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Crowds turn out for rare solar eclipse spectacle in Ireland
9+ hour, 17+ min ago (121+ words) Political Editor, Pat Leahy, was speaking to Hugh Linehan for the Inside Politics Podcast. What were Karoline Leavitt's memorable moments with the press at the White House? Video: Reuters Journalist Guy Hedgecoe was speaking to Aideen Finnegan for the In…...
Dredging Moate: Frank McNally on an Anglo-Mexican surrealist with deep roots in Westmeath
7+ hour, 27+ min ago (740+ words) I am delighted to see that the Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA) has acquired two paintings by the surrealist Leonora Carrington (1917-2011), an artist usually described as “Anglo-Mexican” but whose DNA and wild imagination both had roots in Westmeath. One…...
Eurovision 2027: Bulgaria’s Black Sea city of Burgas selected to host
20+ hour, 13+ min ago (392+ words) The Black Sea city of Burgas in Bulgaria has been selected to host the Eurovision Song Contest in May next year, the show’s organisers said on Thursday. Bulgaria won Eurovision for the first time in May in a final overshadowed…...
Alison Chawke’s early prison release: was south Dublin woman given special treatment?
6+ hour, 6+ min ago (763+ words) Alison Chawke, who was released from Limerick Prison just 25 days into a 12-month sentence, will be required to carry out community work up to three times per week under the terms of her release. It could include cleaning graffiti off…...
Farage and Reform UK damaged by Labour upheaval
9+ hour, 13+ min ago (856+ words) Serious political analysts for weeks have been steadfast in their insistence that there is little chance of Nigel Farage losing this week’s Clacton byelection. But what of his political dream of becoming Britain’s prime minister? As the byelection circus involving…...
Poor weather in fatal Kerry forestry rally did not justify cancellation, inquest hears
6+ hour, 48+ min ago (626+ words) Weather conditions that included heavy wind and rain did not in any way justify the cancellation of a rally in which a man was killed after his car veered off track and flipped over into a flooded stream, an inquest…...
Irish scientists celebrated âlike Nasaâ after capturing perfect eclipse 550km off coast â The Irish Times
7+ hour, 54+ min ago (473+ words) A group of Irish and Italian scientists are celebrating after their mission to capture the total solar eclipse succeeded off the west coast of Ireland. Thirteen crew and scientists left Baldonnel in Dublin on the Irish Air Corps C295 at 3pm on…...
Presidential election tests strength of Zambian democracy
18+ hour, 37+ min ago (375+ words) Zambian voters have 14 candidates to choose from in today’s presidential election. But it’s a two-horse race with a clear favourite. Although Hichilema faces 13 challengers for the presidency, only one represents a real threat: former lawyer Brian Mundubile, who has the backing…...
Dublin’s new Catholic cathedral to close for €17m renovation
10+ hour, 11+ min ago (456+ words) St Mary’s Cathedral, one of Dublin’s “most important” Catholic church buildings, is to close next week until 2028 for a €17 million renovation, Dublin’s Catholic Archdiocese has announced. St Mary’s, which was designated by Pope Leo XIV as the Catholic cathedral for…...
Ryanair cofounder’s family selling 950-acre Kentucky estate for €49.9m
11+ hour, 47+ min ago (305+ words) The family of the late Irish businessman and Ryanair cofounder Tony Ryan has placed their 951-acre Kentucky equestrian estate on the market, seeking €49.9 million ($57.5 million). The centuries-old holding in Lexington will be placed for auction on October 28th if it doesn’t…...