan to move to a mansion in the upscale Kalorama neighbourhood of Washington, a mere two miles from the Whit(...)

GoSafe speed camera firm in US lawsuit over alleged graft
- UK
- May 21, 2016, 01:00
A firm that holds a share of the Republic’s €100 million privatised GoSafe speed cameras contract is being pursued by the US city of Chicago for €330 (...)

Walmart shares surge as profits top estimates
- Retail & Services
- May 19, 2016, 21:58
Walmart’s first-quarter earnings beat expectations, which sent shares in the world’s largest retailer up 9 per cent. The results bucked a grim trend (...)

Songs of the week: The Stone Roses, Tom Odell, Allie X and Chance The Rapper
- Music
- May 19, 2016, 11:00
The Stone Roses - All For One ★★ Last time The Stone Roses returned from a lengthy hiatus, their calling card was Love Spreads: a magnificent,(...)

Visual art: James Joyce’s box of tricks reopened
- Visual Art
- May 17, 2016, 01:00
Whenceness – Elaine Byrne Kevin Kavanagh Gallery, Dublin ★★★★ Perhaps more than any other individual, James Joyce invented the idea of the wo(...)

Refugee crisis and Rising centenary to feature at Bloom 2016
- Irish News
- May 16, 2016, 21:44
The Syrian refugee crisis and the centenary of the Easter Rising are among the themes for the show gardens at this year’s 10th annual Bloom festival. (...)

Sinead O’Connor ‘found safe’ after going missing in Chicago
- Irish News
- May 16, 2016, 17:33
Police in the Chicago suburb of Wilmette have located singer Sinead O’Connor. A police spokesman said: “She was found safe and is no longer listed a(...)

I love Dublin but I have never regretted leaving home
- Generation Emigration
- May 10, 2016, 15:00
I left Dublin for London in 2006 with the intention of experiencing life in another city for a year, or maybe two. Eight years later, I was leaving Lo(...)

‘El Chapo’ moved to prison on the US border
- US
- May 8, 2016, 14:42
Mexican drug boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman was moved on Saturday from a jail in central Mexico to a prison in Ciudad Juarez on the US border, a devel(...)

Shannon Airport appoints Matthew Thomas as new chief executive
- Transport & Tourism
- May 3, 2016, 13:48
Barry O’Halloran Matthew Thomas of Canadian aiport operator Vantage will take over as chief executive of State-owned Shannon Group next month. Briti(...)