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When I went to school, the bullies stopped at the school gates, now there is no let up because they have access to you 24 hours a day through social media,” said Damien O’Halloran the vice-chair of ...
Daniel McDonnell reflects on the main talking points from last night’s League Of Ireland matches.
Roundwood, which stands 239 metres above sea level, is among the very highest villages in Ireland and on the August bank holiday weekend it comes alive with its big summer highlig ...
When Paddy Joe Joyce said yes to a job in the Kylemore Abbey estate 50 years ago he probably did not think that one day he would have sat with the Irish Independent talking about his five decade long ...
A hundred sub-plots come into play for Sunday’s All-Ireland football final, and so evenly matched are Kerry and Donegal that a draw and a replay is a very live prospect The Sam Maguire cup at Croke ...
Graham O’Sullivan has gone back to front. From corner-back or wing-back to wing-forward. From number 2 in the 2022 and 2023 All-Ireland finals to the number 12 shirt for this Sunday.
Visiting the breakaway republic of Transnistria in Moldova is akin to stepping back in time to the old USSR before it dissolved - a land of soviet style buildings, communist relics, and stodgy cuisine ...
The Government of Ireland is adopting a ‘wait and see’ approach regarding the protection of jobs and drug supply to the US, following the announcement of wide-ranging US tariffs on Irish products.
The Kremlin said yesterday that a summit between Russian president Vladimir Putin and Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky could only happen as a final step to seal a peace deal.
The heart that does not sink at the sight of children wasting away in the arms of their helpless mothers can scarcely be human.