Sarah McInerney’s journey into journalism, ancient manuscripts, Ed Sheeran

'One hour into a four-year journalism course, I knew I had made a terrible mistake': Sarah McInerney writes about her journey from being a DCU undergrad unsure about her course choice to making a career in journalism.

The fact that we send more students to third level than any other country in the EU is often seen as a badge of honour. Carl O'Brien asksif we are sending too many people to third level.

Students from disadvantaged schools are almost twice as likely to fail to make it past their first year in college than those from fee-paying schools, a new study finds. Carl O'Brien reports.

From the control of dogs and bees to the roles of church and state, precious manuscripts outlining laws that governed everyday life in early medieval Ireland have gone on show at Trinity College Dublin as part of an important exhibition of rare Irish manuscripts, reports Éanna Ó Caollaí.

Ed Sheeran wows Dublin: 'Act like weirdos and lose your voices': Dublin's Phoenix Park played host to the last stop of Ed Sheeran's sold-out Irish tour, as over 50,000 fans filled the sun-dappled field, for the first of three nights, writes Jenna Clarke-Molloy.

More than 90% employment for UCC graduates: University College Cork graduates and postgraduates are finding employment at rates of over 90 per cent while the university itself is employing 15,000 and contributing over €850 million to the Irish economy through expenditure and tax payments, a new study has found. Barry Roche reports.

Irish Times writers on six of the best films to see at the cinema this weekend.

Civil liberties group unveils Repeal mural, calls out 'chilling effect' of censorship: The Irish Council for Civil Liberties says censoring art is 'highly questionable' as Cathleen Ní Houlihan meets Rosie the Riveter on a Phibsboro wall to call for repeal. Deirdre Falvey reports.