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# Budapest

This year
2023
Irish duo Lavin and English qualify for World Championships semi-finals
Lavin ran 12.69 in the 100m hurdles heats, just outside her personal best and Derval O’Rourke’s national record.
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Aug 22nd 2023, 7:46 PM
Adeleke and Mawdsley scorch into 400m semi-finals at World Championships
Adeleke coasted to victory in her heat.
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Aug 20th 2023, 10:12 AM
Adeleke and Mawdsley scorch into 400m semi-finals at World Championships
Adeleke coasted to victory in her heat.
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Aug 20th 2023, 9:56 AM
Last year
2022
Ireland’s Daniel Wiffen finishes eighth in World 800m freestyle final
Wiffen touched in 7:50.63, his second fastest time ever.
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Jun 21st 2022, 7:48 PM
Southgate 'surprised' as 35,000 Hungary fans expected despite stadium ban
England are in action at the Puskas Arena in Budapest tomorrow evening.
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Jun 3rd 2022, 3:45 PM
All time
Pope Francis calls for 'openness' after meeting Hungary's Orban
The pontiff has said Europe must welcome migrants, while the Hungarian prime minister is staunchly against mass immigration.
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Sep 12th 2021, 4:29 PM
McSharry finishes 7th in 100m breaststroke final at European Championships
The Sligo swimmer has enjoyed an encouraging week in Budapest.
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May 19th 2021, 5:56 PM
Irish diver Clare Cryan finishes eighth at European Championships
The national senior record holder scored 234.30 points in the final of the 1m Springboard in Hungary.
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May 12th 2021, 11:00 AM
Liverpool heading to Budapest for RB Leipzig clash
Coronavirus restrictions meant a new venue was needed.
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Feb 7th 2021, 1:20 PM
Budapest lined up to host Liverpool's Champions League last-16 tie with RB Leipzig
The Premier League champions have been told they cannot travel to Germany for the fixture, which is scheduled for 16 February.
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Feb 5th 2021, 2:53 PM
Fans will be allowed to attend next month's Super Cup meeting of Bayern Munich and Sevilla
The game will be played in Budapest on 24 September.
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Aug 25th 2020, 3:59 PM
Cruise ship captain ‘not concentrating before fatal Danube River crash’
Twenty-seven people, mostly tourists from South Korea, died in the May 2019 collision on the Danube River.
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Mar 11th 2020, 7:54 PM
Cork man arrested in Hungary over alleged offences related to child sex abuse images remanded in custody
Daniel Connolly was arrested in Budapest last Wednesday on foot of a European Arrest Warrant.
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Dec 23rd 2019, 3:24 PM
Man arrested at Dublin Airport on foot of European Arrest Warrant
He will appear before Limerick Circuit Court on Monday morning.
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Dec 20th 2019, 9:20 PM
Bodies recovered as Budapest tour boat is lifted from Danube
The accident has claimed at least 20 lives with eight people still missing.
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Jun 11th 2019, 8:12 AM
Death toll in Budapest boat tragedy rises to 17 as it emerges captain was already under investigation
11 people are still missing from the Mermaid sightseeing vessel which sank last week.
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Jun 6th 2019, 10:51 PM
Six-year-old girl among the 21 missing after tourist boat capsizes in Danube
The accident happened after a collision with a larger river cruise boat.
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May 30th 2019, 8:10 PM
Hungarian state broadcaster hit by wave of protests
Several thousand demonstrators gathered to protest a controversial new labour law.
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Dec 17th 2018, 9:30 PM
Taoiseach criticised for visiting 'undemocratic' Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán
Leo Varadkar will meet Orbán in Budapest later today.
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Jan 4th 2018, 9:20 AM
'I often have to clean vomit off my car': Budapest locals are getting tired of the booming tourism sector
Annual arrivals have almost doubled since 2009 to 3.5 million last year.
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Dec 24th 2017, 8:15 PM
And then there were two - Paris and LA to battle to host 2024 Olympics after Budapest drops out
The announcement will be made on 13 September.
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Feb 22nd 2017, 8:16 PM
This lad from Derry expertly serenaded the people of Budapest with a blast of Horse Outside
While wearing a horse mask for maximum effect, of course.
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Nov 22nd 2016, 7:43 PM
Rome could be the next Olympic bid derailed due to public opposition
Radicali Italiani today called for a referendum before the Eternal City continues its bid for the 2024 Games.
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Jan 7th 2016, 5:14 PM
15 cities you have to visit at least once, according to the experts
How many have you been to?
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Nov 1st 2015, 6:00 PM
And the five cities that will bid to host the 2024 Olympics are...
Four European cities and one from the United States are in the running.
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Sep 16th 2015, 12:00 PM
Hungarian football ultras attack refugees at Budapest train station
The Hungarian capital plays host to a Euro 2016 qualifier tonight.
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Sep 4th 2015, 4:48 PM
Here's what we can all do to help ease the migrant crisis
The human tragedy going on across the Mediterranean at present has shocked one and all, but there are practical ways to help.
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Sep 3rd 2015, 5:58 PM
The Ryanair family is going to Israel
The low-fares carrier has announced new routes into and from Europe from the south of Israel.
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Jul 7th 2015, 3:43 PM
The Irish starchitects steamrolling ahead in Europe
O’Donnell and Tuomey won Britain’s Gold Medal last year and are now designing a university’s library in Budapest.
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Apr 30th 2015, 3:46 PM
You can rent this entire village for €700 a day
You get the deputy mayorship, as well.
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Feb 28th 2015, 10:15 AM
Long-lost art masterpiece found after 90 years... hanging in a scene from Stuart Little
‘Sleeping Lady with Black Vase’ disappeared in the 1920s and hadn’t been seen since. Until…
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Nov 29th 2014, 10:35 AM
Watch a kindly bear save a crow from drowning
A real life Care Bear.
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Aug 1st 2014, 7:30 AM
98-year-old former Nazi charged with World War II crimes
Laszlo Lajos Csatari has been charged over his role in organising the deportation of an estimated 12,000 Jews to World War II death camps.
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Jun 18th 2013, 11:27 AM
Irish driver wanted in Hungary can serve sentence in Ireland
The Hungarian government has said Ciarán Tobin can serve his sentence in Ireland if he surrenders himself.
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Apr 1st 2013, 6:26 PM
‘I came away from the Olympics disappointed and wanted a good end to the year’ – Britton
The European Cross Country champion was glad to move on from her experience in London with a win over the weekend.
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Dec 11th 2012, 7:40 AM
Britton makes history with gold in Budapest
The Wicklow runner defended her European Cross Country title and helped Ireland to the team event this afternoon.
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Dec 9th 2012, 2:14 PM
Cross country: Britton out to retain crown in sub-zero Hungary
One year on from becoming European champion, Fionnuala Britton is defending her title.
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Dec 9th 2012, 8:40 AM
Britton set to lead Ireland at European Cross Country Championships
The Irish athlete has been in good form recently, coming fourth in the VIII Cross de Atapuerca earlier this month
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Nov 26th 2012, 3:19 PM
Fionnuala Britton to test her form at IAAF cross country international in Spain
The European champion leads a strong Irish challenge at the Sunday meet in Burgos.
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Nov 10th 2012, 8:40 AM
Busy man: Taoiseach in Budapest, Vienna and Berlin today
Enda Kenny meets with two heads of government and picks up his ‘European of the Year’ award today.
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Nov 8th 2012, 7:11 AM
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