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Monday 30 November 2020
The US President had pressed Turkey to release Andrew Brunson.
Ireland was ninth in 2016, but is down to 16th.
Ibrahim Halawa arrived back in Dublin yesterday to a media-heavy welcome.
A new exhibition, Electric Generations, looks at how electricity was sold to Irish people.
He was released after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s national security advisor, Daniel Jean visited Pyongyang.
Leo Varadkar is attending a EU Council meeting over the next two days.
The US Army confirmed that she had left Fort Leavenworth in Kansas.
They were exchanged for a number of Boko Haram fighters held by authorities in Nigeria.
Lord Mayor Brendan Carr wants to give it to both Barack and Michelle.
It’s proposed 21 January – the first sitting of the Dáil – should be marked as Ireland’s Independence Day.
The president drew criticism for his comments on the death of the Communist leader.
“I am not angry,” says Natascha Kampusch
He had been residing in a psychiatric hospital after being found not guilty by reason on insanity following the crime.
Police and circus staff managed to coax the animal back to its enclosure.
Zoo workers eventually shot Chacha
Crowds descended on the city today to honour the sacrifices made by Irish men and women 100 years ago – and to enjoy the freedom they fought for.
Of her first 29 months in jail, Hailey served about 27 alone in a 6-by-10-foot cell, with a bed, a toilet and a few books to pass the time.
Julian Assange could be leaving the embassy he has been holed up in for three years.
Frank Ward failed in his bid for freedom.
It was confirmed yesterday that the former minister will not have to go back to jail for six days to serve out the remainder of his sentence.
Like you needed telling.
“The only time you set your alarm is for a flight, no boss, no schedule just the open road.”
The South African sentencing model may be an affront, but we would do well to remember the Irish system is equally flawed, writes criminologist John O’Keeffe.
River (Lee) Dancing.
More than 500 prisoners were on temporary release across the country this month.
…compared to 2009.
New DNA evidence proved the two men were not guilty of the murder in 1983. They spent three decades in prison.
When it comes to travel visas anyway. Not all nations have it so easy though…
This time the offender in question was in the custody of gardaí, not the prison service.
The two macaque monkeys are still on the loose on Cave Hill – to the West of the city.
Creighton has defined more clearly what she considers to be ‘matters of conscience’ to which the whip of new party will not apply.
Payments for the US-only rental are being powered by Stripe.
It signalled the end of the Soviet Union, which would eventually dissolve in 1991.
The vote is set to go ahead in defiances of legal challenges by central Government.
Turkish man Murat Vural had been given the sentence after pouring paint over statues of Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, the founder of modern Turkey.
The two men are mentally impaired and one of them is the longest serving death row inmate in North Carolina.
IT’S THE LAST day of November, so it’s safe to say the Christmas countdown has well and truly begun.
With everything that has happened in 2020 so far, many people have chosen to bring a bit Christmas cheer into their lives earlier than usual this year, and decorations have been going up in households around the country for a number of weeks now.
But others are still sticking to their usual traditions and waiting until December to put the tree up.
So, today we want to know: When are you putting up your Christmas tree?
Poll Results:
Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
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