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Remains of disgraced priest Bishop Eamonn Casey removed from Galway Cathedral

July 20, 2025 by

THE REMAINS of disgraced priest Bishop Eamonn Casey have been removed from Galway Cathedral and given to his family. Bishop Casey, who was interred in the cathedral's crypt following his death in 2017, had served as Bishop of Galway and Kilmacduagh from 1976 until 1992. His episcopacy ended after he admitted having an affair that produced a son and subsequently using church … [Read more...] about Remains of disgraced priest Bishop Eamonn Casey removed from Galway Cathedral

Nearly a third of Irish companies have paid a cyber ransom, a new report shows

July 19, 2025 by

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Sun shines on Galway Association Golf Society’s annual Captain’s Day

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US ambassador to Israel tells Ireland to ‘sober up’

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EIRCODE: Ireland celebrates 10 years of successful post code system

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May 5, 1867

Nellie Bly, American journalist, was born Elizabeth Jane Cochran to Irish immigrants in Pennsylvania. Born in Cochran Mill’s, an area named for her father Michael who began as a mill laborer and ended up owning the mill. Bly once faked insanity to expose inhumane practices in the Women’s Lunatic Asylum on Blackwell’s Island. In doing so she spawned a new form of “investigative” journalism. It was custom at the time for female writers to use pen names and Cochran’s first editor suggested Nelly Bly from the Stephen Foster song. At age 25, she took a trip around the world in 72 days, beating Phileas Fogg, the fictional hero of Jules Verne’s Around the World in Eighty Days. She also was the first female war reporter in WWI.

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