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Wednesday 21 October 2020
Alan Sheehan has joined the club until the end of the season.
Over 500 landmarks around the world will be lit green for St Patrick’s Day.
The Green Party’s best ever election result has been overshadowed by the Sinn Féin surge.
The Green Party could be in for a record-breaking election.
The changes are part of the restaurant’s green initiative which is being rolled out across all 110 outlets.
On average Irish adults drink four hot drinks a week, with those aged 16-24 are the biggest spenders.
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The voting took place after two weekends of deliberation that focused on the energy, transport and agriculture sectors.
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There was a significant increase in the level of plastic recycled.
Renewable energy in Ireland is currently predominantly generated from the wind.
World famous sites such as the London Eye, Niagara Falls and the Colosseum will be joined by some more unusual newcomers.
We spoke to the two women responsible for the St Patrick’s Festival pageants, which will make up part of the parade this year.
A string of new landmarks are set to go green this year.
Happy St Patrick’s Day, everyone.
Teams of volunteers across the country have spent months fine-tuning plans for parades.
There’ll be parades in places as far away as Japan and New Zealand.
The Global Greening is in its seventh year.
AA, avocado anonymous.
The ‘Global Greening’ is even bigger this year.
The Brazilian legend upstaged David Villa in the clash of the new franchises.
…but don’t get too excited – that’s still only 124 out of 62,280.
More than 100 landmark buildings and iconic sites turning a shade of green to honour Ireland’s national holiday.
The Taoiseach said there is ‘global affection’ for the Irish people’s ‘nobility’.
Old favourites like the Pyramids in Egypt and the ‘Welcome’ sign in Las Vegas will take on a green hue for the holiday as well.
We haven’t forgotten you either.
The Virgin founder had dyed his beard green for the big day…
It’s beginning to look a lot like Paddy’s Day…
Castles, memorials and at least one Government department will get the green light from 14 to 18 March.
The Prince’s Palace in Monaco and City Hall in Vienna joined a huge range of landmarks around the world which went green for the day yesterday.
From San Francisco’s Coit Tower to the Leaning Tower of Pisa, check out the world sites to have already ‘gone green’ for Ireland’s national day.
THE IRISH FARMERS Association has urged Irish MEPs to vote to ban words traditionally linked to meat products from being used on vegetarian alternatives.
The European Parliament is to vote this week on the terminology used for plant-based meat and dairy substitutes.
Amendments put forward would restrict the naming of such products so that they could not use terms normally associated with meat products.
One amendment would curtail the use of terms such as ‘steak’, ‘sausage’, ‘escalope’, ‘burger’ or ‘hamburger’ on products that do not exclusively contain meat.
The IFA has written to MEPs urging them to accept both amendments to protect Irish consumers and the agricultural industry here.
IFA President Tim Cullinan said yesterday that dairy products or plant-based meat branded with ‘real’ meat descriptions is “deliberately misleading to our consumers and undermines our industry.”
What do you think: Should vegetarian foods be allowed use words like ‘steak’ and ‘burger’?
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