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Steven Heaney
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Journalist with @irishexaminer.bsky.social
Simpsons expert. Infrequently posts about News, Politics, Basketball, Movies. Views own
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Izz Café team on their new book, favourite recipes, Cork, and Palestine
Together with their head chef, the husband and wife team behind Izz Cafe have written their first cookbook. They share recipes and memories at their home in Bishopstown with Joe McNamee
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August 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
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Alison O'Reilly: It took a global spotlight for many to accept hundreds of babies are buried in a septic tank in Tuam
The story of the Tuam Babies sat quietly for the first week until the international media took hold of it, making it one of the biggest stories to come out of Ireland in the past decade
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July 13, 2025 at 7:16 PM
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Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It’s a political timebomb
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Across Europe, the financial sector has pushed up house prices. It's a political timebomb | Tim White
We’ve been living in a great experiment: can finance provide basic human rights such as housing? The answer is increasingly no, says researcher and writer Tim White
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July 7, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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Watch: Legendary skateboarder Tony Hawk filmed skating in Mallow
In the video, posted to his official Instagram and Reddit accounts, Hawk revealed he and his family had the run of Mallow Skatepark for more than two hours
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June 17, 2025 at 9:44 AM
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Trivial in light of everything happening in Gaza I know, but this makes me irrationally angry. A former journalist can't even be bothered to write his own heartfelt plea on the matter.
And then he doesn't even proofread the AI slop he sends. Embarrassing
www.thejournal.ie/ciaran-mullo...
Irish MEP used AI to write open letter about Gaza which quoted Swedish House Mafia
Ciaran Mullooly – a former journalist – also included an emotional story from a “fictional” girl in Gaza.
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May 29, 2025 at 12:06 PM
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Defence Forces bring in independent grievance process for recruits
Serving members will now be able to make complaints regarding inappropriate behaviour, without having to take such complaints to their immediate superiors
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April 22, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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This a surreal spectacle
atrupar.com Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · Apr 2
Trump: "European Union, they're very tough. Very very tough traders. You know, you think of European Union -- very friendly. They rip us off. It's so sad to see. It's so pathetic. 39 percent. We're gonna charge them 20 percent. So we're charging them essentially half. Vietnam -- great negotiators"
April 2, 2025 at 8:34 PM
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Government pauses relocation of Ukrainians from all State-contracted accommodation
It follows decision to postpone relocation of elderly and disabled Ukrainian residents from student accommodation complex in Cork City
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February 27, 2025 at 1:07 AM
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Ireland's longest .ie website is just the word 'Cork' repeated 15 times
The website www.corkcorkcorkcorkcorkcorkcorkcorkcorkcorkcorkcorkcorkcorkcork.ie directs users to a webpage that displays the text: 'Had to, Sorry'
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February 6, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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‘David Lynch altered our brains’: fellow directors, friends and fans remember a titan of cinema
‘David Lynch altered our brains’: fellow directors, friends and fans remember a titan of cinema
His unique, twisted visions shocked and seduced generations of filmgoers. Paul Schrader, Abel Ferrara, Coralie Fargeat and more pay tribute • Ranked: David Lynch’s films and TV shows • Cigarettes were Lynch’s magic wand – and his undoing Paul Schrader,…
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January 17, 2025 at 6:38 PM
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Hello!
I'm taking part in the Inishbofin half marathon & 10K in May, in aid of the Galway branch of Down Syndrome Ireland

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January 15, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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'A menace on our roads': Gardaí catch 375 drivers speeding during cold snap
Some 29 drivers were also caught driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs over the same period
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January 9, 2025 at 8:37 PM