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Virgil van Dijk blasts 'awful, outrageous' Dutch performance
The Netherlands could only draw 2-2 against Montenegro.
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Nov 14th 2021, 4:21 PM
This website is being slated for their 'fatphobic' description of an author who appeared on their podcast
Mamamia has apologised for remarks it made about author Roxane Gay.
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Jun 13th 2017, 10:44 AM
"I wanted to dispose of myself" - victim impact statement of son who was raped and imprisoned in a box by father
The now 13-year-old boy’s father was convicted of nine counts of rape and one count of child cruelty.
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Sep 23rd 2016, 4:03 PM
There’s a Facebook page dedicated to the awful parking in this seaside Sligo town
Ah here.
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Aug 31st 2016, 9:30 AM
People have been sharing their best bad jokes and the results are gas
So stupid it’s funny.
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Apr 26th 2016, 11:53 AM
Limerick man sentenced to 12 and a half years for brutal, repeated rape of woman in her home
Alan Hanley received concurrent sentences for three counts of rape, a more serious attack than which would be ‘hard to envisage’ according to judge Deirdre Murphy.
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Nov 12th 2015, 5:23 PM
Questions raised after man dies on busy Dublin street
The man was found in the doorway of a Starbucks on Westmoreland Street in the city centre.
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Oct 11th 2015, 9:14 PM
Family with three children forced to sleep in Dublin park following eviction
The Romanian family were issued sleeping bags after being told there was no accommodation available.
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Aug 11th 2015, 12:50 PM
Watch: Video of dog so traumatised by ill treatment she won't look away from the wall
The lurcher, named Angel, is being cared for by dog charity Paws.
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Jul 27th 2015, 7:57 PM
"Very sickly pups" dumped in Kilkenny woods
The animals had been where they were left for some time before they were discovered.
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Jul 9th 2015, 8:20 PM
French woman jailed for suffocating eight of her children
Dominique Cottrez had previously said she feared the children were born of incest with her father before changing her story this week.
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Jul 2nd 2015, 8:18 PM
'He ought never to have been ordained' - Fr Brendan Smyth's order
The north’s historical abuse inquiry is to concentrate on the crimes of the notorious paedophile priest all this week.
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Jun 22nd 2015, 3:21 PM
11 indications that winter is actually sucking the life out of you
GO AWAY, WEATHER.
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Feb 5th 2014, 1:00 PM
Mother defends 7-year-old son's KKK Halloween costume
It’s a family tradition, apparently.
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Nov 4th 2013, 8:30 PM
13 noises that never fail to wreck your head
Your skin will crawl off and leave your body by the end of this. Honestly.
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May 25th 2013, 6:00 PM
Poo in the pool? 11 of the worst things about going swimming
That smell of chlorine is from us. Sorry.
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May 25th 2013, 9:30 AM
11 ways social media is ruining your life
We are basically Facebooking / Tweeting / Instagramming etc ourselves into oblivion.
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Apr 22nd 2013, 1:00 PM