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I visited Dublin for the first time. My trip to the Irish capital was filled with surprises.
2025-07-06T12:44:01Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app Several things surprised me about visiting Dublin for the first time. The Irish city was...

Dublin Love Island star Megan Forte-Clark shares biggest regret and what fans didn't see
Former Love Island contestant Megan Forte-Clark has opened up about her regrets from the show, confessing she "saw red" during her stint. In last month's public vote, viewers cast their votes for their least favourite contestants, which led to...

Focus on 15 stocks in today’s trade: Asian Paints, Akzo Nobel, GAIL, OIL India, Crisil, ICRA, CARE Ratings, HCL Tech among key movers
Asian Paints – the country’s largest paint-maker- has sold its entire stake in Akzo Nobel India for Rs 734 crore. Over 20,00,000 equity shares representing 4.42 per cent of the paid up capital of Akzo was off-loaded via bulk deals. In a notice to...

Kevin Cassidy's verdict on Jim McGuinness and Donegal as history could repeat itself
Kevin Cassidy predicts that Jim McGuinness is on the verge of another two-year All-Ireland winning project as Donegal boss. Cassidy was an integral part of the Tir Chonaill side that claimed the Ulster title in 2011 under McGuinness, only for the...
PROMOFER Valorizes Lignocellulosic Biomass And Food Industry Waste
The PROMOFER project consortium after the first year of intense research activities met in Dublin on the 17th of June at the premises of the University College Dublin (UCD) to discuss the progress achieved within the different Work Packages. The...

Malabar Gold & Diamonds inaugurates landmark integrated manufacturing site in Hyderabad, cementing its position as a global manufacturing leader
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,...

Ireland GHG emissions down 2pc, but EPA warns not enough
Fewer cows, more biofuel and no peat, but more is needed if Ireland is to meet its climate targets. Ireland slashed its overall greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2pc last year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), which released...

Irish Kennedy Heritage Group hosts annual gathering in Limerick
AN ANNUAL gathering of the Irish Kennedys is taking place this month in Limerick, hosted by The Irish Kennedy Heritage Group. The two-day event is an opportunity to catch up with old and new friends, with presentations and addresses planned,...

Irish projects bag €26m to develop shared EU transport networks
Iarnród Éireann is receiving nearly €22m to lead two projects aimed at mitigating the effects of climate change. Two Irish projects and three multi-country projects involving Irish organisations have been approved to receive more than €26m in EU...

Iran, Hezbollah, and the Kinahans in league to bring tonnes of cocaine through Ireland
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...

A Decade of Lobbying: NGO Mobilization for the Irish Occupied Territories Bill
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
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...

Ireland’s greatest romantic novels: The country’s top authors and fiction lovers pick their favourite books about love
As the Museum of Literature in Dublin launches a new exhibition celebrating Ireland’s great romantic novels, Tanya Sweeney asks authors and fiction lovers for the best books about love from homegrown writers that had a lasting impact on them The...

Irish flight cancellations: O'Leary tells von der Leyen 'do something or quit'
Michael O’Leary has told the President of the European Commission to resign if she cannot stop the cancellation of Irish overflights through French airspace. After French air traffic controllers went ahead with industrial action, Ryanair announced...

Ghana has abundant resources to support livestock production – Prof Weseh
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...

Carol Drinkwater: ‘I consider myself Irish rather than British – Irish-Mediterranean’
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,...

Just 600 out of 20,000 construction firms register for list to crack down on cowboy builders
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
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...

Irish chart-toppers The Script 'paint the town green' in Llangollen
They certainly 'painted the town green' in the beautiful Dee Valley as they brought their Satellites UK Tour to a delighted sell-out crowd. Made up of Danny O'Donoghue (vocals), Glen Power (drums), Ben Sargeant (bass) and Ben Weaver (guitar) - The...

The European Union: No Friend of the United States, Democracy, or Free Speech
The United States and the European Union (EU) are often portrayed as natural allies, bound by shared values, history, and mutual economic interests. Yet behind this façade lies the reality that the EU repeatedly acts to undermine American power,...