The beautiful Irish seaport hiding a Viking past and jaw-dropping coastal views
Founded by fierce, sea-faring Norwegian Vikings between 856 and 914 A.D., Waterford is Ireland's oldest city. It’s kept its ...
Seeing Silicon: Archaeologists have a cool, magic wand
Archaeology is having a moment, thanks to technology like LiDAR, satellite mapping and artificial intelligence.
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UCC launches ‘Great Irish Fossil Hunt’ to map Ireland’s fossil heritage
Citizen scientists are encouraged to find and log fossils in urban and natural settings to create a national fossil map ...
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Ireland 2050: Sub-orbital hotels, a tunnel under the Irish Sea and influencer tribes… Irish life in 25 years’ time
As the woolly ‘net zero’ 2050 targets of airlines and governments whistle by, theirs will be a holiday map redrawn ... new undersea tunnel across the Irish Sea connecting us to the UK and ...
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US-brokered Black Sea truce in doubt as Russia demands sanctions relief
Doubts over a US-brokered truce between Ukraine and Russia in the Black Sea deepened on Wednesday, as the Kremlin insisted that some western sanctions must be lifted before it would implement the ...
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Fionnula Flanagan: I remember the ‘No Irish or dogs’ signs. I didn’t want to live in a country that took that attitude towards me
It was more usual then for domestic actors to make the much shorter journey across the Irish Sea. To the Royal Shakespeare Company. To the National Theatre. To the BBC. The United States was ...
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Cheshire walk: Churton and Farndon and the River Dee
But there’s much to see on this walk besides this curious social experiment. We start in the more conventional village of Churton and walk along the Dee through the plotland to Farndon. An (optional) ...
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Arctic ends winter with lowest sea ice cover on record – scientists
The Arctic has ended the winter with the lowest sea ice coverage on record, US scientists have said. Arctic sea ice melts and regrows over the year, freezing throughout the winter months to reach ...
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Protecting Irish jobs a priority in trade war - Taoiseach
The Government's "over-arching priority" is to protect Irish jobs amid concerns US President Donald Trump's incoming tariff plans could see pharmaceutical and other firms reduce their presence in ...
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Tourist submarine sinks off Egypt's coast, leaving 6 dead, officials say, while 38 are rescued
A tourist submarine taking dozens of people, mainly Russians, to see the Red Sea's coral reefs sank off ... rest returned to their hotel. Join the Irish Independent WhatsApp channel Stay up ...
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Brits paid over £80,000 to move to picturesque mountain region – but there’s a 10-year catch
Buyers could enjoy both the sea and mountains if they pick up a beautiful ... Some of the homes that will become available unbelievably date back to medieval times.