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Oscar-winning film producer David Puttnam has resigned from the House of Lords, citing Britain's "pig ignorance towards the fundamentals of Irish history". David Puttnam, who has lived in West Cork since 1998, resigned from the House of Lords on Friday in a speech at the Shirley Williams Memorial Lecture.
In a speech at the Shirley Williams Memorial Lectur, David Puttnam said that the level of understanding in UK politics regarding Ireland was ...
After a rocky start, Hegarty and her teammates secured a bronze, kickstarting a feelgood factor which has surrounded Team Ireland ever since
James Cracknell has lavished praise on the Irish duo. "Paul must've wanted to finish this with his brother but he had to form a new relationship," he told the BBC. "Both crews have raced well because the Italians have been nip and tuck with these three, the Irish and the Germans, all year. I think both the Germans and the Irish stepped up for that final." Ireland's golden moment Credit: GETTY Ireland win gold in men's lightweight double sculls It's gold for the Irish team of Paul O'Donovan and Fintan McCarthy! Paul and Gary O'Donovan actually won the nation's first Olympic rowing med...
How soon is too soon? That is the question posed by the latest season of Reeling In The Years (RTÃ One, Sunday), which takes world-shaking events from 2010 to 2019 and wraps them in a nostalgic bow. Itâs popular history glazed in a Polaroid filter and served up in 25 snackable minutes. The series has now reached 2016 and a typically breezy episode packs it all in: Donald Trump running for the White House, the Brexit Referendum, Enda Kennyâs re-election as Taoiseach, Ireland beating Italy at the European Championships, the Pokemon Go! craze. Poured atop these shared recollect...