Tag: Irish
Tech giants: the end of the Irish exception
In Dublin, the winter was cool on the banks of the Liffey. Dockworkers shivered at the first quarterly results of the major American tech multinationals, where the majority of their…
The paradoxical decline of the Irish language
My friends will confirm it to you by rolling their eyes: I regularly go to the net to defend minority languages. And from time to time, my interlocutor tries a…
St. Patrick’s Day: 7 things to know about this Irish holiday
In Ireland, Saint Patrick’s Day is celebrated on March 17. During this religious holiday that has become a national holiday, the Irish dress in green and pay homage to the…
St. Patrick’s Day: what are we celebrating on this Irish holiday on March 17?
Why do we wear a shamrock and see Leprechauns everywhere on St. Patrick’s Day? What are the origins, traditions and history of Saint Patrick’s Day which takes place every year…
EU and Britain come to an agreement: Northern Ireland’s new trade agreement dissolves the customs border in the Irish Sea
Britain and the European Union have agreed on changes to the so-called Northern Ireland Protocol. The Democratic Unionist Party of Northern Ireland has not commented on the new agreement. 16:45•Updated…
Irish Rovers stopping in Sarnia for March 3 performance
News Local News The Irish Rovers will perform in Sarnia March 3, Chatham March 4 and London 8. (Handout/Postmedia Network) jpg, SW After the band’s 2020 tour was cut short…
“Cabaret of exile”: Bartabas in the world of Irish travelers
Travellers, these nomadic Irish people who traveled in horse-drawn caravans, could only seduce the creator of Zingaro: an equestrian theater. In this second part of Cabaret de l’exil, Bartabas takes…
Brexit: Irish fishermen demand new fishing quotas
Three years after Brexit, Irish fishermen stick out their tongues. Very limited by increasingly restrictive fishing quotas, the Irish say they are sacrificed in the face of English fishermen who…
Suffering from prostate cancer, he begins to speak with an Irish accent
News Published on 02/09/2023 at 4:39 p.m. Updated 02/09/2023 at 4:39 p.m. Reading 1 min. A 50-year-old man with prostate cancer suddenly developed an Irish accent. This extremely rare foreign…
Primark: the magic formula behind the insolent success of the Irish brand
At the beginning of January, the Christmas buying fever has died down and the sales have not yet started. In the shops of the gigantic Créteil-Soleil shopping center, consumers are…