Ben Haugh

Editor of Review & Deputy Opinion Editor - Irish Independent

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Dublin and Cork account for about 40% of the population but pay around 75% of the tax - or 64% excluding corporation tax. Read our big read here:

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‘One Saturday, we had a funeral, a wedding, a first communion and then mass. It was too much’: Ireland’s priests are feeling the pressure

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‘I didn’t have all my armour on’:
David Gray on that rowdy Dublin gig and finding creativity in his new, quiet life

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Have you noticed that some chocolate tastes weird? You’re not alone.

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Guinness 0.0 is now the third most popular pint in some pubs. Pretty remarkable.

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Amanda is a student of mine in DCU. Here she recounts the terrifying ordeal of an arson attack on her home in Dublin last week. She is incredibly brave!

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‘They never named a street after Dev because they couldn’t find one crooked enough’: place names that changed and why some dubious ones survive https://t.co/ncIzVwIfP9

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I don’t care very much at all for Pink Floyd but I do like Mark Blake. I reviewed his Shine On - The Definitive Oral History for the Irish Independent.
@Independent_ie @MarkBlake3 @pinkfloyd #pinkfloyd @newmodernbooks @simonschuster
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“There is an assumption that we have always been in the business of teaching people tricks, despite the fact that there is no evidence to support that.” - Terry Prone

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Listeners needed a ‘breather’ from talk radio shows like Ray D’Arcy’s’ – RTÉ’s Director of Audio Patricia Monahan https://t.co/TagW3UgWv3

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Delighted to see this new pub at Bolands Mills get planning permission. The plaza should breathe new life into the area...when it finally opens. It feels like construction has been ongoing for eternity.

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Saw a preview of Longlegs in @LightHouseD7 on Monday night, and still creeped out. Will never be able to look at Nicolas Cage the same way again #LonglegsFilm

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@IBIKEDublin When is the greenway due to open?

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@gallagka91 @businessposthq Congrats Kathleen! Well deserved

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NTA warned Eamon Ryan that it could cease all public transport activity in October https://t.co/Ww7cXVes2a

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New: Niall Boylan to come off air for duration of European election campaign

Ireland’s Classic Hits Radio is to make the announcement on air at 9pm after deciding over the weekend that he would not continue to broadcast once he announced his candidacy. https://t.co/RDYORxh4co

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Dublin from the top of Liberty Hall, probably 96 or 97, cannot remember but still on film not digital

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Yet another major infrastructure project Dublin City Council has failed to deliver. Let's hope the council's alternative plan delivers a fully segregated cycle lane along the quays before I'm in an old folks home. Good story from @Liampcoates

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Dublin City Council (DCC) has cancelled the permanent €100 million Liffey Cycle Route, which would have transformed cycling infrastructure along the city quays https://t.co/jp3ysQj0MH