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dev's car

An English car enthusiast made a play for Eamon de Valera's Rolls Royce in 1985

1 Jan 2016

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donegal dodginess

The great Donegal postal voting scam of 1985

1 Jan 2016

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not impressed

The man who let the Taoiseach know exactly what he thought about Jack the Ripper being Irish

1 Jan 2016

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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

31 Dec 2015

38.7k

evening fix

Here's What Happened Today: New Year's Eve

31 Dec 2015

17.5k

Mansion House

Garret FitzGerald really, really did not like Sinn Féin in 1985

31 Dec 2015

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RIP

Wesley Burrowes, the man behind Glenroe, has died

31 Dec 2015

12.3k

off you go so

Irish prisons ran out of overtime cash in 1984 - so they started letting prisoners go early

31 Dec 2015

10.0k

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Quiz: Prepared for the cold and flu season? Check out your symptoms and how to combat them

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naughty posters

Now it's Sinn Féin's turn for a stint on the bold step regarding election posters

31 Dec 2015

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Day of Reckoning

Today is D-day for all public buildings to be made accessible for those with disabilities

31 Dec 2015

8.5k

State Papers

30 years ago, Dublin was a crime-riddled joyrider's paradise

31 Dec 2015

23.0k

State Papers

Irish people really didn't like paying for their TV licence 30 years ago

30 Dec 2015

15.4k

someone's listening

The government wanted to launch a phone-tapping bill in 1985...

30 Dec 2015

8.3k

Apartheid

30 years ago Dunnes Stores was involved in ANOTHER workers' dispute... one that shook the world

30 Dec 2015

15.4k

Ouch

When Maggie dropped some epic shade on Garret FitzGerald...

30 Dec 2015

9.7k

nudey films

Pornography being shown in pubs had the government in a fluster 30 years ago

30 Dec 2015

25.7k

Get Well Soon

Gay Byrne "recovering well" following heart attack

29 Dec 2015

57.1k

evening fix

Here's What Happened Today: Tuesday

29 Dec 2015

27.4k

Arrest

Former Glee star arrested in connection with possession of child pornography

29 Dec 2015

26.2k

Offaly

Man (19) killed in two-car collision near Tullamore

29 Dec 2015

19.6k

RIP

The mother of 'disappeared' Catholic woman Lisa Dorrian has died

29 Dec 2015

22.3k

Belfast

Court for man charged with attempted murder of police officers on Christmas Day

29 Dec 2015

10.6k

News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Monday

28 Dec 2015

24.5k

Cruelty

Irish animal charity releases video of woman violently kicking a dog on her property

28 Dec 2015

27.5k

first contact

Are our buses and trains next for contactless debit card payments?

28 Dec 2015

15.6k

It Wasn't Me

A phantom supporter* is erecting this man's election posters for him...

28 Dec 2015

20.9k

News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Sunday

27 Dec 2015

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the force a-kittens

Charity hopes to find homes for kittens abandoned on Christmas Eve - by naming them after Star Wars characters

27 Dec 2015

10.9k

good eggs

Sacha Baron Cohen and Isla Fisher have just donated $1 million to charity in Syria

27 Dec 2015

25.7k

sea land air

Irish ships in the Mediterranean rescued almost 9,000 migrants in 2015

27 Dec 2015

11.9k

year of the shark

There's a new shark in town, and this one glows in the dark...

27 Dec 2015

15.8k

Warrenpoint

Police looking to trace man's movements after "unexplained" Christmas death

27 Dec 2015

21.6k

looks like luxembourg

Quiz: What country is this Christmas tree in?

22 Dec 2015

16.4k

lock your doors

There were almost 30,000 burglaries in Ireland in the first nine months of 2015

18 Dec 2015

11.5k

may the police force be with you

The Garda helicopter got an amazing view of the Millennium (Falcon) lightSpire last night...

18 Dec 2015

25.6k

Unhappy Campers

The Garda Commissioner has just met with the people behind the 'low Garda morale' survey

17 Dec 2015

24.4k

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for whom the bill tolls

Driver fined €25,000 in M50 toll-dodging crackdown

17 Dec 2015

31.8k

undiscovered

This Irish painter's works are 'among the art world's best kept secrets'

13 Dec 2015

28.1k

Tallaght Hospital

The daughter of a woman who refused medical treatment from Muslim doctors has defended her actions

11 Dec 2015

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christmas crackdown

Two men charged after massive drugs raid in two counties

11 Dec 2015

29.4k