Ireland
‘The Brits made us feel like it was a peasant language’: Kneecap’s rebellious rise to power
The real-life story of a rap trio from Belfast and their fight to save the Irish language has become one of the year’s hottest films.
- by Thomas Mitchell
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Traveller Awards: 10 outstanding places to relax and rejuvenate
Some experiences require an open mind; others a deep pocket. But all of these unique experiences put relaxation and self-care front and centre.
- by Traveller team
This dismal airport is confusing and charmless
Brace yourself. This overcrowded airport is gloomy and tired, and by the time you board your plane, you will be, too.
- by Brian Johnston
‘Something out of the Thunderbirds’: Museum forced to pull wax figure of Sinead O’Connor
The late singer’s brother said it was a “hideous” representation of his sister that also looked like something in a department store window display.
- by Brian Melley
From snake bites to amputations, show captures the stress of being a new doctor
Fly-on-the-wall series Junior Doctors Down Under shows that life in a hospital emergency department is not what you see in TV dramas.
- by Bridget McManus
How a flock of 12 sheep helped one man heal his ‘soul tiredness’
One burnt-out writer, 12 sheep, numerous lambs – and a renewed sense of the sheer wonder of life.
- by John Connell
‘You are not tourists here’: In Ireland, there’s still a place for wonder
For those with an openness to whimsy, the stories from the Irish west coast will subvert normal thinking.
- by David Leser
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Ten things we’ll never understand about Ireland
Who doesn’t love the Irish, even if we need subtitles to understand their accents? Yet even then not everything is clear, with plenty about Ireland to puzzle the traveller.
- by Brian Johnston
At 30, this writer put bad boys and drink behind her. Then she sold 30 million books
Novelist Marian Keyes’ life is divided into two, but she says her painful youth still haunts her.
- by Johanna Thomas-Corr
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Israeli-Palestinian conflict
Norway, Ireland and Spain are formally recognising Palestine as a state
Israel responded angrily to the news, recalling Israel’s ambassadors and summoned the three countries’ envoys in Israel.
Live stream connecting Dublin and New York overhauled after lewd acts
An art installation will undergo changes after Dubliners flashed their backsides and showed images of the September 11 attacks up to the camera.
- by Rob Harris
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