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Caitríona Perry
Caitríona Perry (born 15 October 1980) is an Irish journalist who works for BBC News as a chief presenter based in Washington, D.C. She formerly worked for RTÉ, Ireland's national radio and television station, where she presented the '' Six One News'' from January 2018 to May 2023 and was the RTÉ News Washington correspondent from February 2013 to December 2017. Career Perry has a bachelor's degree in journalism from Dublin City University, and a master's degree in international relations. She joined RTÉ News in 2007 after working at Newstalk and Today FM. She became RTÉ's Washington correspondent in 2013, where she covered stories such as the US presidential election in 2016, the first inauguration of Donald Trump and the Berkeley balcony collapse. She subsequently wrote a book about her experience of the election entitled ''In America: Tales from Trump Country''. Perry herself became the subject of news stories in June 2017 after an encounter at the White House with Pre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rathmines
Rathmines (; ) is an inner suburb on the Southside (Dublin), Southside of Dublin in Ireland. It begins at the southern side of the Grand Canal of Ireland, Grand Canal and stretches along the Rathmines Road as far as Rathgar to the south, Ranelagh to the east, and Harold's Cross to the west. It is situated in the city's List of Dublin postal districts, D06 postal district. Rathmines is a commercial and social hub and was well known across Ireland as "Flatland"—an area where subdivided large Georgian and Victorian houses provided rented accommodation to newly arrived junior civil servants and third-level students from outside the city from the 1930s. However, in more recent times, Rathmines has diversified its housing stock and many historic houses formerly divided into often tiny flats and bedsits have in a process of gentrifying been re-amalgamated into single-family homes. Rathmines gained a reputation as a "Dublin Belgravia" in the 19th Century. Name Rathmines is an Anglici ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Today FM
Today FM is an Irish commercial FM radio station, owned and operated by Bauer Media Audio Ireland Limited. Broadcasting since 17 March 1997, it broadcasts mostly music, with a daily news and current affairs programme. Today FM holds a licence from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland as far as the year 2027. The station recorded pretax profits of €7.4 million on a turnover of €19.4 million in early 2009, more than twice what it was two years previously. Today FM broadcasts from studios in Marconi House, Digges Lane, Dublin 2. On 1 June 2021 Bauer Media Audio announced the completion of its acquisition of Communicorp Group in Ireland, including Today FM. History The first independent national radio franchise holder in Ireland was 100-102 Century Radio, which launched in 1989 and closed down abruptly in November 1991 amid heavy financial losses. The Independent Radio and Television Commission did not re-advertise the contract until 1996. Radio Ireland Limited, origin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knocklyon
Knocklyon () is a suburb of the city of Dublin, located in South Dublin, Ireland. Unlike many Dublin suburbs, Knocklyon was not developed around a village; rather it largely consists of modern housing, with a number of old cottages and farmhouses along Knocklyon Road attesting to the area's rural past. Etymology The area has been known historically in 14th-century scrolls as ''Cnoclín'', literally 'flax mountain'. Until recently, roadsigns in Knocklyon had an incorrect "reverse anglicised" translation, giving ''Lyon's hill'' or ''Cnoc Liamhna'', so for example, the Irish-language wording on signs for Knocklyon Road showed ''Bóthar Chnoc Liamhna''. The local authority have updated their translation based on recommendations from the Irish Placenames Commission. Location and housing estates Knocklyon is located among the southwestern suburbs of the city of Dublin, in the foothills of the Dublin Mountains and immediately south of the line of the River Dodder. It is bordered ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Presidential Trips Made By Joe Biden (2023)
This is a list of presidential trips made by Joe Biden during 2023, the third year of Presidency of Joe Biden, his presidency as the 46th president of the United States. This list excludes trips made within Washington, D.C., the U.S. federal capital in which the White House, the official residence and principal workplace of the president, is located. Also excluded are trips to Camp David, the country residence of the president, as well as Joint Base Andrews. List of international presidential trips made by Joe Biden, International trips are included. The number of visits per state or territory where he traveled are: * One: Alabama, Connecticut, Hawaii, Kentucky, Michigan, Mississippi, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas and Utah * Two: Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Maine, Massachusetts, Minnesota, North Carolina and the U.S. Virgin Islands * Three: Alaska and Wisconsin * Four: Nevada * Five: New York * Seven: Virginia * Eight: California * Eleven: Maryland a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic In The Republic Of Ireland
The COVID-19 pandemic in the Republic of Ireland is a part of the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In Ireland, it has resulted in 1,753,206 cases and 9,792 deaths, as of 1 February 2025. (Total of 9,366 deaths on page 2 of the report for Week 45, 2023) 89.4% of those who died were aged 65 or over and 76% had underlying illnesses with a median age of death at 82 years old. During 2020 and 2021, the country had one of the world's lowest excess death rates, which is an overall indicator of the pandemic's impact, at an estimated 12.5 deaths per 100,000 population. The virus first reached the country in late February 2020 and cases were soon confirmed in all counties. The government first introduced public health and economic measures to mitigate its impact by shutting schools, childcare facilities and cultural institutions in March 2020. Large gatherings were cancelled, including St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Visit By Pope Francis To Ireland
