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Dracula Comeback

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Luis Suarez says he has been working on controlling his “anxiety and nerves” as he prepares for his first competitive Uruguay game since biting Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup.   Will he change ? I don’t think so. I’ve…

Irish Retro Dishes Festival

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Step back in time with these retro dishes, part of the 100 years of Irish Food celebrations at next weekend’s Galway Food Festival.   Now in its fifth year, the festival will run across Galway city and county from March…

Comedian Who Doesn’t Run For Fun

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Eddie Izzard has completed his challenge in South Africa to run 27 marathons in 27 days for Sport Relief.   The 27 marathons were intended to reflect the 27 years Mr Mandela had spent in prison before becoming South Africa’s…

“Fifthdiana Fords”

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Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg are teaming up for a new Indiana Jones film, The Walt Disney Company has announced. It will be released in July 2019. Are you ready for the journey ?   We live in boring times.…

Lonely Planet said YES to Dublin!

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The prestigious tourist guide named Dublin the third best city to visit this year. Just behind Kotog and Quito. 2016 is the Irish capital’s year: Lonely Planet made a list of the most fascinating cities that you should visit this…

Top Ten Irish Jokes

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1. Six Irish men were playing poker when one of them played a bad hand and died. The rest drew straws to see who would tell his wife. One man draws the shortest straw and goes to his friend’s house…

Top 10 Countries for Employees

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Swedish employer branding expert Universum, surveyed 250,000 professionals in 55 markets and calculated the ranking based factors such as employee’s satisfaction at their current job, the likelihood of recommending their current employer and their stated sense of job loyalty. “Under…

Is Ireland Migrant Friendly?

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It was a great event for every Dubliner thinking about the Irish future and even more interesting for migrants (including me). One hundred years after The Irish Rising, we met in Dublin City Council on Monday morning to discuss if…