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Breathtaking beauty of Chartres Cathedral nourishes the soul

Breathtaking beauty of Chartres Cathedral nourishes the soul

Bikers following Carl Clancy’s 1912 route nourish their bodies with lunch at La Toque Blanche in Marboué

Fri Apr 05 2013 - 19:30
The other side of the Motorcyle Adventurer

The other side of the Motorcyle Adventurer

Thanks to his films, we can follow in the trail of the pioneer Carl Clancy without a bike

Fri Apr 05 2013 - 16:50
Paris hotel where Joyce plotted career in journalism

Paris hotel where Joyce plotted career in journalism

Around-the-world bikers Carl Clancy and Walter Storey enjoyed a steam-heated room in the Corneille

Fri Apr 05 2013 - 05:00
Pioneering motorcyclists promptly set about sampling the many pleasures in City of Light

Pioneering motorcyclists promptly set about sampling the many pleasures in City of Light

Would that Carl Clancy could see Paris now, with its swarms of motorcycles

Thu Apr 04 2013 - 07:00
Retracing   a  journey made before placenames resonated with war

Retracing a journey made before placenames resonated with war

Signs of turmoil were there when Carl Clancy rode his motorbike through northern France 100 years ago

Wed Apr 03 2013 - 06:01
A modest Dutch biker in the mould of Clancy

A modest Dutch biker in the mould of Clancy

Life lessons from an intrepid biker’s African adventure

Tue Apr 02 2013 - 05:00
Fighting words on the banks of the Old Maas

Fighting words on the banks of the Old Maas

Following the route of 1912 motorbike trip taken by Carl Clancy and Walter Storey, we find out what happened to Het Witte Paard

Mon Apr 01 2013 - 05:07
Searching  for  the real Rembrandt in Amsterdam

Searching for the real Rembrandt in Amsterdam

Copies but no original greet bikers on the trail of Carl Stearns Clancy and Walter Randell Storey

Sat Mar 30 2013 - 06:00
Kicking back at London’s Ace Cafe and Royal Automobile Club

Kicking back at London’s Ace Cafe and Royal Automobile Club

If biker Carl Clancy were going around the world today instead of in 1912-1913, he’d drop in to the Ace. No question.

Fri Mar 29 2013 - 06:00
All’s well in Chester, where time stands still and English eccentrics thrive

All’s well in Chester, where time stands still and English eccentrics thrive

The beauty of the English countryside is almost unchanged from the time CS Clancy travelled through it

Thu Mar 28 2013 - 06:00
A quick stop in Gretna Green ends up with a wedding in a blacksmith’s forge

A quick stop in Gretna Green ends up with a wedding in a blacksmith’s forge

The Las Vegas of its day, this village on the Scottish border has become a tourist destination

Wed Mar 27 2013 - 06:00
Carl S Clancy centenary ride reaches Scotland

Carl S Clancy centenary ride reaches Scotland

Geoff Hill and Gary Walker set off on three- month motorbike trek around the world

Tue Mar 26 2013 - 06:04
Snow puts brakes on centenary round-the-world motorcycle ride

Snow puts brakes on centenary round-the-world motorcycle ride

The weather wasn’t kind to the original 1913 duo, Carl Stearns Clancy and Walter Randell Storey, either . . .

Mon Mar 25 2013 - 06:00

Heart Attack Grill icon dies - of heart attack

Las Vegas is mourning the passing of John Alleman (52), whose unpaid devotion to touting for customers for the city’s Heart Attack…

Thu Feb 14 2013 - 00:00
CIA nominee heckled at Senate hearing

CIA nominee heckled at Senate hearing

Q: Just what did John Brennan know about torture under Bush?

Sat Feb 09 2013 - 00:00

Flag protests show peace a work in progress - Robinson

Recent protests and violence in Belfast over the restricted flying of the union flag at Belfast City Hall underlined how much…

Fri Feb 01 2013 - 00:00

Weapons tests aimed at explaining how small rebel group sustained battle in 1916

On a damp, grey Offaly morning yesterday, Ray Holohan pushed the stock of a Mauser pistol into his shoulder, squinted through…

Thu Dec 20 2012 - 00:00

Hamas leadership distances itself from Gaza street executions

The Hamas leadership moved yesterday to distance itself from the public shooting of six men on a street Gaza by four masked gunmen…

Thu Nov 22 2012 - 00:00

Delgany garage closes after 50 years

ON AN appropriately damp and gloomy Halloween, a small light went out in the north Wicklow village of Delgany.

Thu Nov 01 2012 - 00:00

Following Ireland's motorcycle pioneer

THE MACHINE was utterly beautiful and the sound it made really hit you

Wed Oct 24 2012 - 01:00

An Irishman's Diary

‘HELLO!” BOOMS the voice

Mon Sept 10 2012 - 01:00

Most advanced chemical weapons stash in Middle East

SYRIA IS believed widely, certainly in the West, to have a large stockpile of chemical weapons, capable of being delivered to…

Wed Aug 22 2012 - 01:00

The signs are good but rain is driving along causeway route

ON THE WILD ATLANTIC WAY: IAN PAISLEY was fond of saying, in his pre-Belfast Agreement days, that he would never forsake the…

Sat Jun 23 2012 - 01:00

Fishermen's blues and high notes in the Killybegs rain

ON THE WILD ATLANTIC WAY: NOWHERE MORE than Donegal catches the full force of what the wild Atlantic can throw at Ireland’s …

