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Living life one city at a time
Images by Dalene and Peter Heck via hecktictravels.com In 2009, having overcome personal tragedies, Canadian couple Dalene and Peter Heck did what many dream of doing – they quit their jobs, sold their house and set out to explore the world. Since then, the couple…
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What not to do on Dublin Bus
As someone who takes the bus into the city every day I have grown to adopt certain habits and mannerisms. I also notice the habits of other people. I felt it was the right time to compile a list on what not to…
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Katie’s Road to Rio
Her first Home Bout since Bringing Back Olympic Gold, Olympic gold medallist boxer Katie Taylor will not have too far to travel for her next fight. The 27-year-old amateur boxer will be on her home turf on November 30, where she will face…
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A portrait of our league
Last March I embarked on a photographic quest to depict the essence of our much-derided domestic football league. Historical, sometimes dilapidated but always characteristic, League of Ireland clubs’ stadia still retain a quintessential flavour of the game in its simplest form, something that…
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Should cannabis be legalised in Ireland?
Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan – TD for Roscommon/South Leitrim – has put forward a private members bill in the Dáil for the decriminalisation of cannabis – similar to the line that many U.S states have taken in recent months. I took to the streets of Dublin…
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The Web Summit Dublin
The Web Summit officially opened today bright and early at 9am with found Paddy Cosgrave taking to the main stage. The day was split up between numerous stages in the RDS with some of the biggest names in tech talking about the industry,…
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Bram Stoker Festival in images/sound
Audio extract from ‘Dracula in the Cathedral’, Saturday 26 October 2013 in St Patrick’s cathedral, Dublin. Performance by Gerard Lee (Jonathan Harker) and Michael James Ford (Count Dracula). https://soundcloud.com/diarmaid-murray/dracula-audio
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Dublin Marathon in Pictures
Almost 14500 people ran in the Dublin marathon on Monday. The men’s race was won by Irishman Sean Hehir with a time of two hours, 18 minutes and 19 seconds with Dublin’s Maria McCambridge winning the women’s race in two hours, 38 minutes and 51…
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“It’s not amateur anymore”: Colm Begley on Gaelic Football’s increasing professionalism
“An amateur game played at a professional level” was how Colm Begley described Gaelic football this week. “The gap has been closed” between GAA and AFL in recent seasons stated the former Brisbane Lions Rookie of the Year, speaking ahead of last weekends second International…
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Is a university degree worth more than an IT degree?
At the recent Global Irish Economic Forum, Glen Dimplex CEO Sean O’Driscoll stated that Ireland has “too many universities”. The University College Cork graduate believes that “We need to redefine the role of ITs. They should not be quasi-universities. ITs should be…
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