RTE News- ABP set to confirm cattle price increase December 6, 2019RTÉ News understands that a cattle price increase is to be confirmed by one of the country's biggest meat processors this afternoon.
- Healy-Rae brothers given suspended sentences December 6, 2019Two sons of Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae have been given suspended sentences for assault causing harm to a man during a night out in Kenmare on 28 December 2017.
- Donal Conway to step down as FAI president December 6, 2019Donal Conway is to step down as President of the Football Association of Ireland at an EGM on 25 January.
- 'I can talk' - Boy, 7, injured at birth hails progress December 6, 2019A seven-year-old boy has been awarded a settlement of €3.6 million for the next five years over the circumstances of his birth at Cork University Maternity Hospital.
- Status Orange wind warning ahead of Storm Atiyah December 6, 2019Met Éireann has issued a status orange wind warning for eight counties as result of Storm Atiyah.
- Irish murder charge men claiming intoxication defence December 6, 2019Intoxication will play a major part in the defence of two Irish tourists accused of murdering a 66-year-old Indigenous man in Sydney, a court has heard.
- Merkel becomes third German leader to visit Auschwitz December 6, 2019Germany's Angela Merkel is visiting the former Nazi death camp at Auschwitz for the first time in her 14 years as chancellor, as Germany grapples with a resurgence of anti-Semitism and the growth of the far-right.
- Two cars, cash among items seized during CAB searches December 6, 2019Drugs, cash and two cars were among items seized during searches by the Criminal Assets Bureau in Dublin and Wicklow.
- 'Miracle' as woman revived after six hours December 6, 2019A British woman suffering from severe hypothermia who was revived by doctors in Spain after more than six hours of cardiac arrest has hailed her survival as "a miracle".
- Case of brain-damaged man in prison 'far from rare' December 6, 2019The Director of the Central Mental Hospital has said the case of a brain-damaged homeless man in prison is "far from rare".
- ABP set to confirm cattle price increase December 6, 2019
Category Archives: Languages
Never Be Silent
Silence ‘This is precisely the time when artists go to work. There is no time for despair, no place for self-pity, no need for silence, no room for fear. We speak, we write, we do language. That is how civilizations … Continue reading
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Fodor’s Travel – Great Website
Fodor’s Travel Website offers a list of key phrases and its’ pronunciation in all major languages. Source: http://www.fodors.com/language/italian/ I am studying Italian for my trip to Rome. This Italian section is divdied into key sections: Overview Greetings Directions Shopping Numbers … Continue reading
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Latin Phrases & Words Still Used Today
a contrario= from the opposite a falsis principiis proficisci = to set forth from false principles ab antiquo = from ancient times ab epistulis = from the letters absolvo = I acquit ad hoc = to this ad infinitum = … Continue reading
Ten Amazing Reasons Why You Should Learn a Foreign Language
Title: Ten Amazing Reasons Why You Should Learn a Foreign Language Author: Sam Gendrean, Lingholic Full Text & Source:http://www.lingholic.com/ten-amazing-reasons-learn-foreign-language/ The Internet, Online, 6/11/2015 Sample Text: 10. Impress people around you Whether at a fancy restaurant with your date ordering dishes … Continue reading
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Tagged Develop confidence, Discover a new culture, Impress people around you, Improve your decision making skills, Improve your employability, Increase your brain power, learn languages, Lingholic, open-minded, Study or live overseas, Ten Amazing Reasons Why You Should Learn a Foreign Language, transform your travel experience
World Literature Project
Title: Endangered Languages Database Author: University Of Cambridge, UK & University Of Yale, USA Full Text & Source: http://www.oralliterature.org/research/databaseterms.html The Internet, Online, 25/10/2015 Sample Text: Please read the following information carefully before searching the database. Researchers at the World Oral … Continue reading
Ten Amazing Reasons Why You Should Learn a Foreign Language
Title: Ten Amazing Reasons Why You Should Learn a Foreign Language Author: Sam Gendreau, Lingholic Full Text & Source: http://www.lingholic.com/ten-amazing-reasons-learn-foreign-language/ The Internet, Online, 15/10/2015 Sample Text: 10. Impress people around you Whether at a fancy restaurant with your date ordering dishes … Continue reading
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Happy Translation Day
“The word ‘translation’ comes, etymologically, from the Latin for ‘bearing across’. Having been borne across the world, we are translated men. It is normally supposed that something always gets lost in translation; I cling, obstinately to the notion that something … Continue reading
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