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Scene & Heard: Spike Lee's latest film and child criminal genius Artemis Fowl hit the screens
Scene & Heard: Spike Lee's latest film and child criminal genius Artemis Fowl hit the screens
Da 5 Bloods is Spike Lee's tale of black ex-soldiers returning to Vietnam, and is already winning heaps of praise for a film that intertwines issues of race with the aftermath of that awful war.

Thu, 11 Jun, 2020

Irish Coast Guard on standby to rescue crew of US SpaceX rocket if emergency occurs
Irish Coast Guard on standby to rescue crew of US SpaceX rocket if emergency occurs
The Irish Coast Guard will lead any search and rescue operation off the Irish coast this evening in the unlikely event that the crew of SpaceX’s Demo-2 mission are forced to ditch in the Atlantic Ocean.

Wed, 27 May, 2020

Brian Moore: 'Florida is a crazy place, an event here would be a lot better'
Brian Moore: 'Florida is a crazy place, an event here would be a lot better'
His fitness studio is shuttered for now, his MMA ambitions with Bellator locked in cold storage until October at the earliest, but Brian Moore is finding no end of ways to keep busy until the pandemic eases and he can step into an octagon again.

Tue, 26 May, 2020

Prepare for potential tsunami, says geography expert
Prepare for potential tsunami, says geography expert
A cost benefit analysis may be prudent for coastal flood-prone counties to combat potential damage from a powerful tsunami, an expert has said.

Mon, 25 May, 2020

Cork man pays tribute to frontline workers in boat built to cross the Atlantic
Cork man pays tribute to frontline workers in boat built to cross the Atlantic
“I wanted to do something nice to lift everyone's spirits. The soundtrack says it all,” he said.

Wed, 20 May, 2020

McIlroy tonic as club golfers set to swing back into action
McIlroy tonic as club golfers set to swing back into action
Like Christmas Eve with an early gift from Rory McIlroy, golfers frustrated by eight weeks in lockdown were given the perfect bedtime story to stoke their excitement before today’s great reopening of Irish courses.

Mon, 18 May, 2020

Kurt Cobain's MTV Unplugged guitar expected to fetch $1m
Kurt Cobain's MTV Unplugged guitar expected to fetch $1m
Des O'Sullivan casts an eye over recent and upcoming sales.

Thu, 14 May, 2020

Atlantic counties most impacted by COVID-19
Atlantic counties most impacted by COVID-19
Counties along the Atlantic Economic Corridor are feeling the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic more keenly than in other regions, a survey of Chambers Ireland has found.

Fri, 08 May, 2020

Sean O'Riordan: West Cork pirates' lucrative Atlantic operation
Sean O'Riordan: West Cork pirates' lucrative Atlantic operation
A new book offers a fascinating insight into the activities, lives, and influence of an alliance of pirates based along the south-west coast, says Sean O'Riordan

Wed, 06 May, 2020

What it's like spending lockdown in the Home of the Year
What it's like spending lockdown in the Home of the Year
Ethna Dorman tells Eve Kelliher about the journey that led her to her carriage house haven

Sat, 02 May, 2020

Learning Points: Selfies and selfishness won’t serve us in future
Learning Points: Selfies and selfishness won’t serve us in future
WE WERE in the age of extreme individualism before Covid-19 brought our lives to a stark and sudden halt. We had reached the nadir of our evolution with the arrival of the ‘selfie’ and the populist politician.

Wed, 29 Apr, 2020

Valentia Island potential UNESCO World Heritage site thanks to role in world’s first transatlantic cable
Valentia Island potential UNESCO World Heritage site thanks to role in world’s first transatlantic cable
Two Irish scientists played a key role in the success of the world’s first transatlantic cable from Valentia Island to Newfoundland which heralded the information age.

Wed, 22 Apr, 2020

Ireland's masters athletes jump from chasing gold medals to coping with cocooning
Ireland's masters athletes jump from chasing gold medals to coping with cocooning
“All those guys that were competitors with me, sorry to say, are not with us anymore, so all I had to beat was the record.”

Wed, 22 Apr, 2020

House of the Week: A coastal gem in the rocky rough
House of the Week: A coastal gem in the rocky rough
You don’t have to be a bachelor farmer, or a neighbour with a yen for a bit more land, to fall for the (somewhat currently hidden) charms of this West Cork small holding.

