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* ... that with a population of 1,500, [[Millstreet]] in [[County Cork]], Ireland, became the smallest settlement to host the [[Eurovision Song Contest]] when it staged '''[[Eurovision Song Contest 1993|the 1993 event]]'''?
* ... that George Parks was president of the [[Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland]] and his son '''[[Rowan Parks]]''' became president of the [[Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh]]?
* ... that Ireland's [[Eurovision Song Contest 2024|2024 Eurovision]] entrant '''[[Bambie Thug]]''' describes their musical genre as "ouija pop"?
* ... that '''[[Ian Begg (architect)|Ian Begg]]''', known for his work on [[restoration of castles in Scotland]], designed and built his own 20th-century [[Tower houses in Britain and Ireland|tower house]] to live in?
* ... that Dublin property developer '''[[Harry Crosbie]]''' received an [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] from the [[List of ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Ireland|British ambassador to Ireland]], partly for [[State visit by Elizabeth II to the Republic of Ireland#Day 3 (19 May)|entertaining Elizabeth II]] with his showbiz contacts?
* ... that Ivan Beshoff, the last survivor of the mutiny on the Potemkin, emigrated to Ireland where he established a fish and chip shop that is still run by his descendants? * ... that '''[[Ivan Beshoff]]''', the last survivor of the mutiny on the ''[[Russian battleship Potemkin|Potemkin]]'', emigrated to Ireland where he established a fish and chip shop that is still run by his descendants? |
Recent In the news items |
- 10 August 2024 – 2024 United Kingdom riots
:A petrol bomb is thrown towards an [[Islam in Northern Ireland|Islamic]] centre in [[Newtownards]], [[County Down]], [[Northern Ireland]]. [https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c984dzxg6eko (BBC)]
- 5 August 2024 – 2024 United Kingdom far-right riots
:Rioting takes place in [[Plymouth]] and [[Birmingham]], [[England]], while [[Police Service of Northern Ireland|police]] are attacked with [[molotov cocktail]]s in [[Belfast]], [[Northern Ireland]], as the number of people arrested rises to 400. [https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cyvpp3e7mn4o (BBC News)]
- 2 August 2024 –
:A man is arrested by [[Garda Síochána|national police]] in [[Dublin]], [[Ireland]], following attacks on [[Government Buildings]], [[The Custom House]], and [[Áras an Uachtaráin]]. [https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2024/0802/1463156-government-buildings/ (RTÉ)]
- 30 July 2024 –
:A helicopter crashes near [[Killucan and Rathwire|Killucan]], [[County Westmeath]], [[Ireland]], killing two people. [https://www.rte.ie/news/2024/0730/1462669-helicopter-crash/ (RTÉ)]
- 28 July 2024 – 2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship
:In [[Gaelic football]], the [[All-Ireland Senior Football Championship]] concludes with [[Armagh county football team|Armagh]] defeating [[Galway county football team|Galway]] in [[2024 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final|the final]]. [https://web.archive.org/web/20240729000814/https://www.irishtimes.com/sport/gaelic-games/2024/07/28/armagh-1-11-galway-0-13-ft-victory-over-galway-earns-second-all-ireland-final-for-orchard-county/ (''The Irish Times'')]
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