Donegal’s All Ireland Semi Final is a sell out
The GAA have confirm that Sunday’s Football All-Ireland Championship semi-finals between Donegal and Dublin are a complete sell out. It’s first time this championship that GAA headquarters has been at full capacity. Some 30,000+ Donegal fans are ...
Penn State, UCF Set for Ireland Season Opener
The idea started with a phone call. With the aftermath Penn State's sex abuse scandal erasing his team postseason prospects until at least 2016, then-Nittany Lions' head coach Bill O'Brien picked up the phone and called an old friend to pitch a game with ...
Cricket Ireland goes all out for new sponsors to replace RSA
Cricket Ireland is looking to smash one over the boundary in its search for new corporate partners, with the insurance company RSA due to end its more than seven-year sponsorship of the game in Ireland in December. Warren Deutrom, the chief executive of ...
Syrian refugees set to arrive in Ireland
More than 70 Syrian refugees fleeing the ongoing war in their homeland are expected to arrive in Ireland in the next two months. Ireland is taking 90 men, women and children this year. It will admit 100 in 2015 and 120 in 2016. Some 17 Syrians, involving ...
Bank of Ireland apologises for second payment glitch in a month
DUBLIN (Reuters) - Bank of Ireland was forced to apologise for a technology glitch for the second time in a month on Thursday after it led to delays in salary and pension payments reaching customers. Salaries of thousands of public sector workers were also ...
Northern Ireland ceasefire legacy: ‘Some are more equal than others’
A mural in Derry commemorates the battle of the Bogside, the riots in August 1969 often seen as one of the first major confrontations in the Troubles. Photograph: Graeme Robertson When the Provisional IRA declared a cessation of military operations on 31 ...
Penn State fans pumping millions into Ireland economy
DUBLIN – Ed Schnure arrived in Dublin on Thursday morning feeling a bit groggy. After sitting in traffic for almost two hours before boarding a six-hour flight, all he wanted to do was rest once the plane touched the tarmac. But since the hotel doesn't ...
Dry, Pleasant Weather to Return for UK and Ireland
A series of storms brought unsettled weather to much of Ireland and the United Kingdom this week; however, more tranquil weather is expected from Sunday into next week. A storm system will bring some rain and showers to the region through Saturday, but any ...
Audio - The Slog Sweep, Ireland's Weekly Cricket Show - Episode 16
The penultimate episode of 'The Slog Sweep', Ireland's weekly cricket show, welcomes one of Ireland's all-time greats - Ed Joyce - into the studio. He talks about breaking into county cricket, playing for England - where he came up against Ireland at the ...
An dara chluiche leathcheannais craobh na hÉireann, Áth Claith v Dún na nGall
Ar dtús, bheadh sé míchothrom ar mo shon chun tús a chur ar an bpíosa seo gan cúpla focal faoin gcluiche thar bharr a chuireadh ós ár gcomhair an tseachtain seo caite i gCeannáras an Chumainn Lúthchleas Gael. Is fada i mbliana a bhíomar ag fanacht le cluiche chomh iomaíoch, spleodrach agus teasaí. N ...
Bomb the shit out of them....
ISIS militants carry out apparent mass execution in Syria From CBS The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) killed more than 160 troops captured in recent fighting for a string of military bases in northeastern Syria, shooting some and slashing others with knives in the past 24 hours in the latest ...
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Weekend sport action
Soccer An exciting weekend ahead for Liverpool and Man Utd fans as they will be hopeful to see their new signings in action. For Liverpool it is the chance to see the bargain buy Mario Balotelli in action, as they hope he can help Sturridge out with the goal count in order to make up for the absence ...
Kate Bush interview(s) from 1993
KATE BUSH Melody Maker, 1993 by Simon Reynolds Kate Bush is an English original. In 1978, when her debut single "Wuthering Heights" hit Number One in the UK, her wavering, starburst voice seemed to come out of nowhere. But only because it's from that same un-American, un-rock'n'roll place as Johnny ...
10 Easy Pieces: Outdoor Dining Plates
Let the warm weather continue. These lightweight, hard-wearing wood and enamel plates—the perfect alternative to disposable paper and plastic—stand ready for the beach, picnics, and backyard festivities. ENAMELWARE Above: West Elm Market's Enamelware Dinnerware is inspired by vintage designs, and is ...
My Sports: Manziel willing to share nickname with A&M's Hill
Manziel willing to share nickname with A&M's Hill > Sports News< b> Manziel willing to share nickname with A&M's Hill Penn State, UCF set for Ireland season opener US opens basketball worlds vs Finns and their fans Shelley Sterling: Ballmer eager to own Clippers Pro wrestlers take antics to stree ...
Exile
29th August 2014 T.S. Eliot: "Every country is home to one man, and exile to another." I have been thinking a lot about exile, because I live in a kind of self-imposed exile myself, and because when I look at the lives of other writers, it seems to be a common theme. The favourite author of my youth ...
