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All-Ireland SFC weekend: All You Need to Know
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (1499+ words) Munster SFC semi-finals Clare v Kerry, Zimmer Biomet P'irc Ch'os'g, 2pm Tipperary v Cork, FBD Semple Stadium, 2pm Connacht SFC semi-final Leitrim v Galway, Heartland Credit Union P'irc Se'n Mac Diarmada, 3. 30pm Ulster SFC quarter-final Fermanagh v Armagh, Brewster Park, 5. 30pm Connacht SFC semi-final…...
Behind the music - The Falls Band
6+ hour, 21+ min ago (513+ words) Manchester-based indie-rock trio The Falls Band have released their new single, Open Fire. We asked them the BIG questions. .. Speaking about the track, vocalist and lyricist Harrison Sharp says, "We've been itching to record Open Fire for a little while…...
Mc Donald insists she will lead Sinn F'in after election
6+ hour, 18+ min ago (517+ words) Sinn F'in's Mary Lou Mc Donald has insisted that she will still be party leader after the next general election. Speaking at the her party's Ard Fheis in Belfast, Ms Mc Donald told reporters the party was united and strong…...
Review: I tried microneedling - these are my takeaways
7+ hour, 21+ min ago (1256+ words) Journalist Caoimhe Mahon documents her experience of microneedling, and shares whether the treatment was worth the results. Skincare is currently dominating the beauty industry and, in a generation who look towards prioritisation of self-care, developing a unique and beneficial skincare…...
Russia cuts benchmark rate to 14. 5% as economy slows
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (354+ words) Russia has today trimmed its benchmark interest rate, days after President Vladimir Putin sounded the alarm over a slowing economy and ordered his officials to boost growth. Russia's economy shrunk in the first two months of the year, according to…...
Zoinks! Production begins on new live action Scooby-Doo
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (209+ words) The makers behind the new live action Scooby-Doo TV series have announced that production has begun. The Hunger Games actress Mckenna Grace is starring as Daphne Blake in the new Netflix show about the mystery-solving gang and their eponymous Great…...
Two-thirds of world's hungriest in 10 countries - report
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (372+ words) Two-thirds of people facing food crises globally last year lived in just 10 countries, with a third of them in Sudan, Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of Congo, a UN-backed yearly report said today. Conflict remained the main driver of acute…...
US justice dept adds firing squads for federal executions
18+ hour, 35+ min ago (380+ words) The US Justice Department has said that it is seeking to expand the use of the death penalty in federal capital cases and add the firing squad, electrocution and gas to lethal injection as methods of execution. "The prior administration…...
Kilkenny and Wexford brace for all-too-rare clash
3+ day, 4+ min ago (1331+ words) After last year's jaded edition of the Leinster Hurling Championship, which ended with another colourless decider between Kilkenny and Galway in a half-empty Croke Park, the Leinster Council decided to tear up the script. For the first time since the…...
Will this energy shock seal the deal for renewables?
6+ hour, 21+ min ago (1740+ words) The US-Israeli attack on Iran and the subsequent blockade of the Strait of Hormuz have created the biggest oil supply disruption the world has ever faced, according to the International Energy Agency. "Right now is a postcard from the future,…...