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Results 1 to 30Chinese spy balloon flies over the United States, Pentagon says
2023-02-03, 06:47A Chinese spy balloon has been flying over the United States for a couple of days, US officials said on Thursday, in what would be a brazen act just days ahead of a planned trip to Beijing by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Fighter jets were mobilized but military leaders advised President Joe...
EU-Ukraine wartime summit today to deliver on some issues though hope for swift EU membership likely dashed
2023-02-03, 06:47European Union leaders will meet Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Kyiv on Friday, bringing the promise of new sanctions against Russia but likely dashing Ukraine's hope for swift EU membership. The head of the group's executive commission, Ursula von der Leyen, arrived in Kyiv by...
John Lydon ‘shaking’ ahead of bid to become Ireland’s Eurovision entry
2023-02-03, 06:47Former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon has said he’s still “terrified of getting it wrong” when performing, as he gears up to compete to become Ireland’s Eurovision entry. His band Public Image Ltd, also known as PiL, are among the six acts competing to...
Veteran soldier given suspended sentence for Troubles killing
2023-02-03, 06:31A former British soldier has been given a...
In the noughties I had a bad case of social-media verbal diarrhoea — but I’ve finally realised it’s okay not to live tweet my life
2023-02-03, 06:31It’s one of Facebook’s least appealing features, but it keeps happening anyway. This morning, a memory popped up from about 13 years ago. A photo from a bar in Melbourne, in which I am flamboyantly, animatedly legless. My first thought was that it felt like the photo was taken 74...
Katie Taylor’s Croke Park homecoming fight dream has been shattered by a lack of commitment
2023-02-03, 06:31From day one, Matchroom sensed a lack of enthusiasm from Croke Park about their grandiose project to stage a Katie Taylor homecoming fight in the home of the GAA. The initial contact between Taylor’s manager Brian Peters and stadium director Peter McKenna was made within days of the epic...
‘He grew up here, throwing a rugby ball around the garden’ – Des and Luke Fitzgerald on the Wicklow family home on the market for €1.395m
2023-02-03, 06:3167 Eagle Valley, Enniskerry, Co Wicklow Des and Luke Fitzgerald are a father and son who have both donned the green jersey at the highest level of rugby.Des propped for Ireland from 1984 to 1992 as an amateur player, appearing at two world cups and undertaking a Lions tour in 1986, before retiring...
John Lydon ‘shaking’ as he prepares to become Ireland’s Eurovision entry
2023-02-03, 06:31Former Sex Pistols frontman John Lydon has said he’s still “terrified of getting it wrong” when performing, as he gears up to compete to become Ireland’s Eurovision entry. His band Public Image Ltd, also known as PiL, are among the six acts competing to...
‘I miss my missus’ – Johnny Lydon on his wife, Alzheimer’s, and his Eurovision bid
2023-02-03, 06:16He’s been performing for 50-odd years but Johnny Lydon is feeling nervous ahead of tonight’s Late Late Show Eurosong Special. And with good reason: – the song he is hoping to bring to Liverpool in May – is loaded with meaning. It is a love letter to his wife of 44 years Nora...
Knock at the Cabin director M Night Shyamalan: ‘You find these ways to tap into our deepest fears’
2023-02-03, 05:46What should I call him? M? Mr M? Night? The Shyminator? Hovering marketing types are vague and evasive: capable of loading a Wikipedia page, I discover the director’s real name is Manoj — should I try that? Better perhaps to go to the source, ask the man himself. “Oh...
India Willoughby: Toxic transgender debate is driven by media misinformation
2023-02-03, 05:46India Willoughby says ongoing and “toxic” debate of transgender issues is being driven by “a lot of misinformation by a media that is completely transphobic”. The Loose Women host, who was Britain’s first transgender national television newsreader,...
Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios pleads guilty to assaulting former girlfriend
2023-02-03, 05:31Wimbledon finalist Nick Kyrgios has pleaded guilty to assaulting his ex-girlfriend in Australia. A magistrate in the tennis star’s home town of Canberra did not record a conviction against the 27-year-old, describing the common assault as an act of “stupidity” and...
Gillian Anderson: Sex Education exposed me to things I had never heard of before
2023-02-03, 05:01Gillian Anderson says that hit Netflix show Sex Education exposed her to some sexual activities she had “never heard of before”. The award winning actress, 54, said despite not being shocked easily, there had been moments while watching the coming-of-age comedy series that had...
Upcoming talent and industry veterans mix at Vanity Fair EE Rising Star Party
2023-02-03, 04:16Upcoming names and veterans of the creative industries mingled on the red carpet of the Vanity Fair EE Rising Star Party. Stars of the big and small screens were pictured alongside musical talent at the event in south London on Thursday night. Among those putting in appearances were stars of popular...
Funeral home finds person inside body bag still alive
2023-02-03, 02:58A US care home in suburban Des Moines, Iowa, has been fined 10,000 dollars (£8,185) after a funeral home discovered a woman sent to it in a body bag was still alive. The Iowa Department of Inspection and Appeals said in a report filed on Wednesday that the 66-year-old woman was declared dead at the...
