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Fianna Fail will vote on Tuesday on whether or not they want Brian Cowen to remain as leader of the party... Read more...
Senator Shane Ross has announced that he will contest the election as an Independent candidate in the Dublin South constituency Read more...
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A new fund to provide music education for young people in Ireland has been launched, funded mostly by a €5m donation by U2 Read more...
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It's the pre-election protocol that's meant to allow voters time and space to consider their intentions... Read more...
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Poetry is language. That is inescapable. It may contain ideas, but it is not ideas; it may tell a story, but it is not stories. It may express the whole range of human emotion, but unless its language is vital, fresh and surprising, those emotions will be blurred and ineffectual. Poetry, then, is a vital, fresh and surprising language... Read more...
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Ireland's food and drink exports are booming and the sector is optimistic about future growth and job creation... Read more...
If there was ever any doubt that the mainstream media is biased towards a liberal agenda, the reporting by their pundits in the aftermath of the Arizona massacre which claimed six lives and left congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in grave condition, proves that they are utterly bereft of journalistic integrity... Read more...
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Oscar Wilde, like Shaw and Sheridan, was an Irishman in London. Like Irish traditional music, which is modal (neither major nor minor in key); Wilde's work is neither one nor the other thing. It's both-mocking and sweet; sentimental and sharp Read more...
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Former European Champions Leinster booked their place in the quarter-finals with an impressive 43-20 victory over Saracens in Dublin Read more...
Chelsea finally stopped the rot as arguably their best Premier League performance for more than two months saw them beat Blackburn Rovers and climb back into the top four... Read more...
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