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Martina Devlin appears on the Late
Late Show on January 8, 2016 in Dublin, Ireland.

Irish author Martina Devlin on honing the perfect narrative

The award-winning writer explains how she always tries to whittle down a story to a core narrative with a knack for knowing which details to keep and which can be tossed

Nesrein El-Bakhshawangy 25, Jan 2025

The incident happened last year, but the video was recently reposted and now has over 50 million views, with people expressing outrage over the incident and solidarity with the little girl.

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Video of black gymnast snubbed in medal ceremony sparks racism debate in Ireland

The incident happened last year, but the video was recently reposted and now has over 50 million views with people expressing outrage over the incident and solidarity with the little girl

Bryn Haworth 26, Sep 2023

Emergency services work at the scene of an explosion at Applegreen service station in the village of Creeslough in Co Donegal, Ireland, Saturday, Oct. 8, 2022. Authorities say at least seven people have been killed in an explosion at a gas station in a small village in northwest Ireland. Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin said the death toll would likely rise. (Brian Lawless/PA via AP)

Death Toll Rises to 9 in Blast at Gas Station in Ireland

The death toll in an explosion at a gas station in a small village in northwest Ireland has risen to nine, police said Saturday, as emergency workers combed piles of rubble for more victims. Irish…

AP 08, Oct 2022

Ireland Fines Instagram A Record $400 mln Over Children's Data

Ireland's data privacy regulator has agreed to levy a record fine of 405 million euros ($402 million) against social network Instagram following an investigation into its handling of children's data,…

05, Sep 2022

Protesters line a road holding placards near a new anti-Brexit mural, erected by Republican party Sinn Fein, in west Belfast, on December 6, 2017 to call for a special status for northern Ireland with respect to Brexit and no hard borders in Ireland. (Getty)

Ireland’s Rocky Road to Unity

In the wake of the Brexit crisis, the idea of a unitedIrelandhas returned to the political agenda. Politicians in both parts of a divided country believe that Irish unity is a credible prospect over…

Daniel Finn 30, Aug 2019

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