BRAVEHEART Enda Kenny yesterday declared war on Scotland -- or, more specifically, its whisky industry.Mr Kenny, an unlikely figurehead in a dispute about alcohol, gave a brief history lesson yesterday before outlining how Ireland can reclaim dominance i
Madam -- As I read John Paul McCarthy's review of the documentary, An Tost Fada, relating to the forced removal of the Salter family from their home and lands in Dunmanway, Co Cork, I am struck by its judgemental nature of the IRA activists at the time.
A SMALL brewery was one of the few places to enjoy a drink yesterday.The sale of alcohol may be outlawed in every licensed premises in the State but the Dingle Brewing Company in Co Kerry was just one of the cases where this law didn't apply.The brewery
AFTER Ireland's slow retreat from Twickenham, tomorrow evening's Munster-Leinster clash in Thomond Park has taken on the mantle of an essential pick-me-up.And there is a great deal to anticipate. There will be a full house, a throbbing atmosphere, songs,
More than eight million glasses of Irish whiskey will be drunk worldwide today, as sales of the drink continues their dramatic rise overseas.Exports of Irish whiskey have soared by 60pc in the last three years as young people throughout America and Asia
O'Brien takes different track in his career given tough sponsor climateTeenage saloon racing star Andy O'Brien has shelved plans to graduate to the UK Ginetta GT Supercup but the Dubliner will still be racing abroad this season.The 17-year-old burst on t
A YOUNG Irish soldier who survived a deployment with his British regiment to war-torn Afghanistan has died in a freak firing-range accident in Wales. Michael Maguire (21) -- a former Cork juvenile GAA star -- died after being accidentally shot on the Cas
Jimmy Barry-Murphy radiates something very different in person, a man for whom generations are largely irrelevant.You could appreciate that standing in the wings in Pairc Ui Chaoimh on Sunday evening last waiting for him to wrap up his couple of TV inter
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