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Noel Gallagher Rocks Dublin’s 3Arena
Noel Gallagher continued his UK and Ireland arena tour Wednesday night with a 90 minute performance at Dublin’s 3Arena. Ireland’s largest indoor music venue saw the singer-songwriter and his High Flying Birds play a string of songs from his two solo albums…
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Do women’s deeds pay off?
By Serephine Habimana We all are aware of the mystery and bravery of a woman, how she works hard and protects her family in times of need but I wonder if women really reap what they sow? As hundreds of events will take place…
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Saint Valentine in Dublin
The story of St Valentine’s relics has been intriguing visitors to Dublin since they were put on display in White Street Carmelite Church in the 1950s. Not least because there are up to ten places in the world claiming to house the remains…
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It is February and here are some reasons you have failed your New Year’s resolutions
By Natasha Reis It begins like any other day. The alarm rings ten decimals higher than you’d like, the noise searing through your eardrums and peeling your eyelids open far too prematurely. It is insanely early by anyone’s standards and yet you have…
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Settlement reached in McIlroy case
The Rory Mcilroy versus Horizon Sports Management case was due to tee off at 11am on Wednesday, but the crowds were already gathering outside the Four Courts almost an hour before. A throng of media were ready to greet golf’s golden boy. Photographers…
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The Rise of the Irish Gambling Problem
Sitting in a casino on O’ Connell street, all sense of time and outside life is blocked out. There are no clocks, the temperature is constant. No one here seems to be able to tell you what time it is, or how long…
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Growing up blind
Growing up blind was, for the most part, a positive experience for one young Irish woman. 21-year-old Noreen McInerney from Portlaoise has been severely visually impaired since birth. At times, however, she has found it ‘pretty stressful’ to do the normal things, like getting…
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Have a holly jolly #GamesMas
Christmas should be a time for casual idleness on the couch, where vigorous action requires little more than a stern digit on the R2 button. Here are three games that our readers will be playing this holiday season. Far Cry 4 This year,…
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Do they know its Christmas time at all?
With homelessness being a big issue in the media in recent weeks, TheCity.ie’s Leah Louise King went on a soup run in Dublin’s City Centre to get a first-hand view of how bad the problem is. When homeless man Jonathan Corrie passed away…
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European exchange rates rising in Ireland: Erasmus in Dublin
Dublin has been no stranger to hosting representatives from the European Union in recent years – just ask the Finance Minister Michael Noonan – but a different cohort of continental visitors that stay a little longer and enjoy a more better welcome are…
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