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Lesley Roy will be Ireland's contestant for next year's Eurovision

Roy was due to perform the ‘Story of My Life’ in The Netherlands this year, but the competition was cancelled.

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Dec 17th 2020, 5:01 PM

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'The clock is ticking' for Scotland to call a second independence referendum

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon says that Scotland is now in “uncharted waters”.

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Jan 22nd 2017, 10:00 AM

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Plans for Trump wall along Clare coast withdrawn - but a new one is on the way

Trump’s firm applied in May of this year for a 2.8km 200,000-tonne rock barrier that would protect the golf course from destruction by sea waves.

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Dec 6th 2016, 4:54 PM