꼬리표: Irish
Six Irish Guards held on drugs and money-laundering offences
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Six Irish Guards and a Coldstream Guardsman veteran have been arrested on suspicion of drugs and money-laundering offences, the Ministry of Defence has said. A statement from the MoD press office said: “As part of a p...
Dervla Murphy: an appreciation of the great Irish travel writer who has died aged 90
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The last time I saw Dervla was a few years ago, before lockdown, when she invited me for lunch at her home in Lismore, County Waterford. The meal was an agreeably liquid affair. One of Dervla’s great passions was beer...
‘It can’t be sidelined’: bill aims to give Irish official status in Northern Ireland
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Gregory Campbell, a Democratic Unionist party MP in Northern Ireland, once expressed his scorn for the Irish language with six words that became infamous: “Curry my yoghurt, can coca coalyer.” He coined the gibberish ...
A note to students: read the greats of Northern Irish literature. Then watch Derry Girls
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I teach a module about Northern Irish literature called Alternative Ulster, which covers all the texts you would expect, from the poetry of Seamus Heaney, Medbh McGuckian and Ciaran Carson and the fiction of Bernard M...
Two ‘courteous’ US anti-war veterans in their 80s fined for disrupting Irish airport
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Two elderly American anti-war activists described as “the nicest and most courteous protesters” have each been fined €5,000 by an Irish court for interfering with operations at Shannon airport, which hosts US military...
Pearson and Arundell lead London Irish rally to snatch record draw with Wasps
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The race for the remaining Champions Cup place is far from over after a remarkable comeback from London Irish saw them snatch the highest scoring draw in Premiership history from a contest they had all but lost. Twent...
‘It’s a bit of a circus’: the Northern Irish voters tired of polarised politics
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On the streets of Enniskillen, a handful of twentysomething women, all from a unionist background, discuss this week’s elections. The Northern Ireland protocol does not come up once, but what does surface repeatedly a...
Irish Grand National: Lord Lariat gives McLoughlin second shock triumph
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Lord Lariat provided local trainer Dermot McLoughlin with a second successive victory in the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse. A year on from the 150-1 shot Freewheelin Dylan causing an almighty shock in the Easter ...
Irish police arrest man in Sligo town after bodies of two men found
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Irish police have made an arrest and warned about the danger of dating apps after the killing and mutilation of two men in separate attacks in County Sligo. The Gardaí arrested the man, who is in his early 20s, on Wed...
Marcus Smith runs the show for Harlequins in rout of London Irish
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At the home of their nearest neighbours, Harlequins put on an exhibition, scoring seven tries to cement their hold on third spot in the Premiership with an impressive 41-14 win against London Irish. Marcus Smith was i...
Don’t kick the president! Irish dancers Cairde go from TikTok to the White House
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‘Our St Patrick’s Day is like Christmas to Michael Bublé,” says Dara Kelly of the viral Irish dancing group Cairde. “Three years ago, it was so much more relaxed and chill for everyone. But now, it’s debatably the bus...
Man charged over Belfast bomb hoax which disrupted Irish minister’s speech
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A man has been charged with a number of offences relating to a security alert in Belfast that led to Ireland’s foreign minister being evacuated from a peace event. Simon Coveney was taken out of an event organised by ...
맨 위 10 Northern Irish novels
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Northern Ireland has been something of a hotspot for TV drama and comedy over the last few years. Crime shows such as The Fall and The Secret have drawn huge audiences, Derry Girls has been a worldwide hit, and even G...
Tributes paid at funeral to ‘inspirational’ Irish journalist killed in Ukraine
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An Irish journalist killed alongside a Ukrainian colleague when their Fox News team came under fire near Kyiv paid “a terrible price” for his love of “truth telling”, the congregation at his funeral mass has heard. 파이...
‘Nobody knows what happened’: the row over the non-vanishing Irish lake
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It is the disappearing lake that hasn’t vanished for six years. Lough Funshinagh in the west of Ireland usually drains through a “swallow hole”, as if someone has pulled the plug in a bath. But for an unknown reason n...
Irish foreign minister taken off stage in Belfast after security alert
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Ireland’s foreign minister, Simon Coveney, has been evacuated mid-speech from an event in Belfast after a suspect device was discovered in a hijacked van driven to the venue. A full-scale security alert was under way ...