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Journalist and campaigner Charlie Bird dies aged 74: Mr Bird had been diagnosed with motor neurone disease in 2021.
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Quick Glance: Charlie Bird reported on major stories in 40-year career
- One of Ireland's best-known journalists, Charlie Bird, has passed away at the age of 74 after a public battle with motor neurone disease.
- During his 40-year career at RTÉ, Bird reported on some of the biggest stories in Ireland and internationally, including the Stardust fire, the National Irish Bank tax avoidance scandal, the 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks in the US, and the 2004 Indian ocean tsunami.
- He also became the Provisional IRA’s sole media contact and was often the first to break the news of the many twists and turns in the Northern Ireland peace process.
- After being diagnosed with motor neurone disease in October 2021, Bird documented his physical decline and fear of facing death through various media platforms and his 'Climb with Charlie' campaign on Croagh Patrick.
'Ready to step up' - Harris to run for party leadership: Follow developments as nominations open to replace Leo Varadkar as Fine Gael leader ...
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Quick Glance: Leo Varadkar: A Populist Who Struggled with Real People
- In May 2002, a young party activist analyzed the defeat of Fine Gael under Michael Noonan, emphasizing that none of the former leaders were the expected messiah for the party.
- Leo Varadkar's political legacy comprises valuable contributions, but he was never seen as a savior of the party. His ability to navigate contradictions made him a skilled politician, but he ultimately realized he couldn't balance on the political tightrope indefinitely.
- Varadkar was described as a politician who straddled conservatism and an increasingly progressive society. Despite his rapid rise in politics and popularity during crises, he struggled to address long-term challenges in areas like healthcare and housing.
- His popularity peaked during the Brexit crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, where he was seen as a unifying and authoritative leader. However, he failed to effectively tackle long-term structural issues in Ireland, especially in healthcare and housing, as his neoliberal views did not offer compelling solutions.
'Ready to step up' - Harris to run for party leadership: Follow developments as nominations open to replace Leo Varadkar as Fine Gael leader ...
rte.ie/news/politics/2024/0321/1439081-varadkar-tracker/
Rising Tides: Ireland’s Future in a Warmer World - Kills off myth we are among small states with minor emissions
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Philip Boucher-Hayes: 'Ireland's coastline will change so much, Croke Park could be a water polo venue'
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'Clear Family, Care amendments defeated' - Taoiseach: Follow developments over the course of the day as counting of votes begins in the twin ...
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RTÉ to 'do what it can' for those who should have been full-time employees
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'Ready to step up' - Harris to run for party leadership: Follow developments as nominations open to replace Leo Varadkar as Fine Gael leader ...
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Women's Six Nations: France v Ireland updates: Follow all the action from Le Mans as Scott Bemand's Ireland opener their Guinness Six Nations campaign ...
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Parents of Olympic hero Annalise Murphy fined €5,000 for ignoring orders to remove ‘sheds’
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‘Fair City’ change of address helped RTÉ get €1.7m tax refund from land sale: She left RTÉ with a €450,000 golden handshake, but Breda O’Keeffe outfoxed Revenue ...
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Two new RTÉ board members appointed by Catherine Martin: Chartered accountant and staff representative announced as new members by Minister for Media
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Former RTÉ sports commentator on tax defaulters list: Revenue netted just over €5m from tax defaulters in the three months to the end of December ...
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My favourite room: ‘I was worse than any client’ – Room to Improve’s Claire Irwin on revamping her Donegal hom
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Charlie Bird memoir: ‘My life changed forever after I asked Claire out’: Going to Washington DC as RTÉ’s US Correspondent in 2009 was probably the biggest ...
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RTÉ’s Anna Geary: ‘I had to find ways to cope with that grief. No matter who you lose, it does strip you away.
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Runners and riders to chair RTÉ board: An appointment is expected within days as all concerned hope the latest controversy has died down
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Tributes paid to talented musician (25) killed in crash between car and lorry: Tributes are being paid to a talented musician who was killed in a car crash in ...
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Gaza war: Ireland to intervene in ICJ case against Israel: The court has been asked to consider whether Israel is committing genocide against Palestinians.