Pope Francis visited Ireland on 25 and 26 August 2018, as part of the World Meeting of Families 2018. It was the first visit by a reigning pontiff to the country since 1979 (though Francis had spent time studying English in Dublin in 1980, as Fr Jorge Bergoglio). Preparations Speculation that Pope Francis would visit Ireland began immediately upon the announcement on 27 September 2015 that the World Meeting of Families 2018 would be held in Dublin. Pope Francis confirmed he would be visiting Ireland on 21 March 2018, at the weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square. Roman Catholic Primate of All Ireland Archbishop Eamon Martin and Archbishop of Dublin Diarmuid Martin announced the visit's schedule in Maynooth on the morning of 11 June 2018. The Government of Ireland also launched an official website for the papal visit on that date. Itinerary Day 1: 25 August, Saturday Pope Francis was greeted by Tánaiste and Foreign Affairs and Trade Minister Simon Coveney and his f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inauguration Of Joe Biden
The inauguration of Joe Biden as the 46th president of the United States took place on Wednesday, January 20, 2021, on the West Front of the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. It was the 59th inauguration and marked the commencement of Joe Biden's term as president and Kamala Harris' term as vice president. Biden took the presidential oath of office, before which Harris took the vice presidential oath of office. The inauguration took place amidst extraordinary political, public health, economic, and national security crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic; outgoing President Donald Trump's attempts to overturn the 2020 United States presidential election, which provoked an attack on the United States Capitol on January 6; Trump's second impeachment; and a threat of widespread civil unrest, which stimulated a nationwide law enforcement response. Festivities were sharply curtailed by efforts to prevent the spread of COVID-19 and mitigate the potential for viol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 United States Presidential Election
United States presidential election, Presidential elections were held in the United States on November 3, 2020. The Democratic Party (United States), Democratic ticket of former vice president Joe Biden and California junior senator Kamala Harris defeated the incumbent Republican Party (United States), Republican president Donald Trump and vice president Mike Pence. The election saw the highest Voter turnout in United States presidential elections, voter turnout by percentage 1900 United States presidential election, since 1900. Biden received more than 81 million votes, the List of United States presidential candidates by number of votes received, most votes ever cast for a presidential candidate in U.S. history. In a competitive primary that featured the most candidates for any political party in the Sixth Party System, modern era of American politics, Biden secured the 2020 Democratic Party presidential primaries, Democratic presidential nomination. Biden's running ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Keelin Shanley
Caoilfhionn Shanley-Ferguson (24 August 1968 – 8 February 2020), also known as Keelin Shanley, was a journalist, newsreader and presenter with RTÉ, Ireland's national radio and television station, where she had presented the '' Six One News'', alongside Caitríona Perry from January 2018 until her death in February 2020. Early life The daughter of Derry Shanley and his wife Orna, Keelin Shanley grew up in Monkstown with her siblings. She studied biochemistry at Trinity College Dublin. Career Shanley worked as a reporter and presenter with RTÉ's flagship current affairs television programme, ''Prime Time'' for over 10 years, Shanley made a number of award-winning documentaries. Shanley presented special budget and election coverage, '' Crimecall'', ''Morning Edition'', ''The Consumer Show'' and documentary ''Hacked'' on RTÉ One, as well as ''Morning Ireland'', ''Today with Seán O'Rourke'' and ''The Late Debate'' on RTÉ Radio 1. She also worked as a news reporter for Ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Varadkar
Leo Eric Varadkar ( ; born 18 January 1979) is an Irish former Fine Gael politician who served as Taoiseach from 2017 to 2020 and from 2022 to 2024, as Tánaiste from 2020 to 2022, and as leader of Fine Gael from 2017 to 2024. A Teachta Dála, TD for the Dublin West (Dáil constituency), Dublin West constituency from 2007 to 2024, he held a range of other ministerial positions during his time in government. Described as Centre-right politics, centre-right economically, he advocated free markets, lower taxes, and welfare reform. On social issues, he supported successful constitutional referendums to Thirty-fourth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, legalise same-sex marriage and to Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, liberalise Ireland's abortion laws. Born in Dublin, Varadkar is Multiracial people, multiracial, with a father from Mumbai, India, and a mother from Dungarvan, County Waterford. He studied medicine at Trinity College Dublin and worked as a n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donald Trump
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he served as the 45th president from 2017 to 2021. Born into a wealthy family in the New York City borough of Queens, Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a bachelor's degree in economics. He became the president of his family's real estate business in 1971, renamed it the Trump Organization, and began acquiring and building skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. He launched side ventures, many licensing the Trump name, and filed for six business bankruptcies in the 1990s and 2000s. From 2004 to 2015, he hosted the reality television show ''The Apprentice (American TV series), The Apprentice'', bolstering his fame as a billionaire. Presenting himself as a political outsider, Trump won the 2016 United States presidential e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White House
The White House is the official residence and workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest (Washington, D.C.), NW in Washington, D.C., it has served as the residence of every U.S. president since John Adams in 1800 when the national capital was moved from Philadelphia. "The White House" is also used as a metonymy, metonym to refer to the Executive Office of the President of the United States. The residence was designed by Irish-born architect James Hoban in the Neoclassical architecture, Neoclassical style. Hoban modeled the building on Leinster House in Dublin, a building which today houses the Oireachtas, the Irish legislature. Constructed between 1792 and 1800, its exterior walls are Aquia Creek sandstone painted white. When Thomas Jefferson moved into the house in 1801, he and architect Benjamin Henry Latrobe added low colonnades on each wing to conceal what then were stables and storage. In 1814, during the War of 1812, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
