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How a bullet hole in a hat made sense of the 1916 commemorations for me
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I really got into the 1916 Rising, watching on the telly and the touch pad. Going to different events and reading all dailies.

Sat, 02 Apr, 2016

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Bomb found on Limerick footpath 'a very serious danger to public'

Gardai have described a pipe bomb left on a footpath outside a house in Limerick City as been a "very serious danger to the public" and to the occupants of the house.

Wed, 11 Feb, 2015

Goalie catches bride’s heart

CELEBRATION is the last thing on the minds of Cork’s footballers, but the panel put the heartbreak of last week’s All-Ireland final defeat to Kerry behind them at the weekend as they gathered for the love-match of goalie Alan Quirke to his long-time girlfriend Christina O’Leary.

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Old soldiers must await final reunion

SEVERAL times since 1980 I have crossed the Irish Sea to meet old comrades of the Emergency years at the annual LDF/FCA reunion held in October in Collins Barracks, Cork.

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