Sat, 18 Apr, 2020

Providence bucks crisis to raise €3m and land Barryroe partner
Providence bucks crisis to raise €3m and land Barryroe partner
Irish oil and gas exploration company Providence Resources is set to raise $3.3m (€3.05m) in emergency funding and hopes to formally have a new development partner for its flagship Barryroe field in place by the end of October.

Mon, 06 Apr, 2020

Stock markets worsen amid dire data
Stock markets worsen amid dire data
Global shares tumbled further amid increasingly dire economic readings due to the coronavirus, while bank stocks plummeted as several major lenders suspended dividend payments.

Wed, 01 Apr, 2020

Department of Agriculture announces orange fire warning until Friday
Department of Agriculture announces orange fire warning until Friday
It followed a surge in call-outs to wildfires across Cork over the weekend and a massive blaze in Killarney National Park on Sunday night.

Wed, 01 Apr, 2020

Organisers proceeding as planned with €60m college football game in Dublin
Organisers proceeding as planned with €60m college football game in Dublin
Organisers of the Navy-Notre Dame game, due to be played in Dublin on August 29 and worth an estimated €60m-plus to the economy, are proceeding as planned for the event while monitoring the escalating coronavirus crisis.

Tue, 31 Mar, 2020

Munster coastal trails: Try some of the best coastal walks in Cork, Kerry, Clare and Waterford
Munster coastal trails: Try some of the best coastal walks in Cork, Kerry, Clare and Waterford
Get outside to breath in some Vitamin Sea with a bracing walk on 20 of Munster’s glorious coastlines.

Sat, 28 Mar, 2020

Seanad approves €3.7bn coronavirus legislation; Coveney warns Covid-19 spread is 'not nearly over'
Seanad approves €3.7bn coronavirus legislation; Coveney warns Covid-19 spread is 'not nearly over'
Tánaiste Simon Coveney has made a stark warning that the 'invisible enemy', coronavirus, is "just beginning" its spread throughout the country.

Fri, 27 Mar, 2020

Michael Clifford: Crisis can bring out the better side of ourselves
Michael Clifford: Crisis can bring out the better side of ourselves
Through the fear, solidarity shines. As the curve of infection steepens and the country shuts down we are witnessing a better side to ourselves.

Tue, 17 Mar, 2020

Risk of local flooding as weather advisory issued for 15 counties
Risk of local flooding as weather advisory issued for 15 counties

The advisory is in place for all of Connacht, Longford, Offaly, Westmeath, Cavan, Donegal, Clare, Cork, Kerry, Limerick and Tipperary.

Fri, 06 Mar, 2020

Julie Pace: Biden time as Bernie Sanders slumps on biggest day
Julie Pace: Biden time as Bernie Sanders slumps on biggest day

Two white men in their late-70s will now battle it out to become the standard-bearer for an increasingly diverse Democratic party in the US. Julie Pace reports from Washington

Thu, 05 Mar, 2020

Irish Examiner View: Same fight on three fronts: Left battles to recover plausibility
Irish Examiner View: Same fight on three fronts: Left battles to recover plausibility

Today is Super Tuesday in America’s presidential election process.

Mon, 02 Mar, 2020

Islands of Ireland: Inis Mór than meets the eye
Islands of Ireland: Inis Mór than meets the eye
W HERE to start with this awesome wedge of rock in the Atlantic? At the beginning? But where is the beginning? Inis Mór is a continuation of the Burren, whose limestone beds were laid down in the Carboniferous era 350 million years ago.

Mon, 02 Mar, 2020

Storm Jorge: Hundreds without power as snow/ice warning in place
Storm Jorge: Hundreds without power as snow/ice warning in place

Hundreds of homes and businesses remain without power this morning following Storm Jorge.

Sun, 01 Mar, 2020

Clare braced for more damage as Jorge hits hard
Clare braced for more damage as Jorge hits hard
A status-red wind warning for Clare has flood-hit families situated along the lower River Shannon basin braced for the worst, as Storm Jorge blows in from the Atlantic this weekend.

Fri, 28 Feb, 2020

Ghost ship washes up near open door of Goalpost pub for sale
Ghost ship washes up near open door of Goalpost pub for sale
Ghost ship washes up near open door of Goalpost pub for sale

Wed, 26 Feb, 2020

Hail, sleet and snow continuing with yellow warning for three counties
Hail, sleet and snow continuing with yellow warning for three counties

A status yellow snow and ice warning has been issued for three counties.

