Monday, June 10, 2019

A CULTURE OF RACIST XENOPHOBIC ISOLATIONISM DOOMS ITSELF
Difficulty of juggling work and bringing up children blamed as one of the major reasons behind decline
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THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS BUT WE NEED TO GET SOMETHING DONE
Tánaiste warns 'more needs to be done' after man availing of homeless support dies in Cork
TÁNAISTE Simon Coveney warned that more needs to be done to tackle homelessness as a third person who was availing of support services in Cork died in tragic circumstances.
"Whenever somebody dies tragically on our streets it is a reminder that the Government needs to do more"



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'Origin Green is painting a false image to the world and it will come back to bite us' - newly elected Green councillor Pippa Hackett
While questions were raised last week whether the farming community had actually voted for the Green Party, newly elected Green councillor Pippa Hackett is certain that they did as, after all, she is a farmer herself.


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"Two more gray whales were found dead this week in Alaska amid the mysterious surge of deaths within the species this year along the US West Coast, CNN affiliate KTUU reports. That makes seven in Alaska and at least 75 total, in what the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration calls an "unusual mortality event," the station reports."


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Meet AMUBA, Indonesia's First All-Trans Girlband
We follow AMUBA's struggle to build a music career in a country where the LGBTQ community is deeply maligned.

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'It is odd to take a club home. You think he’d take a piece of turf or something'

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US President Donald Trump's decision to fly home from his golf course in Doonbeg with a shiny…









What it's really like when Trump is your boss... and why those who underestimate him are at risk

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A big belly of cloud is rolling over Doonbeg on US President Donald Trump's final day in Ireland.…


"This is a very poignant reminder of the horror and abject suffering of that time"

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The Government is set to liaise with Canadian authorities after scientists there linked…

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Women TDs and senators may breastfeed their babies at Leinister House - including inside the Dáil and Seanad chambers

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Women TDs and senators given green light to breastfeed in Dáil and Seanad
Women TDs and senators may breastfeed their babies at Leinister House - including inside the Dáil and Seanad chambers.
Northern Irish play The Ferryman triumphs at the Tony Awards
Northern Irish drama The Ferryman picked up the prestigious accolade for best play at the Tony Awards, while its director Sam Mendes was also honoured.
The production, penned by James Bond co-writer Jez Butterworth, tells the tale of a former IRA man in rural Co Armagh during The Troubles.

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Psychic didn't see this one coming....
It was the State's case that four Irish men, including two farmers, who were unable to secure bank loans as a result of the global financial crisis approached Gold seeking loans of large sums of money.
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A former psychic has been convicted by a jury of the theft and money laundering of €1.6m.