Tag: Irish News
almost 2 years ago
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Tánaiste Leo Varadkar confirms that around 140 jobs are to go at Twitter

Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has confirmed that about 140 jobs are to go at Twitter after his department was notified of the...

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almost 2 years ago
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Irish politicians react as "friend of Ireland" Nancy Pelosi steps down from House Democratic lead...

Leading Irish politicians have thanked Nancy Pelosi for her commitment to Ireland after she announced she would not b...

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almost 2 years ago
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Tammany time for Joe Biden and the Democrats

The obvious lesson from the midterm elections is that nobody really likes president Joe Biden – but nobody really hat...

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almost 2 years ago
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Sharon Horgan’s “Bad Sisters” gets a second series

Sharon Horgan’s Apple TV+ show Bad Sisters, co-starring Eve Hewson, has been picked up for a second season. The serie...

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almost 2 years ago
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Galway GAA club makes a comeback in New York

Galway natives in the tri-state area, Irish Americans with ties to the City of Tribes, and folks with little or no co...

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almost 2 years ago
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Haunting video of JFK in Ireland discovered after 58 years

Color video of JFK's visit to County Wexford in Ireland in 1963 was captured by Irish woman Peggy Walsh.

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almost 2 years ago
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The expression 'Irish Thanksgiving' is illogical

A true Irish Thanksgiving is always marked with friends, family, and food but what do you make of the "Irish Thanksgi...

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almost 2 years ago
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Emma Thompson recalls painful breakup with Kenneth Branagh

If Kenneth Branagh happened to Google himself last Friday, he wouldn’t have been too happy with the results.

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almost 2 years ago
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Visa hero Brian Donnelly returns home to Galway

Unrecognized hero former Congressman Brian Donnelly from Massachusetts, responsible for the US Donnelly visas that ai...

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almost 2 years ago
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Taoiseach among more than 50 Irish politicians banned from entering Russia

Irish politicians have been placed on a Russian "stop list" in response to what Russia calls "the anti-Russian course...

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almost 2 years ago
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Conservative National Party meeting disrupted by anti-fascist protesters

The conservative party, the National Party, based in the Republic of Ireland, was holding a conference when a minibus...

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almost 2 years ago
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Irish National Party conference in Enniskillen disrupted by protesters, one arrested

The National Party, a conservative party based in the Republic of Ireland, was holding a conference at Lough Erne gol...

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almost 2 years ago
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JFK's 1945 article on De Valera and reuniting Ireland

In 1945, some 18 years before he traveled to Ireland, JFK wrote a lengthy article about then Taoiseach Éamon De Valer...

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almost 2 years ago
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Dermot Kennedy reveals his favorite Irish pub in New York City

Dermot Kennedy reveals his favorite Irish pub in New York to be Swift Hibernian Lounge. The Irish singer-songwriter, ...

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almost 2 years ago
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"My Father's Dragon" another hit for Ireland's award-winning Cartoon Saloon

Five years in the making, Ireland's award-winning Cartoon Saloon company are back with the gorgeous, psychedelic new ...

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almost 2 years ago
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"My Father's Dragon" is another hit for Ireland's award-winning Cartoon Saloon

Ireland's award-winning Cartoon Saloon is back with the gorgeous, psychedelic new Netflix feature "My Father's Dragon...

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almost 2 years ago
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DUP's "supermajority" bill is modern-day gerrymandering

DUP MP Ian Paisley Jr.'s recent attempt to introduce a "supermajority" bill that would require a larger majority than...

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almost 2 years ago
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Cost of living: what are the emergency welfare lump sums being paid this week and how can you get...

Over €300m in support will be paid out to 865,000 older people, disabled people, and low-income working families this...

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almost 2 years ago
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Fan recounts when "clueless" Bono mistook his San Francisco sign for Sinn Féin support

Robert Quinn recalls how his "SF+U2" sign was misinterpreted by U2 frontman Bono during a 1987 San Francisco concert.

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almost 2 years ago
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51 social housing tenants in Dublin owe more than €27,000 each in unpaid rent

Almost one-third of all tenants of council housing in Dublin city are in arrears with their rents.