Fri Jun 22 2012 - 01:00

Bringing a buzz back to former hive of activity

ON THE WILD ATLANTIC WAY : A group of women has created an activity and news hub to help revive the town of Louisburgh

Tue Jun 19 2012 - 01:00

'The Atlantic was an oily, glassy calm; the sky clear in many parts'

On a glorious day in a seafront car park, a biker brotherhood revved up for a delightful spin through Connemara

Mon Jun 18 2012 - 01:00

There's only one word to describe the Dingle panorama: Awesome

ON THE WILD ATLANTIC WAY : Off Slea Head, the Blasket Islands lie calm, sleeping as they always have on the edge of our world…

Sat Jun 16 2012 - 01:00

Sea spray and gales ensure the way to Caherdaniel is truly wild

ON THE WILD ATLANTIC WAY : The Allihies Copper Mine Museum shines under a steel-grey sky – and there is no reprieve from the…

Fri Jun 15 2012 - 01:00

Serbia keen to turn a page on violent history

AMID A sea of flags and election bunting, and bathed in blazing early summer sunshine, thousands of Serbian liberals gathered…

Mon Apr 30 2012 - 01:00

Greek party with neo-Nazi slant poised for seats in parliament

Much of the symbolism and political message of Golden Dawn puts the blame on migrants

Sat Apr 28 2012 - 01:00

Jihad? 'I didn't even know he prayed'

PROFILE: MOHAMED MERAH, the man branded a terrorist murderer yesterday by French president Nicholas Sarkozy as he remained holed…

Thu Mar 22 2012 - 00:00

Tributes to a popular and inspiring woman at ceremony of remembrance

Memories and tears flowed as friends and family gathered to remember Kate Fitzgerald

Mon Dec 05 2011 - 00:00

She radiated talent, energy, beauty. She took her own life at the age of 25

THE E-MAIL came from a previously unknown contributor. The address said it was from a Grace Ringwood

Sat Nov 26 2011 - 00:00

Irish activists hope for swelling of ranks

CHEERY ANTI-CAPITALIST protesters camped outside the Central Bank in Dublin will be hoping their numbers swell this weekend, …

Sat Oct 15 2011 - 01:00

UK lags behind in child-parent wellbeing, says Unicef

CHILDREN AND parents in two contrasting European countries, Sweden and Spain, have significantly higher levels of wellbeing than…

Thu Sept 15 2011 - 01:00

Conspiracy theories remain impervious to verifiable fact

AMERICAN SOFTWARE consultant David Rostcheck did much like everyone else on the morning of September 11th, 2001

Sat Sept 10 2011 - 01:00

An Irishman's Diary

THERE WERE six of us standing by the Mayo roadside, minding our own business, fascinating ourselves over our respective machines…

Tue Jul 05 2011 - 01:00

An Irishman's Diary

A SATURDAY before Christmas; destination Fitzwilliam Square and the continental market for mulled wine and trinkets

Thu Mar 17 2011 - 00:00

Burnaby' s Tunnel is full of light

An Edwardian home in Greystones that’s had a thoroughly modern makeover is for sale for €1.8 million

Thu Sept 23 2010 - 01:00

Blithe a house with family spirit

A light-filled ground floor is the heart of a refurbished Edwardian home in The Burnaby

Thu Mar 18 2010 - 00:00
Iceland's investigator fixes frosty gaze on banking elite

Iceland's investigator fixes frosty gaze on banking elite

ANALYSIS: Eva Joly’s tough approach to the banking inquiry has made her popular with the public

Thu Jan 21 2010 - 00:00
Iceland's investigator fixes frosty gaze on banking elite

Iceland's investigator fixes frosty gaze on banking elite

ANALYSIS: Eva Joly’s tough approach to the banking inquiry has made her popular with the public

Thu Jan 21 2010 - 00:00

Sober statistics bear out the fact that our attitude to alcohol is deeply unhealthy

OPINION: ‘MILAN HAS banned the consumption and sale of alcohol to young teenagers in an effort to curb binge drinking,” said…

Mon Jul 20 2009 - 01:00

Rage flares at impunity of banking and political crooks

OPINION: I KNOW a man named Seán who works in a builders’ providers firm in the west

Mon Jul 06 2009 - 01:00

Journalists are supposed to be against abuses

OPINION: THE BEST in Irish journalism was recognised last week in the National Media Awards 2009

Mon Jun 29 2009 - 01:00

Lisbon supporters must separate fact from fiction about EU

OPINION: No vote groups do not represent majority Irish view about EU

Mon Jun 22 2009 - 01:00

European vote symbolic of the fall of fascism

OPINION: THE BRITISH, the English in particular, have always well understood the threat of fascism in Europe

Mon Jun 08 2009 - 01:00

Scrutinising claims of a 'vicious' attack on Shell protester

A LETTER written to this newspaper posed an interesting question last week

Mon May 18 2009 - 01:00

Corruption in the process of planning

OPINION: IT IS now a little over four weeks to the local government elections on June 5th

Mon May 04 2009 - 01:00

A wonderful feeling of peace on the Camino

OPINION : Last week the President walked across Spain on the Camino de Santiago de Compostela

Mon Apr 20 2009 - 01:00
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