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# 30 Years On

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The 1988 closedown: How a legal loophole led to an explosion in Irish pirate radio
“You had grown up guys, some crying”: Remembering the night the pirates called it a day.
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Dec 29th 2018, 10:00 PM
'When HIV hit Ireland it had the same devastation it did in San Francisco'
Much has changed in the 30 years since HIV Ireland was established, but some of the same problems - like stigma – remain.
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Dec 1st 2017, 12:10 AM
Man arrested in connection with Meath hotel double murder in 1987 released without charge
On Tuesday 20 January 1987, INLA men Thomas “Ta” Power and John O’Reilly were shot dead in Meath.
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Sep 4th 2017, 10:17 PM
'The sister and daughter we never had': Welcoming a child affected by Chernobyl into the family
The Chernobyl explosion was the biggest nuclear catastrophe of the 20th century.
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May 1st 2016, 9:15 AM
30 years on: The impact of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster
Three decades on from the disaster, we take a look at the effect it had on Ireland – and how we’re facing a much greater threat to our health already.
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Apr 26th 2016, 6:45 AM
Man abandoned at airport toilet as a baby makes fresh appeal for his parents as he turns 30
Steven Gary Hydes was abandoned as a baby on 10 April, 1986.
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Apr 11th 2016, 4:07 PM
"I saw little birds flying in and out of Mary's crown": When Irish statues moved, and the world came to stare
It’s 30 years since Our Lady started ‘moving’ in Ballinspittle. Within days, the village was doing a roaring trade in ‘grotto burgers’.
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Jul 26th 2015, 10:30 AM
Haughey believed Jimmy Savile would be a good mediator for Thatcher dealings
A letter in the National Archives reveals details of a meeting between the pair at the Central Remedial Clinic in the 1980s.
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Dec 28th 2013, 8:36 PM
Changes to prison accommodation rules raised concerns about homosexuality
There were “obvious objections to having two prisoners in one cell – the most common objection being that it facilitates homosexuality”.
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Dec 28th 2013, 8:45 AM
1982 State Papers: 30 years on?
Has it really been 30 years? TheJournal.ie looks at how far we’ve come.
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Dec 28th 2012, 6:00 AM