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New portrait of Edna O'Brien to be installed at Irish Embassy in London

Artist Colin Davidson, who has also painted portraits of Seamus Heaney and Michael D Higgins, created the artwork.

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Jun 11th 2021, 5:56 PM

Dublin woman celebrates her 80th birthday by getting a tattoo... of sweet peas

Nora McLoughlin said her reason for getting it is simple: life is for living.

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Oct 27th 2013, 1:55 PM