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Friday 27 November 2020
Kildare scientist Dr Martin O’Leary told TheJournal.ie that it could lead to a rise of 10cm in sea levels worldwide.
“Next time I’ll ring through beforehand so you don’t have to shoot me,” Elizabeth II is reported to have told the guardsman.
On 12 June, 2016, a gunman opened fire inside the nightclub, killing 49 people and wounding 53 in America’s deadliest mass shooting.
Well over half of its area is completely unpolluted by litter, well ahead of its nearest competitors.
How well do you know the most famous band in history?
The man born as David Robert Jones died on 11 January, bequething a cultural legacy unmatched by all but The Beatles, Elvis and Bob Dylan.
As the North Pole is made up completely of sea ice, it may mean that Santa Claus will have to transfer his operations elsewhere.
With less than 24 hours to go before the big man arrives, here’s all you need to know this festive Saturday.
A swan took advantage of the festive season by taking a wander down Dublin’s north quays this morning.
Today’s press event saw some journalists holding up placards comparing Putin to Superman.
Do you think adult families should concentrate on buying each adult sibling one decent Christmas present rather than everyone buying for everyone?
Each day in India, 92 women are raped. A group of rape survivors spoke to TheJournal.ie on a recent visit.
Fruit and vegetables now comprise the largest shelf on the food pyramid.
People’s emotional life improves significantly when they quit the social network for a week, a study found.
The world’s oldest bank and Italy’s third-biggest, BMPS is racing against the clock to raise €5 billion or face a government bailout.
The figure is an increase of over a third (34%) on the number for this time last year.
The ISPCA recently issued a list of warning signs for puppy farms, adding that pets never make good Christmas presents.
“I have the outtakes to The Apprentice where he says every … offensive, racist thing ever,” Tom Arnold said.
Several online videos have emerged showing Bana Al-Abed in the countryside outside Aleppo.
A criminal investigation is underway into the stolen money, which has been secured in a Hong Kong bank.
The North’s former Enterprise Minister Jonathan Bell had accused DUP figures of delaying plans to close down the scheme.
On Thursday night, English branding expert Jonathan Gabay delivered a controversial brand review on the League of Ireland.
Here’s all you need to know this Sunday morning.
We spoke to male and female Irish order members from the Dublin Buddhist Centre.
An outbreak of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N8 (bird flu) has been confirmed in Lincolnshire.
Reports suggest the final bill for the banks and other lenders could run to over €1 billion.
Two men have been charged with the seizures and are due before court today.
Here’s all you need to know this frosty Saturday morning.
The three men, ranging in age from the mid-30s to their early 50s, were arrested on Thursday evening.
Fianna Fáil has criticised government proposals to limit rent increases in “pressure zones” in Dublin and Cork.
Twenty vascular plants (or 1.7% of those assessed) are critically endangered, 25 (2.1%) are endangered and 61 (5.0%) are vulnerable.
The new ComReg report also found that Ireland is expensive for home broadband, but relatively cheap for mobile bills.
Industry groups said the move will cost drivers upwards of €15 per tyre.
Fisheries Ireland says a large discharge of raw slurry into the Owentaraglin River, a tributary of the Blackwater, is likely to have caused the fish kill.
Donal O’Coisdealbha was jailed for five and a half years yesterday after pleading guilty to IRA membership.
The record temperature for Finner in south Donegal has been equalled, meanwhile.
Anthony Rogers, who was 61, was stabbed multiple times at his home near Cork Street, Dublin on 6 November.
Derek Malone managed to get a little girl and her parents to safety.
The €100 million investment will see 20 new stores.
Bana Alabed’s tweets from war-town Aleppo – written in English with the help of her mother – gained worldwide prominence.
THE GREYHOUND RACING industry has been put in the spotlight again this week, the Social Democrats put forward a motion proposing to end State funding of the sector.
Writing for TheJournal.ie this week, TD Holly Cairns explained that greyhound racing in Ireland will receive €19.2m in public funding next year – an increase of €2.4m on 2020.
Last year, an RTÉ investigation claimed that almost 6,000 greyhounds were killed for not racing fast enough in 2017.
But advocates for the sector have claimed it supports thousands of jobs and that annual Government funding represents an economic investment.
So, today we’re asking: Should the Government stop funding greyhound racing?
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