RTE News- Brexit to be sealed with final Brussels vote January 29, 2020Brexit Day is to be set in stone today when the European Parliament in Brussels casts a vote ratifying the terms of Britain's divorce deal from the EU.
- Australian scientists make coronavirus breakthrough January 29, 2020The Chinese coronavirus has killed 132 people, infected thousands more and spread to more than a dozen other countries.
- Tánaiste to brief Cabinet on impending Brexit January 29, 2020The UK is due to leave the EU at 11pm this Friday.
- UK govt to publish its post-Brexit Fisheries Bill January 29, 2020Boats from EU states will lose their automatic right of entry to UK waters from the end of this year
- Kobe Bryant's body identified among crash victims January 29, 2020Medical examiners have identified the body of NBA basketball star Kobe Bryant after recovering the remains of all nine people who died in a helicopter crash near Los Angeles.
- Woman arrested on suspicion of murdering three children January 28, 2020A woman in her 40s has been arrested on suspicion of the murder of three children in Newcastle, Co Dublin, last Friday.
- EU citizens to be airlifted out of virus-hit Wuhan January 28, 2020EU citizens will be flown out of Wuhan, the Chinese city at the epicentre of a deadly virus outbreak, the European Commission has said.
- Trump unveils Middle East peace plan, hails 'big step' January 28, 2020President Donald Trump has unveiled long-awaited details of a US plan for solving the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, warning it may represent the last chance at statehood for the Palestinians.
- Caribbean quake shakes Miami and Cayman Islands January 28, 2020A powerful magnitude 7.7 earthquake has struck in the sea south of Cuba, triggering warnings of "hazardous" tsunami waves up to a metre high for Cuba, Jamaica, and west to Mexico and Central America.
- Campaign back under way after leaders' debate January 28, 2020Following last night's televised leaders' debate in Galway, election campaigning is back in action. Keep up to date with events as they happen with our daily blog.
- Brexit to be sealed with final Brussels vote January 29, 2020
Category Archives: Irish People
RIP Ulick O’Connor 1954–2019
Title: Writer and critic Ulick O’Connor dies aged 91 Publisher : RTE Online Source: https://www.rte.ie/culture/2019/1007/1081602-ulick-oconnor/ The Internet, Online, 15/10/2019 Sample Text: Writer, poet, historian and critic Ulick O’Connor has died at the age of 91. Born in Rathgar in Dublin … Continue reading
Posted in Academic, Author, Blogs And Blogging, Drama, Irish People, Journalism, Literature, News, Non Fiction, Playwright, Poet, Poetry, Politics, Publishing & Newspaper Printing, Storytelling, Writing & Writers
Tagged Academic, author, historian, intellectual, Irish History, literary critic, Plays, poet, poetry, sports correspondent, Ulick O'Connor, writer
Irish & Proud 💚💚💚💚
90% of your sick days happen to be Monday. Tool = Idiot. Go on, go on, go on, go on = Drink the tea, or fear her wrath. Tea solves all of your problems Everything is just grand (or it will be … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs And Blogging, Humour, Ireland, Irish People
Tagged Humour, Ireland, Irish, Irish People
First Dáil Éireann- Speech By President Michael D. Higgins
(1st Dail Eireann , The Birth Of Irish Democracy) First Dáil Éireann The Mansion House, Dublin, 21 January 2019 A Cheann Comhairle, A Chathaoirligh, A Thaoisigh, A Airí, A Theachtaí Dála, A Sheanadóirí, A ghaolta le Teachtaí na Céad Dála … Continue reading
Posted in Anglo Irish Relations, Archives, History, Ireland, Irish People, Irish Politics, Men, News, Politics, Soldiers, Terrorism
Tagged 100th anniversary, 21 January 2019, aisling de phoblacht shaor, birth of Irish democracy, Charles Stewart Parnell, Dail Eireann, Democracry, democracy, Dublin, First Dáil Éireann, Independence Day, Ireland Parliament, Ireland President, Irish President, Irish Republic, Michael Davitt, neamhspleách na hÉireann., Pádraig Mac Piarais, Prof Michael D Higgins, ROI, speech, TD, The Mansion House
Old Ireland Was No Country For Women
Some poor Irish women of the past suffered much so we could own property, vote, earn a living and live the life we want. Thank-you brave ladies. We still have not got pay and promotion equality or even even representation … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs And Blogging, Charity, Childbirth, Children, Documentaries, Family, Health, History, Ireland, Irish People, Psychology, Religion, Women
Tagged Adoption, crimes against women, females history, Ireland, Irish Politics, Irish Women, No Country For Women, nuns, Old Ireland, RTE, women freedom, women pregnancy, Women's Lives
Ireland Has Repealed The 8th Amendment – 66.4% Yes
World trust The People Of Ireland That Will Not Be Baby Killers. We could no longer bury our heads in the sand and turn a blind eye to the women and girls traveling alone in the boat to the UK … Continue reading
Posted in Blogs And Blogging, Ireland, Irish People, Irish Politics, Politics, Women
Tagged Abortion, no 33.6%, repeaed the 8th, yes 66.4%, yes vote
St.Patrick’s Day – A Day When The Whole World Celebrates The Irish Culture
Date: 17th March (Every Year) St.Patrick’s Day Website: http://www.stpatricksfestival.ie/ Title:St. Patrick and Identity Author: National Museum, Ireland Full Text & Source: http://www.museum.ie/Country-Life/Featured-Topics/St-Patrick/Decorative-arts St. Patrick and the symbols associated with him have been used to emphasis Irish identity and can been … Continue reading
Posted in Archaeology, Blogs And Blogging, History, Ireland, Irish People, Museums, Religion
Tagged Ireland, Irish History, March 17th, St. Patrick's Day, St.Patrick
