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Ireland welcomes a wave of international visitors for the St. Patrick’s Day weekend festivities
Hundreds of thousands of international tourists are expected to travel to the country over the bank holiday weekend for St. Patrick’s Day celebrations. By Alex Cloud Fáilte Ireland estimates that over 589,000 people attended the three-day St. Patrick’s Day festival last year, which generated €138 million in visitor revenue. While the figures for the current year are undetermined, Dublin Live reported that over half a million people were in…
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On Tuesday 9 February rugby fans all over Ireland woke up to the news that Irish legend Paul O’Connell had retired from the game. In a statement O’Connell said, ‘It is with deep regret that I have decided to retire from professional rugby following medical advice. I would like to take this opportunity to…
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Margaux Nadler weighs in on the controversies surrounding the nominated categories in the Oscars. On February 28th, the 88th Academy Awards will take place in Los Angeles, bringing together all the biggest names in the film industry under one roof. Since last year, the Oscars have been linked to a worldwide controversy. The #OscarsSoWhite hashtag…
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Iona Shearer discusses women’s bodily autonomy and medical bureaucracy. The Centre for Disease Control’s (CDCs) recent announcement that sexually active females of childbearing age should not drink alcohol unless they are taking birth control has caused an impressionable disturbance to women’s bodily autonomy. According to the CDC’s research, up to 1 in 20 school children in…
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Jenny Mooney reports on the statistical information revolving around sexual consent in light of Trinity College’s introduction of sexual consent classes for incoming Freshers in September, 2016. Trinity College are introducing mandatory sexual consent classes to incoming Freshers in Trinity Hall accommodation from September 2016. Similar classes have been introduced in the University of Oxford…
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Sports Editor, Charlie Redmond, takes a quick grasp of the Six Nations Championship and discusses what we can expect when it kicks off on Saturday, February 6th. Tomorrow sees the return of competitive international rugby, with France and Italy set to kick off the annual Six Nations Championship. The Six Nations Championship is a competition…
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The launch of ‘Project 500’, a new digital initiative by RTÉ News Online, will see a change in landscape for nominated election candidates in the run up to the general election. The platform will allow candidates to create a one-minute broadcast to appeal to their own constituency. This new project allows voters to be informed…
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