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almost 2 years ago
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Old Ireland - and its attitudes - haven't gone away you know

Everyone everywhere knows the difference between being loved and being judged, and how differently the two feel. But ...

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almost 2 years ago
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How The Fields of Athenry became Ireland’s most famous song

Springing up at sporting events panning from Celtic soccer to Munster rugby, all the way to pub sessions and folk mus...

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almost 2 years ago
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Gerry Adams helps launch Shane MacGowan's new art book in Dublin

Former Sinn Féin President Gerry Adams read out some of Shane MacGowan's unpublished lyrics as the Pogues frontman la...

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almost 2 years ago
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How Justice Alito ensured the Democratic victory in mid-term elections

Reuters reported this week on a standing ovation for two Supreme Court justices at the Federalist Society annual dinn...

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almost 2 years ago
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Review: Emma Donoghue's 'The Wonder' on Netflix starring Florence Pugh

Emma Donoghue's 'Room' took an Oscar for actress Brie Larson in 2016, can her latest 'The Wonder' do likewise?

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almost 2 years ago
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Ellis Island footage reminds us of where we all came from

On November 12, 1954, Ellis Island officially closed after admitting millions of immigrants from all around the world...

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almost 2 years ago
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More Irish dance adjudicators asked to “temporarily step down” amid CLRG investigation

CLRG's investigation into the explosive allegations of cheating and 'feis fixing' appears to have grown as more adjud...

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almost 2 years ago
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An Irishman's guide to Italy - what to see and where to stay

An Irishman's recommendations from a recent trip to Italy, including sights, hotels, restaurants, and even where to g...

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almost 2 years ago
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US Congressional delegation visits Dublin and Belfast for second time this year

Three US Congressmen are visiting Dublin and Belfast this week for meetings on a range of issues, including the Good ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Republicans' distrust of FBI is full-blown insanity

What the hell has happened? Why are Republicans walking around with “Defund the FBI” hats?

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almost 2 years ago
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Thomas Cahill showed "How the Irish Saved Civilization"

Thomas Cahill’s book, "How the Irish Saved Civilization", spent two years on The New York Times bestseller list and s...

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almost 2 years ago
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Niece of Blackrock college priest accused of sexually abusing pupils says she’s ‘ashamed’ as she ...

The niece of Fr Aloysius Flood, who has been accused of sexually abusing young boys and girls, has apologised on his ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Irish WWE star wins high praise for portrayal of Cyndi Lauper on "Young Rock"

Irish WWE star Becky Lynch worked "to scrape away the brogue" to play 80s popstar Cyndi Lauper in NBC's "Young Rock."...

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almost 2 years ago
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Bronx Irish pub wins warm praise from "Law & Order" star Ice-T

Mulligan's Fireside Pub has "the best burgers in the Bronx," according to Ice-T, who was on location at the Irish Ame...

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almost 2 years ago
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More than 300 Irish jobs set to be axed as part of Facebook owner Meta’s layoffs

Meta, whose international headquarters is in Dublin, announced that it will be reducing its global workforce by about...

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almost 2 years ago
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Northern Ireland sees no progress on Protocol nor election date

The Northern Ireland Protocol remains unresolved as Secretary Chris Heaton-Harris’ U-turn on new Assembly elections h...

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almost 2 years ago
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IRA victims slam Mary Lou McDonald’s gangland crime claims

In an interview at last weekend’s Sinn Féin Ard Fheis, Mary Lou McDonald claimed that there is no comparison between ...

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almost 2 years ago
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Johnny Depp pens forward to Pogue’s frontman Shane MacGowan’s new book

Longtime friend, Johnny Depp, has written the forward for Shane MacGowan's new book "The Eternal Buzz and The Crock o...

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almost 2 years ago
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Johnny Depp pens foreword to Pogues frontman Shane MacGowan’s new book

Johnny Depp has written the foreword for his longtime friend Shane MacGowan's new book "The Eternal Buzz and The Croc...

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