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Teenage sweethearts marry after 64 years apart

When John O’Neill and Jean Day rekindled their love 64 years after they met in their teens their children advised them to live together and skip marriage, but they wouldn’t because of their grandchildren.

By PADDY CLANCY

Published Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 7:24 AM

Pope Benedict should not throw nuns under the bus

I am shocked and heartsick at the Vatican’s action to censor the nuns. I know a lot of nuns, I was one myself for six years. Nuns are the wise women of our tribe. We cannot let the Vatican throw them under the bus.

By MARY PAT KELLY

Published Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 7:37 AM

Abortion, sex guides and pornography - what literature gets banned in modern Ireland

Although Ireland has moved on in leaps and bounds from a time when the movie “Clockwork Orange” was banned, or even Monty Python’s “Life of Brian,” the legacy of decades of censorship remains. It seems what still gets under Ireland’s censor’s collar is sex, crime and abortion.

By CATHY HAYES

Published Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 7:29 AM

Double killer crosses Irish border and gives himself up to police

A notorious murderer crossed the Irish border and handed himself in to police on Tuesday – after 12 years on the run.

By PATRICK COUNIHAN

Published Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 8:10 AM

Casey Anthony back in court over Caylee’s nanny’s defamation charges

A woman who claims she was maligned by Casey Anthony when the reviled mom invented a fictitious character with her real name, may soon have her day in court.

By ANTOINETTE KELLY

Published Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 8:26 AM

Loophole law could allow Irish priests to remain silent over sex abuse

An archaic Irish law may allow priests to stay silent on allegations of sex abuse that are disclosed to them outside of confessions, it has emerged.

By HILDA HIGGINS

Published Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 8:19 AM

Coder Dojo takes Ireland by storm – new tech initiative gets Ireland's kids coding

Published Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 10:30 AM

Double suicide linked to murder of Tipperary man Tom Walsh in Florida

Police investigating the murder of Tipperary-born Tom Walsh believe he was gunned down by a disgruntled former employee, whom he fired two years ago.

By BRIAN DONOVAN

Published Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 7:49 AM

Eyewitness saw accused murderer leave honeymooner Michaela Harte’s hotel room

The prosecutor in the Michaela Harte murder trial has told how an eyewitness heard the newly married Irish bride cry out in pain as the accused left her hotel room in Mauritius.

By PATRICK COUNIHAN

Published Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 8:07 AM

Memorial made for slain Irishman Ciarán Ó Conghaile shot in Boston

Ciarán Ó Conghaile, originally of Inis Meáin in the Aran Islands, was murdered on October 10 in quiet part of his Dorchester neighborhood. Despite his death, Ciarán’s family and friends have bonded together to create a memorial for the man affectionately known as “Kiwi.”

By BRIAN DONOVAN

Published Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 7:50 AM

Irish J1 students scammed out of $5,000 in US online fraud

An Irish student has warned her fellow J1 travelers (summer working visa) to beware of a rental scam in the US that cost her and her friends almost $5,000.

By EOIN REYNOLDS

Published Wednesday, May 23, 2012, 7:40 AM

Chelsea stun Munich in dramatic Champions League final

It was an action packed Saturday night at the Allianz Arena in Munich as Chelsea claimed their first ever Champions League crown.

By CIAN O'CONNELL

Published Tuesday, May 22, 2012, 11:58 AM

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