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IN THE 50th minute of Sunday afternoon’s game, Páidí Fitzpatrick was summoned to the sideline at Semple Stadium. The Clare defender gestured with his fist as he ran off, salutingContinue reading‘It’s an amazing story’ – A first senior championship start for Clare hurlers at the age of 30

MORE IRISH PLAYERS have earned new Australian Football League Women’s [AFLW] contracts as the focus switches to next season. Mayo and Cavan stars Sarah Rowe and Aishling Sheridan have committedContinue readingMayo duo and Cavan star the latest of Irish contingent to have new AFLW deals confirmed

REIGNING CORK SENIOR hurling kingpins Blackrock will take on last year’s semi-finalists Erins Own after this evening’s draw for the 2021 club championships in the county. On the day thatContinue readingHere are the 2021 Cork senior club football and hurling championship draws

IN THE WEEKS building up to the 1997 All-Ireland football final, as the stream of messages John Casey was receiving turned into a deluge, one piece of correspondence stood out.Continue readingMcGuinness, Joyce and Moynihan: the star-studded GAA college team that reigned in the ’90s

A Christmas Carol, Charles Dickens’s beloved novella about a miserly old man and the three ghosts who visit to teach him about the spirit of Christmas, is one of myContinue readingA Christmas Carol, explained by a 5-year-old

Realistic-looking skin isn’t all that different from realistic-looking skim milk. In the above video, we looks at why realistic CGI skin is so hard for visual effects artists to master.Continue readingWhy it’s so hard to make CGI skin look real

So what’s the deal with Donda? Did Kanye West’s label really release it without his permission? Did Kanye really light himself on fire over it? What about the TikTok panicContinue readingDonda: The hype, the controversy, the music, the Kanye of it all, explained

As most of the world continues to socially distance because of the coronavirus, Switzerland’s infectious disease chief wants to loosen restrictions for children — so they can hug their grandparents.Continue readingCan children spread the coronavirus? It’s complicated.

In October and November 2020, Poland saw its biggest protests since the fall of its communist regime 30 years ago. Hundreds of thousands of women marched in defiance of aContinue readingWhy Polish women are furious at the government

Every year, the National Book Foundation nominates 25 books for the National Book Award. A celebration of the best of American literature, the nominations span fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translated literature,Continue readingA guide to the must-read 2021 National Book Award winners and finalists