RTE News- Mueller's Russia report released as AG defends Trump April 18, 2019The Mueller report has concluded that while the investigation identified numerous links between Russia and people associated with the Trump campaign, the evidence was not sufficient to support criminal charges.
- Mueller report leaves Democrats in a quandary April 18, 2019Democrats who clamored for the speedy release of US Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into whether President Donald Trump's 2016 campaign colluded with Russia are now confronted with a choice - stay on the attack or move on.
- Family hubs not intended as housing solution - Murphy April 18, 2019Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy has faced a barrage of criticism from opposition TDs in the Dáil following the publication of a report into homeless children living in family hubs.
- Trump on report: From 'this is terrible' to 'game over' April 18, 2019According to the Mueller Report, when US President Donald Trump learned the Special Counsel had been appointed, he slumped back in his chair and said: "Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my presidency. I'm f****d!"
- Pelosi: US has vested interest in Good Friday Agreement April 18, 2019US House of Representatives speaker Nancy Pelosi, has travelled to Northern Ireland out of respect for those "who participated in the Good Friday accords".
- PwC accused of 'gross conflict of interest' over review April 18, 2019Consultancy firm PwC has been accused of a "gross conflict of interest" for advising the HSE about the National Children's Hospital, two months before it was paid almost €500,000 to carry out another review of cost overruns at the project.
- Environmental protesters to target Heathrow April 18, 2019Environmental protesters plan to target London's Heathrow Airport as hundreds of thousands of passengers fly out over the Easter weekend.
- Germany and Portugal mourn tourists killed in bus crash April 18, 2019Portugal and Germany are in mourning after 29 German tourists died when their bus tumbled down a slope and crashed into a house on the tourist island of Madeira.
- UHL doctors highlight challenges in open letter April 18, 2019Doctors based at University Hospital Limerick have written an open letter outlining the serious challenges faced by the hospital in providing enough in-patient beds for acutely ill patients.
- Appeal for help in tracing missing man in Waterford April 18, 2019Gardaí are appealing to the public for assistance in tracing the whereabouts of a man who has been missing in Waterford since Tuesday.
- Mueller's Russia report released as AG defends Trump April 18, 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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