Bowling for Ireland: Nittany Lions excited for opportunity
UNIVERSITY PARK - On James Franklin's first day on campus, he started a countdown to Penn State's season opener. That countdown is now down to hours. Hours until departure as the Nittany Lions get set for Ireland. "It's an opportunity to go out and watch ...
Cristobal, Marie on animated global wind map
Finally, one may see some exciting realtime pictures on the global wind map (click here to get the interactive app; TRF instructions are available, too). Yes, the hurricane approaching the Bermudas (East of Florida) is called Cristobal. The Pacific hurricane West of California is called Marie. By cl ...
Why Scotland’s independence would be good for migrants
There are strong socialist arguments against Scottish independence but “no borders” isn’t one of them, writes Taimour Lay. Here lies our land: every airt Beneath swift clouds, glad glints of sun, Belonging to none but itself. We are mere transients, who sing Its westlin’ winds and fernie braes, Nort ...
Adoption Authority denies age limit of 42 for those seeking to adopt
The Adoption Authority has said there is no upper age limit for those who want to adopt in Ireland.
Lifting operations safely
Lifting operations are an inevitable part of the waste and recycling industry. Workers must collect waste and recycling in order to process it, and this involves lifting wheeled refuse collection bins—both smaller domestic ‘wheelie bins’ and larger trade waste bins. But despite widespread acquaintan ...
URGENT CASTING FOR STILLS SHOOT FOR TOURISM IRELAND (DUBLIN)
URGENT CASTING : PAID STILLS SHOOT DUBLIN- TOURISM IRELAND SATURDAY 30TH AUGUST NO EXPERIENCE REQUIRED 1 female +1 male 1x Female:35-40 outdoorsy type and slightly glam with a great smile 1 x Male: 35-40 clean shaven, outdoorsy type and stylish, with a great smile Please send a recent photo, your he ...
Meet Siku and Bastille from Ireland, and Poppy, Pixel and Basil from Scotland
The latest Animalcouriers trip to southern Europe has set off, with pets on board from Ireland and Scotland. In Dublin we met up with Donal who brought us his very beautiful Samoyed Siku. Donal and his family, including children Finn and Anjae, are relocating to the Toulouse area of France. Donal to ...
Great Britain and Ireland Contiki…
WHAT A BEAUTY OF A HOLIDAY!! Where to even begin, I guess at the start… For my birthday my lovely boyfriend had the idea of getting a few close people like my family and his to contribute to my birthday pressent… a Contiki trip to Great Britain and Ireland :D So we flew into London and pretty much w ...
Johansson's Lucy tops UK box office
Scarlett Johansson's new sci-fi drama Lucy has topped the UK and Ireland box office in its opening weekend. Directed by Luc Besson, Johansson plays a woman whose brain becomes extremely powerful after taking a strange new substance while acting as a drug mule. It took £3m while The Inbetweeners 2 to ...
What can old Europe learn from new Europe’s transition?
Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive But to be young was very heaven! – William Wordsworth on the French Revolution I was not that young when New Europe’s transition began in 1989, but I was there: in Poland at the start of the 1990s and in Russia during its 1998 crisis and after, in both cases as ...
Fan's Roar: Millwall struggle to lift themselves for the smaller sides
COMMENT by Ian Toal We would have liked the optimism of the new season to have lasted a bit longer, but Rotherham did a good job on us last Saturday and we could have no complaints about the result, only about the poor performance. Sadly the display was a lot like last season before Holloway took ch ...
