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Dublin Recruiting Members for Sister Cities Board

Dublin Recruiting Members for Sister Cities Board

Dublin is looking for residents interested in serving on the Dublin Sister Cities Association Board. Dublin currently has a sister city relationship with Bray, Ireland. The Dublin Sister Cities Association Board is tasked with maintaining ties...

Ireland's Campher takes five wickets in five balls

Ireland's Campher takes five wickets in five balls

Returning in the 14th, the South Africa-born pace bowler completed the hat-trick when his Ireland international team-mate Andy McBrine was caught at deep mid-wicket. Robbie Millar was then caught behind before Josh Wilson was bowled for the final...

International travelers visit Khankendi city

International travelers visit Khankendi city

Khankendi, July 10, AZERTAC As part of their visit to Azerbaijan’s Karabakh and East Zangezur regions on July 10, members of the Most Traveled People (MTP) international travelers club, representing 15 countries, arrived in the city of Khankendi....

O’Donnell family stars for Ireland

O’Donnell family stars for Ireland

It is an incredible honour to have one member of a family represent their country on the international sporting field – but the O’Donnells from Moycullen didn’t so much go as one better, but rather went two better as they had three members of the...

‘Suck it up’ – Michael O’Leary says he has no sympathy for residents hit by Dublin Airport noise

‘Suck it up’ – Michael O’Leary says he has no sympathy for residents hit by Dublin Airport noise

Speaking to Newstalk’s The Pat Kenny Show, Mr O’Leary described the noise complaints as “utter nonsense”, and, when asked whether he has “any sympathy for the residents”, he answered: “Absolutely none”. “There are no nighttime flights taking off...

Ireland and Zimbabwe batter Peter Moor retires

Ireland and Zimbabwe batter Peter Moor retires

Ireland batter Peter Moor has retired at the age of 35, after playing 15 Tests, 49 ODIs and 21 T20Is. Moor, who was born in Harare, had begun his international career with Zimbabwe before moving to Ireland. He played his last international game in...

Onus on DUP to endorse full transparency over council planning applications - The Irish News view

Onus on DUP to endorse full transparency over council planning applications - The Irish News view

The case of the DUP councillor Linda Clarke, who has been suspended from her role with Antrim and Newtownabbey council for three months, is a significant one, and it is essential that its implications are fully understood by elected...

Australian government prepares assault on privacy for under-16s social media ban

Australian government prepares assault on privacy for under-16s social media ban

The Australian Labor government of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is reviewing the means by which it will implement a social media ban for children under the age of 16, including the possible use of technology which severely curtails the privacy...

Ireland`s Curtis Campher scripts history with five wickets in five balls

Ireland`s Curtis Campher scripts history with five wickets in five balls

The feat unfolded at Pembroke Cricket Club in Sandymount, Dublin, where Campher’s blistering spell dismantled the Warriors' middle and lower order in the blink of an eye. Defending a total of 188, the Munster Reds captain turned the tide with his...

The Indo Daily: Bringing back the bedsit? Housing Minister James Browne’s ‘radical’ new apartment plan

The Indo Daily: Bringing back the bedsit? Housing Minister James Browne’s ‘radical’ new apartment plan

Soaring prices, skyrocketing rents and a chronic shortage of supply paints a bleak picture of Ireland’s deepening housing crisis. Over the past number of years, the government has floated a series of so-called innovative solutions, which promised...

Irish bank rolls out AI tools to 10,000 staff

Irish bank rolls out AI tools to 10,000 staff

AIB is embedding artificial intelligence (AI) into business tools throughout the bank for 10,000 staff to free up their time for higher value work. As well as using AI in conjunction with Microsoft tools such as Outlook, Word, Excel, Teams and...

Ireland star Curtis Campher makes history by taking five wickets in five balls

Ireland star Curtis Campher makes history by taking five wickets in five balls

The Warriors were 87-5, chasing the Red’s 188-7, when Campher struck with wickets from the last two balls of the 12th over, and the all-rounder completed a hat-trick when he had fellow Ireland international Andy McBrine caught at the start of the...

Ireland name three new caps to start against Portugal

Ireland name three new caps to start against Portugal

LISBON - Ireland will hand first caps to winger Shayne Bolton, flanker Alex Kendellen and centre Hugh Gavin as a much depleted side take on Portugal in their test in Lisbon on Saturday. Interim coach Paul O’Connell made five changes to the side...

‘I was a closet actor’: Irish boxing champion turned actor brings James Joyce’s Grace to NI stage

‘I was a closet actor’: Irish boxing champion turned actor brings James Joyce’s Grace to NI stage

As Terry O’Neill prepares to perform in the John Hewitt Summer School, he tells Margot Paisner about his unlikely transition into the arts later in life from championship boxing Actor and comedian Terry O’Neill Today at 08:17 The acclaimed Bewley...

Irish authorities reopen inquiry into TikTok user data storage

Irish authorities reopen inquiry into TikTok user data storage

July 10 (UPI) -- Irish law enforcement announced Thursday that it's looking back at TikTok for taking personal data from users around the European Economic Area and transferred it to China. The Data Protection Commission has opened a fresh inquiry...

The little-known island off the coast of Ireland that’s filled with puffins and wildflowers

The little-known island off the coast of Ireland that’s filled with puffins and wildflowers

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Law and Order star Christopher Meloni issues scathing two-word attack on Donald Trump

Law and Order star Christopher Meloni issues scathing two-word attack on Donald Trump

Law and Order star Christopher Meloni has issued a scathing attack on Donald Trump after he praised the Liberian President for his English - seemingly unaware that it is the official language of the West African country. The US President has been...

Is British & Irish Lions vs AUNZ Invitational XV on TV? Kick-off time, team news, channel and how to watch

Is British & Irish Lions vs AUNZ Invitational XV on TV? Kick-off time, team news, channel and how to watch

Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...

Moving Irish Derby date looks a non-runner in context of intricate European pattern system

Moving Irish Derby date looks a non-runner in context of intricate European pattern system

The annual weeping and gnashing about the Irish Derby’s slipping prestige is in the rear-view mirror for another year. But the logistical difficulty of finally doing something about it will be underlined on Sunday when the Grand Prix de Paris...

Where are the Irish international tennis stars? Not even ChatGPT can fully answer that one

Where are the Irish international tennis stars? Not even ChatGPT can fully answer that one

Heading into the last weekend of this year’s Wimbledon, with both the men’s and women’s finals taking place, I asked ChatGPT why there were no Irish tennis players in the draw − men, women or juniors. The answer was comprehensive and covered the...

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