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How a Nazi fugitive became a French teacher in a prestigious Dublin school
For decades, a prestigious Dublin school knowingly employed a former SS officer, Louis Feutren, as a French teacher. Now, former students of St Conle…
2 years, 6 months ago
How the generosity of an Irish-American billionaire transformed Ireland
Chuck Feeney, the Irish-American philanthropist, died in October this year at the age of 92. Two months after his death in San Francisco, he was laid…
2 years, 6 months ago
Australia mushroom poisoning: how a family lunch ended in tragedy
In late July, four relatives attended a family lunch at the home of Erin Patterson, a 48 year-old mother of two from Leongatha in Australia. Within d…
2 years, 6 months ago
Why Irish criminals turned to Chinese restaurants to hide their cash
An investigation by the Criminal Assets Bureau (Cab) unearthed an underground “banking” network offering an international money transfer system to Ir…
2 years, 6 months ago
Behind the scenes of hit Netflix documentary 'The Deepest Breath' with Irish director Laura McGann
Earlier this Summer, a Netflix documentary, all about the hidden world of freediving, catapulted the sport in front of a global audience. The Deepest…
2 years, 6 months ago
How Toy Show The Musical went wrong for RTÉ
The Late Late Toy Show is Ireland's most popular TV show every year by a distance, but Toy Show: The Musical was a complete flop, losing €2.2 million…
2 years, 6 months ago
How 2023 became the year of Taylor Swift
To call Taylor Swift simply a pop singer is to miss the point. She’s a one woman global phenomenon; the 34 year-old is the first musician ever to bec…
2 years, 6 months ago
Celebrity documentaries: prestige viewing or pr stunts? With Patrick Freyne
If you spent far too much time this year watching Robbie Williams sitting on a bed in his underpants unpicking his life, or tried to do the Beckham’s…
2 years, 6 months ago
Liam Byrne: The rise and fall of a major Irish gangland figure
Last week Liam Byrne, the alleged leader of the Kinahan cartel’s Irish operations, was extradited from Spain to the UK to stand trial and face charge…
2 years, 6 months ago
After another arson attack, what options are left for housing asylum seekers?
On Saturday night, a fire destroyed most of a disused hotel in Co Galway that was set to begin housing up to 70 asylum seekers from Thursday, Decembe…
2 years, 6 months ago