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President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were treated like rock stars during a triumphant visit to Ireland on Monday that lasted less than 24 hours but will live long in the memory Read more...
The visit of Britain's Queen Elizabeth to Ireland has been hailed as a diplomatic triumph. The four-day state visit was rich in the symbolism, and by its end the Irish public had, for the most part, taken the 85-year-old monarch to their hearts... Read more...
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A PwC global Research and Development (R&D) symposium held in Dublin this week has called for Ireland's R&D tax credit regime to be significantly re-engineered to assist Irish home grown companies generate a resurgence of Irish industry Read more...
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There are some poems that just grab you. Poems that have a magic of their own leaving you uncertain whether you really understood their full meaning... Read more...
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I suppose that this is the point where I'm supposed to take the contrary view and say how much I was appalled at the visit to Ireland last week of the Queen of Britain and Northern Ireland, Gibraltar, the Falkland Islands and whatever little bits and pieces they have left of an Empire Upon Which the Sun Will Never Set... Read more...
Perhaps we need a new definition of the word racism because it is now bandied about in a frivolous manner by race baiters who've never undergone its scourge... Read more...
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Peacemaker, ardently pro-European, socially progressive, a master statistician, economist, influential columnist - many words have been used to accurately describe the late Dr Garret FitzGerald since his death last week Read more...
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Following up on last week's Out and About column I'm happy to report that we've had a lot of positive remarks on what we said about airfares to Ireland Read more...
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Leinster created another historic moment for Irish rugby at the Millennium Stadium as a spellbinding second half comeback saw them become Heineken Cup champions for the second time in three years... Read more...
Mickey Moran's Leitrim pulled off the first major shock of the 2011 championship season by dumping last year's beaten finalists Sligo out of the Connacht senior football championship last Sunday Read more...
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