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Why am I reading about Paul Mescal’s underwear? The Maynooth actor, who rose to fame in the BBC adaptation of Sally Rooney’s Normal People, arrived at...
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Is your letterbox breathing a sigh of relief? The elections are over and so too one hopes is the daily deluge of candidate flyers. It’s good...
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David Puttnam is late, and he does not like to be late. Scheduled to be in the Westbury off Dublin’s Grafton Street, the 83-year-old Englishman finds...
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It was a scene that played out in count centres around the country. A grim-faced tallyman at a ballot box. A tap on the shoulder and...
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I’ve got a lust for life… lust for life..! Oh sorry, that’s Trainspotting. What’s plane-spotting? Plane-spotting – also known as aircraft spotting – is a hobby...
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When comedian Kevin McAleer used to give his three children pep talks about finding their own path in life, there was always just one proviso. As...
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It was only while Sophie Power (41) and her family were driving to Malin Head in Co Donegal from Co Cork, did she realise how large...
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Volkswagen Group is to sell its new cars from all its brands – Volkswagen Cars, Skoda, Seat, Cupra, Audi and Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles – directly to...
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When I was a teenager I worked part-time in a local shop in Fermoy, Co Cork, and I used to marvel at the volume of money...