Rio de Janeiro
# rio-de-janeiro - Tuesday 18 June, 2013
100,000 protest in Brazil over cost of hosting sporting events
Preparing for major sporting events means taxes have gone up, while the quality of public services has fallen.
# rio-de-janeiro - Saturday 11 May, 2013
Photos: The 25 best skylines in the world
From Tokyo to Chicago, and everything in between, here are some of the most stunning skylines from around the world.
# rio-de-janeiro - Thursday 18 April, 2013
Armagh’s Jamie Clarke is enjoying this travelling lark…
Check out his new pre-match meal.
# rio-de-janeiro - Tuesday 12 February, 2013
Pics: Rio de Janeiro’s samba schools vie for title at Carnival
Thousands of dancers streamed through the Sambadrome in elaborate costumes kitted out with headdresses depicting creatures like ant eaters, armadillos and snakes.
# rio-de-janeiro - Monday 19 November, 2012
VIDEO: Novak Djokovic says he’s ‘not so good’ at football, but still strokes home a penalty
Djoko pulled on his football boots for a celebrity match in Brazil yesterday.
# rio-de-janeiro - Sunday 11 November, 2012
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web.
# rio-de-janeiro - Thursday 11 October, 2012
Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer to go green for Paddy’s Day
Irish emigration to Brazil was limited, but Diago O’Grady, Jorge Cowan and Bernardo O’Brien all made their mark.
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Nine things you need to know this morning…
# rio-de-janeiro - Wednesday 22 August, 2012
Rio 2016: Favela dwellers face eviction as Olympic highway is planned
“Our government wants to act like Robin Hood, but the other way around,” says one resident, “take from the poor to give to the rich.”
# rio-de-janeiro - Friday 17 August, 2012
Brazilian worker survives bar through skull
The bar was removed from the construction worker’s skull during a five hour surgery.
# rio-de-janeiro - Thursday 5 July, 2012
Flight AF447: ‘Crew in a state of near-total loss of control’
The final stage of the official report into the crash has been published today. Three Irish doctors died when the plane crashed into the sea en route from Rio to Paris.
Final report into doomed Air France flight expected today
The plane crashed into the sea while travelling from Rio to Paris in 2009. Three young Irish doctors were killed, along with 225 other passengers and crew.
# rio-de-janeiro - Wednesday 4 July, 2012
Powerful Statue of Jesus Christ of the Day
No comment (but Holy Mary).
# rio-de-janeiro - Friday 9 March, 2012
Beachgoers rescue stranded dolphins at Brazil beach
When around 30 dolphins got into distress, people at the beach ran into the water to push them back out to sea. Awww…
# rio-de-janeiro - Monday 20 February, 2012
In pictures: Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival festival
Check out the pagaentry of the world’s largest Carnival festival.
# rio-de-janeiro - Thursday 26 January, 2012
Six bodies pulled from Rio rubble after building collapse
Six people have been confirmed dead and 16 remain missing following the collapse of three high-rise buildings in Rio de Janeiro earlier today.
Video: two buildings collapse in Rio de Janeiro
The incident highlights authorities’ failure to improve infrastructure ahead of the World Cup in 2014 and Olympics in 2016.
# rio-de-janeiro - Tuesday 27 December, 2011
UNESCO praises Irish anti-homophobic bullying campaign
International conference hears that BeLonG To group’s work will be written into the UN toolkit as an example of how to tackle homophobic bullying of young people.
# rio-de-janeiro - Sunday 13 November, 2011
Brazil police invade Rio’s biggest slum
The move comes ahead of the country hosting the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympics.
# rio-de-janeiro - Thursday 10 November, 2011
Brazil: Rio’s most-wanted trafficker caught
Notorious gang-Antonio Bonfim Lopes, known as “Nem,” is wanted on drug trafficking, murder, kidnapping and money laundering charges.
# rio-de-janeiro - Friday 29 July, 2011
Air France pilots ‘were in a situation they didn’t understand’
All 288 passengers on board, including three Irish women, were killed when the Airbus 330 from Rio to Paris crashed into the Atlantic. A new report has found that the crew were not properly trained.
# rio-de-janeiro - Thursday 16 June, 2011
Bodies of Air France crash victims arrive in France for identification
The bodies of 104 victims of the Air France crash will arrive in Paris today for identification, two years after the tragedy occurred over the Atlantic Ocean.
# rio-de-janeiro - Monday 11 April, 2011
Two arrests in Brazilian school shooting that killed 12 students as nation mourns
There are fears the death toll from the shooting may rise with three other children in a grave condition and on life support according to officials.
# rio-de-janeiro - Thursday 7 April, 2011
At least 13 people dead after shooting in Brazilian school
The gunman is among the dead, though it is not clear if he shot himself or was killed by police.
# rio-de-janeiro - Tuesday 5 April, 2011
Mother awaits news of Irish victim in Air France crash
Irish officials in Paris are in contact with the airline in the hope of recovering the bodies of the two Irish victims who were never found.
# rio-de-janeiro - Monday 4 April, 2011
Investigators find bodies in wreckage of Air France jet but no black box recovered
Investigators say they have found bodies in the wreckage of the the Air France flight that went down in June 2009, killing all 228 people on board.
# rio-de-janeiro - Monday 7 March, 2011
In photos: Rio Carnival 2011
Check out the colours and costumes of Brazil’s world-famous carnival festival.
# rio-de-janeiro - Tuesday 8 February, 2011
Rio Carnival costumes and floats destroyed by huge blaze
A fire has torn through some of the city’s most prominent dance schools, destroying parade costumes and floats – and causing €3 million worth of damage.
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