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Two more Apple staff contract coronavirus at Irish headquarters
Apple's European headquarters at Hollyhill, Cork is reported to have two more cases of coronavirus infections, bringing the facility's number to three.
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Same-sex marriage now legal in Northern Ireland
Same-sex marriage is now legally recognised in Northern Ireland. From Monday, same-sex couples will be able to register to marry, meaning the first ceremonies will take place in February. For couples who are already married, their marriage will now be legally recognised in Northern Ireland.
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Twenty one bee species in NI 'at risk of extinction'
A report blames the loss of habitats, pesticides and climate change for the decline in bees.
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Climate change: Ireland plans to plant 440m trees by 2040
Farm land to be used for some of the 8,000 hectares of new forestry every year
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Secret IRA documents discovered in attic
A century-old archive of IRA documents, detailing secret operations from the 1916 Easter Rising through to the Irish Civil War, has been found in an attic.
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Rare library book returned after 80 years
A book borrowed from an Irish library has been returned more than 80 years after it was due to be taken back. The White Owl by Annie MP Smithson was borrowed on 23 July 1937 from Donegal County Library in the Irish-speaking Gaeltacht area of Gweedore. It was returned to Gweedore Public Library on 17 May.
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Living off-grid for almost 80 years
When she was was born - near the Irish border in County Fermanagh in 1942 - it was not unusual for families to live without electricity and running water. Margaret's neighbours only began to update their homes in the late 1940s and 1950s. But her family missed the opportunity to join the trend due to her mother's death, when Margaret was 10, and her father's ill health.
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Kate Rusby - I Am Stretched On Your Grave ( Peaky Blinders )
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The girls of Bessborough
For decades thousands of Irish mothers were confined in homes and had their babies taken from them. Will the full truth ever be revealed? By Deirdre Finnerty.
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An American Lab Test Abroad
Ireland’s cervical cancer scandal, and its underlying logic of profit-driven, privatized health care, has ramifications far beyond the country’s shores. By Erica X Eisen.
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A Girl Called Johnny
The Waterboys
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The truth about St. Patrick's Day
The Irish continue to express gratitude for St. Patrick's unselfish commitment to their spiritual well-being, even as the rest of the world celebrates by drowning in booze.
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Bluegrass Guitar - Irish Folk Music
Where it came from.
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Dark Hedges tree falls in high winds
A tree made famous by the TV fantasy drama Game of Thrones has fallen in strong winds. Gale force winds of up to 60 mph hit Northern Ireland overnight on Saturday. The Dark Hedges are a tunnel of beech trees on the Bregagh Road near Armoy that have become an an international tourist attraction since featuring in the hit series.
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Derry Girls: the Northern Irish sitcom that captures teenage girlhood – no matter where you live
Many shows about teens don’t push past cliches – but Derry Girls gives us complex, unpredictable characters who are never completely in control
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A searing reflection on the Troubles and their aftermath
“Say Nothing” evokes the worlds of both the victims and their assailants
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No new non-zero emission cars sold in Ireland beyond 2030, says Government
The Government has said that no new non-zero emission cars will be sold in Ireland beyond 2030. In its bid to tackle climate change, a target of having 500,000 electric vehicles on the road in the same year has been set and no NCT will be issued for non-zero emission cars post-2045. Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment Richard Bruton published the 2018 Annual Transition Statement today.
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Pilots report seeing UFO in sky off Ireland
"We saw a bright light and then it disappeared at a very high speed," pilot says
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Ireland votes 'yes' to remove blasphemy from the Constitution - Independent.ie
The country has voted to remove 'blasphemy' from the Constitution. Some 951,650 people voted 'yes' in the referendum that featured alongside the Presidential Election on Friday, making up 65 per cent of the total valid votes (1,467,458). The move was welcomed by leading figures earlier in the day, after an exit poll conducted by RTÉ and Red C showed some 71.1pc of participants voted to remove the term from the Constitution.
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‘It’s not Ireland’s fault that the tax law in the US was written by someone who was taking acid’
One of US president Donald’s Trump’s top economic advisers has said he expects Ireland will continue to be a “voice of reason” alongside the US against more left-wing European governments in the coming years. Speaking at an event at the US ambassador’s residence in the Phoenix Park in Dublin, Kevin Hassett, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, strongly defended the economic policies of Mr Trump, while also praising the strength of US-Irish relations.
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