Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
The last word: what would you say with your dying breath?
Weblog: Final Words Projects gathers words of the dying, and finds particular patterns
The Irish-American who invented the modern tattoo machine
Samuel O’Reilly’s invention made him famous and revolutionised the tattoo industry
Rumours of GE’s demise may have been exaggerated
GE remains a US giant despite exit from Dow Jones Industrial Average
Why vinyl refuses to die
The inaugural Vinyl festival, which takes place over the May bank holiday weekend, is a boutique event celebrating the golden age of stylus and disc
A shortcut to immortality: kill the president
With Steven Sondheim’s ‘Assassins’ opening at the Gate, what drives the perpetrators. from Booth to Oswald to Hinckley?
In a word . . . work
Then there were those secular Freudian sanctifications of work as sublimated lust
Dundalk boxer whose admirable career was lit by fight fan Edison
The Dundalk boxer makes for a stunning chapter in Thomas Myler’s new book
Who will scavenge the flotsam from the Weinstein wreck?
Streaming services are eyeing the disgraced Weinstein Company’s valuable back catalogue
The Irish orator who taught Winston Churchill how to win a crowd
Irish connections: William Bourke Cockran represented the US all over the world but is barely remembered in his home county of Sligo
Galway Races: Pyromaniac can remain centre stage in feature
Tony Martin runner takes controversial path to festival feature after High Court ruling
Noel Meade hopeful Road To Riches can repeat Galway Plate success
Meath trainer believes top chaser has fully recovered form “horrendous” fall in April’s Punchestown Gold Cup
Santa Claus is real, and he’s as German as Christmas itself
How many of season’s traditions took root in dear old Deutschland? Yule be surprised!
Willie Mullins weighs up weekend options for Arctic Fire
Favourite for Hatton’s Grace Hurdle could yet run in Newcastle Fighting Fifth Hurdle
Air Force Blue and Emotionless to clash at Newmarket
Godolphin’s Emtionless a marginal favourite for the Dubai Dewhurst Stakes on Saturday
Sovereign Debt can help Fallon return to winning ways
Legendary jockey returns to Tipperary looking for first Irish win in four years
Golden Horn to be added to Prix de l’Arc line-up
Derby winner will bid to deny Treve an unprecedented treble in Longchamp feature
Cantillon: beware the myth of the mighty tech men
Book details how technologies that make the iPhone so ‘smart’ can be traced back to investment by the US government
A student speaks: When it comes to college, you get back what you put in
First years should take advantage of all college opportunities, academic and social
Quick Jack ensures successive Galway Hurdles for Tony Martin
Outcome a sweet one for jockey Denis O’Regan who won Plate on Ansar a decade ago
Tony Martin targets Galway Hurdle with Thomas Edison and Quick Jack
Shrewd trainer’s Galway fortunes have improved dramatically in recent years
Hurricane Fly can justify his rating at Cheltenham
Handicapper believes top rated hurdler has the form to topple reigning champion Jezki
Physics Nobel Prize awarded to inventors of blue LED
Award for creation of energy efficient light source won by American and Japanese trio
Gordon Lord Byron set to take chance in Prix de la Foret
Pattern performer and previous winner to make third appearance in Group One renewal
Thomas Edison the leading light in Galway Hurdle
Owner JP McManus enjoys long-awaited first success in Galway Hurdle with hot favourite at Ballybrit
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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