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Posted by The Analyst | May 28, 2019 | Farming
Councillor back milking cows half an hour after topping poll

Dairy farmer and Fine Gael councillor Willie Aird was back milking cows on his farm in the centre of Portlaoise just 30 minutes after it was announced that he topped...

Posted by The Analyst | May 28, 2019 | Farming
Bidders slug it out as Wexford holding goes for €19,000/ac

In an auction that Clive Kavanagh of Jordans described as 'a flyer', a residential farm on 79ac near the village of Rathnure in Wexford sold in its entirety for €1.5m,...

Posted by The Analyst | May 28, 2019 | Breaking News
Video game addiction and work burnout ruled official illnesses

The World Health Organisation has voted to recognise video game addiction and professional burnout as official illnesses.

Posted by The Analyst | May 28, 2019 | Breaking News
Thirty dead and 200 missing as boat sinks on lake crossing

At least 30 people are dead and another 200 are missing after a boat sank on a lake in the Democratic Republic of Congo, authorities say.

Posted by The Analyst | May 28, 2019 | Breaking News
Road closures and no-fly zone for days ahead of Trump’s visit

Roads will be closed and a no-fly zone will be implemented ahead of the visit by US President Donald Trump to Ireland next week.

Posted by The Analyst | May 28, 2019 | Breaking News
Police swoop to arrest Lyon bomb suspects

French police have arrested a 24-year-old Algerian computer student suspected of planting a bomb in Lyon last week that wounded 13 people.

Posted by The Analyst | May 28, 2019 | Breaking News
Israel faces new election as coalition hopes fade

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is facing the possibility of having to fight a second election this year, as he struggles to form a coalition government.

Posted by The Analyst | May 28, 2019 | Breaking News
Conservatives and Labour trounced as Farage hails Euro triumph

Labour and the Conservatives' Brexit policies were dealt a hammer blow by UK voters in a terrible night for both parties in the European elections.

Posted by The Analyst | May 28, 2019 | Breaking News
Austrian lawmakers sack Kurz as video sting fallout spreads

Austrian lawmakers voted conservative Chancellor Sebastian Kurz's government out of office yesterday, passing a motion of no confidence days after it became a caretaker administration in the aftermath of a...

Posted by The Analyst | May 28, 2019 | Breaking News
At least six die as residential area pounded by air strikes

At least six people were killed and 10 remain under rubble following Syrian government air raids on a crowded residential area in the rebels' last stronghold, rescuers and activists said...

Posted by The Analyst | May 28, 2019 | Breaking News
‘We’re not looking for regime change in Iran’ – Trump

The United States does not seek regime change in Iran, Donald Trump said in Tokyo yesterday, while defending Kim Jong-un as a "very smart man" who was focused on the...

Posted by The Analyst | May 28, 2019 | Breaking News
Dozens of inmates found dead at Brazil prisons

Forty-two inmates were killed at three different prisons in the capital of Brazil's northern Amazonas state on Monday, authorities reported.

Posted by The Analyst | May 28, 2019 | Breaking News
8 school children injured in stabbing spree near Tokyo

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Posted by The Analyst | May 28, 2019 | Breaking News
Children ‘among dead and wounded’ as knifeman strikes at Japan bus stop

A knifeman has killed at least three people and wounded nearly 20 more – including 13 children – after attacking commuters waiting at a bus stop just outside Tokyo, according...

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Science & Tech
Gaming addiction is now a disorder, according to the World Health Organization

Being addicted to video games is now considered a mental health disorder

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Politics
Newsflash: Joe Biden is not a progressive and there are a million reasons why

Joe Biden likes to see himself as a progressive hero. Mainstream media — which boasts large numbers of Biden superfans — likes to see him that way, too. But pretending...

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Breaking News
People realising Ireland receives more support from the EU than Scotland does from Westminster – Nicola Sturgeon

People are waking up to the fact Ireland is receiving more support from the EU than Scotland is from Westminster, Nicola Sturgeon has said.

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Breaking News
Green issues come to fore in European election

The strong showing of green parties in the European election has raised hopes among some voters that global warming and other environmental issues will be given more serious consideration across...

