RTE News- Taoiseach 'very satisfied' with EU position on backstop December 14, 2018Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said he was "very satisfied" with the EU's position on the Irish backstop at last night's summit meeting.
- Croke Páirc - GAA step in after Chaoimh costs hit €110m December 14, 2018GAA authorities are to take over the running of Páirc Uí Chaoimh after it emerged the cost of redeveloping the stadium came in almost €25m over budget, at up to €110m.
- State insurance fund could have to pay Qudos claims December 14, 2018The state's Insurance Compensation Fund could be forced to pay the outstanding claims of the Irish holders of policies from the collapsed Danish insurer, Qudos Insurance.
- Events to mark centenary of 1918 general election December 14, 2018Events are taking place to mark the 100th anniversary of the 1918 general election, which was the first time women voted in Ireland.
- Election 1918 - How Ireland voted December 14, 2018100 years on from the election, see how the people of Ireland voted.
- Climate talks hear stark warnings ahead of final day December 14, 2018UN talks aimed at averting catastrophic climate change are set to wrap up in Poland today, following two weeks of heated disputes between rich and poor nations that saw countries most at risk plead for action.
- Life under smog: 'You're battling with the air' December 14, 2018"The first thing I do when I wake in the morning is check the air," said Deborah Mahon from Dublin who moved to Beijing last year with her family, for her husband's job.
- Guatemalan child dies in US custody at border December 14, 2018A seven-year-old Guatemalan girl died in US custody after being detained by US border police in the state of New Mexico, The Washington Post has reported.
- Your Politics: Brexit - what just happened? December 14, 2018This week Aine Lawlor is joined from London by Political Correspondent Paul Cunningham who has been covering the dramatic events as the British Prime Minister Theresa May has fought for her political life.
- US plane turned back after human heart left on board December 14, 2018A Southwest Airlines flight headed from Seattle to Dallas was turned back mid-flight after it was discovered that a human heart had been left on board, officials said.
- Taoiseach 'very satisfied' with EU position on backstop December 14, 2018
Monthly Archives: January 2016
Erin! the tear and the smile in thine eyes By Thomas Moore
Erin! the tear and the smile in thine eyes Blend like the rainbow that hangs in thy skies, Shining through sorrow’s stream, Saddening through pleasure’s beam, Thy suns with doubtful gleam, Weep while they rise. Erin, thy silent tear never … Continue reading
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An Argument By Thomas Moore
I’ve oft been told by learned friars, That wishing and the crime are one, And Heaven punishes desires As much as if the deed were done. 2 If wishing damns us, you and I Are damned to all our heart’s … Continue reading
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Friendship By Alexander Pushkin
What’s friendship? The hangover’s faction, The gratis talk of outrage, Exchange by vanity, inaction, Or bitter shame of patronage.
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After Prayers Lie Cold By C S Lewis
Arise my body, my small body, we have striven Enough, and He is merciful; we are forgiven. Arise small body, puppet-like and pale, and go, White as the bed-clothes into bed, and cold as snow, Undress with small, cold fingers … Continue reading
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There Be None of Beautys Daughters By Lord Byron
There be none of Beauty’s daughters With a magic like Thee; And like music on the waters Is thy sweet voice to me: When, as if its sound were causing The charm?d ocean’s pausing, The waves lie still and gleaming, … Continue reading
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Sun of the Sleepless! By Lord Byron
Sun of the sleepless! melancholy star! Whose tearful beam glows tremulously far, That show’st the darkness thou canst not dispel, How like art thou to joy remember’d well! So gleams the past, the light of other days, Which shines, but … Continue reading
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Frost at Midnight By Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The Frost performs its secret ministry, Unhelped by any wind. The owlet’s cry Came loud—and hark, again! loud as before. The inmates of my cottage, all at rest, Have left me to that solitude, which suits Abstruser musings: save that … Continue reading
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