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# athens - Monday 26 August, 2019
Greek police arrest over 140 people during raid on Athens squats
The squats had been occupied for several weeks.
# athens - Friday 19 July, 2019
Athens settles for uneasy night after 5.1-magnitude quake
A government spokesman later Friday said “life in Athens is back to normal”.
# athens - Tuesday 8 January, 2019
Temperatures plunge to -23C in Greece as Athens experiences rare snowfall
The snowfall in Athens prompted authorities to close schools and courthouses, while many public offices and banks provided minimal services.
# athens - Sunday 26 August, 2018
This is how much sleep you should be getting every night for maximum heart healthiness
Much less than six hours, and anything more than eight puts you at a significantly higher risk of heart trouble, new research suggests.
# athens - Monday 20 August, 2018
Eight years and €289 billion later, Greece exits its final bailout today
The country is not out the woods though and its people are still feeling austerity.
# athens - Saturday 28 July, 2018
Greek wildfire death toll climbs to 88
Forensics experts have faced a difficult task trying to identify the bodies.
# athens - Wednesday 25 July, 2018
79 dead and 187 injured: Rescuers search Greek towns after deadly wildfires
An Irish couple are reported to have been caught up in the giant wildfires which broke out on Monday.
Irish newlyweds separated in Greek fires: 'He'd be the type to ensure Zoe was safe and go back to help others'
Brian O’Callaghan-Westropp married Zoe Holohan last Thursday and they had just gone on their honeymoon.
# athens - Tuesday 24 July, 2018
Department of Foreign Affairs updates travel advice for Greece as Irish honeymoon couple caught up in wildfires
While the woman has since been hospitalised, the man remains missing.
Flames ravage Greek seaside as wildfires kill 74
Authorities said that 26 bodies were discovered at a seaside resort this morning.
# athens - Wednesday 15 November, 2017
Elderly people stuck in their homes among 15 to die in 'waterfall' floods in Greece
Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has declared a state of mourning.
# athens - Saturday 29 July, 2017
A woman going to Denmark fell asleep on her flight and woke up in Greece
The ticket mix-up at Charles de Gaulle airport was not noticed by airline staff.
# athens - Thursday 22 June, 2017
Rubbish is piling up on Athens' streets as temperatures soar
Greek workers are protesting against staff shortages that have resulted from terminating hundreds of short-term contracts.
# athens - Tuesday 20 June, 2017
This I can carry - Irish exhibit shows the meagre possessions refugees hold following a harrowing journey
Dutch-Irish artist Annabel Konig spent a month in the migrant accommodation centres in Athens in early May.
# athens - Thursday 25 May, 2017
Former Greek Prime Minister 'seriously hurt' in bomb attack
ERT said Papademos, PM from 2011 to 2012, had been targeted by a letter bomb.
# athens - Thursday 10 November, 2016
Policeman injured after grenade thrown at French embassy in Athens
The grenade left a tennis ball-sized hole in the pavement, and shrapnel marks on the embassy gate and guard post.
# athens - Monday 23 May, 2016
Greece passes spending cuts and tax hikes in order to unlock billions in bailout funds
EU Economic Affairs Commissioner Pierre Moscovici hailed the deal.
# athens - Thursday 21 April, 2016
Pictures: The Olympic flame begins its long journey to Rio
The flame was kindled in the 2,600 year-old Temple of Hera at Ancient Olympia today.
# athens - Monday 20 July, 2015
Homeless in Athens: 'Greece never dies. But the Greeks will die.'
“No home, no bathroom, no life.”
# athens - Thursday 9 July, 2015
The EU have now officially received Greece's bailout proposals
But will the proposals be sufficient to see a deal being done to keep Greece in the EU?
# athens - Monday 6 July, 2015
The Greek people have said no – so what's next?
Yesterday’s result will have inspired millions across Europe that the forces of the 1% can be taken on.