US given greater access to military bases in the Philippines as tensions with China rise
2023-02-03, 02:58The Philippines has granted the US greater access to its military bases, it was confirmed yesterday, amid mounting concern over China’s increasing assertiveness in the disputed South China Sea and tension over self-ruled Taiwan. The US would be given access to four more locations under the...
Pádraig Harrington off his greens as Hisatsune fires super 64 to lead in Ras Al Khaimah
2023-02-03, 02:58Pádraig Harrington dominated the young guns from the tee but a lukewarm putter left him five shots off the pace in the Ras Al Khaimah Championship. The three-time Major winner (51) was ranked first in the field for strokes gained off the tee, but he missed five putts inside 12 feet and had to settle...
In the salerooms: Pharaoh Ramses and goddess Isis plus a 19th-century North American double-ended ‘peapod’ canoe
2023-02-03, 02:58Fonsie Mealy Auctioneers It’s the time of year when auction houses clear their storehouses, offering sales with no reserve. Fonsie Mealy’s ‘Making Room Spring Sale’ will take place at the Avalon House Hotel, Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny, on Wednesday, February 15...
Treasures: How we all got a stake in the legacy of a rake
2023-02-03, 02:58Nobody could accuse Tom Conolly of being boring. He inherited Castletown at the age of 25 and became a Conservative MP for Co Donegal in 1849. He lived an extravagant bachelor life, mainly focused on hunting, but eventually sought greater thrills. In 1964, he embarked on an adventure that his...
A hungry hippo desk tidy and other must-haves for your home
2023-02-03, 02:58Hungry hippo The Hippo desk tidy (35cm long) is a storage pot with an appetite for small and frequently mislaid items like keys, watches and lip balm. It’s made...
Former Mrs Brown’s Boys star Rory Cowan: ‘I’d tell my 18-year-old self not to waste your time pretending you’re straight’
2023-02-03, 02:58Born and reared in Ballyfermot, Rory Cowan worked in a record shop before becoming the publicity and logistics man for Mrs Brown’s Boys. He later took over the role of Rory Brown and left the show in 2017 to look after his mum. Cowan wrote his autobiography, Mrs Cowan’s Boy, in...
Modern Morals: Should I tell potential partners on dating apps that I’m autistic or wait till the date?
2023-02-03, 02:44Question: I was diagnosed with autism in my early 30s and it answered a lot of questions for me, in particular around some of the challenges I’ve had in intimate relationships. Some people are surprised when I tell them I have autism. I’ve heard, “You don’t...
The Indo Daily: Submarines and secret planes – How the Kinahans and other cartels are smuggling drugs
2023-02-03, 02:44Last year was another record year for drug seizures in Ireland, with gardaí seizing...
Mind games – Andy Farrell learns from Alex Ferguson and Mikel Arteta as he bids to boost Ireland’s mental game
2023-02-03, 02:44Andy Farrell says he is obsessed with teams who can stay at the top and revealed he has met with football managers Mikel Arteta and Alex Ferguson to learn more about achieving consistent excellence. Under the Wigan native, Ireland have become the world’s No 1 team and go into this...
Could a marriage sabbatical energise your relationship?
2023-02-03, 02:44Romantic relationships may be joyous, but they are also hard work. And even the happiest couples need a reboot on occasion. Sometimes, creating some critical distance between yourself and the person you love can be essential maintenance. A bit like a relationship NCT.Which may be why some couples...
The Whale movie review: Forget the fat suit controversy, Darren Aronofsky’s movie about obesity has much bigger problems
2023-02-03, 02:44Most of the chatter about Darren Aronofsky’s film The Whale has revolved around Brendan Fraser’s fat suit. A combination of prosthetics and CGI was used to create the illusion of a housebound 600lb man, for whom rising from an armchair is a supreme act of will.The result is...
No hike in ticket prices – GAA
2023-02-03, 02:44The GAA has opted not to hike championship ticket prices for 2023, despite post-Covid and cost of living financial pressures. Central Council took in record revenues in the 2022 financial year with income of €96.1m surpassing €73.9m taken in during the last comparable financial year pre-Covid,...
Kilkenny and Tipperary look best-placed to close gap on Limerick as Allianz Hurling League commences
2023-02-03, 02:44Looking at the 2022 Allianz Hurling League through the prism of Waterford, the competition’s eventual champions, and Limerick, the eventual All-Ireland champions, you get a sense of the paradox it can present. On the evening of their first Munster Championship game – a win over Cork in...
Mack Hansen making international rugby look like child’s play
2023-02-03, 02:44Mack Hansen strides out of the empty children’s playground where he’s been obligingly posing for some quirky photos, and grasps the hands of the assembled media. “Mack, pleased to meet you.”A year ago, he might have needed an introduction, but that was before...
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