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Only ten days left to submit your entries!
Send in your entries to our first-ever Bloomsday creative writing competition in English, organised by The Irish Embassy, in collaboration with Athens Insider, open to writers of all ages and nationa...
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Get your adrenaline fix at the Antetokoumpo Court
Live the Life that Paddy did
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