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Hugh Lane Gallery to shut for three years as part of new Dublin city library construction
Dublin Live
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July 30, 2025
Dublin's Hugh Lane Gallery is set to shut for at least three years at the end of September. The closure will be part of a major redevelopment for Parnell Square with the new Dublin city library beginning development. The closure of Hugh Lane...
Five offences Irish drivers 'may never heard of' but could be fined €1000 for
Galway Beo
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July 30, 2025
Irish drivers are being warned over five offences that they may have never known they committed that could land them with a €1000 fine. Motor experts at Plates Express are warning that some of these overlooked rules could hit drivers with...
NACS Announces New President and CEO
Voice of Alexandria - Minnesota
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ALEXANDRIA, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 30, 2025-- NACS (the National Association of Convenience Stores) announced that Frank Gleeson, former president and CEO of Aramark Northern Europe and 2018-2019 NACS Chairman of the Board, will serve as its...
Experts Reveal Thai Travel Insights And Cultural Trends Reshaping European Perspectives
MENAFN
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July 30, 2025
(MENAFN- GetNews) As Southeast Asia continues to attract culturally curious travelers, experts say Thailand is emerging as a powerful influence on how Europeans approach both tourism and design.As Southeast Asia continues to attract culturally...
Eurozone economy grows slightly despite trade tensions with US
News.Az
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Photo credit: shutterstock.com The eurozone economy experienced modest growth in the second quarter of 2025, surpassing expectations despite increased global trade tensions. According to Eurostat, the 20 countries using the single currency...
Eurozone Economy Edges Up Despite Trade Strains with US
Novinite
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The eurozone economy saw modest growth in the second quarter of 2025, defying expectations despite the backdrop of heightened global trade tensions. According to figures released by Eurostat, the 20 countries using the single currency collectively...
Canadian media’s MAiD coverage often fails to share testimony of suffering people
LifeSite
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July 30, 2025
Blogs A new report has found that people living with mental illness are 'rarely included in news articles about MAID for mental illness.' (LifeSiteNews) — Member of Parliament Andrew Lawton, who survived a suicide attempt in 2010, has kicked off a...
Aldi introducing €15 rule to UK supermarkets as update issued over Irish stores
Galway Beo
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July 30, 2025
Aldi is poised to become the first UK supermarket to pay shop assistants a minimum of £13 (€15) per hour. The discount retailer, which competes with Lidl, Morrisons, Tesco, Sainsbury's, Asda in the UK and others, also remains the sole supermarket...
Palestinian statehood should not be conditional, Bishops tell Prime Minister
Church Times
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July 30, 2025
“RECOGNISE Palestine while there is still land on which a state could be recognised,” the Archbishop of York told the Government this week, urging the UK to accelerate its planned recognition of a Palestinian state. On Tuesday afternoon, the Prime...
Starmer’s move on Palestinian statehood is clever politics
The Conversation
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July 30, 2025
Keir Starmer has announced that the UK will recognise Palestinian statehood by September 2025 unless Israel meets certain conditions, marking a significant shift in UK policy. For decades, successive UK governments withheld recognition, insisting...
Sunderland's Angel of Mercy and man who helped shape Culture Quarter nominated for Freedom of the City
Sunderland Echo
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July 30, 2025
Two Sunderland changemakers have been nominated for Freedom of the City by the council’s ruling Labour Group. Sister Mary Scholastica – who has welcomed seafarers to Sunderland for more than 60 years – and Paul Callaghan CBE – who led the city’s...
NACS names new president and CEO
C-Store Dive
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July 30, 2025
NACS has appointed Frank Gleeson as president and CEO, effective Jan. 1, 2026, the association announced on Wednesday. Gleeson, former president and CEO of food distributor Aramark Northern Europe and NACS’ board chair from 2018 to 2019, will...
History of rave culture in North West of Ireland explored in new comic book
DJ Mag
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July 30, 2025
A new comic book charts the foundational moments of rave culture in the North West of Ireland. Created by Derry-born illustrator David Campbell shows, Common Ground: An Incomplete History of Rave Culture in The North West of Ireland has been...
Podcast: Why you 'can't enforce' social media age rules
RTE Ireland
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July 30, 2025
A ban on social media for teenagers, which has been brought forward in plans in Australia, is something that you "can’t enforce" in Ireland, a tech expert has suggested. Australia is adding YouTube to sites covered by its world-first ban on social...
DCC plc to sell remaining AV businesses in ’12 to 18 months’
AV Magazine
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July 30, 2025
The sale of DCC Technologies’ AV distribution businesses in North America and Europe is “12 to 18 months” away, according to the division’s CEO Clive Fitzharris. He was speaking following the sale of the Exertis AV distribution business in the UK...
Defence committee weighs in on plan to scrap the 'Triple Lock' for Irish troop deployments
The Journal
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July 30, 2025
THE OIREACHTAS COMMITTEE on defence and national security has published a long list of recommendations for the bill that will overhaul the ‘Triple Lock” system that governs the deployment of Irish troops abroad. The committee has not opposed the...
Inside one of the world's biggest doll houses in the heart of Dublin city
Dublin Live
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July 30, 2025
Tourists from around the world are flocking to The Little Museum of Dublin to marvel at one of the globe's largest and most impressive dollhouses. Following a year-long, €4.3 million refurbishment, the unique and award-winning museum reopened its...
Fluoride and Your Health: The Good and the Bad
Technology Networks
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The debate around fluoride never seems to go away. Is the mineral good for us? Bad for us? Is adding it to drinking water a sensible public health policy? Or oppressive, forced medication? The current White House administration seems to side with...
‘This could happen anywhere’: Local concerns linger after garda stabbed on Dublin's Capel Street
The Journal
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July 30, 2025
TRAVELLING DOWN CAPEL Street this morning, pedestrians would hardly notice anything amiss. Coffee shops were open and charity shops were lifting their shutters for another day of business. After the stabbing attack yesterday evening which left a...
Pictured: Moment Gardai swooped on man accused of assaulting woman near Dublin park
Irish Mirror
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July 30, 2025
This is the moment Gardai swooped on a man accused of assaulting a woman near Dublin's Fairview Park Hoyda Hamad appeared before Judge Shalom Binchy at Cloverhill District Court on Wednesday. Our exclusive photos show the moment he was arrested -...