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The Greens' new senator on her activist past and the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior

Former surf champion Grace O’Sullivan has had a pretty unique career to date.

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"I saw little birds flying in and out of Mary's crown": When Irish statues moved, and the world came to stare

It’s 30 years since Our Lady started ‘moving’ in Ballinspittle. Within days, the village was doing a roaring trade in ‘grotto burgers’.

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Remember where you were? The moments we'll never forget from Live Aid, 30 years on...

Bono danced in the mud, Geldof swore at everybody and Phil Collins did the most 1980s thing ever.

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