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A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

columnists

Looking abroad to craft a credible Irish response to climate change

Research throws light on how other countries managed the transition of their declining energy industries to meet climate change targets, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

general

The bridge to war: Dan Harvey's new book looks at the Irish who went a bridge too far

comment-analysis

Do a deal or remain? Brexit crash out is a bridge too far

world

QUIRKY WORLD ... Pensioner wants public to dig deep for Nazi loot

Germany must remember its own history when dealing with Greece

soccer

VIDEO: Dortmund launches Nazi-themed anti-racism video

Giving a platform to New Music in Dublin

New Music Dublin returns for the second year of an initial five-year commitment this spring, running from March 6-9 at the National Concert Hall.

Wed, 26 Feb, 2014

Sprightly German pensioners recreate classic movie poses

These guys have frankly won the internet today!

Thu, 23 Jan, 2014

QUIRKY WORLD ... A daily look at some of the world’s stranger stories

Catastrophe at China park prompts inquiry

Mon, 04 Nov, 2013

Germany’s search for total football

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL:

Sat, 25 May, 2013

Love Parade death toll hits 20

The death toll at a weekend music festival in Germany rose to 20 today after a woman died from her injuries.

Mon, 26 Jul, 2010

Manslaughter probe launched after German festival deaths

German prosecutors are investigating negligent manslaughter following the deaths of 19 people in a crowd crush at the Love Parade techno music festival.

Mon, 26 Jul, 2010

Merkel promises probe into festival-stampede deaths

German chancellor Angela Merkel promised an “intense” investigation into the deaths of 19 people at a techno music festival as witnesses put the blame on police and security staff.

Mon, 26 Jul, 2010

Are you not entertained? Let’s put away this bauble until 2014

SO HOW was it for you? Did the earth move? See stars before your eyes? Hear a ringing in your ears?

Wed, 14 Jul, 2010

Merkel handed local election reverse by voters

Voters in Germany’s most populous state dealt Chancellor Angela Merkel a painful setback, erasing her government’s majority in the upper house of parliament and curbing its power after a stumbling start and criticism over the Greek debt crisis.

Mon, 10 May, 2010

EU rescue package - Deal needs to dissuade speculators

ONE of rugby’s more articulate and qualified commentators – the great Australian out-half Michael Lynagh – once said during a preview of one of Munster’s European Cup do-or-die extravaganzas that hope had no place in professional sport.

Mon, 10 May, 2010

Merkel at risk of defeat in German state elections

Chancellor Angela Merkel risks losing her majority in Germany’s upper house of parliament as the country’s most populous state votes today – a setback that could make it harder to run Europe’s biggest economy.

Sun, 09 May, 2010

Minister links Italians' deaths to organised crime feud

Six Italian men were shot dead in a western German city today in an execution-style killing that Italy's interior minister said appeared to be part of a feud between two Italian organised crime clans.

Wed, 15 Aug, 2007

Opel car workers remain on unofficial strike

Angry workers at an Opel car plant in Germany remained on unofficial strike today, continuing their protest against plans by parent company General Motors for thousands of job cuts and defying calls from union leaders and the government to return to work.

Mon, 18 Oct, 2004

Man arrested in Germany 'not a terrorist'

Investigators in the German city of Moenchengladbach have ruled out any link to the al-Qaida network of a man they arrested on a tip that he was a member of the terrorist organisation, authorities said today.

Sun, 06 Jan, 2002