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# fidel-castro - Tuesday 17 April, 2018
Cuba on the cusp of new era as Castro to relinquish power this week
It’ll be the first time in nearly 60 years a Castro has not ruled Cuba.
# fidel-castro - Saturday 10 December, 2016
Ireland wants to build a relationship with Cuba
The Minister for Foreign Affairs Charlie Flanagan briefed his Cabinet colleagues on Tuesday about improving links between the two countries.
# fidel-castro - Sunday 4 December, 2016
President Higgins on Castro: 'Next time he’ll require more than one line to reflect reality'
Was President Higgins’ Castro tribute appropriate, asks Barry McLoughlin.
# fidel-castro - Thursday 1 December, 2016
Crowds chant 'I am Fidel' as leader's ashes reunited with Che Guevara
Castro’s ashes will be laid to rest in a final ceremony on Sunday.
# fidel-castro - Sunday 27 November, 2016
Maradona hails late Fidel Castro as 'second father'
The footballing great built a friendship with the former Cuban leader.
President Higgins criticised for praising 'brutal dictator' Castro
The death of the former Cuban leader has sparked a mixed response.
# fidel-castro - Saturday 26 November, 2016
President Higgins expresses his "great sadness" upon hearing of Fidel Castro's death
Donald Trump, meanwhile, called Castro a “brutal dictator who oppressed his people for six decades”.
Fidel Castro has died at the age of 90
The revolutionary leader shaped Cuba for more than 50 years.
# fidel-castro - Saturday 13 August, 2016
600 assassination attempts and still going strong - Fidel Castro turns 90 today
The ‘father of the Cuban Revolution’ has recently re-emerged into the public eye after a decade in the shadows.
# fidel-castro - Monday 28 March, 2016
Fidel Castro has just had a right go at Barack Obama
Obama last week became the first US president to visit Castro’s Cuba since the communist leader came to power in 1959.
# fidel-castro - Monday 12 January, 2015
Fidel Castro 'proves' he's alive... by writing to Maradona (seriously)
They’re old pals.
# fidel-castro - Wednesday 17 December, 2014
End of an era: After more than 50 years, the US and Cuba are talking again
“These 50 years have shown that isolation hasn’t worked. It’s time for a new approach,” said Barack Obama.
# fidel-castro - Sunday 19 October, 2014
"We can't give in to Ebola hysteria" - Obama
Cuba has offered to help in the fight against the disease.
# fidel-castro - Sunday 27 July, 2014
'Fidel Castro,' 'Leon Trotsky' and 'Karl Marx' all named in Hyde City FC's latest starting XI*
*According to the Conference North side’s official Twitter account.
# fidel-castro - Saturday 9 March, 2013
Column: Chávez was a charismatic leader - but his economic legacy should be a warning
We’ve lost a colourful world leader who genuinely seemed to have the best interests of his people at heart. But the facts don’t lie – Chávez’s economic legacy is a warning against statist socialism, writes Aaron McKenna.
# fidel-castro - Monday 25 February, 2013
No surprises: Raul Castro re-elected president of Cuba
This is the second five year term for the 81-year-old Raul Castro who officially took over from his brother Fidel in 2008.
# fidel-castro - Friday 22 February, 2013
Raul Castro raises possibility of retiring as Cuban president
The 81-year-old is due to be installed for another five-year term on Sunday – but may not see it through.
# fidel-castro - Friday 28 December, 2012
Fidel Castro visited Ireland in 1982 (and almost met Charles Haughey)
Cuban leader Fidel Castro left a gift for then-Taoiseach Charles Haughey during his brief stopover in Shannon in late 1982.
# fidel-castro - Wednesday 26 December, 2012
First Irish TV, Titanic, a famous ceiling: the big anniversaries of 2012
The Titanic disaster, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Anglo-Irish Treaty: 2012 has been a big year for commemorations. Here’s your guide to the bigger commemorations held this year.
# fidel-castro - Tuesday 25 December, 2012
8 of the weirdest meetings of 2012
From Lady Gaga hanging out with Julian Assange to Tupac Shakur’s Coachella performance, here’s our shortlist of the stranger celebrity and political encounters of the year.
# fidel-castro - Monday 22 October, 2012
Fidel Castro is 'seen in public' as reports of stroke are dismissed
Venezuela’s Vice President, Elias Jaua, said that he met with the aging revolutionary, which was Castro’s first public appearance in a number of months.
