Stories from Cork's Spike Island

Spike Island won Europe’s Leading Tourist Attraction at the World Travel Awards in September. Other contenders included the Acropolis and the Eiffel Tower. We take a tour of the island, and find out about the life of convict on Spike.

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Brazilians in Ireland

Brazilians, Julio Cesar, Hugo Paes Gomez de Souza, Albert Oliveria and Tatiane Esporte, Paula Castro and Thais Gimenes Tambalo talk about living in Ireland.


Nepal rescue

Rescuers have pulled a survivor out alive from a tunnel, nine days after an ice, rock and mud slide swept through a valley in Nepal. Video: Nepali Army


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