# international

All time

Ireland drops another place in global corruption ranking

Denmark was named the least corrupt state out of 176 countries, followed by New Zealand, Finland, Sweden and Switzerland.

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Jan 25th 2017, 10:14 PM

# No kidding

This story about a Carrickfergus goat causing chaos has taken on a life of its own

With many puns.

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Dec 6th 2016, 2:23 PM

# spanish lesson

Gareth Southgate's England denied victory by two late Spain goals at Wembley

Former Liverpool player Iago Aspas scored in the 89th minute before Isco levelled with practically the last kick of the game.

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Nov 15th 2016, 10:25 PM

# Interview

Bealham has come long way from Canberra and freezing-cold Renmore

The 24-year-old Connacht prop won his first Ireland cap this season.

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May 28th 2016, 12:30 PM

# one million dubliners

Powerful Glasnevin Cemetery documentary scoops international film award

The New York Festivals World’s Best Awards were held in Las Vegas last night.

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Apr 20th 2016, 1:44 PM

# Irish Eye

Ex-Ireland international makes Ipswich debut & more from this weekend's Championship

Meanwhile, there was bad news for Nottingham Forest’s Andy Reid recently.

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Feb 15th 2016, 2:10 PM

# Chance

Ipswich set to sign ex-Ireland international

The full-back earned eight caps for Ireland, and was famously left out of Giovanni Trapattoni’s Euro 2012 squad.

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Jan 12th 2016, 10:23 PM

# Magic Mike

Scrum-half Phillips retires from international rugby after 94 Wales caps

The 33-year-old helped the Welsh to two Grand Slams during his Test career.

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Dec 1st 2015, 4:26 PM

# Australia

More than 300 reportedly arrested in bust on huge child pornography ring

At least 106 victims have also been traced, most of whom are under 12.

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Nov 25th 2015, 3:05 PM

# freeing the weed?

'I found that nothing worked, except cannabis': Who are Ireland's marijuana users?

Users tell TheJournal.ie about their experiences.

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Nov 22nd 2015, 9:30 PM

# very dangerous men

Here's how the two most infamous drug barons in history compare with each other

Colombia’s Pablo Escobar and Mexico’s Joaquin ‘El Chapo’ Guzman proved to be a law unto themselves.

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Nov 8th 2015, 9:15 AM

# coping international

An Irish group has made the Catholic Church acknowledge Filipino children fathered by priests

The group has already reached a similar agreement with the Catholic church in Ireland.

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Aug 31st 2015, 6:10 AM

# 7 deadly reads

Sitdown Sunday: Jennifer Pan lied about her life, then wanted her parents dead

The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.

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Aug 2nd 2015, 10:00 AM

# international

20 mad photos of international borders from around the world

Stranger than fiction.

68.6k

Jul 26th 2015, 9:00 PM

# Tragic

Two dead after car falls more than 1,000 ft from mountain

The incident happened at around 7.30am this morning.

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Jul 24th 2015, 8:10 PM

# breast is best

A giant balloon is dangling 10 enormous boobs over Galway

Magical mammaries.

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Jul 15th 2015, 9:14 PM

# Norn Iron

Here's every single 'Game of Thrones' location in real life

This comes as part of a promotional drive by a Moroccan travel agency.

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Jun 6th 2015, 8:30 PM

# marref

'Ireland is sending a real signal to other countries that change is possible'

Ireland has hit the headlines around the world after voting in favour of same-sex marriage.

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May 25th 2015, 6:04 AM

# ebony and ivory

Here's what it takes to be the Irish Mozarts of the future

They’re taking part in the Dublin International piano competition this month.

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May 17th 2015, 4:30 PM

# Green Light

Gordon D'Arcy just might have played his last game for Leinster

The centre is hoping to travel to the World Cup with Ireland and will sit out this weekend’s trip to Edinburgh,

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May 12th 2015, 5:17 PM

# we've all been there

Japan official sacked for faking funerals

Shigenori Natori had 12 relatives die in a five-year period, supposedly.

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Mar 27th 2015, 7:03 PM

# United States

An 'America's Next Top Model' contestant has been killed in a triple murder

Mirijana Puhar was killed along with two others in North Carolina on Tuesday.

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Feb 26th 2015, 4:35 PM

Wasps have signed an Ireland international centre on loan

33-year-old James Downey has been struggling for first-team games at Glasgow this season.

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Feb 10th 2015, 1:06 PM

# Peacekeeping

Ireland had almost three bomb disposals a week last year

The Army had 430 troops serving on peacekeeping missions in 16 countries in the past 12 months.

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Dec 30th 2014, 7:00 AM

# Thar She Blows

The hotel that acts as a wind instrument

A lakeside location and an Aeolian harp inspires this meditative space in Japan.

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Dec 4th 2014, 4:18 PM

# wow factor

This might be the most beautiful office space in the world

…Or would you prefer the Bond villain lair-type bunker in Sweden here?

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Nov 27th 2014, 4:20 PM

# busy bees

LinkedIn to build new headquarters in Dublin (and there's space for 1,200 employees)

The social network says it plans to double its Irish workforce.

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Oct 9th 2014, 7:29 AM

# News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Friday

Everybody’s talking about Enda Kenny’s ‘McNulty-gate’ apology, Helen O’Driscoll, and new bank bailout developments.

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Sep 27th 2014, 12:07 AM

# News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

Everybody’s talking about John McNulty, a tonne of cocaine, and a tiger kidnapping.

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Sep 25th 2014, 11:20 PM

# News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

Everybody’s talking about Islamic State attacks, huge cocaine seizure and John McNulty.

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Sep 24th 2014, 11:36 PM

# News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Monday

Everybody’s talking about the Greyhound strike agreement, Joan Burton’s car being blocked, and Kurds fleeing from Islamic State.

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Sep 22nd 2014, 11:08 PM

# people's climate march

Here's how the world is calling for action on Climate Change today

There is a picnic taking place in Dublin, in advance of a UN meeting next week.

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Sep 21st 2014, 8:00 PM

# direct provision

Surge in asylum applications? That's 'ridiculous' says Ó Riordáin

The Minister of State talked about the working group that’s tasked with suggesting how to reform the current system.

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Sep 21st 2014, 1:54 PM

# News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Thursday

Everybody’s talking about: water charges, Islamic State, arrests for money laundering, and female golfers.

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Sep 18th 2014, 10:59 PM

# News Fix

Here's What Happened Today: Wednesday

Everyone’s talking about Phil Hogan being nominated as the EU’s Agriculture Commissioner, Junior Certificate results, and GSOC.

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Sep 10th 2014, 11:43 PM

# United Nations

Could the UN Security Council do more to stop conflicts?

The body has faced criticism from the outgoing head of the UN’s human rights wing over its inability to stop conflict and save lives.

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Aug 22nd 2014, 10:26 AM

# the british are coming

Loads more people from the UK are coming here on holiday

Almost one and a half million of our British cousins have made the trip across the Irish Sea already this year.

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Aug 14th 2014, 5:41 PM

# the dance

Garth Brooks debacle: The international coverage

Obligatory ‘friends in low/high places’ gag here.

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Jul 4th 2014, 9:31 AM

# Loophole

Toulon's Steffon Armitage is considering playing for France - report

The 28-year-old has already been capped five times by England.

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Jul 2nd 2014, 4:29 PM

# Grit

What would Simon Easterby bring to the Ireland coaching set-up?

The Scarlets head coach has been linked with a move to join Joe Schmidt’s backroom staff.

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Jul 2nd 2014, 1:43 PM