Barne Estate: Bitterness over sale of historic Co Tipperary farm
High Court dispute centred on meeting at billionaire John Magnier’s home in August 2023
Australia
Loving Ireland is easy. Living in it, not so much
Many Irish emigrants feel drawn to home. We need to give them more reasons to return
Australia mushroom murderer Erin Patterson jailed for minimum of 33 years
Woman killed three elderly relatives of her estranged husband with a meal containing poisonous fungi
Man dies in shark attack at Sydney’s northern beaches
Surfer’s body found floating in sea after suffering ‘catastrophic injuries’
‘I went from a teacher to being in charge of three public hospitals’: The 100-year-old Irish nun revered in Australia
Sr Angela Mary Doyle, from Co Clare, went to Australia in 1947 where she worked in healthcare and fought to help men affected by Aids in the 1980s
Surge in numbers emigrating to Australia
Number arriving in Ireland over 12 months falls to 125,300, CSO figures show
Manhunt continues in Australian bush after two police officers shot dead
Manhunt continues in Australian bush for 'heavily armed' suspect after two officers shot dead
I am too negative about Ireland and too positive about Australia. I can’t please everyone
When you choose to move abroad, you accept the reality that life at home moves on without you
Moth Short Story Prize winner takes judge Evie Wyld ‘right back to the loneliness of having a small baby’
Clare Roche wins prize, with Martha Sprackland second and Shelley Hastings third
Why are so many Irish people moving to Australia?
Large rise in people from US moving to Ireland in year to April has also drawn some attention
Australia blames Iran for two anti-Semitic attacks, expels its envoy
Homes, schools, synagogues and vehicles have been targets by antisemitic vandalism and arson since Israel began its war in Gaza in late 2023
Australian police hunt gunman after two officers shot dead in rural town
Incident in Porepunkah, 300km northeast of Melbourne, reportedly happened while warrant for historical sex abuse allegations being served
Lone survivor in Australian toxic mushroom murder case feels ‘half alive’
Barrister for Erin Patterson says his client’s ‘notorious’ reputation would make prison more onerous for her than the average offender
A Kerry man in Melbourne: ‘I have not seen any tough, stereotyped behaviour. I see similar senses of humour and levels of respect’
Kerry man Paul Clifford moved to Melbourne two years ago and works in PR
My grandad’s hobbies are listening to the Dubliners and complaining about still being alive
Grandad would tell me to come home soon because he didn’t ‘have long left’. It worked. I went home to Sydney every year
‘We can’t have nice things in Ireland because no one follows the rules’: Emigrants on returning home
More than 30,000 Irish citizens returned to Ireland in the year to April 2024. Four recent returnees share their experiences of coming home
Springboks’ new approach is great news for the game of rugby
Encounter with Springboks at Ellis Park, Johannesburg, will be daunting task for Joe Schmidt’s squad
I’ve promised to give a speech, but am freaking out. You see, I’m a big thick
This was supposed to be the year I would slow down, say no to things
Irish in Australia: ‘Assimilating isn’t easy, take this minor cultural difference when paying’
It’s easy for an Irish person to presume assimilating in Australia will be straightforward, but this isn’t always the case
Al Jazeera rejects claims journalist killed in Israeli airstrike in Gaza led Hamas cell
Journalist Anas Al Sharif had posted on X minutes before his death
Australian ‘mushroom murderer’ allegedly tried to poison husband on other occasions
Evidence of poison searches on Erin Patterson’s computer excluded from trial
Australian rugby could be off life-support thanks to Wallabies’ Test win over Lions
‘Genial’ Joe Schmidt did the impossible by building a squad able to compete against the Tourists in first place
Australian anti-Semitism envoy’s punitive proposals leave feelings of unease
Jillian Segal recommended universities have funding cut for failure to combat anti-Semitism
There’s more to Irish history than eight centuries of British oppression and failed uprisings
Whether we’re moving towards a united Ireland or shared island, we need to face awkward questions about identity
Dan Sheehan’s father Barry: ‘We will spend the next week in Sydney celebrating our good fortune’
We will spend the next week in Sydney celebrating our good fortune to be here in Australia for the Lions tour
Do I look like a soft target? Do I give off the sad vibes of a person who can be inconvenienced?
A friend told me I had spent too long in Ireland and was ‘afraid of not being seen as sound’
‘I seem to spend a lot of time exchanging apologies with friends these days’
This bizarre dance of calendars appears to be the language of modern friendship
‘Bigger, bolder, more accessible’: Tickets schedule for Rugby World Cup 2027 announced
February 2026 presale is available for fans who register before the end of January 2026, with further tickets sold in May 2026
Sydney got the Opera House and we had Ardnacrusha. It’s time for that kind of ambition again
Megaprojects from supergrids to forests and ambitious railway schemes need to be part of our climate goals
Brianna Parkins: People who get up early in the morning for no reason are a menace to society
Getting up and journaling at 6am is seen as self-discipline, but writing things in a diary at 2am is a cry for help
Dan Sheehan’s dad on the torturous Lions selection process and meeting Mack Hansen’s marvellous grandmother
Barry Sheehan describes the campaign so far, from a torturous selection process to Tadhg Furlong-style shoes and Mack Hansen’s impressive grandmother
Lions v Australia first Test: What time is kick-off today and what TV channel is it on in Ireland?
Andy Farrell’s Lions finally get their three-Test series against the Wallabies under way on Saturday
Dublin and London changed me in different ways. Australia has shown me things I considered impossible, are possible
Each place we live in marks us indelibly. Dublin made me braver, London gave me significantly more notions. I often consider how Australia may have changed me
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