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 THE BIG QUESTION - How is the date of Easter determined, and why is it so early this year? Why does the date of Easter vary by more than a month? Because the ancient Egyptians and Hebrews used different calendars.
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'Useful idiots' more representative of journalism than Terry Lloyd FIVE years ago yesterday, the ITN reporter Terry Lloyd was shot dead by an American soldier a few miles outside Basra, Iraq's second-biggest city.
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Silencing any dissenting voice is just not sporting THE decision to ban Serbian gold medallist Milorad Cavic from swimming at the European Championships in Holland for wearing a 'protest' T-shirt is overboard, to
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Fine examples of balanced broadcasting from RTE THEY were two men of similar age who wanted to portray a very particular image of themselves as charitable benefactors concerned only with the welfare
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'It's a curious continuing factor in charitable giving, this urge to control the end result' THEY gave the little doodle in good faith, did Gaybo and Kathleen. It showed him on his motorbike and her with her harp.
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QUOTE, UNQUOTE I have no recall of sterling being in my hands, ever Grainne Carruth, who worked at Bertie Ahern's St Luke's office from 1987 to 1999,
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Free education comes at high price NOW that the smoke has cleared, and the chill global winds are blowing our way, how did we fare through the allegedly good times?
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Spitzer's high price for passion THIS country needs an Eliot Spitzer. We need a politician with his foibles, but we also need one with his attributes.
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 Grist to the Mills 'They've calledme a whore, a golddigger, a fantasist, a liar, ' Heather Mills once whined about the media.
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Is there anybody he wouldn't sacrifice for power? IS THERE nobody - weak or strong, politically influential or simply a friend, family member or lowly member of staff - who the taoiseach will
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Enough is enough. Ahern should go now IT IS time for Bertie Ahern to stand down as Taoiseach and leader of Fianna Fail.
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 Letters to the editor Profile of Prince Harry rehash of old untruth From Arran Dowling-Hussey SARAHMcInerney's slightly lazy portrait of Prince Harry (News, 9 March) restates the oft repeated
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Pride is a seductive master when it comes to divorce NO ONE has a washing machine in Albert Square, which is one of the reasons they all head to the launderette to cleanse their smalls
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Raise a glass to St Patrick, but let's leave the car at home TOMORROW the country will celebrate St Patrick's Day with the traditional drowning of the Shamrock and parades snaking the length and breadth of the island.
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'The whole concept of retirement is a con . . . a political stroke of historic proportions' ON CINEMA screens everywhere towards the end of this year, Dirty Harry will ride again.
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Stay awake for today's sermon HERE'S a tip for anyone with political aspirations attending church this Easter Sunday. Don't fall asleep in the sermon.
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Sam Power has no reason to be sorry IT IS hard not to feel for Samantha Power and her Icarus-like descent.
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Letters to the editor No grants gravy train in gaeltacht areas From Padraig O hAolain UDARAS na Gaeltachta welcomes rigorous analysis of its operations and use of taxpayers' funds
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Days Like These 'Almost any occupation is healthier than having none' Dublin Evening Mail 23 March 1918 FOLLOWING on a summer's day of warmth and sunshine, last evening was signalised by the appearance of a "glory"
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Oh, that there had been a Squeak from Greens on Tara YOU don't have to be an avid environmentalist to support Lisa Feeney, the 26-year-old psychology graduate who, at the time of writing, is somewhere under
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