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Science & Tech
How I flew to Japan and am headed to Spain for free

Chase cards have best terms, but hefty yearly fees, but way more generous than specific airline cards. Marriott's card is liberal, but expires soon.

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Breaking News
Prince William and John Carew celebrate Aston Villa’s promotion together

Prince William celebrated with former Aston Villa player John Carew as the club secured promotion to the Premier League at Wembley.

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Breaking News
Israel edges towards second election in a year amid impasse

Israel's parliament has passed a preliminary motion to dissolve itself.

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Science & Tech
Brothers behind JibJab see StoryBots as the heir to Sesame Street

Brothers Gregg and Evan Spiridellis sold JibJab and StoryBots in one year but will continue the children's brand as a unit of streaming giant Netflix.

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Farming
DPP to argue that manslaughter sentence for Kerry farmer ‘unduly lenient’

Prosecutors have been given a date in December to argue that the five year jail term given to Kerry farmer Michael Ferris, who drove the prongs of a teleporter into...

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Farming
DPP to argue in December that manslaughter sentence for Kerry farmer ‘too lenient’

Prosecutors have been given a date in December to argue that the five year jail term given to Kerry farmer Michael Ferris, who drove the prongs of a teleporter into...

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Breaking News
Malawi president wins new term in closely-contested election

Malawi's President Peter Mutharika has narrowly won re-election with 38% of the votes in last week's polls, the electoral commission has declared.

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Farming
Two High Court challenges over wind farm set to have some of the ‘highest structures in the country’

Two separate High Court challenges have been launched against An Bord Pleanala's decision to grant planning permission for a wind farm which will have some of the "highest structures in...

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Breaking News
#StopCrying: Leeds rekindle Twitter spat with Niall Horan following Derby defeat

Leeds United's Twitter spat with former One Direction star Niall Horan has continued after the football club spotted an opportunity to poke fun at the Derby County fan.

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Breaking News
Rewritten Three Lions song tackles prejudice ahead of Women’s World Cup

One of the most famous anthems in football has been rewritten in support of the England team heading to the 2019 Women's World Cup.

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Breaking News
Churches agree plan for restoration of Jerusalem’s Church of the Holy Sepulchre

The three churches in charge of Jerusalem's holiest Christian site say they have reached an agreement to begin a multi-million dollar renovation of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre.

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Politics
Just an ad: I am not giving Gillette’s cynical new trans promo the satisfaction of my ‘outrage’

The new Gillette ad featuring a trans man learning to shave is not for me – and not because I am a 'cisgender man'. But because I still resent corporations...

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Breaking News
Spain’s former king Juan Carlos wants to retire from public life

Spain's former monarch, Juan Carlos I, has said he wants to completely retire from public life on June 2, five years after abdicating the throne.

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Breaking News
Israeli parliament gives preliminary approval to dissolution motion

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Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Farming
East Cork farm awarded best quality milk by Dairygold

Dairygold milk supplier Edward Donovan from Cloyne, East Cork was declared the overall winner of the 2018 Dairygold Milk Quality Awards which took place at Springfort Hall Hotel in Mallow...

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Farming
EU wheat at three-month high in the wake wet US weather

European wheat prices hit a three-month high on Monday in the wake of a surge in Chicago in the previous session on concerns that wet weather in the United States...

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Farming
Generous legacy by Wexford farmer helps fund new lifeboat

The community of Clogherhead is set to welcome the latest RNLI lifeboat to be based in Ireland, to their town on Sunday 2 June.

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Politics
US think tank goes big-game hunting for Russia. Guess who gets shot in the foot?

In a report that views Russia through the same cracked lens as Washington's old ideological foe, the Soviet Union, the RAND Corporation reveals that its worst enemy for gaining global...

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Breaking News
Donald Trump highlights ‘cherished bond’ with Japan at imperial banquet

President Donald Trump has invoked the name of the era under Japan's new emperor in his toast at an imperial banquet in his honour.

Posted by The Analyst | May 27, 2019 | Business
China’s Huawei plans to promote smart cities in Africa

The world's second largest continent, Africa, is experiencing one of the fastest urbanization rates globally and Huawei wants to be a part of it, according to Adam Lane, senior director...