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Sunday's All Ireland final between Cork and Down was Micheál O'Muircheartaigh's last as a commentator. The voice of the GAA is hanging up his microphone after a radio career spanning more than 60 years... Read more...
Taoiseach Brian Cowen was forced to apologize live on TV last week for his performance in an RTE radio interview which led to claims he was "halfway between drunk and hung-over"... Read more...
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The winners have been announced of a competition organised, by Martin McAleese, the President's husband, to counteract the pessimism about Ireland's future... Read more...
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Credit unions have been in business since 1935. They are not-for-profit cooperative financial institutions, created by people with a common affiliation, such as belonging to a labor union, an association or even people working or living in the same area... Read more...
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"I love Irish music." What does that mean? Do you love trad, pop, rock? As part two of Moya Brennan's extraordinary documentary produced for PBS, Music of Ireland, makes clear-specializing is, well, beside the point... Read more...
Every good poem has a life of its own, its peculiar atmosphere, flavour and emotional key. It is the business of every poem to move the reader... Read more...
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Ahhh, come on now, Bennie. I know that I can be a nasty bit of business but I didn't deserve that. All I've ever said is that I am an unrepentant atheist and you now you say, during your visit to Britain, that this is the equivalent of being a Nazi? Read more...
In my last column, "The 9th Anniversary of 9/11 Begs an In-depth Examination of the Koran," I wrote the following: "If there were passages in the New Testament that exhorted Catholics to overthrow the government and establish one that would be subject to the Pope, the ACLU would be hell bent to remove the Church from the tax-exempt rolls. Read more...
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Get the kettle on and let's have a strong cup of tea to bide us over the next few weeks. I recently returned to Ireland, to attend Paddy McCarthy's big day in which he was being honoured as Corkman of the year... Read more...
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Happy Birthday to the great Jimmy Neary of Neary's Pub who celebrated his 80th birthday last Monday (September 14th). A lot of celebrities turned up and we were, of course, invited there by none other than the lady herself Mary Connor from Cork who has worked for Jimmy for some time... Read more...
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Cork have finally reached the Promised Land. After two heartbreaking All-Ireland final defeats in the last three years, the Rebels reclaimed Sam Maguire for the first time since 1990 after a 0-16 to 0-15 GAA Football All-Ireland final defeat of Down at Croke Park on Sunday Read more...
While they may have fallen to second place in the Scottish Premier League on goal difference, Celtic kept up their winning ways with a decent 2-1 away win over Kilmarnock at Rugby Park... Read more...
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