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Campaigners say new redevelopment plans of the market will lead to gentrification and social and ethnic cleansing

He was considered one of the most influential pioneers of minimalist sculpture, yet his career was overshadowed by the accusation that he played a role in the death of his wife, Cuban American artist Ana Mendieta.

It’s rare that a man’s achievements are so significant that two eulogies are required; one to recount his impact on the professional world, and another to sum up his decency and generosity. But the late Professor John Raphael (Ray Bates) of Kilmore Quay was one such man. He passed away on Saturday, January 6 at the age of 83 and at his funeral Mass in St. Peter's Church, Kilmore Quay, Ray’s brother, Dick, paid tribute.

Disqualified from victory in the 2017 Los Alamitos Futurity, New York-based stallion Solomini had a son from his first crop win that race this year.

After nearly 40 years as a professor, he began a new career writing poems and translating classics. He won a National Book Award when he was 86.

Ardcarne Garden Centre, Boyle is holding its official opening of their Christmas shop and fundraiser for Mayo-Roscommon Hospice at this Saturday, November 11th.

A Sixmilebridge councillor insists he’ll accept nothing less than a complete disbandment of GAAGo from an upcoming review of the service. It follows a call issued recently by Clare County Council for the government to intervene with RTÉ and the GAA to ensure future inter-county championship matches are made available to watch on TV instead […]

Villagers from Norfolk and Turkey have forged a friendship to remember those who fell at Gallipoli during the First World War.

What we’ll wake up to on October 15 is likely to be what we went to bed with on the 13th: a nation divided into different camps by fear and frustration on the one hand and on the other, those who are more optimistic because the system already advantages them.

A call has been made for traffic calming measures to be incorporated into the planning stage of future housing estates in this county. The Chair of Clare’s Joint Policing Committee has highlighted concerns of parents in the Gort na Null, Lios Anama and Inis Orga estates at this month’s meeting of the Shannon Municipal District, […]