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# Let's Get Quizzical

QUIZ: Can you name the Irish town from above?

Is it Dunboyne or Dungarvan?

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Sep 6th 2020, 10:00 PM

# Quiz

Quiz: What Irish town or village is this main street in?

How well do you know Ireland’s main streets?

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Apr 28th 2020, 9:30 PM

# down down down

'Austerity cost lives': Drink driving convictions in Ireland fell MASSIVELY in the last 10 years

The yearly rate has fallen by nearly 9,000 in fact. And counties with a lot of road deaths are not necessarily those with the most convictions.

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Jul 31st 2017, 12:05 AM

# Shaken

Struck again: Italy hit by three earthquakes in one hour

It further isolated some towns which were buried under snow for days.

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Jan 18th 2017, 2:42 PM

# not so tidy towns

People trying to 'covertly evade bin charges' are making our towns and cities dirtier

A new survey says that, while most areas are generally clean, there is a “worrying slippage” in towns and cities.

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Jan 3rd 2017, 8:41 AM

# sligo and drogheda

'There will be people lying in doorways and parks this Christmas': Homelessness in regional towns

There has been a 100% increase in the number of people registered as homeless in Co Louth in the last two years.

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Nov 30th 2016, 8:30 PM

# winter storms

'We couldn't go home for five months after the floods. We're in fear it could happen again'

Fianna Fáil are calling for a UK-style flood insurance scheme to be introduced here.

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Nov 29th 2016, 6:08 AM

# migrant crisis

Woman gives birth on board migrant boat in the Mediterranean

The 25-year-old mother was making her way to Europe from Cameroon.

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Oct 20th 2015, 4:19 PM

# fast and furious

Good news - super, incredibly fast broadband is on its way to 350 towns in Ireland

However, it will be predominantly rural towns and villages that get to use it first – with Dublin omitted entirely.

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Apr 14th 2015, 11:00 AM

# Fallout

These ghostly photos show the buildings the Celtic Tiger abandoned

The changing face of Ireland’s landscape.

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Feb 1st 2015, 5:00 PM

# as ghaeilge

How many Ballyduffs are there? What about Ballymurphys?

Placenames translator Logainm.ie have added interactive maps to its website

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May 19th 2014, 2:15 PM

# Wicklow

Over 30 syringes found in a boarded up council house

Sinn Fein Councillor John Brady said it is not an isolated incident and that boarded up houses are becoming drug dens in towns across the country.

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Feb 25th 2014, 6:30 AM

# ibal litter league

Cavan is the cleanest town in Ireland - where does your town rank?

The results of the IBAL Anti-Litter League are out today – here are the results.

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Sep 2nd 2013, 8:08 AM

# POTHOLES AND BURGERS

This unusual building is where one town council holds its meetings…

… and it’s above a McDonalds. What other strange, but beautiful buildings around the country house our government get-togethers?

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May 26th 2013, 8:00 AM

Voices

Column: It's time to tackle decline in rural Ireland

Rural Ireland is experiencing a demise, with empty shop buildings, damaged roads and a lack of essential services. Action needs to be taken now or we could see whole parts of the country uninhabited, writes John Verling.

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Mar 28th 2013, 7:00 AM