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Dublin star Sean Currie: Famous sporting family, age and life away from hurling
RSVP Live
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July 5, 2025
Seán Currie is currently the biggest name in Dublin hurling. The Na Fianna man rose through the ranks, playing minor and U/20 before being called into the senior panel at age 21. Here, we take a look inside his busy life on and off the pitch. Read...
Irish homeowners at risk of fines and even imprisonment over eco home upgrade mistakes
RSVP Live
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July 5, 2025
With home improvement searches soaring by 263% this past month, many Irish homeowners are turning to the National Energy Upgrade Scheme, which has already supported upgrades in over 186,700 homes. The scheme offers grants for eco-friendly...
Iran, Hezbollah, and the Kinahans in league to bring tonnes of cocaine through Ireland
Irish Examiner
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July 6, 2025
Iran and the Lebanese terrorist group it funds, Hezbollah, worked with the Kinahan cartel in a foiled plot to traffic more than 2.2 tonnes of cocaine through Irish waters, authorities believe.Direct links between Hezbollah and the two Iranians...
Irish stars struggle as Lions survive their biggest test so far against brave Waratahs
Irish Independent
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And, until last night, it’s felt like the ceremonial element has extended into the rugby itself with the crowds at the Western Force and Queensland Reds games lacking hostility and the teams putting up a 20 to 30 minute fight, before shipping...
Carol Drinkwater: ‘I consider myself Irish rather than British – Irish-Mediterranean’
The Irish Times
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Tell us about your new novel, One Summer in Provence. Celia gave up her son at birth. Out of the blue, 47 years later, the son makes contact. One Summer in Provence is a woman’s journey towards finding a family, belonging, overcoming betrayal,...
Malabar Gold & Diamonds inaugurates landmark integrated manufacturing site in Hyderabad, cementing its position as a global manufacturing leader
The Arabian Stories
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July 6, 2025
HYDERABAD : Malabar Gold & Diamonds, the 5th largest jewellery retailer globally with over 400 showrooms across 13 countries, has launched its state-of-the-art, fully integrated jewellery manufacturing unit, the largest of its kind, in Hyderabad,...
A Decade of Lobbying: NGO Mobilization for the Irish Occupied Territories Bill
NGO Monitor
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July 6, 2025
For a decade, Irish NGOs have been advocating for the “Occupied Territories Bill,” which would ban the import and sale of goods and services purportedly originating in Israeli communities in the West Bank. Originally drafted in 2016 by an NGO and...
Forty degree heatwaves are the ‘new norm’. Now we see what’s coming for Ireland
The Irish Times
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A cool Ireland was on the right side of an oppressive “heat dome” this week, while tennis fans in Wimbledon were at its edge, enduring the hottest opening days on record, with temperatures of more than 34 degrees. Players resorted to ice packs on...
Dublin hurling thriving and one club encapsulates what is special among those reaching for the blue sky
Irish Mirror
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July 5, 2025
“And we’re all off to Dublin in the green, in the green, "Where the helmets glisten in the sun, “Where the camans flash, and the hurleys clash, “To the rattle of the game hard won...” - The Dubliners (sort of) 1969 There are 30 senior hurling...
Ghana has abundant resources to support livestock production – Prof Weseh
Ghana Business News
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July 6, 2025
On Jul 6, 2025 Professor Addah Weseh, Senior Lecturer, University for Development Studies (UDS) has said Ghana has abundant feed resources and land to support livestock production. He said despite this huge potential, the country continued to...
Just 600 out of 20,000 construction firms register for list to crack down on cowboy builders
The Journal
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July 6, 2025
ONLY 600 CONSTRUCTION companies out of an expected 20,000 have registered with the body entrusted with cracking down on “cowboy builders” in the last ten years. The small number of builders that have signed up for the voluntary register,...
Tariff fallout set to harm Irish growth this year even if EU strikes deal with Trump administration
Irish Independent
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Europe has until Wednesday to prevent 50pc tariffs on all exports, with Simon Harris calling for ‘zero-for-zero’ levies The EU has until Wednesday to clinch a crucial trade agreement with the US administration before tariffs on almost all exports...
Business Post: From ‘shocking’ engagement to 12,000 subscribers
Press Gazette
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July 8, 2025
Ireland’s Business Post is aiming to have its newsroom fully funded by digital subscriptions next year following the first phase of its digital transformation project. The “profitable and growing” Business Post has in the past two years...
A collaborative approach can make Ireland a global location of choice for firms building AI capability
Irish Independent
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The opportunities are plentiful. We have strong relationships and a strong track record of helping companies enhance their capability across all areas, including their digital offering to customers. But past success is no guarantee of future...
New anti-fraud system is labelling hospital texts and other legitimate messages as ‘likely scam’
Irish Independent
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Consumers face confusion during early days on new ComReg scheme New anti-fraud system is labelling hospital texts and other legitimate messages as ‘likely scam’ Today at 06:30 Ireland’s new crackdown on scam texts is labelling real texts as...
Intermission EP
Pitchfork
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July 8, 2025
Media Puzzle opened their sophomore album, 2023’s A Brief History of Planets, Space and Shit, by acknowledging and then immediately embodying their celebrity namesake. With the rattling cadence of an auctioneer, a 2002 Melbourne Cup announcer...
Irish poet to visit Worcester bookshop for special reading
Worcester News
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Luke Morgan, winner of the 2025 O'Shaughnessy Award for Poetry, will appear at Script Haven on Saturday, July 19 to share work from his latest collection, Blood Atlas. Mr Morgan, who hails from County Galway, has explored themes of ancestry and...
Free-scoring Cork soak up the glory after annihilating stunned Dublin
The Times
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For everything utterly bewildering and unimaginably nightmarish for Dublin about yesterday’s game, it was only with six minutes left when Cork entered uncharted territory themselves. A point from Conor Lehane brought their tally to 6-25, matching...
Industrial trawlers have scoured an area larger than Ireland off B.C. coast, group says
Global News
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July 5, 2025
An environmental group is raising a red flag about the damage it says a fishing fleet is causing off the B.C. coast. Pacific Wild unveiled an interactive map on Friday, revealing what they say is the extensive and largely hidden impact of...
Sam Prendergast guides Ireland to victory over Georgia as Paul O’Connell’s short reign begins in style
Planet Rugby
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July 5, 2025
Paul O’Connell’s short reign in charge of Ireland got off to the perfect start as their understrength side cruised to a 34-5 victory over Georgia in Tbilisi. Tommy O’Brien, making his debut after a fine season for Leinster, scored a brace within...