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# canada - Tuesday 4 July, 2017
Canada agrees to pay former Guantanamo detainee who admitted killing US soldier $10.5 million
Omar Kadr’s case received international attention after some dubbed him a child soldier.
Socks, drums and GAA: Government goes 'Full Riverdance' for Trudeau visit
Varadkar was keen to roll out the red carpet (and the themed legwear) for his VIP guest today.
# canada - Monday 3 July, 2017
Why is Leo Varadkar so keen to roll out the red carpet for Justin Trudeau?
Canada’s centrist prime minister jets in this evening, and will be here until Wednesday morning.
Irish GAA player who went missing while swimming in Canada named locally
His family has since flown over to Canada.
# canada - Sunday 2 July, 2017
Search underway for Irishman who went missing while swimming in Canada
The man was swimming with friends on Friday afternoon.
Ex-Connacht player AJ MacGinty helps USA to World Cup qualification
The Dublin native hit six conversions out of eight as his side defeated Canada.
# canada - Wednesday 28 June, 2017
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to visit Ireland next week
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will visit the Taoiseach on Tuesday.
# canada - Thursday 8 June, 2017
Former Canada lock summons Clermont to court over concussions
The French giants say it is not ‘a complaint against the club’ and that Jamie Cudmore is merely seeking medical expertise.
# canada - Friday 26 May, 2017
Irishman Shane O'Leary gets call-up to Canada trials before June Tests
The 24-year-old left Connacht at the end of the season.
# canada - Thursday 4 May, 2017
Canada recalls batch of Bombay Sapphire gin they accidentally made 77% alcohol
It should only be 40%.
# canada - Monday 17 April, 2017
# canada - Saturday 15 April, 2017
Canadian province makes it illegal to force women to wear high heels at work
The premier of British-Columbia has said companies can no longer impose such a rule.
# canada - Friday 14 April, 2017
Halifax Explosion: The accidental blast that killed 2,000 people a century ago
In December 1917 a ship detonated in Nova Scotia, unleashing a blast equivalent to about 3,000 tonnes of TNT.
# canada - Thursday 13 April, 2017
Canadian who groomed Irish teenager is jailed and banned from using internet
The court case followed a long investigation involving Edmonton Police, Canada’s national police force and the gardaí.
# canada - Tuesday 4 April, 2017
Pilot in Canada jailed for showing up to work drunk and passing out in cockpit
Miroslav Gronych was three times the legal limit when due to fly a plane to Mexico.
# canada - Tuesday 28 March, 2017
Family begin campaign to fly seriously-ill Kerryman home from Canada
Niall Hurley, a 28-year-old carpenter from Tralee, was planning to return home when he suffered from a brain aneurysm and a stroke.
# canada - Monday 27 March, 2017
Driver's personal licence plate banned because it would 'offend women'
Lorne Grabher had been using his surname on his car for a number of years.
# canada - Friday 24 March, 2017
'It feels so cruel': Family of critically ill Irish man plead for donations to bring him home
The family is looking for €100,000 to bring Ciaran back to Ireland.
# canada - Tuesday 21 March, 2017
Now Canada's considering a ban on large devices on Middle Eastern flights
Earlier today, the UK government confirmed the new measure, while US reports hinted at a similar ban.
# canada - Friday 10 March, 2017
Canadian judge resigns over 'keep your knees together' comment in sexual assault trial
Judge Camp had said in a 2014 trial that “pain and sex sometimes go together”.
# canada - Friday 3 March, 2017
Vodka recall in Canada after bottles found to be twice the strength with 81% alcohol
There have been “no reported illnesses” linked to drinking the tainted vodka.
# canada - Tuesday 21 February, 2017
$40k raised for family of Wicklow man who died in Canada
He was the father of twin sons.
# canada - Wednesday 15 February, 2017
The man behind the 1985 bombing of a 747 off the coast of Cork has been freed
On 23 June 1985, an Air India Boeing 747 bound for Delhi exploded some 120 miles off the coast of Cork.
# canada - Friday 10 February, 2017
Missing Canadian man found near Amazon jungle after 5 years reunited with family
Anton Pilipa had been missing for five years.
# canada - Tuesday 7 February, 2017
Canadian woman found guilty of hiding six babies she gave birth to in storage locker
Authorities are unable to determine the causes of the deaths.
# canada - Monday 6 February, 2017
Canadian teen tennis star fined €6k for hitting Davis Cup umpire in face with ball
The ITF agreed that Denis Shapovalov wasn’t targeting Arnaud Gabas.
# canada - Tuesday 31 January, 2017
'A father to everyone': Tributes paid to Quebec shooting victims
Six men died in the attack, which took place during evening prayers at a mosque.
# canada - Monday 30 January, 2017
Student and 'supporter of right-wing politics' charged with murder of six at Quebec mosque
The other detained man is being described as a witness.
The 5 at 5: Monday
Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
Six people have died after gunmen opened fire at a mosque in Canada
The attack occurred just after midnight Irish time.
# canada - Tuesday 17 January, 2017
Ethics probe begins into Justin Trudeau's lavish island holiday
The post-Christmas holiday at a billionaire’s home in the Bahamas possibly represents a conflict of interest.
# canada - Saturday 7 January, 2017
"It's hard to escape it": The Canadian city at the epicentre of an opioid epidemic
Officials declared an emergency in the spring after a surge in availability of cheap synthetic fentanyl.
# canada - Wednesday 4 January, 2017
Irishman in Canada charged with breaking into bank by driving car through front door
Police say Patrick Shannon assaulted police officers.
# canada - Sunday 1 January, 2017
Drunk Canadian pilot arrested after fainting in plane cockpit
The pilot was scheduled to fly 99 passengers and 6 crewmembers to Cancun this morning.
# canada - Friday 9 December, 2016
Investigation launched after seven penguins drown in Canadian zoo
The director of animal care at the Calgary zoo said it was “devastating news”.
# canada - Thursday 8 December, 2016
Montreal put up their Christmas tree this week and everyone is taking the piss
Look at this thing.
# canada - Tuesday 6 December, 2016
Watch as buses, a police car and a salt truck pile up on an icy Canadian hill
Thankfully nobody was injured.
# canada - Saturday 19 November, 2016
Canadian parliament jobs discussion ends in "fart" debate
MP Michelle Rempel was discussing the need for more jobs in the Alberta region.
Ireland well beaten by superior Canadian side but can draw positives from second Test
Nikki Caughey was the only Ireland player on the scoresheet in the 48-7 defeat.
# canada - Tuesday 15 November, 2016
Two injured in Toronto plane's near-miss with suspected drone
Two flight attendants on the passenger plane sustained minor injuries.
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Open Letter from Ireland's psychologists: 'Direct Provision is causing untold psychological harm'
By Psychologists for Social Change Ireland
“As a country we must do better,” according to about 150 signatories.
What we can learn from the world's 'Blue Zones' - where people regularly live into their 90s and 100s
By Professor Ciaran O’Boyle
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