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16th March 2025 - 22nd March 2025
Fast Eddie
After flirting with priesthood and a job with Bank of Ireland, Eddie Jordan became a force in F1
20 Mar
12
Obituary
Flamboyant Eddie Jordan banged the F1 drum and gave Michael Schumacher his debut
20 Mar
5
Last year
2024
Obituary
Russian ambassador to Ireland says accusations that Navalny was killed are 'unacceptable'
Updated 21 Feb 2024
171
All time
Jimmy Buffet
Singer Jimmy Buffett dies, aged 76
2 Sep 2023
10
nothing compares
Sinéad O’Connor: A life of faith and courage
26 Jul 2023
15
Obituary
Cork's Teddy McCarthy was such a star that one sport could never contain him
7 Jun 2023
1
Obituary
Ireland's peacemaker, John Hume (1937-2020)
3 Aug 2020
23
US Elections
Larry Donnelly: Trump re-election in 2020 not a done deal, but Democrats face an uphill battle
Larry Donnelly
26 Dec 2019
69
RIP
Remembering the Irish men and women we lost in 2018
31 Dec 2018
11
Obituary
US senator and former presidential candidate John McCain has died aged 81
Updated 26 Aug 2018
88
miguel ferrer
One of the ultimate 'that guy' character actors has passed away
20 Jan 2017
30
service to the state
Ireland's man of the century, TK Whitaker, dies aged 100
9 Jan 2017
21
RIP
Prodigious British author and art critic John Berger has died aged 90
2 Jan 2017
11
Legend
'Irishman dies from stubbornness, whiskey': This man's brilliant obituary is going viral
17 Dec 2016
4
Obituary
From Rome to Manila: Muhammad Ali 'shook up the world'
4 Jun 2016
1
shots fired
A woman used her obituary to diss both Trump and Clinton
18 May 2016
3
RIP
Magician Paul Daniels dies aged 77
17 Mar 2016
63
Dying wish
This man used his obituary to urge people not to vote for Donald Trump and now he's going viral
23 Jan 2016
RIP
Deaths in 2015: Saying goodbye to those we loved and lost this year
31 Dec 2015
48
RIP
Geoffrey Howe, old ally to Margaret Thatcher, has died
10 Oct 2015
28
wonderful
This lady has the cutest obituary you'll read today
22 Aug 2015
deadpan
This man's to-the-point obituary is going viral
3 Jul 2015
3
RIP
Veteran RTE broadcaster Liam Ó Murchú has died
29 Jun 2015
14
Ouch
Is this the harshest obituary headline ever?
24 Jun 2015
RIP
Ben E King, singer of Stand By Me, has died.
1 May 2015
28
add it up
This grandmother's obituary has one very interesting detail
30 Apr 2015
1
remember
Singapore's founding father, 'a true giant of history', dies aged 91
23 Mar 2015
14
Superhero
This man's obituary says he died "due to an uppercut from Batman"
24 Feb 2015
17
fitting tribute
This man's obituary lists his cause of death as 'uppercut from Batman'
23 Feb 2015
1
nevertheless
'Plain and overweight': This dreadful obituary of a female author is causing a storm online
30 Jan 2015
1
RIP
Golden era Hollywood actress Luise Rainer dies aged 104
30 Dec 2014
8
Obituary
Dad with cancer writes funny, lovely obituary before death
1 Dec 2014
RIP
Singer Alvin Stardust dies aged 72
23 Oct 2014
13
Brill-ately
An Post's anniversary tribute to Seamus Heaney is beautiful
28 Aug 2014
8
RIP
A risk taker, a dealer and a peacemaker: Remembering Albert Reynolds (1932-2014)
21 Aug 2014
43
rags to riches
Karl Albrecht, reclusive founder of Aldi supermarket, has died aged 94
21 Jul 2014
48
RIP
Prolific actor Eli Wallach dies at the age of 98
25 Jun 2014
19
RIP
Writer Maya Angelou has died at 86
28 May 2014
13
Rest In Peace
This obituary for 'Pervert Dave' is completely real
19 Apr 2014
2
RIP
Gabriel García Márquez, Nobel Prize-winning writer, has died
17 Apr 2014
27
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