# athens - Friday 3 July, 2015
Greek PM Tsipras speaks to 25,000 as food and medicine supplies run low
Around 25,000 people gathered to hear PM Alexis Tsipras speak this evening.
# athens - Wednesday 1 July, 2015
Greece will accept the troika's bailout terms... but says it hasn't capitulated
Germany is still demanding the country go through with its planned referendum.
# athens - Tuesday 30 June, 2015
Thousands of people are rallying in the centre of Athens right now
They are braving bad weather as they make their feelings clear over the upcoming referendum.
# athens - Thursday 25 June, 2015
Joan Burton: Syriza has been "lecturing the rest of Europe"
The Tánaiste added that Syriza was yet to “persuade us” they can run the Greek economy.
# athens - Friday 12 June, 2015
Greece's relationship with the euro is hanging by a thread
The IMF last night walked away from talks on the future of the Greek bailout, which has hit the euro hard in international trading.
# athens - Wednesday 18 February, 2015
Germany thinks Greece is 'insulting' countries like Ireland
Europe and Greece are racing to reach a deal to avoid a catastrophic ‘Grexit’. It’s expected Greece will seek a six-month extension deal today.
# athens - Monday 26 January, 2015
Singer Demis Roussos has died
Roussos sold more than 60 million albums worldwide.
# athens - Friday 3 October, 2014
In from the cold: international ideas for dealing with homelessness
Utah has a very simple idea – give homeless people homes.
# athens - Sunday 31 August, 2014
Gallery: See what has become of these Olympic host cities after the games left town
What does a white elephant look like?
# athens - Thursday 14 August, 2014
Here's what these Athens Olympics stadiums look like, 10 years later
Faster, higher, stronger, rustier…
# athens - Sunday 22 June, 2014
So how much heroin was found in Europe's largest-ever seizure of the drug?
The narcotics were discovered in Greece.
# athens - Thursday 10 April, 2014
Booby-trapped car explodes outside bank in Athens
The explosion came as Greece prepared to return to bond markets. No one was injured in the incident.
# athens - Friday 28 March, 2014
Teenager gets $31,000 in bank error... and spends it
Understandable really.
# athens - Friday 1 November, 2013
Two people killed outside offices of Greek far-right party Golden Dawn
The shooting comes just weeks after the indictment of six Golden Dawn lawmakers for their involvement in a “criminal organisation”.
# athens - Saturday 19 October, 2013
Irish embassy 'made contact with Greek police' over detention of Irishwoman's husband
Mark Marku has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in connection with a number of armed robberies.
# athens - Thursday 3 October, 2013
Leader of far-right Golden Dawn detained on criminal charges
Greek authorities are moving to dismantle Golden Dawn — which has 18 members in the 300-seat parliament — after the shock murder of an anti-fascist musician on September 18.
# athens - Monday 8 July, 2013
Eurozone ministers to decide if Greece should get bailout money
Minister Michael Noonan is in Brussels today for the talks.
# athens - Thursday 23 May, 2013
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Good morning! Here are the nine things to know before you start your Thursday.
Kenny to discuss economic recovery with Greek Prime Minister
The short trip comes a day after the Taoiseach’s comments on Ireland not giving special tax deals.
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Poll: Do you think Phoenix Park's gates should be mostly closed to traffic?
MOST OF THE Phoenix Park’s gates were closed off to traffic at the height of the pandemic, but are being reopened now for cars to pass through.
This has been described as “incredibly regressive” by Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan, who argued that it should be used as a park, and in a few months it will be back to “car city”.
Meanwhile, Minister of State for the Office of Public Works, Patrick O’Donovan said that the volume of traffic has “gone up a lot” in the adjoining areas. “Whether we like it or not, for an awful lot of people it’s a commuter route,” he said on RTÉ Radio One.
So what do you think: should the Phoenix Park be mostly closed off to traffic from now on?
Poll Results:
Yes (4893)
No (3371)
I don't care (504)
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