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Meet Ireland’s new socialist president
Landslide victory of former barrister and ‘outsider’ Catherine Connolly could ‘mark a turning point’ in anti-establishment politics
Propelled by anti-establishment fervor, Catherine Connolly was elected last week with a landmark popular mandate.
They seemed stunned as much as disappointed by the way a seemingly winnable game was wrenched away from them. It’s doubtful any player could have encapsulated this more than James Lowe, though like his head coach,
Oireachtas na Samhna is a five-day celebration of the arts and traditions of the Irish language, which is expected to attract up to 10,000 people. The last time Belfast hosted the event was in 1997.
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Catherine Connolly, an independent leftist, won a landslide victory with the promise to serve as “a moral compass in a world increasingly driven by profit and spectacle.”
Ireland represents America’s fifth-largest foreign direct investment destination at $467 billion, larger than U.S. investment in China.
Thousands from across the island and beyond came together in Belfast for Oireachtas na Samhna, Ireland's oldest Irish language gathering.
The most famous legend associated with the tradition of carved Halloween vegetables takes us back to 18th-century Ireland. It is linked to the Irish folklore figure of Stingy Jack, also known as Jack the Smith, Drunk Jack, Flaky Jack and Jack O'Lantern.