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MSGR JAMES Horan, builder of an airport and basilica at Knock, Co Mayo, was no "amoral wheeler dealer" or "stroke-puller", a commemorative event heard at the weekend.

 

Waterford Tall Ships Race 2011. Visit Waterford, Ireland and enjoy the Tall Ships Race and Festival. Music, Culture and Markets

FREE TICKETS for the headline music acts for the forthcoming Tall Ships festival in Waterford will be available later this month.

ATLANTIC RACING currachs braved brisk easterly gusts and a heavy swell to converge on Galway Bay for the revived An Tostal Festival at the weekend.

THE DAUGHTER of film star Fred Astaire plans to put her home in Castlepoint near Schull, west Cork, on the market having moved to Ireland from California in 1975.

UP TO half of the Republic's 1,100 post offices will be forced to close if An Post loses the contract for making social welfare payments, the Irish Postmasters' Union (IPU) has claimed.

CAVAN NATIVE Michael "Mick" Fitzsimons, reputed to be the oldest man in the State, died over the weekend aged 106.

MINISTER FOR Energy Pat Rabbitte has accepted a Fianna Fáil proposal to review the State's oil and gas licensing terms at Oireachtas committee level.

ONE OF THE most elaborate of all royal visits to Ireland was Queen Victoria's third visit in August 1861 when she was accompanied by Albert, the prince consort, and four of their children. The highlight of her visit came when she travelled by train to Killarney to spend three nights as guest of Lord

President Barack Obama is shifting from consoler to comic for his appearance before the White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington, DC. And some of his ...

US president suggests now that the birth certificate issue has been cleared up, Trump will have more time to focus on issues such as whether the moon landing really happened.

Kidnapping crime at a high in Ireland, new figures show

Figures were included in report sent to McCarthy's review group on state assets and liabilities.

IrishCentrals top ten delicious Irish whiskeys - PHOTOS

A memorandum circulated to government departments indicates that the government is keen to avoid further cuts to public sector pay.

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Irish default now more likely after gloomy economic news

The Irish Defence Forces are carrying out an aerial assessment of the area of west Donegal hit by gorse fire.