# fidel-castro - Tuesday 10 April, 2012
Ozzie Guillen says he loves Fidel Castro, gets suspended for 5 games
It didn’t take long for the new Miami Marlins manager to land himself in trouble.
# fidel-castro - Wednesday 28 March, 2012
Pope meets Fidel Castro in Cuba
The Pope gave an unusually political speech before hundreds of thousands of people in Cuba today.
# fidel-castro - Sunday 25 March, 2012
Poll: Should a statue of Che Guevara be erected in Galway?
A US politician has written to the Taoiseach urging him to stop the statue being built – but supporters of the project say the statue will commemorate Che’s Irish heritage. What do you think?
# fidel-castro - Wednesday 21 March, 2012
Congresswoman urges Kenny to block Galway Guevara statue
Enda Kenny is presented with a letter from the chairman of the House of Representatives’ Foreign Affairs committee.
# fidel-castro - Wednesday 29 February, 2012
US Foreign Affairs Committee chair criticises Galway's Che Guevara project
Galway City Council plans to erect a monument marking the revolutionary fighter’s links with the City of the Tribes.
# fidel-castro - Monday 27 February, 2012
Hugo Chavez flies to Cuba for 'urgent' cancer treatment
The Venezuelan leader says he will still run in October’s presidential election despite the recurrence of his illness.
# fidel-castro - Thursday 26 January, 2012
Castro on US presidential hopefuls: 'A contest of idiocy and ignorance'
The former Cuban leader has slammed the Republican Party candidates vying for the nomination to face Barack Obama in the autumn.
# fidel-castro - Wednesday 4 January, 2012
Cuba blames Twitter for helping to spread Castro death rumours
A state-run website says Twitter allowed the phrase ‘fidelcastro’ to trend, furthering a false rumour that he had died.
# fidel-castro - Thursday 3 November, 2011
Cuba to allow citizens to buy and sell property
The move is part of a series of free-market changes introduced by Raul Castro since he took over from Fidel.
# fidel-castro - Tuesday 27 September, 2011
The Daily Fix: Tuesday
In tonight’s Fix: Who is on the ballot paper for the presidential election?; why is Ireland’s international reputation falling further?; and just who is Alessio Rastani?
Fidel Castro labels Obama's UN speech 'gibberish'
The former Cuban leader has dismissed Barack Obama’s recent UN speech and condemned Nato’s campaign in Libya as a “monstrous crime”.
# fidel-castro - Friday 22 July, 2011
Where's Hugo? He's running Venezuela on Twitter from his hospital bed
The Venezuelan president has also had plenty to say about his country’s performance at the Copa America.
# fidel-castro - Wednesday 29 June, 2011
Where's Hugo? He's in Cuba with his pal Castro
New pictures have emerged of the Venezuelan president chatting with his Cuban counterpart.
# fidel-castro - Sunday 26 June, 2011
Where is Hugo Chavez?
The Venezuelan president reappeared on Twitter on Friday, but he hasn’t been seen in public for two weeks after undergoing surgery in Cuba.
# fidel-castro - Tuesday 19 April, 2011
Cuban leaders fail to follow through on promises to give way to fresh faces
The ailing leader Fidel Castro made a surprise appearance at Communist Party Congress, where delegates elected party veterans to key positions.
# fidel-castro - Sunday 17 April, 2011
Castro considers introducing 10-year term limit for Cuban leaders
Raul Castro says top politicians should be limited to two five-year terms – signalling a possible withdrawal from public life.
# fidel-castro - Thursday 16 December, 2010
Fidel Castro 'refused colostomy after swollen colon' - WikiLeaks
The Cuban leader needed convincing to have surgery after being diagnosed with a perforated intestine in 2006, and nearly died.
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Poll: Will being able to travel 20km significantly impact your life under Covid-19?
ALL GOING TO plan, Ireland will enter Phase Two of re-opening next Monday 8 June.
First off, public health advice is still for people to avoid unnecessary journeys but people will be able to travel up to 20 kilometres from their home from Monday. As recently as mid-May, the recommended travel limit was just 2km.
In terms of social visits, up to four people may visit another household for a short period while maintaining strict social distancing.
For the first time since lockdown measures were introduced, Irish people will be permitted to visit their family in their respective homes. However, social distancing must be adhered to with the two-metre recommendation still in place.
So, today we’re asking you: Will being able to travel 20km significantly impact your life under Covid-19?
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