The centre ground appears to hold on what was a remarkable day for Irish politics
, just 184 out of 949 city and county council seats have been filled. Counting of votes in the European Parliament election has not yet begun. Ireland’s electoral system has many virtues; speed it not one of them. So there is a lot we don’t know. But thanks to the tallies, early counts and the far from inscrutable body language of the Irish politician, we can draw some tentative conclusions., in particular the slide in support for Sinn Féin, have been confirmed at the ballot box.
, who travelled to Lebanon to see up close the human impact of the artillery war between Hizbullah and Israel that has been in progress since October.. Experts in the area say that money and property can often dominate the process, to the exclusion of other considerations such as the emotional effects on children – and on the divorcing parties themselves.about working in an RTÉ where the ghost of Ryan Tubridy looms large.
One person who undertook an especially impressive road trip recently was Sophie Power. First she drove from Cork to Donegal … then she ran back. Sophie experienced injury, hallucinations and, finally, uncontrollable tears when she completed her Guinness-world-record-breaking run from Malin Head in Inishowen to Mizen Head in west Cork. The 563km journey took three days, 12 hours and eight minutes – three hours less than the previous record holder.
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