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# on-this-day - Thursday 9 April, 2020
The jaw, the mettle and the choke? 10 years on from Leinster's dramatic win over Clermont
Brock James performance was plagued by inconsistency, but the ‘choke’ label doesn’t sit well..
# on-this-day - Thursday 18 April, 2019
Today marks 70 years since Ireland became a republic
This meant that Ireland left the Commonwealth, and formally ended the statutory role of the British monarchy in Ireland.
# on-this-day - Monday 21 August, 2017
# on-this-day - Thursday 22 December, 2016
Dispelling the myths about the bombing of Nelson's Pillar
No, it wasn’t blown up by the IRA… And no – the Defence Forces didn’t make a hames of clearing the site.
# on-this-day - Tuesday 15 November, 2016
15 thoughts everyone has while scrolling through their cringey Facebook On This Day
Regrets, I have a few…
# on-this-day - Saturday 2 July, 2016
'Heaps of wounded and dead. Showers of dust and earth and lead. Deafening explosions and blinding smoke'
More than 3,500 Irish soldiers perished in the Battle of the Somme 100 years ago.
# on-this-day - Tuesday 8 March, 2016
50 years later and the Nelson's Pillar bomber says he has no regrets
Liam Sutcliffe planted the bomb which destroyed the monument half a century ago.
# on-this-day - Sunday 10 January, 2016
This is how you can turn off Facebook's On This Day reminders
There is no official way to turn them off, but there is a workaround.
# on-this-day - Sunday 15 November, 2015
Mortifying, embarrassing, shameful: My history in Facebook On This Day memories
Or why On This Day can HEAD OFF for itself.
# on-this-day - Wednesday 14 October, 2015
Here's how you can prevent awkward Facebook run-ins with your ex
Facebook’s On This Day feature has a few filters you can
Here's how Facebook is about to prevent awkward run-ins with your ex
Nice one, Facebook.
# on-this-day - Sunday 9 August, 2015
"Clawing at the earth, swelling as if with its regurgitation of all the life that it had consumed"
It’s 70 years to the day since the bomb was dropped on Nagasaki.
# on-this-day - Thursday 6 August, 2015
It has been 70 years since 70,000 people were killed in less than a minute
New scientific research has looked at the long-term impact that the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings have had.
# on-this-day - Saturday 18 July, 2015
There's a campaign to have a US military ship named after an Irishman from Ballyhaunis
On this day in 1966, Gallagher threw himself on top of a grenade in order to save his comrades.
# on-this-day - Saturday 10 January, 2015
CNN and Sky News would have loved the Flying Enterprise saga... It was the 'Chilean Mine Rescue' of its time
The story of the stricken cargo ship and its hero captain had people flocking to cinemas to catch the latest newsreels. The saga kept the world gripped for 14 days.
# on-this-day - Friday 26 December, 2014
QUIZ: These major news events all happened around Christmas ... But in what year?
How well do you know your news? And how far back?
# on-this-day - Sunday 24 August, 2014
Waterford gift shop has the most Irish 'on this day' trivia sign ever
It’s all we need to know, to be fair.
# on-this-day - Saturday 8 March, 2014
Photos: On this day in 1966 Nelson’s Pillar in O’Connell Street was blown up
At approximately 1.30am on 8 March a bomb exploded on Dublin’s main thoroughfare.
# on-this-day - Wednesday 26 February, 2014
Photos: On this day in 1993 a bomb exploded at the World Trade Center New York
A car bomb exploded underneath car park killing six people and injuring many more.
# on-this-day - Saturday 1 September, 2012
18 years ago: Northern Ireland as the IRA ceasefire began
The Troubles were far from over on 1 September 1994, but for the first time in many decades, the people of Northern Ireland seemed optimistic about peace.
# on-this-day - Saturday 9 June, 2012
On this weekend in GAA history...
Tipperary footballers had their finest hour, the point was invented and so was a Kerry legend.
# on-this-day - Wednesday 22 February, 2012
Action Replay: the day America's amateurs pulled off a sporting miracle
On 22 Feburary 1980 – 32 years ago today – America won an unlikely ice hockey gold at the Winter Olympics. This is the story of “the Miracle on Ice”.
# on-this-day - Thursday 9 February, 2012
In pictures: The 20th anniversary of X Case protests
In February 1992 the case of a 14-year-old rape victim who wanted an abortion sparked off waves of demonstrations around the country. These photos from the time give an idea of just how divisive and emotive the case became.
# on-this-day - Saturday 28 January, 2012
On this date: Challenger space shuttle explodes after take-off
It was on this day in 1986 that the space shuttle exploded just 73 seconds into its launch from the Kennedy Space Centre in Florida. All seven crewmembers were killed.
# on-this-day - Tuesday 7 June, 2011
Action Replay: the day Big Jack and the boys went giantkilling in Giants Stadium
Ireland take on Italy in Liège tonight – but how much can you remember about what was going on in the world on 18 June 1994?
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Poll: Are you happy with how the government has been handling the Covid-19 crisis?
IN THE SECOND week of June, Ireland is scheduled to move on to Phase 2 of the easing of restrictions.
Leo Varadkar announced last month that the nation is to go through five phases before we get to return to what many people have dubbed the “new normal”.
While Phase One introduced slight easing, allowing for four people to meet up in an outside setting so long as they adhered to social distancing, Phase 2 will allow families to see each other again in their respective homes, but they must stay two metres apart.
The National Public Health Emergency Team (NPHET) will continue to brief the government about the progression and apparent dissipation of the disease in Ireland.
Today we want to know: Are you happy with how the government has been handing the Covid-19 crisis?
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