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      <title>US Presidential Tourism Envoy says social media vetting of tourists has "never been implemented"</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:13:47 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Kerry O'Shea ]]>
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        <![CDATA[Irish tourists visiting the US have the option of sharing their social media information on ESTA applications, while it is required for many nonimmigrant visas applicantions.]]>
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      <title>Tuam excavation: Additional eight sets of infant remains recovered </title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:05:14 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Kerry O'Shea ]]>
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        <![CDATA[There have now been 77 sets of infant human remains recovered at the excavation site in Tuam, Co Galway.]]>
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      <title>"The perfect way to end my career" - Katie Taylor confirms final fight will be in Croke Park</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 12:40:21 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Katie Taylor says she hopes her final fight, set fo Dublin's Croke Park against Flora Pili, will inspire a whole new generation to take up sport.]]>
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      <title>First look at Cillian Murphy on set of "A Quiet Place Part III"</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 15:26:42 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Philip Downes]]>
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        <![CDATA[Cillian Murphy was snapped getting back into character while filming "A Quiet Place Part III" in New York City.]]>
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      <title>Find Your Wild in Waterford </title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[There’s a place where the sea crashes a little louder, the air feels a little fresher, and every path leads to something unexpected. Are you ready to Find Your Wild?]]>
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      <title>Irish icon Oscar Wilde’s must-read books</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[James Wilson]]>
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        <![CDATA[From "De Profundis" to "The Picture of Dorian Gray", these Wilde classics remain essential reading.]]>
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      <title>Irish author James Joyce’s final chapter in Switzerland</title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Dermot McEvoy]]>
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        <![CDATA[As Bloomsday brings "Ulysses" back into focus this June, revisit the remarkable path that carried Joyce from Dublin to his final days in Zurich.]]>
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      <title>WATCH: Guide for what to see and do in Annascaul, Co Kerry </title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[IrishCentral Staff]]>
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        <![CDATA[Annascaul, Co Kerry lies in the southern foothills of the Slieve Mish Mountains situated in the heart of the Dingle Peninsula along the Wild Atlantic Way. ]]>
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      <title>My Irish Cousin: The Irish car rental that really means all-inclusive</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 13:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[My Irish Cousin makes road-tripping around Ireland simple - and now all tolls are covered, too!]]>
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      <title>WATCH: Dublin in James Joyce's "Ulysses" traced through historic photographs </title>
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      <pubDate>Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Photographs by Robert French held in Ireland's National Library illustrate the Dublin which served as a backdrop to James Joyce’s "Ulysses."]]>
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      <title>Springhill Massacre families receive formal apology from British Government</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 12:45:55 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Kerry O'Shea ]]>
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        <![CDATA[British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has formally apologized to the families of the victims of the 1972 Springhill Massacre in Belfast.]]>
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      <title>"A proud day for Irish sport" - Simon Harris backs Katie Taylor for Croke Park</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 13:36:06 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Chloe OKeeffe]]>
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        <![CDATA[The Tanaiste has welcomed speculation that Irish boxer Katie Taylor is expected to confirm on Friday that her final fight will be staged at Dublin's Croke Park.]]>
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      <title>WATCH: Conan O'Brien's Irish language cameo wins Andrew Scott's approval</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 14:29:03 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[IrishCentral Staff]]>
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        <![CDATA[Conan O'Brien recalled his time filming a cameo for TG4's "Ros na Rún" while chatting with his Irish guest Andrew Scott.]]>
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      <title>Cardinal Timothy Dolan appointed as Chaplain of the New York City St. Patrick’s Day Parade</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:51:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[IrishCentral Staff]]>
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        <![CDATA[During his tenure as Archbishop of New York, Cardinal Dolan was a "visible and enthusiastic participant" in the annual NYC St. Patrick's Day Parade.]]>
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      <title>The real Irish woman behind one of the most iconic images from Ireland's Famine</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:03:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Sheila Langan]]>
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        <![CDATA[The first-ever human interest interview was with a grieving Irish famine mother, Bridget O'Donnel.]]>
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      <title>Kneading Kin - My Nana's Irish soda bread recipe</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 23:17:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Alice Roche Cody]]>
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        <![CDATA[Alice Roche Cody shares her Nana's Irish soda bread recipe, which keeps her close to her roots, especially at St. Patrick's Day.]]>
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      <category>Other Writers</category>
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      <title>James Connolly and the fire of the Easter Rising</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Dermot McEvoy]]>
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        <![CDATA[The Edinburgh-born socialist and union leader became one of the defining figures of 1916 after helping command the Irish Citizen Army from the GPO.]]>
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      <title>Christy Brown and the remarkable life behind "My Left Foot"</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>
        <![CDATA[Trevor White]]>
