Person: Hofmann

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general

Conor Russell: Keeping the violin-making tradition alive

DURING his music lesson, a string broke on young Conor Russell’s violin. A minor setback, and a common experience of every student. What happened next set a life-long course for Russell who is now one of Ireland’s most established violinmakers, or luthiers, as they are known in the trade.

soccer

Manchester City progress after German grind

soccer

Spot-on Moussa Dembele keeps Celtic’s European hopes alive

soccer

Borussia Monchengladbach leave Celtic's hopes in tatters

soccer

Sergio Aguero stars as Manchester City rain goals

general

First thoughts: The Hotel Years

Ice Queens’ hot display comes up short

Republic of Ireland 0 Switzerland 1

Fri, 26 Jun, 2015

Classical review: Met Live in HD

Omniplex, Mahon, Cork

Sat, 07 Feb, 2015

Spectacular miss from in front of an open goal

It is hard to see how Kaiserslautern's Philipp Hofmann didn’t score with this chance less than two metres from the goalline.

Thu, 25 Sep, 2014

Brave Ireland u21s fall to German defeat

Germany u21s 2 Republic of Ireland u21s 0

Fri, 05 Sep, 2014

Injury worry for Ronaldo as Real take command

Real Madrid 3 Borussia Dortmund 0

Thu, 03 Apr, 2014

Dortmund ease into last eight despite loss

Borussia Dortmind 1 Zenit St Petersburg 2 (Dortmund win 5-4 on aggregate)

Thu, 20 Mar, 2014

Ireland no match for slick Germans

Republic of Ireland 0 Germany 4

Tue, 10 Sep, 2013

Ireland U-21s outclassed by Germany

Republic of Ireland U-21 0 Germany U-21 4

Mon, 09 Sep, 2013

Manufacturers motor on with driverless cars at electronics show

Car-makers and technology firms are jumping on the bandwagon of the driverless car, which remains a concept as well as a platform for new technologies to improve safety on the road.

Thu, 10 Jan, 2013

Animal diseases ‘plaguing our oceans’

When dead sea mammals started washing ashore on Canada’s west coast in greater numbers, marine biologist Andrew Trites was distressed to find domestic animal diseases were killing them.

Tue, 21 Feb, 2012

Young Villa halt Rapid Vienna

Rapid Vienna 1 Aston Villa 1

Thu, 19 Aug, 2010

Celtic fail to settle the score

Celtic 1 Rapid Vienna 1

Thu, 01 Oct, 2009

Liverpool lose in Vienna

Liverpool slumped to a 1-0 defeat against Rapid Vienna in their latest pre-season friendly in Austria tonight.

Sun, 19 Jul, 2009

Student killed in love triangle with maths teacher

AN 18-YEAR-OLD high school student caught in his 48-year-old maths teacher’s bedroom was stabbed to death by the teacher’s boyfriend, who was himself a former student of hers, police said yesterday.

Thu, 16 Apr, 2009

Stars mourn West Wing's John Spencer

John Spencer, the actor who played a tough, dedicated politician who survived a coronary illness to run for vice president in TV drama The West Wing, has died of a heart attack.

Sat, 17 Dec, 2005

Teacher jailed after hitting mother in classroom

A classroom fight in front of 19 young children ended with a teacher in jail and a mother in hospital.

Fri, 22 Oct, 2004

Cardiac arrest help from the general public

The days when just about anybody can save the life of a heart attack victim are just around the corner, it was claimed today.

Sat, 11 Jan, 2003