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Politics
no place in the home
Poll: Is it time the 'women's place is in the home' wording was removed from the constitution?
Friday
1 Jan 2016
damned aerobics
Ireland was terrified that exercise could be the end of us all in the early 1980s...
not impressed
The man who let the Taoiseach know exactly what he thought about Jack the Ripper being Irish
Thursday
31 Dec 2015
that's how we roll
That time an Irish minister got the UK's Northern Secretary so hammered he had to be walked around a park
off you go so
Irish prisons ran out of overtime cash in 1984 - so they started letting prisoners go early
Day of Reckoning
Today is D-day for all public buildings to be made accessible for those with disabilities
Sponsored
Lifehack: Here's how to change your thinking to help protect your mental health
Suicide or Survive
Dec 31
rural crime
Pest control, maintenance and security at closed Garda stations has cost €846,000 to date
terror blaze
State Papers 1985: Garret Fitzgerald's government wasn't too keen on helping Stardust victims
Wednesday
30 Dec 2015
Abortion
Trump spokeswoman threatens to 'wear a foetus' on TV following backlash over bullet necklace
1985 state papers
'Say the daily rosary': This is the kind of fan mail you get when you're Taoiseach
Anglo-Irish Agreement
'It wasn't long after the hunger strikes... mayhem on the streets and we realised that something had to be done.'
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