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Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Mary Coughlan, T.D., has launched 'Horizon 2020', IDA Ireland's strategic blueprint for attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) into Ireland in the coming decade Read more...
Northern Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster and Culture and Arts Minister, Nelson McCausland have confirmed that the series, Game of Thrones, will be filmed in the North Read more...
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A major reform of future State, private and public service pension provision was announced by the Taoiseach, Minister for Finance and Minister for Social and Family Affairs last week Read more...
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Conor Lenihan T.D., Minister for Science, Technology & Innovation, met with Professor Enric Banda, President of Euroscience, last week to mark the formal start of preparations to host the European City of Science in Dublin in 2012 Read more...
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When you're the First Lady of Irish Music, it's easy to get fellow musicians to open up and talk to you. So says Moya Brennan, the gentle-voiced, expressive singer and harpist who fronted Clannad (as Máire Ní Bhraonáin) and has gone on to a solo career... Read more...
Solas are one of the most ground-breaking, significant bands in Irish traditional music. They are touring to promote their brand new album The Turning Tide, and the energy of these players at the top of their game should not be missed... Read more...
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So there I was, a happy little camper, playing ten-pin bowling. There was something strange, though. The bowl I was using was a heavy eighteen and it was Bertie Ahern's smirking head. That would explain the heavy bowl of course: to go with the smirking creep's insufferably huge ego... Read more...
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"It was a shock ... a pleasant one but a shock." So said this year's grand marshal of the New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade, NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly. "I never dreamed I'd one day be the grand marshal but I could not be more proud," he said... Read more...
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Well all I can say is that last week started off with a press conference at Foley's Pub and Restaurant (on 33rd between 5th and 6th Avenues) and when I said started off I really mean it, as they were introducing a new Irish Whiskey called Danny Boy that is distilled by The Cooley Distillery in Ireland Read more...
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Dublin maintained their unbeaten start to the Allianz GAA Football National League Division One campaign with a 1-9 to 1-8 win over wayward Mayo at Castlebar on Sunday Read more...
Theo Walcott silenced his critics with a fine strike as Arsenal closed in on the top of the Premier League after a 3-1 win over relegation-threatened Burnley, while Manchester United handed relegation-threatened Wolves a 1-0 loss... Read more...
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