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Singer-songwriter Anders Osborne has been a New Orleans staple for going on 40 years. He caps a busy 2024, which saw the ...

Seamus McGuinness is a research professor and the research area co-ordinator for labour market research at the Economic and Social Research Institute. Most of his published research has been in ...

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GAVIN & Stacey star Ruth Jones will tell the country what’s occurring on the high seas this New Year’s Day – as she presents ...

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Thank you for supporting Ireland's best local journalism! One of the best known figures in the first aid community in Derry has passed away. Anne Heaney was associated with St John Ambulance for many ...