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Q&A: Irish figure skater Conor Stakelum - 'I know I should say I have an interest in hurling but I really don’t. It’s just not my thing'

Conor Stakelum, 24, is Ireland’s top male ice skater. The four-time Irish champion, from Stillorgan in Dublin, developed his skills originally on the Dundalk Ice Dome and in Belfast, but is now training full-time in Dundee, Scotland. Last weekend, in Germany, he became the first Irishman to qualify for figure skating’s senior European Championships.

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Dad replaces teenage daughter’s vodka with water, plan backfires

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Dad replaces teenage daughter’s vodka with water, plan backfires

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Mountains to Sea for Kennedy's 'On Writing'

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Bank branch 'left unlocked'

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Beginner’s Pluck

A father’s anti-drug crusade

EVEN though Derek Jennings worked in addiction support, he didn’t know his own child had started using drugs. “Being a man, I said, ‘I’ll stop it’,” he says of his 14-year-old’s addiction.

Fri, 16 Mar, 2012

Mum-to-be munches on local newspaper

A pregnant British woman has developed a craving for eating her local newspaper.

Tue, 21 Feb, 2012

Breaking with tradition but still very much in tune

As the first Catholic organist at Westminister Abbey, James O’Donnell led the music for the royal wedding and Obama’s visit, writesMick Duggan

Tue, 07 Feb, 2012

Girl mauled by rottweillers

A 10-YEAR-OLD school-girl was left needing plastic surgery after she was mauled by two rottweillers.

Tue, 31 Aug, 2010

Costner named in masseuse 'sex pest' case

Hollywood star Kevin Costner has been officially named as the actor accused of performing a lewd sex act in front of a masseuse while honeymooning in Scotland in 2004.

Wed, 26 Apr, 2006