RTE News- Irish border backstop on Brussels Brexit talks agenda August 16, 2018The latest round of Brexit negotiations is due to get underway in Brussels today
- Cardinal withdraws from World Meeting of Families August 15, 2018One of the Vatican's key adviser's on clerical sex abuse, Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley, has withdrawn from the World Meeting of Families where he was due to chair its first televised debate on child safeguarding.
- Gallagher 'actively considering' second presidency bid August 15, 2018Seán Gallagher is "actively considering" a second bid at becoming President of Ireland and could announce his intentions to contest the autumn election within the next fortnight.
- Conte declares state of emergency after bridge collapse August 15, 2018Italian Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte has declared a state of emergency covering the region around Genoa, after yesterday's bridge collapse which left at least 39 people dead.
- An Post to seek up to 300 voluntary redundancies August 15, 2018An Post is to seek up to 300 voluntary redundancies in a cost-cutting plan that may also see it move its headquarters from Dublin's historic GPO.
- Bell rung at service to mark Omagh bombing anniversary August 15, 2018A ceremony has been held in Omagh, Co Tyrone, this afternoon to remember the 29 people who were killed and the hundreds injured by a Real IRA bomb on this day 20 years ago.
- Trump revokes security clearance of former CIA director August 15, 2018US President Donald Trump has revoked the security clearance of former CIA Director John Brennan, accusing him of using his access to classified information to "sow division and chaos" about the Trump administration.
- At least 48 killed in blast at Afghan education centre August 15, 2018At least 48 people have died following a suicide blast in a mainly Shia area of Kabul, the latest in a wave of attacks that have killed hundreds of civilians, soldiers and policemen over recent days.
- Inquest hears jogger killed by disqualified driver August 15, 2018The family of a jogger who died following a hit-and-run in Dublin city has said the inability of An Garda Síochána to identify disqualified drivers contributed to his death.
- Sign language anthem to be performed at hurling final August 15, 2018The new Irish Sign Language version of the National Anthem will be performed for the first time at a sporting occasion before Sunday's All-Ireland hurling final
- Irish border backstop on Brussels Brexit talks agenda August 16, 2018
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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