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Northern Lights could be visible from Northern Ireland this weekend
A large solar flare on Thursday is behind this expected increase in space weather activity
Man charged with ‘savage assault’ after kicking man in head and leaving him unconscious on Cork bus
William O’Sullivan of Comeragh Close alleged to have continued assault after victim was unconscious
Hamas official killed in first Israeli strikes on Tripoli in northern Lebanon
Israel also targeted Hizbullah’s intelligence headquarters in the southern suburbs
What I Read This Week: An explosive story in Poland and a surprise budget grenade
Ciara O’Brien enjoyed Jen Hogan’s piece on the dilemma around Botox and fillers and a discussion on homework
My child got burned at his check-up. It summed up our crumbling public health system
I haven’t used the word ‘kip’ since I was a teenager, but this was the least suitable place on earth to examine a toddler
As October 7th anniversary nears, perhaps horror is the new status quo
Some Israelis speak as if history began with the atrocities of October 7th and some Palestinians speak as if history does not include those atrocities
Pavel Durov built an app bigger than Elon Musk’s. Now it’s known as the dark web in your pocket
The arrest of the deeply private Russia tech titan has put the spotlight on illegal activity on Telegram, a preferred tool of the Irish far right. But Durov insists he is a defender of free speech
Meet the budget’s real winners: A family of five on an income of more than €70,000
Interplay of temporary and permanent measures means that this is a budget for better off people with children – the more the better
Never go on a cruise: Villa Vie Odyssey edition
Planet Business: Slippage at Nike, the man who backed California’s blocked AI safety bill and Silicon Valley’s growing legion of Trump fans
Tim Healy: ‘We are actually paying guys to make football less attractive at club level’
Member of previous FRC believes GAA should limit payments to outside managers to €20,000 per head at intercounty level and €3,000, €5,000 at club level
Israel, October 7th, 2023: What went wrong?
One year on from the Hamas incursion that led to the invasion of Gaza and mass civilian fatalities, security flaws are evident as the IDF had grown complacent about its border defence
Dún Laoghaire law firm owes €618,834 to pension fund of Dublin businessman, High Court is told
Connie Kelleher is seeking payment of debt from estate of the late David Montgomery, a solicitor who died two years ago at a time when his law firm was under investigation
This Government has thrown cash at the housing problem, but can it deliver?
A wider malaise has set in across the construction sector, frustrated by labour shortages and problems with private sector financing
Investors look beyond Nvidia and the magnificent seven
Increasingly confident investors looking beyond tech giants, suggesting reign may be over — for now at least
Rising cycling star Ronan Dunne is going downhill fast
Enniskerry rider sits third overall going into final round of cycling’s downhill World Cup
Naoise Dolan: I was having very bad time so I bought a piano keyboard. It changed me
Assembling the new instrument and relearning how to read sheet music has taught me that it’s best to just keep playing, even in the face of adversity
Wesley Joyce: ‘To come out of it with no voice, I think I came out of it lucky’
Limerick-born jockey suffered an horrendous fall from Red Heel at the Galway Festival in 2022 but his brave comeback came full circle when he led the same horse to victory at Down Royal
Sinn Féin ‘border hopping’ on criticism of mobile phone pouches spend, says Norma Foley
Smartphone usage a ‘serious health and welfare issue’ for thousands of students, according to Minister for Education
Cillian O’Sullivan played for Meath in 2024 championship despite being diagnosed with MS
‘I’m used to living in such a capable body. So it was very strange to be all of a sudden living in this body that didn’t do what I wanted it to. It was incredibly infuriating at times.'
Consternation in the corridors of power as all on high election alert
Sinn Féin and the pricey phone pouches, being better than the ‘bloody Tories’ and the diplomacy of singing with 1990s heart-throb Peter Andre
John Kerry: Countries that fail to transition to clean energy are going to suffer economically
The US climate envoy on anger in developing countries over climate inequality, his reputation for being too positive, and conflict in the Middle East
Josh van der Flier: ‘I’m very blessed that I’m still going. Hopefully I can be like Cian Healy’
Leinster forward is 31 years old and counts himself lucky that he has been able to avoid serious injury and is still able to play
Benetton the fashionable standard bearers of Italy’s rugby renaissance
Bulk suppliers to the Azzurri, the Treviso side are now making a mark in the URC and Champions Cup
‘He called Ukraine his home’: frontline fighters recall Irish soldier Robert Deegan killed by Russian shelling
The former Army Ranger from Newbridge in Co Kildare was killed days before Ukraine retook key industrial plant in ruined border town
Ireland’s corporation tax system ‘not sustainable’, says Bertie Ahern
Ahern claims Trump’s economic policies ‘are a threat to everything built in Ireland in my lifetime’
Why does Ireland have the most expensive electricity in Europe?
With this week’s budget, the Government is treating the symptoms rather than tackling the causes of high energy prices
Shamrock Rovers welcome title pretenders Shelbourne in eagerly awaited fixture
Shels shorn of key players and coming off a defeat to St Pat’s have work cut out to secure three points in Tallaght
‘You look like a porn star’ – the abuse women face in politics as parties seek to hit gender quota
A record number of women are expected to run in the next general election but insults and misogyny make the job of parties more difficult to encourage women to enter politics
Olympian David Gillick: ‘I coach children. It can be hard dealing with parents ... some get so caught up on results’
Gillick covered the Paris Olympics for RTÉ. He is a two-time European indoor champion and Irish 400m record holder, as well as an ambassador for VHI parkrun
Corre Energy offers cautionary tale as Government bids to revive IPOs
An extraordinary general meeting on Monday will consider investor moves to populate the board with new nominees
Ten Hag’s Manchester United resemble Liverpool in the doldrum years – except they’re in much worse shape
History is repeating itself as a once-dominant force slides into irrelevance, but United are so far off the pace it might take them even longer to get back
Netflix telling of Menendez murders chimes with elements of US election
Debate around dramatisation of dark family crime takes place within society populated by guns, privilege and versions of the truth
Joseph O’Brien and Yutaka Take combine in pursuit of Arc glory with Al Riffa
O’Brien aims to become just the fifth Irish trainer to win Europe’s most coveted race
Bryan O’Brien: This will be the year I put order on the chaos of my photo archive
A single image might capture the essence of a story, but a contact sheet shows the context and sequence of events before and after the chosen image
Driving test no-shows: Testers paid to ‘twiddle their thumbs’ as numbers rise
Road safety group claims the problem of rising waiting lists difficult to address until no-shows tackled
New SDLP leader Claire Hanna: ‘We are extremely limited by being a part of the UK. It feels like a straitjacket’
Colum Eastwood’s successor talks about family, Sinn Féin, sectarian challenges, misogyny, and her ambitions for a united Ireland
Colm Tóibín on poet Paul Durcan turning 80: ‘Beside the wildness, there is tenderness’
Durcan’s poems are risk-taking explorations of where tragedy and comedy meet in contemporary Ireland. A selection of his finest work is gathered in a book
Arooj Aftab: ‘If we all listened to more things that surprise us, we’d all be better for it’
Nobody does sound design like the Pakistani-raised singer and producer, whose new album is ‘about being flirty and crazy’ and who will soon seduce Dublin
Form and function: What makes one object art and another ‘mere’ craft?
At Sara Flynn and Joseph Walsh’s collaborative new exhibition at the Irish Cultural Centre in Paris, the distinctions are in the eye of the beholder
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