- NewsIrish Independent
Leo Varadkar takes aim at Sinn Féin during Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins commemoration
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has taken aim at Sinn Féin at a commemoration for Arthur Griffith and Michael Collins. The Fine Gael leader said Sinn Féin used the name of the party Arthur Griffith formed in the early 1900s but never tried to understand or follow the principles he and Collins lived by. Speaking in Glasnevin Cemetery in Dublin for the annual commemoration of the death in 1922 of the two Irish independence leaders, Mr Varadkar said: “As we all know, the name Sinn Féin was later used by thos
- LifestyleIrish Independent
Naturists cast off their clothes and all their worries on the beach
It’s just naked people on a beach,” Leticia Medina, president of the Irish Naturist Association, explains. It’s about body equality. It’s about body confidence, and creating an environment for positive aging.
- SportIrish Independent
Pat Bennett reveals sons Kieran and Shane will be unavailable to new Waterford boss Davy Fitzgerald
New Waterford manager Davy Fitzgerald will have to plan without brothers Kieran and Shane Bennett in 2023. Their father Pat Bennett has confirmed that the siblings are destined to spend the coming season in Australia, with Kieran heading Down Under next week and Shane set to follow in January. But a third brother, 2020 All-Star Stephen, will still be available to the Déise.
- CelebrityIrish Independent
Meet Ireland's centenarians: 'I did everything a man shouldn't do; I drank, I smoked — I certainly didn't save myself. Never take life too seriously'
When it came to ageing, Albert Einstein had this to say: “Do not grow old, no matter how long you live. Never cease to stand like curious children before the Great Mystery into which we were born. Having spent some time in the company of some of the country’s oldest citizens, it struck me that all had a relentless curiosity about life that the years have not dimmed.
- NewsThe Irish Times
Is Russia using rape as a weapon of war in Ukraine?
I don’t know how she survived,” Osypenko says. Townspeople must have helped her. She was covered in bruises.
- NewsIrish Independent
A giveaway budget has many fathers — but one big daddy hogged all the limelight
Are you ready for the Fine Gael budget? You have to hand it to Leo. Last Wednesday, fresh from his holiday, the Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise saturated Ireland’s airwaves, sharing glad tidings about what would be in Budget 2023.
- CelebrityThe Huffington Post UK
Idris Elba Recalls Terrifying Interruption To Intimate Shower With Wife Sabrina: 'It Was Freaky As F***'
Idris Elba has recalled how an intimate shower with his wife Sabrina was terrifyingly interrupted by an unwelcome visitor. The actor told of how he and Sabrina were having “some morning romance” when they discovered a bat had joined them in the shower. Speaking to Men’s Journal magazine (via The Sun), Idris revealed the incident happened while he was filming his latest movie Beast in South Africa earlier this year.