Voters in Ireland have delivered “two wallops” to proposals to remove language about women’s duties being in the home and broaden the definition of family beyond marriage from the country’s constitution.
More than 35 stars of the international literary scene will feature as part of the 2024 Sydney Writers’ Festival.
Within 10 minutes the two chefs were planning their night out together.
Protests have been rising across the country at resettlement programs as Ireland’s housing system creaks.
Maureen Flavin was a postal clerk on a remote stretch of the Irish coast in 1944. On her 21st birthday,she helped determine the outcome of World War II.
Thousands of people lined the streets of Dublin to say goodbye to The Pogues frontman as his coffin wound through the Irish capital before a small-town funeral.
In Prophet Song,author Paul Lynch taps into the unrest in western democracies and their indifference towards disasters.
Emily Hand,who turned nine in captivity,was initially thought to have been killed by Hamas in its rampage through Kibbutz Be’eri,where she lives.
The stabbing triggered a protest that quickly escalated as about 500 people,mostly young men,vandalised cars,looted shops and attacked hostels and hotels.
Police said more than 400 officers were deployed in the city centre to contain the unrest. The public broadcaster said protesters had chanted anti-immigration slogans.
Some Western countries have called for an investigation,without pointing the finger at this stage,while Arab states have blamed Israel.