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Quick Glance: Ireland's Involvement in South Africa's Case Against Israel Regarding Gaza Invasion
- The government of Ireland is planning to engage in the case initiated by South Africa against Israel under the Genocide Convention at the International Court of Justice (ICJ).
- With the aim of prioritizing the protection of civilians in the interpretation of the convention, Ireland intends to submit a Declaration of Intervention under Article 63 of the Statute of the International Court of Justice.
- After a thorough analysis and consultation, the government has decided to intervene in the case, condemning the violation of international law due to the events in Israel and Gaza.
- The filing of the declaration will occur post-government approval and after South Africa has submitted its memorial. Ireland will collaborate with other partners to intervene.
Refusal to allow in adequate aid to starving Gazans is ‘criminal’, Tánaiste says: Micheál Martin was speaking at the launch of the national risk assessment which ...
irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/03/28/refusal-to-allow-in-adequate-aid-to-starving-gazans-is-criminal-tanaiste-says/
Tributes to mother and daughters who died in Mayo crash: Tributes have been paid to the mother and two daughters who died in a traffic collision in Co Mayo ...
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Israel's actions in the Gaza Strip: Ireland advocates expanding definition of genocide
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Oberstown children paint a brighter future with gardaí: A mural created by young people at Oberstown Children Detention Campus and members of An Garda Síochána ...
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Reconfigured St Helen’s Wood four-bed for €1.095m: Semidetached home has been adapted and extended to 160sq m
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Electric car grants could be targeted at rural drivers under new proposals: The government is to undertake a review of the existing electric vehicle grant scheme ...
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Corporate insolvencies set to surge in 2024 amid soaring business costs, experts warn
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Smoking ban 20 years on: Against expectations, the ban worked. But doctors fear momentum has been lost
irishtimes.com/health/2024/03/29/against-expectations-the-smoking-ban-worked-but-doctors-fear-momentum-has-been-lost/
Medicine-resistant infections the biggest risk facing Ireland, experts warn: The next biggest threats are a pandemic, cyber attacks and disruption to critical ...
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Put your Kilmoney where your mouth is at tasty €675k Carrigaline home: A job offer in Poland "too good to refuse" sees young Irish/Portuguese couple ...
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Tánaiste urges Israel ‘to show humanity’ and allow more aid into Gaza: Foreign affairs minister Micheál Martin, made the comments at an event in Dublin with EU ...
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Bank of Ireland app: Some phone users may not be able to acccess account after update
irishtimes.com/your-money/2024/03/28/bank-of-ireland-app-message-leaves-users-with-older-phone-systems-unhappy/
Anton Savage: Kate Middleton has been badly let down by her communications team: The toxic deluge of gossip that was allowed to develop around an ill woman need ...
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‘Rooster potatoes will be scarce by June,’ say farmers ‘praying’ for no rain: Farmers have to “watch, hope and pray” for a “sweet spot” of dry weather in the ...
independent.ie/farming/tillage/rooster-potatoes-will-be-scarce-by-june-say-farmers-praying-for-no-rain/a550525684.html
Donnelly wants to raise legal smoking age from 18 to 21: Minister for Health Stephen Donnelly has said he wants to raise the age at which people can buy ...
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Number of people homeless in Dublin rises to over 10,000 for the first time: Department of Housing figures show a 17 per cent annual increase in the number of ...
irishtimes.com/ireland/housing-planning/2024/03/28/number-of-people-homeless-in-dublin-rises-to-over-10000-for-the-first-time/
Finn McRedmond: Britain’s narrow stereotype of the Irish could not make sense of Leo Varadkar
irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/03/28/britains-narrow-stereotype-of-the-irish-could-not-make-sense-of-leo-varadkar/
Rónan Kelleher: ‘There’s a lot of unfinished business here at Leinster’: Far from jaded after his exertions with Ireland, the Leinster hooker is looking forward ...
irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2024/03/28/ronan-kelleher-theres-a-lot-of-unfinished-business-here/
Explainer: why Ireland could be sitting on a €4.5bn private credit bubble: Non-bank institutions have more than €14 billion in additional capital ready to deploy ...
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All-Ireland hurling champion and former Miss Universe Ireland welcome first child together
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Ireland to sign up to EU migration pact, overhaul accommodation system: Ireland agreed on Wednesday to sign up to new EU rules designed to share out the cost and ...
