While all of them confront the sectarian murders of Northern Ireland, Mahon does so less openly than Heaney, partly due to a more independent ethic and an innate urgency to break free from the provincialism of Ulster. Critics like Seamus Deane and Jerzy Jarniewicz argue that commitment is a...
retrospect from the end-point of the snow-bound winter of 2009, when Dublin has ground to a halt and the streets are empty and blanketed, as if in a faint tribute to the end of Joyce's great story of love, loss, family and nation, "The Dead": "snow was general all over Ireland...
Snowfalls and snow in general are a weird and unique phenomenon in the region, but they have happened before, and they keep on happening now a days, with sporadic snow falls occurring during the coldest months. However, it is always nice to remember that Oceania, specially Australia, is ver...
‘American men are a lot more self-centred. In Ireland they’re a lot easier to talk to. They’re very flirtatious’ Leona Maguire: ‘I worked harder this year than any other year, it just didn’t show in the results’ ‘My son was found by a psyc...
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For years, unreliable snowfall has threatened to close these resorts, though, having had three consecutive bumper seasons, there is now less pressure on the Scottish ski industry, which, not so long ago, was threatened with going out of existence. Long-term weather forecasts for the British ...
Met Éireann has admitted it was taken by surprise when Ireland woke to heavy falls of snow in places on Friday morning. Many parts of the north of the country faced travel disruption with a number of school closures. The problems were most acute in the...
Some parts of the isles see little, if any, snow from year to year. The most snow-prone are the Pennines, the Scottish Highlands, the Welsh Hills and the mountains of Northern Ireland. The Scottish Highlands boasts the isles’ highest peaks and also their only winter ski resorts. For year...
Some parts of the isles see little, if any, snow from year to year. The most snow-prone are the Pennines, the Scottish Highlands, the Welsh Hills and the mountains of Northern Ireland. The Scottish Highlands boasts the isles’ highest peaks and also their only winter ski resorts. For year...
The Met Eireann has issued a yellow fog warning for large parts of the Republic of Ireland. Image:The new warnings in place for Thursday. Pic: Met Office Image:Warnings for snow and ice have been extended to Friday The Met Office added: "Spells of snow may develo...