Friday 7 May, 2021
Six books are on this year’s shortlist. Previous winners include Anna Burns for Milkman, and Mike McCormack for Solar Bones.
David Walsh’s The Russian Affair is among the contenders for the big prize.
Winners are prevented from travelling to the National Lottery headquarters in Dublin due to lockdown measures.
The Great Romantic, a biography of legendary sports writer Neville Cardus, scooped this year’s prize.
The Argentine superstar has won the prize for a record sixth time.
The €175.4 million Euromillions jackpot is the biggest winning prize in the history of the Irish National Lottery.
“Rummage in your handbags, wallets or purses, check on top of the fridge, the glove compartments of the car, coat pockets, wherever you keep your tickets.”
The award was launched on 7 April 1995 and is now in its 23rd year.
The park, located in the heart of the Liberties, was opened in September last year.
Jonathan Eig’s book on Muhammad Ali is among this year’s stellar connection.
Which is your favourite?
The ticket was bought in Dunmore.
The delighted man, who is staying anonymous, was joined in Lotto HQ today as he collected his prize.
The winning ticket was bought at a shop in Sligo on 5 March.
You still have a chance to enter.
Rita Shaw from Florida is on holiday to Ireland with her husband.
The LED has helped in the fight against global warming and also helps people in poverty.
The Liverpool boss picked up the top prize at the LMA’s annual dinner in London last night.
The winner will get to have their work exhibited at the National Gallery.
The total amount of win bonuses and allowances for the 32-day competition is $2.6 million.
The Lions and Wales fullback has been recognised for his excellent form over the last year.
The family wanted to keep their names private, but bought their ticket in an Athy shop.
Discoveries by three researchers have unlocked insights into diseases ranging from diabetes to immune-system disorders
Includes a mention of the Office of Public Erections.
Other nominees include Michel Houellebecq, Haruki Murakami and Andrew Miller.
The state broadcaster has released a full, uninterrupted version of the Olympian’s acceptance speech after she captured the sportsperson of the year prize.
If you bought a £2 EuroMillions lotto ticket in Herfortshire, East England in June you have until 11pm tomorrow to claim your €79 million prize.
Well you can – if you enter a competition run by a number of European bodies (and you’re aged between 8 and 24).
Hilary Mantel won the Booker Prize for her book Bring Up the Bodies, beating off competition from Will Self.
“I was walking with my wife [and] when I saw the Swedish area code, I realised,” said one of this year’s winners.
The shortlist contains more new writers and debut novels than in previous years. Have you read any of them?
UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School awards have €1,000 prize for each winner in six categories.
Social Entrepreneurs Ireland (SEI) says it continues to help people with big ideas to change Ireland.
The second RAAP/RTE Breakthrough Bursary for emerging musicians will see €24,500 in prize money and guaranteed radio air play on RTE stations for the winners.
The Blues are looking for a young fan to run out with the team in Bordeaux before their knock-out clash.
How bad can sex writing be? Pretty bad, judging by this year’s entries to the Bad Sex in Fiction Award.
Three scientists, including Bruce Beutler, pictured, have been named as the winners of the Nobel prize for medicine following their research into the immune system.
Twenty-five-year-old Serbian-American Téa Obreht beat off competition from the favourite, Irish writer Emma Donoghue.
