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Sunday 30 December, 2012
Pics, video: Suffragette movement 100 years ago
In 1912, the suffragettes were engaged in an increasingly confrontational campaign to secure voting rights for women which included bomb attacks and hunger strikes.
Saturday 29 December, 2012
14 of the oddest calendars of 2013
Haven’t chosen your calendar for next year yet? These should help…
Wednesday 26 December, 2012
First Irish TV, Titanic, a famous ceiling: the big anniversaries of 2012
The Titanic disaster, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Anglo-Irish Treaty: 2012 has been a big year for commemorations. Here’s your guide to the bigger commemorations held this year.
Tuesday 25 December, 2012
8 of the weirdest meetings of 2012
From Lady Gaga hanging out with Julian Assange to Tupac Shakur’s Coachella performance, here’s our shortlist of the stranger celebrity and political encounters of the year.
Photos: the cutest Dublin Zoo arrivals of 2012
New additions include the births of tapirs, red pandas, eastern bongos and meerkats – and the transfer of two lion cubs and a bull elephant. Phew, what a year!
Video: Tackling Irish Christmas tree thefts in 1962
But those pesky tree thieves had to contend with the gardaÃ’s genius ‘element of surprise’ tactic…
The Big Fat Christmas Chocolate Quiz
Calling all chocolate affecionados: do you really know your Quality Streets from your Roses? Only one way to find out…
The best memes of 2012
Grumpy Cat, Angelina Jolieing, and those binders full of women. It’s been a quality year for internet memes. Here’s the cream of the crop…
Sunday 23 December, 2012
12 tracks of Christmas: your alternative festive playlist
Not a Mariah Carey or Slade song in sight…
Saturday 22 December, 2012
Open Thread: what are your coolest (or weirdest) Christmas tree decorations?
The Wright Brothers knew how to deck out this tree to the max – but what have been your most memorable decorations?
Saturday 15 September, 2012
Grangegorman whistleblower out of work as Irish Advocacy Network hit by funding shortage
Louise Bayliss was “shocked” to hear that the Irish Advocacy Network had no jobs for its trainees but CEO Colette Nolan said funding has got so tight the group is looking for ways to keep the staff it already has.
Sunday 2 September, 2012
Open thread: What high-tech functions would you like in your home?
What kind of tech developments would make it easier to run your home? Add your thoughts to this open thread.
High tech homes: the smart technology that helps you run your home
Fridges that recommend recipes, robot vacuums and moving the walls at the touch of a button…
In pics: Fierce (and fluffy) competition at pet beauty pageant
(Yes, that’s a dog in the photo.)
In pics, videos: the 12 most awkward greetings of world leaders
It’s going to take a lot of diplomacy to smooth these over…
Saturday 1 September, 2012
In pics, video: septuplet Cheetah cubs make public debut
All together now: awwww!
Friday 31 August, 2012
Paralympic gold winner Bethany Firth congratulated by ministers
Team Ireland’s youngest member claims its first medal of the London Paralympic Games.
In pics: the first night of the Electric Picnic
The tents are up and the festival is underway…
Up to 16 jobs at risk as Clerys branch closes
Clerys Home Furnishings store set to close in a fortnight.
Man killed in collision of camper van and lorry in Co Longford
Collision occurred this evening on the N4 near Edgeworthstown.
The Evening Fix: Friday
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
Target Express sale announced by liquidators
Masterlink Logistics, headquarterd in Blanchardstown, is to buy the company which only recently ceased trading.
Two Irish nationals arrested over Spanish navy drug seizure
Around 500kgs of cannabis resin were discovered on a yacht yesterday afternoon by Spanish authorities.
Unstable chemical made safe at Cork school
The army’s Explosive Ordnance Disposal team carried out a controlled explosion on the substance.
In pics: check out the US Navy’s Fort McHenry docked in Dublin
The US Marines are in town…
Thursday 30 August, 2012
Bafflingly Futuristic Gadget Launch of the Day
This is a mouse, but not as you know it…
HSE’s €130m spending cut ‘will be vigorously opposed’
Health service says cuts have to be made before the end of this year if it is to meet budget targets set down by the government and Troika.
Target Express workers end sit-in after meeting liquidator, department
Junior minister Seán Sherlock has pledged funds from the state insolvency fund to support the workers’ redundancy payments.
In photos: Greencore workers travel from Hull with petition for Irish govt
Workers are calling for previous pay and conditions to be reinstated.
The Evening Fix: Thursday
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
Man arrested over woman’s death in Dundalk
The 34-year-old was found dead at her home in Co Louth early yesterday morning.
Wednesday 29 August, 2012
The first song played on another planet is…
(Mars, we’re sorry.) What would you have picked to be the first song from space?
Missing teenager Nicola Doyle located
A public appeal was issued yesterday for information about the 16-year-old’s whereabouts.
Video: WWII bomb detonated in Munich by disposal experts
Explosion damaged nearby properties, but none are in danger of collapse, according to local media reports.
Tuesday 28 August, 2012
Target Express workers call for ‘clarity’ in sit-in protest over job losses
Cork depot workers say they first heard about their jobs being lost on the news.
Appeal for missing teenager Nicola Doyle
Gardaà are seeking assistance in locating the 16-year-old Dubliner.
Hurricane Isaac strengthens while approaching US coast
President Obama has called on residents in the storm’s projected path to heed the warnings, saying: “Now’s not the time to tempt fate.”
Renewed appeal for missing woman Elaine O’Hara
The 36-year-old was last seen in Stepaside on Wednesday 22 August.
The Evening Fix: Tuesday
Things we learned, loved and shared today.
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