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Record level of children and adults in emergency accommodation: The latest figures from the Department of Housing show that 9,671 adults and 4 ...
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MetroLink will 'revolutionise' Irish public transport: The Chief Executive of Transport Infrastructure Ireland has said the MetroLink rail project will ...
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Transport Minister does not envisage congestion charges in near future: News from the Irish Examiner's team of reporters
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Sara Keating: Easter is a perfect time to explore the work of sculptor Imogen Stuart
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How your legacy gift to Concern Worldwide leaves a better future for some of the world’s poorest families
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Donal Hickey: Graffiti on an 800-year-old friary in Cork: Damage has also been caused to a number of monuments by people unwittingly churning them up by driving ...
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Ireland's housing crisis: Tens of thousands of new builds needed: Property group Knight Frank says Ireland is running on a huge housing deficit as it ...
euronews.com/business/2024/03/28/irelands-housing-crisis-tens-of-thousands-of-new-builds-needed
Asylum proposals show merit, but have some way to go to solve accommodation issues
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‘It’s been defeated in the West, but it’s surged around the world’ - the threat posed by Isis-K
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'In the Land of Saints and Sinners' Review: Liam Neeson Is Back: Liam Neeson and Kerry Condon star in "In the Land of Saints and Sinners ...
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Amy Broadhurst on brink of bombshell switch to Great Britain to achieve Olympic boxing dream
independent.ie/sport/other-sports/boxing/amy-broadhurst-on-brink-of-bombshell-switch-to-great-britain-to-achieve-olympic-boxing-dream/a844247058.html
Could motorists be charged for driving through gridlocked cities and towns under new plan?
irishtimes.com/ireland/2024/03/28/explainer-what-will-systemic-change-in-traffic-management-will-mean-for-the-irish-motorist/
Irishness is as vague a concept as there is. When you leave, that vagueness only escalates
irishtimes.com/abroad/2024/03/27/we-need-the-diaspora-to-remind-us-we-can-be-a-shower-of-almighty-curmudgeons-sometimes/
Win a €500 voucher from Magee 1866.: To celebrate the new spring summer collection from Donegal slow fashion brand Magee 1866, they are giving one lucky Irish ...
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The Easter Quiz: 50 questions on sport, celebrity, geography and more: Win an overnight stay for two, with dinner included, at Perryville House, Co Cork
irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2024/03/28/the-easter-quiz-50-questions-on-sport-celebrity-geography-and-more/
Migration pact will see undocumented persons housed in designated facilities: The pact includes legally binding timeframes for making decisions on international ...
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Is Good Friday a public holiday or not? Calls for Government to end ‘confusion’ : The Labour Party – once described as “godless” by its conservative party ...
independent.ie/irish-news/is-good-friday-a-public-holiday-or-not-calls-for-government-to-end-confusion/a616740555.html
Ciarán Murphy: For all Stephen Kenny’s failings as a manager, no one could accuse him of not caring
irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2024/03/28/ciaran-murphy-for-all-stephen-kennys-failings-as-a-manager-no-one-could-accuse-him-of-not-caring/
Red C poll: Sinn Féin back down to 25% as independents surpass Fianna Fáil: Mary Lou McDonald’s party had recovered back up to 28 per cent last month but has ...
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Leinster v Bulls: Leinster bring back Ireland stars for top of the table clash with the Bulls
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‘Being a human is overwhelming at the moment’: Bressie hits the road again: Niall Breslin is on his way to Cork and other centres with his live podcast show
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Terrorism, conflict risks 'compounded by low investment': The risks posed by armed conflict, terrorism and hybrid security threats are compounded by ...
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Increase in number of social, affordable homes last year: There was an increase in the number of social and affordable homes delivered last year ...
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Tastemaker: DJ Maria Lawlor on her mimosa obsession, and playing tunes for the huns and the girlos
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Explainer: what is the new pension auto-enrolment scheme and why does it matter: The auto-enrolment scheme has been a long time in the making but it can be ...
