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Saint, goddess, abortionist: Will the real Brigid please stand up?

Today is St Brigid's Day as we have always known it, but next Monday, depending on your line of work, you may be enjoying an extra day off thanks to our new public holiday of the same name. It will be an annual holiday — the first one ever to be called after a woman, writes Joyce Fegan

Wed, 01 Feb, 2023

Herstory: Eight Cork women celebrated with portraits projected onto council buildings

The lives of eight illustrious Cork women were celebrated by projecting their images onto Cork County Council buildings for Women's Little Christmas last week.

Tue, 10 Jan, 2017

Why a new, improved Nollaig na mBan is not enough

In rekindling the old tradition, Irish women have toppled a mean-spirited custom but the fact we need it at all is a sign that we have a long way to go before gender inequality is consigned to history, writes Clodagh Finn

Sat, 07 Jan, 2017

Quirky World ... Tourist guide jumps into swamp to feed alligators

USA: Tourists on a swamp boat tour in south Louisiana gasped as their guide jumped into the water to feed chicken and marshmallows to two alligators-

Fri, 13 Jun, 2014

Person: Melanie Lynch

Saint, goddess, abortionist: Will the real Brigid please stand up?

Herstory: Eight Cork women celebrated with portraits projected onto council buildings

Why a new, improved Nollaig na mBan is not enough

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Saint, goddess, abortionist: Will the real Brigid please stand up?

Herstory: Eight Cork women celebrated with portraits projected onto council buildings

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Quirky World ... Tourist guide jumps into swamp to feed alligators

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Mick Clifford

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