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Depicting MetroLink as primarily an airport service is an example of Michael O’Leary’s myopic thinking

Arguments by the Ryanair boss that we should give up on rail solutions and rely on the car and bus make no sense

Taoiseach cracks down on last-minute, ‘under-the-arm’ Cabinet memos from Ministers

Senior official twice warns Government members about timely filings of documents ahead of meetings to meet constitutional principle

In-form Irish pair key to team’s hopes of ending decade-long Walker Cup drought

Stuart Grehan heads for Cypress Point full of confidence after winning tournament double

Explainer: what Shane Lowry needs to qualify for Europe’s Ryder Cup team

Lowry currently holds the sixth slot, but it’s not a done deal, and he could yet be leap-frogged by Rasmus Hojgaard

Does the Leaving Cert prepare you for life? A school principal and well-known singer debate

Mary Coughlan has watched her children and grandchildren trying to fit into the Leaving Cert system, while principal John McHugh says it teaches key life skills

David Clifford goes back to school after a masterful summer ends well

Championship top-scorer adjusts to life back in the mainstream

‘I just knew I was meant to do it’: Builder restores home destroyed by Ballyfermot arson attack for free

Family move back into home destroyed by fire attack in case of ‘mistaken identity’

Rising chocolate prices: ‘There’s only so much you can charge for a cookie’

A cocoa shortage has seen chocolate prices surge in the past two years, driving one Dublin company out of business and forcing others to raise prices to survive

154 vacant pubs earmarked for conversion into housing since need for planning permission dropped

Department of Housing says 459 new homes could be created through the process

Walking the Boyne Valley Camino: Sunburn, sore legs and a sprint across the N51

Route through Louth and Meath, following the footsteps of Ireland’s medieval pilgrims, is a 25km journey into history

The Irish Caminos: stunning St Finbarr’s Path is the result of ‘volunteers scraping, working, sweating together’

This picturesque west Cork walking route from Drimoleague to Gougane Barra has been developed as a passion project by local volunteers, who want more help from the State to promote it

‘Do you realise I am Irish and we’d never put up with this?’

Recalling a wild child sister whose teenage years were rebellious as she straddled that time in Dublin, which was still a place called ‘town’

Brendan Canty on his film Christy: ‘The Brits loved that it was from Cork. They thought there was an exotic flavour to that’

The director, who made a name for himself with the video for Hozier’s mega-hit Take Me to Church in 2013, on joining forces with the BBC for his feature film debut

Short sellers ridicule fund managers’ vanishing attention spans

Much of their work simply re-examines public filings overlooked by other professionals, exposing how often investing ‘experts’ miss the obvious

Money to be made from investing in watches, but only if you know what you’re doing

Trump’s 39% tariff on Switzerland, home to the big luxury manyfacturers, has the potential to disrupt the market’s balance as Covid did

Will borrowing from our children unravel the benefits of the small gift exemption?

Transparency - and an interest rate on the money owed - are the keys if you want to make sure there is no cause for concern with Revenue

Útóipe Cheilteach: The Mary Wallopers and more on Ireland’s ‘politically offensive’ underground folk scene

Celtic Utopia, Dennis Harvey’s new film, sets out to see ‘how young people are interacting with politics and social history with their music’

Rose of Tralee review: Yoga with dogs on national TV – where else would you get it?

Television: Sixty-six years in, the Rose of Tralee is neither controversial nor toe-curling – but instead a beige national treasure

Belfast-based Neurovalens closes £6m funding round

Money will be used to boost sales of current medical devices and seek additional approvals from US

Ryanair most complained-about company to consumer watchdog in first half of 2025

Airline was followed by Eir and Sky, while Ticketmaster appeared to put Oasis controversy behind it

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