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League of Ireland Premier Division fixtures, previews, team news and verdicts

This week’s League of Ireland Premier Division action takes place on Thursday evening. Here’s all you need to know on another big night in the top flight.

2024-07-03 14:18

One Day To The British General Election – A Junior House Of Commons?

Rich Johnston, founder of Bleeding Cool, is a British political cartoonist. This is the sixth of several columns in the run-up to the General Election being held by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on July 4th. Tomorrow will be the Gen…

2024-07-03 13:57

Why are so few politicians talking about Brexit?

Leaving the European Union defined the 2019 election so why the silence on Brexit as polling day looms?

2024-07-03 11:20

Stories That Stick in the Brain: A Conversation with Donna Scott by Arley Sorg

Donna Scott was born in Dudley and is from the Black Country, an area in the West Midlands of England, “so-called for the rich coal seam running through the land . . . […]

2024-07-01 19:43

Meet Your Portland 2024 Mayoral Candidates

Here's who wants to be Portland's next mayor. by Courtney Vaughn Updated: July 1 Originally published: November 21, 2023 Under Portland's revised city charter, the mayor will serve in a largely administrative role, overseeing day-to-day operations a…

2024-07-01 19:36

Boeing Strikes $4.7 Billion Deal For Spirit AeroSystems

Boeing will reverse the 2005 spin-off of this critical division and will need to stabilize production at multiple facilities.

2024-07-01 06:49

A pioneering role in Irish women’s education – Brian Maye on Agnes O’Farrelly

She succeeded Douglas Hyde as professor of modern Irish in UCD in 1932

2024-06-30 17:59

Distinctively Irish, creatively modern: Roy Foster on Sarah Purser, the most successful portrait painter of her day

The artist is the subject of a new exhibition at the Hugh Lane, the Dublin gallery that she helped to inspire

2024-06-29 04:30

E. coli Lawsuits started in the UK over tainted sandwiches

As of 25 June, there have been a further 19 cases associated with the recent outbreak of STEC O145 since the last update a week ago, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 275 in the UK. All currently confirmed cases had symptom onset dates before 4 …

2024-06-30 03:54

NPR Staffers Pick Their Favorite Fiction Reads of 2024

We asked our NPR colleagues what fiction they've enjoyed most this year and these are the titles they shared.

2024-06-28 21:45