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Government to deliver 14,000 beds for international protection applicants by 2028
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'Drug-driving a particular concern' as minister admits road deaths could top 200
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Yeomanstown Stud bosses ‘wouldn’t know how to log on to online banking’, WRC told
irishtimes.com/business/2024/03/27/stud-farm-bosses-wouldnt-know-how-to-log-on-to-online-banking/
The Easter Children’s Quiz: 20 questions on Lent, Easter eggs and bunnies: Win one of three vouchers for children’s bookshop Tales for Tadpoles
irishtimes.com/life-style/people/2024/03/28/the-easter-childrens-quiz-20-questions-on-lent-easter-eggs-and-bunnies/
Plan to erect telecommunications equipment on Cork apartment building roof turned down
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Ireland has third highest level of deaths on rural roads in EU : Only Finland and Sweden have a higher proportion of all road fatalities on rural roads
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Demand for State-provided beds to Ukrainians decreasing: Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the European Union triggered a temporary protection directive to ...
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Cabinet signs off on extra €2.25bn in capital spending: Transport, health and education are set to be the biggest beneficiaries of additional funding to the ...
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Business insolvencies surge to highest level in six years as higher costs continue to bite
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I’m sale-agreed on an apartment but there are issues with management. Should I go ahead with the purchase?
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'I would, yes' - Collins backs O'Shea for permanent gig: Republic of Ireland defender Nathan Collins says he would like to see John O'Shea ...
rte.ie/sport/soccer/2024/0327/1440209-i-would-yes-collins-backs-oshea-for-permanent-gig/
Joey Carbery looking forward to a fresh start abroad: Joey Carbery says decision to leave Munster ‘extremely tough’ but the time is right for a new challenge in ...
irishtimes.com/sport/rugby/2024/03/27/joey-carbery-looking-forward-to-a-fresh-start-abroad/
Student accommodation contracts should be confined to academic year - Harris: Universities and student groups have expressed outrage that college goers are being ...
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Return-to-office mandates are the ‘opposite’ of evidence-based management: Pressure on staff to return, and its attendant fallout, has in many cases been driven ...
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Caladh, Greystones, review: Fish and grilled meat are the stars at this smart new restaurant
irishtimes.com/food/restaurants/review/2024/03/28/caladh-greystones-review-fish-and-grilled-meat-are-the-stars-at-this-smart-new-restaurant/
Independent to take control of BuzzFeed and HuffPost in UK and Ireland: Media companies to combine publishing and advertising platforms to target gen Z and ...
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ESRI expects economy to grow over next two years: The ESRI said GDP is predicted to grow 2.5 per cent this year and 2.3 per cent in 2025
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Irish start-up seeking to build ‘the internet in space’ secures €17.5m in funding
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Rose Dugdale—How an English Aristocrat Helped the IRA: The Oxford-educated heiress, whose funeral takes place on Wednesday, rebelled against her upper-class ...
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Martin McGuinness may never have been a British agent — but he was clearly seen as someone who had to be prote
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Children will always ruin weddings – that’s why I banned them from mine: The sun shone, the gathered friends and family cheered, and we walked back between the ...
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Five verdicts open to jury outlined at Stardust inquests: The coroner at the Stardust inquests has outlined the five verdicts that are open to the jury as the ...
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UK scheme puts 16,000 teachers in deprived areas: A recruitment programme called Teach First has been used to tackle a shortage of teachers in Britain.
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Ken Early: FAI inertia may yet net John O’Shea the Ireland job: Typical of these encounters, there were few chances with Xherdan Shaqiri’s free-kick the crucial ...
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20% increase in seizures of illegal anabolic steroids: Almost 875,000 units of falsified and other illegal medicines were seized by authorities in Ireland last ...
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UN: 'Tragedy' as households waste one billion meals a day: Households around the world threw away one billion meals every single day in 2022 in what the United ...
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Let there be light: How to refresh your wardrobe for Easter: Be inspired by nature with bold florals and leafy prints matched with perky pastels for an ...
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Dept aims to cut hospital waiting lists by almost 6%: The Department of Health is looking to cut overall hospital waiting lists this year by almost 6% ...
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Ten confirmed cases of measles in Ireland with further 20 under investigation: Public health doctors have called on anyone who missed out on the MMR vaccine ...
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'That bullet came within inches. I could actually hear the bullet going by my ear'
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Tommy Martin: Better to outsource Ireland heartbreak than suffer with O'Shea
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