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        <![CDATA[The Irish writer and artist used only the toes of his left foot to create paintings, poetry, novels and a memoir that made him internationally known.]]>
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      <title> James Joyce's “Ulysses”: What food did Leopold Bloom eat? </title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 09:17:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Michael Dorgan ]]>
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        <![CDATA[James Joyce's epic novel frequently references food but what might Leopold Bloom have eaten while traveling through Dublin in Ulysses today?]]>
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      <title>Inspiring emigrant letters home to Ireland from America in the Famine era</title>
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      <pubDate>Fri, 05 Jun 2026 06:50:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Matt Keough]]>
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        <![CDATA[Sense of loss of family acute in the letters of Irish emigrants, but there was hope, too, in the New World.]]>
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      <title>Ireland's "forgotten" hunger striker, Joe Murphy, honored 106 years on in US</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:01:42 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[IrishCentral Staff]]>
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        <![CDATA[More than a century after his death on hunger strike during Ireland’s War of Independence, the Cork republican has been honored in his Massachusetts birthplace of Lynn.]]>
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      <title>Wolfe Tones star Brian Warfield sells home in a bid to fund "passion project"</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:57:59 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Sandra Mallon]]>
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        <![CDATA[The Wolfe Tones singer Brian Warfield has revealed he was forced to sell his holiday home in a bid to finance his new musical.]]>
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      <title>Animal rescue charity issues major appeal after horse stolen from premises</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:41:43 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Chloe O'Keeffe]]>
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        <![CDATA[A Kildare charity is working towards a trip to the United Kingdom following the theft of a rescued horse from their premises.]]>
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      <title>LISTEN: "Irish Stew Podcast" welcomes Kwame Daniels ahead of North Star’s New York debut</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:58:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[IrishCentral Staff]]>
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        <![CDATA[The immersive production, inspired by Frederick Douglass’s radical welcome in Belfast, opens at the Irish Arts Center on June 3.]]>
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      <title>Ireland celebrated in TripAdvisor’s 2026 Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best Awards</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:34:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[IrishCentral Staff]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Ireland has been honored in TripAdvisor’s newly announced Travelers’ Choice Best of the Best Awards 2026, with three Dublin attractions recognized among Europe’s top experiences and attractions. ]]>
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      <title>Interesting facts about James Joyce, the Irish literary giant</title>
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      <pubDate>Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Bryan Fitzgerald]]>
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        <![CDATA[From "Ulysses" to "Dubliners", Joyce’s life, work and restless creativity left a lasting mark on modern literature.]]>
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      <title>Hugh Carr explores Ireland's vibrant festivals in new TG4 series "Croí na Féile"</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:33:03 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[IrishCentral Staff]]>
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        <![CDATA["Croí na Féile" is a brand-new six-part series for TG4 presented by TikTok star and 2FM presenter Hugh Carr.]]>
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      <title>When Marilyn Monroe sang “Happy Birthday Mr. President” to John F Kennedy</title>
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        <![CDATA[Marilyn Monroe's "Happy Birthday Mr. President" set the rumor mill on fire about an affair with President John F. Kennedy. ]]>
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      <title>How the keening tradition died out at Irish funerals</title>
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        <![CDATA[Up until the middle of the last century, keeners could often be heard at an Irish wake, wailing over a dead body. ]]>
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      <title>Recipes inspired by James Joyce's Dublin for Bloomsday</title>
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        <![CDATA[Edythe Preet]]>
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        <![CDATA[Throughout "Ulysses," food symbolizes sex, and its rituals are interwoven with culture, customs and values.]]>
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      <title>WATCH: Co. Clare town releases hilarious video to attract visitors</title>
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        <![CDATA[IrishCentral Staff]]>
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        <![CDATA[Miltown Malbay's humorous campaign showcases the best of West Clare... by begging tourists not to visit!]]>
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      <title>Muhammad Ali’s Irish roots and the Clare connection behind the boxing legend</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 07:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Niall O'Dowd]]>
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        <![CDATA[The heavyweight icon’s family story traces back to County Clare through Abe Grady, an Irish immigrant whose descendants became part of Ali’s remarkable legacy.]]>
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      <title>Boxer dies swimming for his life across Liffey to escape knife attackers</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:11:43 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Garreth MacNamee]]>
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        <![CDATA[A talented boxer who died after trying to escape a knife attack by swimming across part of the River Liffey in Dublin has been named as Thomas Griffin.]]>
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      <title>O’Sullivans in West Cork break Guinness World Record with huge clan gathering</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 07:38:09 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[IrishCentral Staff]]>
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        <![CDATA[The June Bank Holiday reunion in Castletownbere drew O’Sullivans from around the world and set a new Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of people sharing the same surname.]]>
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      <title>Extreme rain, droughts and misery… here comes El Niño</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:56:24 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Helen Bruce]]>
