British Navy
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When several south Connemara fishermen spotted a “strange object” floating in Galway Bay almost a century ago, they were sure it would bring them som(...)

Tom Crean to feature on Norwegian Air tailfins
- Transport & Tourism
- April 7, 2017, 00:31
Irish Antarctic explorer Tom Crean will feature on the tailfin of Norwegian Air International aircraft flying transatlantic routes from the Republic t(...)

In praise of Ivor Browne: groundbreaker, lifesaver
- People
- January 7, 2017
When William Ivory Browne was a boy he would take the train from Dublin to spend holidays with his aunts Kathleen and Maisie at Rathronan Castle, the (...)

Slick Sutton coastguard station transformation for €995,000
- New to Market
- November 17, 2016, 08:00
The Coastguard Station tucked away at the end of Sutton’s Strand Road is a rare find. Steeped in maritime history, the original terrace of low buildin(...)

NI politicians who served in Iraq: ‘It was our Vietnam War’
- Irish News
- July 6, 2016, 13:46
Two Northern Ireland politicians who served at senior level in the Iraq war have spoken of their continuing profound feelings of dismay that Britain b(...)

Thousands of people have attended a commemoration marking 100 years to the day since Roger Casement landed at Banna Strand in Co Kerry from a German s(...)

To question the Rising is to be found guilty of un-Irish activity
- Opinion
- April 5, 2016, 01:00
Last week I was asked whether I was British. It wasn’t a question. It was an accusation, levelled at me during a discussion on 1916, which I said was (...)

Valetta: Malta’s little wonder
- Travel
- April 2, 2016, 02:00
The first thing that can strike you about Malta, a tiny island in the Mediterranean approximately 17 miles long and nine miles wide, are the sheer num(...)
Dropping a bombshell – An Irishman’s Diary about a dramatic addition to the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland
- Opinion
- February 19, 2016, 01:00
A piece of a bomb landed in Dublin’s Kildare Street on Thursday, at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, just down from the Dáil. There were no(...)
Budget 2015 focused on ‘squeezed middle’
- Politics
- October 14, 2014, 21:16
The two Government Ministers who announced the Budget have said it was principally directed at the “squeezed middle” or “coping classes” in society. A(...)