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Man killed, boy (12) hurt in Co Mayo single-vehicle crash
- Crime & Law
- April 1, 2019, 09:16
A man in his 60s was killed and a boy was injured in a road crash into Co Mayo. The incident occurred on the N59 near Mulranny at 7pm on Sunday. T(...)

From a kayak to a barge: The cheap way to get out on the water
- Travel
- March 25, 2019, 06:13
If you thought it was aboat time that a company tried to seas the day and become a ship-shaped Airbnb for the water then we have glad tidings which wi(...)

Estimated 10,000 people strike for climate change
- Environment
- March 15, 2019
Young people across Ireland are protesting this lunchtime at 37 rallies seeking urgent action to address the growing threat of climate breakdown. The(...)

Trinity College Dublin (TCD) will officially become a tobacco-free campus on Wednesday, National No Smoking Day, almost three years after creating tob(...)

Sharp drop in rural hotel bookings ahead of Brexit, conference warns
- Transport & Tourism
- March 5, 2019, 01:00
There has already been a sharp drop in bookings for hotels and guesthouses outside of Dublin even in advance of the UK’s departure from the EU, the Ir(...)

‘Organic’ wine: is it worth the label it’s printed on?
- Drink
- February 23, 2019, 06:00
More organic wines are being produced than ever, but who decides what is organic and how strict are the rules? European wines are governed by legislat(...)

‘Love just hit me on the head’: a romance rekindled after 42 years
- People
- February 10, 2019, 06:00
A teenage romance between two hairdressers in 1970s London culminated in a cross-continental wedding this week – 4½ decades later. In January 1974 Do(...)

Seán Moran: Early league games already pointing the way forward
- Gaelic Games
- February 6, 2019, 07:10
After a football pre-season dominated by the experimental rules or more specifically the hand-pass restrictions intended to unshackle the game from th(...)

Fundraiser for Mayo woman with third diagnosis of cancer
- Health & Family
- January 24, 2019, 19:41
The family of a 38-year-old Mayo woman who was given her third diagnosis of cancer before Christmas have launched a fundraising campaign to help her r(...)

Jumpers stay on in Tourism Ireland ads designed to boost off-season visits
- Media & Marketing
- January 21, 2019, 05:00
Tourism Ireland’s new global marketing campaign reaches German television this week in the next phase of its bid to persuade more tourists to choose I(...)