Secretly evacuating Trump from Air Force One left dozens of others as potential targets

It was not the first time US authorities have used sleight of hand to protect presidents, but Trump team’s ruse in Turkey ...

Solar eclipse weather forecast: ‘No guarantees’ for clear skies across much of Ireland

Many places will have a dry and sunny day on Wednesday with a yellow heat warning for 12 counties in the east and southeast, but the presence of clouds makes detailed forecast difficult for the time ...
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‘They decided they were going to sell the building’: Maggie Roche’s Wicklow cafe Little Acorn to close

Wicklow chef and RTÉ Today show contributor Maggie Roche is closing her Little Acorn cafe in Baltinglass, Co Wicklow, because the building where it is located is being sold. “I knew about the building ...
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Queues form for solar eclipse sunglasses in Dublin

Will you be watching the eclipse tonight? To enjoy the spectacle safely, never look at the sun with the naked eye, even with sunglasses on. Video: Rebecca Daly ...

Polo in Phoenix Park: ‘Some say polo is inaccessible, which I completely disagree with’

From May to September the park resounds to the thunder of galloping hooves, players’ shouts and enthusiastic commentary at the All Ireland Polo Club ...
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Zhu Rongji, reforming Chinese prime minister, dies aged 97

Zhu Rongji, one of the most consequential Chinese leaders after the Communist revolution in 1949, died on Wednesday, aged 97. Alongside Jiang Zemin, the president he served, he engineered China’s ...
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Who is the Irish man behind the Fifa World Cup deal?

Will you be watching the eclipse tonight? To enjoy the spectacle safely, never look at the sun with the naked eye, even with sunglasses on. Video: Rebecca Daly ...
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Man hospitalised after suffering a shark bite off Waterford coast

A man has been hospitalised after suffering a shark bite while on board a pleasure craft off the Waterford coast on Tuesday. Ballycotton RNLI was requested to launch by Dublin Coast Guard at 4.16pm to ...

Father of boy with Friedreich’s ataxia devastated as HSE recommends against drug funding

Craig Coady lost his 13-year-old son Rory to the disease last year and says his other son Paudie had hoped to benefit from the drug ...

Solar eclipse chasers flock to Spain in search of best viewing point

Officials have estimated that as many as six million people could flock to the eclipse path on Wednesday, which stretches about 200km from A Coruña in Spain’s northwest to the Mediterranean island of ...

David Crowley defeats Francesca Hong to win Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor

Elsewhere in Wisconsin, voters in the western part of the state chose Rebecca Cooke, a “blue-dog” (moderate to conservative) Democrat, to advance and face the Republican Derrick Van Orden in the third ...
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Mortgage interest rates up slightly but dip below euro zone average

Irish mortgage rates fell below the euro zone average for the first time in over three years in June despite a slight rate in the interest charged on new loans. The average interest rate on new ...