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        <![CDATA[The world must prepare for the imminent return of El Niño and the supercharged weather extremes it brings, the UN has warned.]]>
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      <title>Victim of alleged Grafton Street murder named</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:33:54 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[John Murphy]]>
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        <![CDATA[The first picture has emerged of Qayyum Balogun, the 21-year-old who died after being stabbed in Dublin city centre in the early hours of Bank Holiday Monday.]]>
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      <title>Summer in the US on J1 visa the setting for new book by authors of smash Aisling series</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:01:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[IrishCentral Staff]]>
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        <![CDATA[A summer in America, a fresh start, and plenty of mishaps fuel the latest novel from the creators of Ireland’s beloved Aisling series.]]>
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      <title>Taste of Dublin returns as one of the summer’s standout corporate social experiences</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:15:48 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Sarah Jayne Tobin]]>
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        <![CDATA[In a business landscape increasingly focused on connection, culture and meaningful experiences, corporate entertaining has evolved far beyond boardrooms and formal dinners.]]>
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      <title>"North Star" brings Frederick Douglass’s Belfast legacy to New York</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:18:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[IrishCentral Staff]]>
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        <![CDATA[The Irish Arts Center and Solab’s North American premiere blends live music, spoken word and student voices into an immersive response to Frederick Douglass’s 1845 visit to Belfast.]]>
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      <title>All about the Irish surname O'Hara</title>
      <link>https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/genealogy/ohara-irish-surname-history</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>
        <![CDATA[Shauna O’Halloran]]>
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        <![CDATA[Members of the O'Hara clan include archbishops, writers, and movie stars. Do you have O'Haras in your life? Here's their history.]]>
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      <title>Paparazzi hounded James Joyce after his late marriage to Nora Barnacle</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>
        <![CDATA[Sheila Langan]]>
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        <![CDATA[James Joyce once revealed in a letter how the press waited at his doorstep and tried to blackmail him in the wake of his 1931 marriage.]]>
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      <title>What does "amadán" mean?</title>
      <link>https://www.irishcentral.com/roots/what-does-amadan-mean</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:52:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>
        <![CDATA[Ireland of the Welcomes]]>
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        <![CDATA[You might be called an "amadán" if you're acting like a fool!]]>
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      <title>The top five tourist attractions in County Meath</title>
      <link>https://www.irishcentral.com/travel/travel-tips/county-meath-tourist-attractions</link>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:35:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>
        <![CDATA[Frances Mulraney]]>
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        <![CDATA[What awaits you in County Meath, the Royal County? Links to ancient Ireland, rides for thrill-seekers, and fabulous natural beauty.]]>
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      <title>How this North American couple discovered their ancestors on their Irish honeymoon</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:46:00 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[In partnership with:]]>
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        <![CDATA[David and Skylar Anderson turned a honeymoon in Ireland into a chance to embark on an unforgettable journey to trace their Irish ancestry. Here's how EPIC Irish Emigration Museum can help you do the same. 
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      <title>How James Joyce came to be revered in Trieste, Italy</title>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 03 Jun 2026 08:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
      <dc:creator>
        <![CDATA[Rosaleen Crotty]]>
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        <![CDATA[Following a visit to Trieste, Italy, IrishCentral contributor Rosaleen Crotty shares her newfound knowledge of the city's connections to the life and work of James Joyce.]]>
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      <title>Dublin stabbing victim "chased through the streets" before fatal assault</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 07:08:19 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Colum Motherway]]>
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        <![CDATA[ The 21-year-old man who was killed in Dublin city center on Monday morning was reportedly chased through the streets before being stabbed multiple times.]]>
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      <title>Skin cancer patients could soon benefit from revolutionary risk-slashing vaccine</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:56:55 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Helen Bruce]]>
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        <![CDATA[ Patients with deadly skin cancer could soon benefit from a revolutionary vaccine that has been shown to slash the risk of their disease returning by almost half.]]>
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      <title>330sqm Laois pub comes to the market with tempting asking price</title>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 02 Jun 2026 06:46:55 -0400</pubDate>
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        <![CDATA[Cormac Cahill]]>
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        <![CDATA[A long-established licensed premises in Co Laois has been brought to market with an asking price of €350,000, offering what agents describe as a turnkey opportunity for publicans, restaurateurs and hospitality investors seeking a foothold in the Midlands.]]>
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      <title>"Euphoria" fans lash out over beautiful but 'terrible' Angus Cloud tribute</title>
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        <![CDATA[Claire Hyland]]>
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        <![CDATA[*** SPOILERS AHEAD *** "Euphoria" fans are not happy with the show's tribute to the late Angus Cloud in the finale episode.]]>
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      <title>RTÉ Concert Orchestra to celebrate the life of Marilyn Monroe</title>
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        <![CDATA[Sinead Dalton]]>
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        <![CDATA[On June 4, the RTÉ Orchestra, along with acclaimed vocalist Katie Birtill, will showcase some of the actress's biggest hits from her most beloved movies.]]>
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