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This year’s championship ended on a very familiar soundtrack as Kerry collected a 39th All-Ireland title, one that will rank right up there among the sweetest in their priceless collection.
Q With recent news about US tariffs and wider economic concerns, I’m worried about the potential impact on my pension. Should I be doing anything right now?
As a title, ‘The Oldest Busker on Grafton Street’ might not chime with a lot of musicians. It’s just a street in Dublin after all. A street, with a doorway, in the wind and the rain for a balladeer to ...
We’re a decade on from our historic referendum on marriage equality and the groundbreaking Gender Recognition Act that followed shortly afterwards (and which tends to be overshadowed by the former).
It was a tough week for Ursula von der Leyen. Sadly, the Hungarian prime minister, Viktor Orban – who was never, ever, going to do her a favour – touched a nerve when he dubbed the EU Commission ...
There’s something about being just inches away from an 18-foot giraffe that’s truly arresting. Everyone knows giraffes are extremely tall, of course, but it’s a different thing entirely to stand next ...
Parents face childcare fee hikes as three major providers are set to pull out of the Government’s Core Funding scheme.
Repeat winners are a regular feature around Galway and the weekend at Ballybrit always sees a few horses bidding to double, or sometimes treble-up before a hectic week’s racing concludes.
For a couple of years before I retired, I knew the day was coming when I would have to quit. The devastating loss of close family members, the impact of the Creeslough tragedy in Co Donegal, and some ...
I think it will be a clash between the political will and the administrative won’t.” Thus, the writers of the scalpel-sharp British television comedy series Yes Minister and its successor Yes, Prime ...
We’ve only half the job done’ – Athlone’s Shauna Brennan targets Champions League progression with tough four-day turnaround ...