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As Derry's bid to be named the first ever UK City of Culture in 2013 increases momentum, who better to have on your side than Ireland's new Cultural Ambassador to the United States, Gabriel Byrne? Read more...
The safety of the North's citizens and building a shared future for all will be at the heart of the local Justice system according to the North's new Justice Minister David Ford Read more...
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The Minister for Finance, Mr. Brian Lenihan T.D., welcomed the announcement on Sunday that Bank of Ireland intends to raise €3.4 billion of equity capital Read more...
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The Minister for Tourism, Culture and Sport Mary Hanafin T.D., last week said that, despite recent difficulties in the tourism sector, the Government is investing heavily in order to increase visitor numbers from all markets in the rest of the year Read more...
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So there we were just hanging around minding our own (and most other peoples') business, when whom should we happen upon, but local musician Allen Gogarty... Read more...
It announced itself with a plume of smoke from a little-known volcano in Iceland, with a name like a tongue-twister, but by the time the great ash cloud of 2010 began to recede, it was responsible for over 63,000 flight cancellations, at a cost to the airlines of some $200 million... Read more...
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I'm going to leave aside our corrupt politicians for one week, even though there is so much to say about the last few days in which we see, once again, the maggot-ridden underbelly of this benighted country... Read more...
They've been called many things - racists, homophobic, violent, and potential terrorists - but the people at the Tea Parties are not being called what all of them really are: taxpayers... Read more...
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Before the economic boom that became known as the Celtic Tiger, it was still not uncommon for literary people to consider Shaw a British writer, not an Irish one... Read more...
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Well, we are off to a good start this week as I was out and about last week when the weather was just perfect, as it should be walking around Manhattan... Read more...
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Cork claimed their first Allianz GAA National League title since 1989 with a 1-17 to 0-12 destruction of Mayo in a one-sided Division 1 final at Croke Park Read more...
While Ranger's victory over Hibs on Sunday morning secured them the Championship in Scotland, Celtic's 2-0 victory against Dundee United at Tannadice has assured them Champions League football for next season Read more...
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