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# Penguin

Yesterday
22nd September 2023
# yellow-eyed penguins
New Zealand scientists probe mystery illness killing endangered penguins
The mystery respiratory illness first appeared in 20 freshly hatched chicks in 2019.
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# Done Deal
The 'Tullow Tank' has a book coming out
Sean O’Brien’s ‘Fuel’ will be published on 29 October.
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May 28th 2020, 3:31 PM
# ORDINARY JOE
Schmidt says worry about ban led to Toner's World Cup exclusion
The former Ireland head coach has released a book entitled Ordinary Joe.
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Nov 21st 2019, 11:32 AM
# Salthill
Appeal lodged after council rejects plan for a penguinarium in Galway
Galway Atlantaquaria is appealing the decision to An Bord Pleanála.
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Mar 26th 2019, 6:10 AM
# music love drugs war
From a 'dreadful' job to publishing her first novel at 54: 'It's life-changing, it really is'
Geraldine Quigley was 54 when her first book was published – and it’s all about growing up in Derry.
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Feb 3rd 2019, 8:30 PM
# The Hurlers
'You can't get away from the fact that hurling tends to evoke emotions which are extraordinary in people'
Paul Rouse’s book ‘The Hurlers’ explores the making of the modern game.
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Dec 22nd 2018, 10:00 AM
Voices
Once upon a time, Ireland was full of penguins - here's how they disappeared
No, not the chocolate bars – real penguins. Author Rob Maguire explains.
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Nov 20th 2018, 8:00 PM
# last night in kiely's
WATCH: Paul Howard on Ross O'Carroll-Kelly, fame and finding inspiration in Kiely's pub
The author’s latest book is out now.
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Sep 15th 2018, 5:30 PM
# crouch bind set
An ancient New Zealand penguin roughly the same size as Brian O'Driscoll has just been discovered
At 5’10″ and 223 pounds, this penguin may have been a force to be reckoned with on the rugby pitch.
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Dec 16th 2017, 6:30 PM
# Suspicious Deaths
Investigation launched after seven penguins drown in Canadian zoo
The director of animal care at the Calgary zoo said it was “devastating news”.
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Dec 9th 2016, 2:38 PM
# Penguin
Superstar Sid Crosby to miss start of NHL season after latest concussion
Concussion is an unavoidable subject for every collision sport.
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Oct 12th 2016, 8:57 PM
# Endangered
Fears for South African penguin 'freed' from aquarium
The students who let the penguin out thought they were doing the animal a favour.
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Sep 28th 2016, 8:08 PM
# Penguin
This Irish nanny had the most Dublin reaction to the new Snapchat filters
Look at what she’s doing to me Derek…!
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Feb 2nd 2016, 9:29 AM
# murder most fowl
Is this German zoo facing an animal serial killer?
A penguin and a sea lion are dead. The deaths are the latest in a string of unfortunate incidents at Dortmund Zoo.
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Dec 2nd 2015, 6:07 AM
# penguin parade
Just some little penguins, wandering adorably around an aquarium
Because it’s Monday.
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Apr 13th 2015, 7:34 AM
Penguin started a #YourMum hashtag for Mother's Day but it backfired horribly
It was always going to happen.
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Mar 9th 2015, 4:00 PM
# mabeltakemeback
Monty the John Lewis penguin just got dumped... via Twitter
Please say it’s a joke. PLEASE.
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Dec 13th 2014, 2:16 PM
# one of those days
Baby penguin has a sh** day
We’ve all been there.
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Aug 30th 2014, 2:56 PM
# Penguin
Penguin faces backlash over new cover for Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
There is no life I know to compare with pure imagination…
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Aug 6th 2014, 7:07 PM
# jogging buddy
Watch this unbearably cute penguin chasing his zookeeper
Look at his flappy little wings! Aw.
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Feb 12th 2014, 3:57 PM
# fuzzy love
Adorable baby penguin meets human for first time
And tries to steal his hat.
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Nov 7th 2013, 5:10 PM
# determination
Penguin tries to bite dog's tail through Aquarium glass
P-p-p-pick up a dog’s tail.
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Oct 15th 2013, 5:11 PM
# Apple
Judge: Apple conspired to raise prices on e-books
A New York judge has found Apple guilty of price-fixing for ebooks.
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Jul 10th 2013, 5:33 PM
# Splosh
Baby penguin is LOVING her first swim at Dublin Zoo
Meet Chloe, the new arrival.
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May 16th 2013, 8:47 AM
# merging
Penguin and Random House book publishers set to merge
The joint venture, to be known as Penguin Random House, will be the leading publisher of English-language books but could late interest from Rupert Murdoch scupper the deal?
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Oct 30th 2012, 11:02 AM
# Work Can Wait
7 reasons why you should look at this baby orangutan
Born a few days ago at Chester Zoo. Look at his little face.
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Oct 23rd 2012, 2:57 PM
# Happy Feet
'Gay' penguin couple await the birth of baby in Madrid
After building a nest every year for the past six years, Madrid’s Inca and Rayas are finally ready to welcome a chick.
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May 23rd 2012, 9:46 AM
# Fish Food
'Blind drunk' tourists fined $1,000 for stealing penguin from theme park
Rhys Owen Jones, 21, and Keri Mules, 20, pleaded guilty to stealing a penguin from an Australian Sea World last month.
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May 2nd 2012, 2:07 PM
# Lawsuit
US government suing Apple and publishers over e-book prices
The Department of Justice alleges that Apple and some of the world’s biggest publishers conspired to fix the price of e-books.
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Apr 12th 2012, 12:18 PM
# Ireland's Beasts
Ancient croc discovered in Dorset - and we had them here too
An unknown species was recently discovered in the UK, but Irish waters once had crocodiles and beasts of all sorts.
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Mar 23rd 2012, 5:01 PM
# jailbird
Penguin breaks out of Tokyo aquarium
Run Penguin, Run. A penguin is at large after making a jailbird escape from Tokyo Aquarium.
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Mar 6th 2012, 5:40 PM
# Cover story
Brian O'Driscoll to pen autobiography with Paul Kimmage
Award-winning writer has signed up to work with Ireland’s talismanic skipper.
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Jan 9th 2012, 2:34 PM
# Penguins
Toronto zoo's 'gay penguin' gets a girlfriend
Success for Buddy but his ‘friend’ Pedro has not yet been as lucky…
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Dec 13th 2011, 6:10 PM
# Ebooks
EU investigates Apple, publishers over e-book sales
Apple, Penguin and four other publishers are being investigated for possible breaches of the EU’s competition rules.
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Dec 6th 2011, 3:14 PM
# Not-so-Happy Feet
Happy Feet the Penguin is lost once more
Fears for Happy Feet are growing as the confused penguin’s GPS tracker is no longer working. We’re hoping he hasn’t been eaten.
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Sep 13th 2011, 3:52 PM
# Happy Feet
Happy Feet the Penguin returned to the wild
Happy Feet, the confused penguin who was found thousands of kilometres from home in June on a beach in New Zealand has been released into the Southern Ocean.
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Sep 5th 2011, 12:28 PM
# Happy Feet
Happy Feet the Penguin is on his way home to Antarctica
Wellington Zoo is releasing the Emperor penguin back into the wild but a GPS tracker will ensure he will never be lost again.
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Aug 29th 2011, 2:09 PM
# Viral
Watch: Cork penguin becomes YouTube sensation...
…but he’s oh, so lonely.
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Aug 22nd 2011, 6:08 PM