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Irish company plans renewable energy megaproject for rural Nova Scotia

Irish renewable energy firm Simply Blue is gearing up for a multibillion-dollar project on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore that’s meant…

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Entertainment

Edna O’Brien, iconoclastic giant of Irish literature who penned The Country Girls, dead at 93

Edna O’Brien, Ireland’s literary pride and outlaw who scandalized her native land with her debut novel, The Country Girls, before gaining…

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Entertainment

Irish museum pulls Sinead O’Connor waxwork

An Irish museum will withdraw a waxwork of singer-songwriter Sinéad O’Connor just one day after installing it, following a backlash…

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Nova Scotia

Goldboro LNG plant proponent wants to sell permits to Irish ocean energy company

The Alberta-based energy company that abandoned plans to build a liquefied natural gas terminal on Nova Scotia’s Eastern Shore is…

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Canada

Toronto researchers help uncover Ontario First Nations’ donations to Irish Famine relief fund

Researchers say newly discovered archival records reveal an important connection between Ontario First Nations and Irish famine victims. The Irish…

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Lifestyle

Irish names you’re probably saying wrong and how to pronounce them

Do you know your Gearóid from your Gobnait? Your Fearghal from your Muirgheal? To the untrained eye, Irish names can…

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Lifestyle

Records could help many reconnect with Irish roots

For more than a century, many people of Irish descent have faced a daunting predicament when searching for details about…

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Entertainment

Irish singer and activist Sinéad O’Connor died of natural causes, says London coroner

Entertainment Irish singer and political activist Sinéad O’Connor died of natural causes, a coroner’s office in London, England, confirmed to CBC…

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Entertainment

Irish author Paul Lynch wins 2023 Booker Prize for dystopian novel Prophet Song

Irish author Paul Lynch has won the 2023 Booker Prize for his dystopian novel Prophet Song.  The £50,000 ($84,882 Cdn) prize…

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Sports

Move over, Ryan Reynolds: Canadian soccer whistleblower now co-owner, CEO of Irish football club

It’s a real-life story with shades of Ted Lasso and a plot line torn straight from Welcome to Wrexham, minus…

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