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RIP.ie is a death notices website in Ireland, launched in 2005. [1] As of 2021, the website received approximately 250,000 visits per day and more than 50 million pages were viewed each month. Accounts for 2019 showed net assets of over €1 million. [2] Since 2024 it has been owned by The Irish Times Group.
Ann Rose Lovett (6 April 1968 – 31 January 1984) [3] was a 15-year-old schoolgirl from Granard, County Longford, [4] Ireland, who died giving birth beside a grotto on 31 January 1984. [5] Her baby son died at the same time and the story of her death played a huge part in a seminal national debate on women giving birth outside marriage.
"Today" returned for a second season in September 2013 & is now hosted solely by Maura Derrane and Dáithí Ó Sé from Monday – Friday from RTÉ Cork Studios. In September 2020, it was announced that Sinead Kennedy had joined the show to co-host with Daithi on Monday and Tuesdays in order for Maura to spend more time with her family [3]
Gerard Cott (30 April 1940 – 1 July 2023) was an Irish Fine Gael politician and secondary teacher. He was elected to Dáil Éireann for the Cork North-East constituency at the 1969 general election. [1]
From then until the November 2009 flood damage of the Bandon studio, the only remaining regular programmes specifically for the West Cork region were the "Saturday Sports Preview" on Saturday mornings, and Tim Coughlan's 'Irish Sunday' show on Sundays from 10 am until 2 pm. Occasionally there has been also separate GAA sports coverage on C103 ...
2 May – The Irish Times Group announced that it had acquired the death notice website, RIP.ie. The website was launched in 2005 and received 60 million page views per month when sold. [45] 6 May – Gardaí launched an investigation after a man was shot dead in the Drimnagh area of Dublin shortly after midnight. [46]
At least 23 serving Gardaí have been killed by individuals or groups associated with the Republican paramilitary groups, [3] this being the most common cause of death apart from accidents. The most recent death was that of Detective Garda Colm Horkan , who was killed in June 2020, becoming the 89th member of the force to die on duty.
In August 1940, a memorial was unveiled on the tomb of Lynch in Dunbulloge Cemetery in Carrignavar, County Cork, consisting of a limestone Celtic cross and pedestal. [15] The pedestal is engraved with a quote from the American orator, William Jennings Bryan : "The humblest citizen of all the land, when clad in the armour of a righteous cause is ...