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A spokesman for the Northern First Minister has revealed Iris Robinson is receiving "acute psychiatric treatment" from the Belfast Health and Social Care Trust. The information was disclosed amid speculation surrounding her health and her whereabouts... Read more...
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn joined Irish American councillors, the Consul General of Ireland Niall Burgess and CEO of Culture Ireland Eugene Downes to welcome over 90 leading Irish performers from Ireland to New York... Read more...
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Irish researchers are engaging in pan-European research projects to tackle some of the biggest challenges facing the EU, using funding from the largest European R&D funding programme ever... Read more...
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Northern Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has announced a further £88,000 for technology trials, to improve broadband services in rural areas, across the North... Read more...
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You know, there aren't many words one can say or write about singer/songwriter Andy Clayburn that have not been uttered, mimed, scribbled, or indeed daubed on the side of a haystack with purple paint over the years already... Read more...
For hundreds of years before the beginnings of poetry written by individuals whose names are known, there was in existence a vast oral culture and a body of poems handed down from one generation to another by word of mouth only... Read more...
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Charley Brady responds to some readers and discusses Noel Dempsey's holiday in sunny Malta, the Vatican's take on 'Avatar' and the Iris Robinson revelations... Read more...
The humorous definition of a conservative is: a liberal who's been mugged. On September 11, 2001, the entire country was mugged and so it's no surprise that the latest polls show that the majority of America is now conservative... Read more...
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The Irish Repertory Theater's ERNEST IN LOVE, a 2 hour and 15 minute musical version of Oscar Wilde's classic "The Importance of Being Earnest," offers the Irish playwright's witticisms along with catchy tunes by Anne Croswell (lyrics) and Lee Pockriss (music) first penned in 1960... Read more...
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It is great to see Eamonn Maher, the proprietor of Eamonn's Bar and Grill and P.J. Moran's in midtown Mahattan is making a fantastic recovery after his recent illness that had us all worried... Read more...
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The London Irish have announced that the sell-out Heineken Cup clash against Leinster on January 23 will move to Twickenham (with a 6pm kick off)... Read more...
Several Scottish Premier League clubs were idle as the severe weather bit deep into the weekend, but Aberdeen booked their place in the fifth round of the Scottish Cup thanks to a 2-0 victory over Hearts in the all-Scottish Premier League tie at Pittodrie on Saturday afternoon Read more...
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