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# attraction - Saturday 25 March, 2017
Ireland's longest rope bridge is opening in Kerry
The owners of Kells Bay House & Gardens have put the rope bridge on their land.
# attraction - Monday 26 January, 2015
Tour the Guinness Storehouse from the comfort of your own home
The new Google Business View tool allows users to take a virtual, interactive tour of the attraction.
# attraction - Wednesday 11 December, 2013
Proposals, taxi drivers and Nidge's ma: Ireland's top YouTube videos of 2013
Can you guess what’s number one?
# attraction - Monday 5 August, 2013
Column: Should ‘lads mags’ be in modesty bags?
Removing ‘lads mags’ from the top shelf won’t make much of an impact when it comes to the bigger picture, writes Aoife O’Connor, who says there is a lot more things objectifying women that need to dealt with first.
# attraction - Wednesday 26 June, 2013
Eiffel Tower remains closed for a second day due to strike
An average of 25,000 visitors climb up the Eiffel Tower every day, but it remains closed for business today.
# attraction - Sunday 26 May, 2013
Finding love (or lust) in 4 minutes: The science of speed dating
Talking mainly about the woman, interrupting and asking questions – a new study has found what does and doesn’t work in speed dating.
# attraction - Saturday 27 April, 2013
Column: Does age really matter in a relationship?
While an age difference doesn’t matter initially it can eventually cause problems, writes Tony Moore, who says being in different stages in our lives can be difficult to deal with.
# attraction - Saturday 2 February, 2013
Column: How our idea of love changes as we get older
The qualities we value in a partner when we are young often change as we grow older, writes Kate Burke.
# attraction - Thursday 3 January, 2013
Dublin Zoo records all time high for visitor numbers in 2012
Birthdays, babies, TV crews and a visit from J-Lo – it was certainly a busy year for the animals.
# attraction - Monday 20 June, 2011
'Shrek' virus causes Beautiful People dating site to allow 'ugly' members
A website which rates Irish people among the ‘ugliest’ is hit by an attack which allows anybody to join… or is it?
# attraction - Tuesday 21 September, 2010
Chill out! Less-stressed men are more attractive
Research in Scotland shows that women were more attracted to men with smaller quantities of the stress hormone cortisol.
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Poll: Should Ireland only fund Olympic sports where we have the best chance of winning?
IRISH ATHLETES WINNING medals at the Olympic Games is as wonderful as it is rare.
On the all-time list of medal-winning countries we come in about 60th place, depending on what exactly you’re counting.
As a small country it’s clearly very hard for Ireland to compete with the big nations but one of the suggestions that’s been put forward is only funding the sports where we have the best chance of winning.
It’s a model adopted by the similarly-sized New Zealand that has proved very successful in recent years.
In the latest episode of our Ireland 2029 podcast series, we take a look at whether Ireland could go down that route and what advantages and disadvantages there are to it.
But are the Olympics all about winning, or is taking part important too?
Poll: Should Ireland only fund Olympic sports where we have the best chance of winning?
Poll Results:
No (3704)
Yes (1641)
Don't know (194)
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Simon Coveney: The backstop is overwhelmingly supported. This gets little recognition in the UK Brexit debate
By Simon Coveney - @simoncoveney
A hard Brexit, if the UK chooses one, will be ugly and difficult, says the Tánaiste.
'Collecting the school voluntary contribution is an unwanted and stressful obligation on principals'
By Joseph A Moynihan
As things stand, the contribution is needed to keep school doors open, writes Joseph A Moynihan.
Katy Hayward: Why we should take note of the unexpected in Boris Johnson's letter to Donald Tusk
By Katy Hayward - @hayward_katy
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