Wed, 26 Feb, 2020

Luxury homes and €1m hideaway among Cork's big housing sales of the year so far
Luxury homes and €1m hideaway among Cork's big housing sales of the year so far

After a property 'Operation Transformation,' fitness and yoga family the Henrys sell extended cliff-top West Cork hideaway for close to €1m.

Tue, 25 Feb, 2020

Michael Clifford: Legal battles persist over wind farms
Michael Clifford: Legal battles persist over wind farms

Communities around the country have taken on potential developments, writes Michael Clifford

Mon, 24 Feb, 2020

Islands of Ireland: In the swim of things at Sandy Cove Island
Islands of Ireland: In the swim of things at Sandy Cove Island

A very short drive from Kinsale lies an island that is the international focal point for a tough breed of people.

Sun, 23 Feb, 2020

Irish Examiner View: Most wind farms should be offshore
Irish Examiner View: Most wind farms should be offshore

It is unsurprising that the world’s largest onshore windfarm is in China, or, more accurately, spread across a region of that vast country.

Sun, 23 Feb, 2020

Cork-Limerick motives, storm impact, and magic numbers: The weekend's League talking points
Cork-Limerick motives, storm impact, and magic numbers: The weekend's League talking points

Our writers look ahead to the major talking points ahead of the weekend's Allianz League action.

Fri, 21 Feb, 2020

MV Alta in Cork just the latest ghost ship to arrive on Irish shores
MV Alta in Cork just the latest ghost ship to arrive on Irish shores

Another seemingly abandoned ghost ship washed up without a crew close to Ballycotton, almost exactly 125 years to the day that the MV Alta was discovered last weekend after 18-months adrift at sea.

Fri, 21 Feb, 2020

Inside MV Alta: The ghost cargo ship which lies on the rocks in Ballycotton
Inside MV Alta: The ghost cargo ship which lies on the rocks in Ballycotton

Photos and video material taken inside the ‘ghost’ cargo ship MV Alta, which lies marooned on rocks in Ballycotton for almost a week, is being circulated online.

Fri, 21 Feb, 2020

Racing for glory: Galway Hooker racing returns to TG4
Racing for glory: Galway Hooker racing returns to TG4

Fierce competition between local rivals makes for treacherous Galway waters.

Fri, 21 Feb, 2020

Environmental assessment underway on ship washed up on Cork coast
Environmental assessment underway on ship washed up on Cork coast

The ship had been adrift in the Atlantic for almost a year and a half, after its engine failed and its crew were rescued.

Tue, 18 Feb, 2020

Climate change forcing mass relocation
Climate change forcing mass relocation

The likely impacts of climate change on wildlife reserves in the US has been examined by researchers at the University of Washington.

Mon, 10 Feb, 2020

Storm Ciara: Yellow wind warning in place as thousands without power; Snow/ice warning issued
Storm Ciara: Yellow wind warning in place as thousands without power; Snow/ice warning issued

The forecaster says that Storm Ciara "will produce very strong southwest winds with mean speeds of 65 to 80km/h and gusts generally up to 130km/h.

Sun, 09 Feb, 2020

Total gridlock: US and Irish holidaymakers crossing the Atlantic to see how the other half lives
Total gridlock: US and Irish holidaymakers crossing the Atlantic to see how the other half lives

Joe McNamee talks to industry leaders about the steady rise in US-Irish tourism

Fri, 07 Feb, 2020

The Shape I'm In: 'mind magician' Keith Barry
The Shape I'm In: 'mind magician' Keith Barry

MIND magician Keith Barry powers through the day on as little as four hours’ sleep a night.

Thu, 06 Feb, 2020

Irish Examiner View: Odd things are afoot in politics
Irish Examiner View: Odd things are afoot in politics

Across the Atlantic, we have witnessed some very odd behaviour by two senior politicians, in the form of petulance in the US House of Congress.

Wed, 05 Feb, 2020

Never Mind The Ballots: New found respect for Trump; Leo goes back to school
Never Mind The Ballots: New found respect for Trump; Leo goes back to school

A sideways glance at Election 2020.

Wed, 05 Feb, 2020

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