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Nightclub promoter, 21, stabbed to death after brawl in Dublin’s tourism district
Qayyum Balogun chased and attacked after gig ended in Grafton Street area following clash between rival groups, police sayA brawl in the heart of Dublin’s tourism district led to a…
Book Review: ‘Land,’ by Maggie O’Farrell
Set in the decades after the Great Hunger, “Land” is a rich portrait of family life amid Ireland’s long struggle against British rule.
Ireland
Yves Sakila’s death has echoes of George Floyd. When will we in Ireland confront our own racism?
Growing up in Dublin, I learned to navigate life in fight-or-flight mode. Yet even now, our leaders are ducking a vital conversationSeán Gallen is a Martinican-Irish writer and film-maker based…
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Death of Congolese man renews scrutiny of race relations in Ireland
Yves Sakila died after being restrained by security guards ‘in broad daylight’Irish authorities have agreed to a second postmortem on the body of a Congolese man who died after being…
Maggie O’Farrell: ‘Fiction comes from what you don’t know’
From a young age, the author was told that one of her ancestors had drawn some of the first maps of Ireland. Then she found a photograph, and embarked on…
Computing
‘Hidden datacentre tax’ costing Irish households millions, report says
Datacentres used 22% of country’s electricity last year, pushing up household bills, study suggestsEnergy demand by datacentres in Ireland has added hundreds of euros to household electricity bills in a…
Abortion
Abortion regret is a myth. Irish women don’t need laws to make them ‘reflect’ on their choices | Roe McDermott
More people regret knee surgery than abortion. So why is the patriarchy still scaring us with lifelong torment?Ireland’s parliament, the Dáil, voted down a reproductive rights amendment bill this month…
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Temperatures to reach up to 27 degrees as warm spell continues
Sunny weather follows unusually cold May, with highest temperature of the year so far, 24.9 degrees, recorded at Phoenix Park
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Enjoy your life, but pick your friends wisely, says D-Day veteran on 100th birthday
George Spencer describes himself as being lucky, as he reflects on his life
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How a son’s death in New York has led to almost 2,500 grieving families being helped
Kevin Bell was 26 when he was killed in the US. Amid their grief, his parents created a unique organisation which continues to help people who’ve lost loved ones overseas
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Irish gangland figure fails in Dublin byelection bid for seat in parliament
Gerry ‘the monk’ Hutch comes fourth in contest won by Daniel Ennis of Social DemocratsThe Irish gangland figure Gerry “the monk” Hutch has failed in his bid for a parliamentary…