Education‘Tackle funding crisis, plug skills gaps and boost pay’: the key challenges facing the new Minister for Higher EducationBy Brian Mooney
MusicMatthew Devereux: House Devil – The Pale frontman’s solo album feels like a missed opportunityBy Lauren Murphy
BusinessSellafield is a hub of British innovation - and a symbol of technology’s impact on the planet By Chris Horn
In the News PodcastNew plans to stop Dublin being a ‘drive through’ city gather speedBy Bernice HarrisonListen | 24:43
FilmThe Teachers’ Lounge review: Leonie Benesch is sensational in this unlikely white-knuckle thriller By Tara Brady
TV & RadioIs it cake? Do not show your worst child this programme! They already suspect everything is cakeBy Patrick Freyne
RestaurantsThis under-the-radar Dublin neighbourhood restaurant is brilliant valueBy Corinna Hardgrave
Consumer TechVirgin Media Streaming TV: Compact and convenient but you’re tied to the provider for broadband By Ciara O'Brien
MusicPillow Queens: Name Your Sorrow – Vigorous riffs, fluid guitar solos, irresistible earwormsBy Tony Clayton-Lea
ResidentialExclusive new development near sleepy Portuguese village beloved of LouboutinBy Jessica Doyle
Your WellnessMothers with cystic fibrosis: ‘We’ve lives we never thought we could as no one thought we’d still be alive’By Sylvia Thompson
MusicPearl Jam: Dark Matter – Eddie Vedder and co return with a tempestuous back-to-basics albumBy Ed Power
OpinionNothing is new under the sun: the solar eclipse is the latest shiny object in the culture warsBy Finn McRedmond
GolfThe Masters: Rory McIlroy goes in pursuit of Augusta glory again but all eyes are on Scottie SchefflerBy Philip Reid
Climate CrisisIs corporate PR duping us and derailing solutions to global warming and chronic diseases?By Sylvia Thompson
PeopleMichael Harding: To me, Bundoran streets were once as glamorous as those of Las VegasBy Michael Harding
ResidentialLook inside: Period elegance on one of Dublin 4′s most prestigious roads for €10mBy Kevin Courtney
IrelandIreland to overhaul asylum system with legally binding application time frames after EU voteBy Jack Power and Sorcha Pollak
OpinionIreland’s planned unilateral recognition of a Palestinian state sends a dangerous signal By Dana Erlich
BusinessO’Donovan must ‘push through’ new laws protecting student lease lengths - study abroad providersBy Ian Curran
Business Today NewsletterCall for law on student accommodation, Kingspan vote and flying taxis are a fantasyBy Conn Ó Midheach
Inside Politics NewsletterInside Politics: An ‘as láthair’ Taoiseach, ‘no focal at all’ Fine Gael Ministers, and a ‘ghost’ portfolioBy Harry McGee
IrelandYour top stories on Thursday: Ireland to overhaul asylum system; rat droppings among reasons for food business closure orders
StageThe Pull of the Stars review: Sincere and sharply performed adaptation of Emma Donoghue novelBy Donald Clarke
Ireland‘My partner was sedated while I wasn’t there. We didn’t get to say goodbye’: One in 10 say end-of-life care fair to poorBy Jade Wilson
Smart MoneyCliff Taylor: €6bn has been removed from the budget day pot. Politically this could get interestingBy Cliff Taylor
PoliticsHarris rejects Israeli criticism that he failed to mention hostages in Dáil speechBy Harry McGee
EducationWhy introduce a new Leaving Cert subject on climate action? Geographers have been teaching these issues for yearsBy Iris Möller
HealthUniversity Hospital Galway: changes made after review of head injuries to some babies in delivery
CourtsWoman settles €60,000 damages claim against Irish Rail over leg injury suffered at Dart stationBy Ray Managh
CourtsFatal shooting of three IRA men by SAS soldiers in Co Tyrone in 1991 ‘reasonable’, coroner rules
Music‘We’re lucky in Irish music that players we look up to and have listened to all our lives are so accessible. It’s pretty unique’By Siobhán Long
Middle EastEid in Gaza: ‘People are being buried in mass graves. How can you walk into a house and say happy holidays?’By Raya Jalabi and Malaika Kanaaneh Tapper in Beirut
Europe‘Soldiers on the energy front’ – Ukraine’s workers in high-risk race to repair bombed power gridBy Daniel McLaughlin
WorkNurse awarded €30,000 over ‘serious racial and sexual harassment’ from care home patientsBy Stephen Bourke
CourtsWoman not liable for €50,000 derelict sites levy imposed on previous owner, Supreme Court rules
CourtsJudge jails Limerick farmer (61) ‘coerced’ into handling drugs to pay off partner’s debtBy David Raleigh
PoliticsPlanned asylum seeker system overhaul is a ‘gamechanger’ for Ireland, McEntee saysBy Vivienne Clarke and Harry McGee
BusinessStronger focus on generic medicines could save HSE cash, says industry report By Dominic Coyle
Housing & PlanningPlans to publish revised housing targets in autumn show ‘lack of ambition, urgency’, Bacik says By Marie O'Halloran
Asia-PacificSouth Korea’s ‘Luke Skywalker’ strikes blow against president YoonBy Christian Davies in Seoul
BusinessDeveloper fails in Supreme Court bid to save planning permission for 1,593 Drumcondra apartmentsBy Ellen O'Riordan
Six NationsOpens in new windowSix Nations: Clíodhna Moloney named in replacements as Ireland make one change for Wales gameBy John O'Sullivan
BusinessHigh Court appoints provisional liquidator to firm that secured loans through cash-for-visas schemeBy Aodhan O'Faolain
EconomyFrom laggard to first mover: ECB could be first big central bank to cut ratesBy Eoin Burke-Kennedy
Social AffairsMandy Kelly meets Helen McEntee regarding unlawful retention of minor sons in EgyptBy Sarah Burns
Health‘Groundbreaking’: Cystic fibrosis drug is safe and effective in newborns, new research showsBy Jack White
PoliticsDáil told cancer outcomes worsening because of Government underfundingBy Marie O'Halloran and Martin Wall
CourtsSupreme Court reserves decision in mother’s appeal seeking to secure full carer’s allowanceBy Ellen O'Riordan
Politics‘Highly likely’ more EU countries will recognise Palestine - HarrisBy Jack Power, Harry McGee and Marie O'Halloran
Asia-PacificCampaigning for general election in India gathers momentum amid nationwide concernBy Rahul Bedi
Social AffairsAcademics for Palestine criticise universities over ‘neutrality’ and lack of action on war in GazaBy Emmet Malone
RacingImpaire Et Passe and Willie Mullins prevail in narrow Aintree Hurdle after stewards inquiry By Brian O'Connor
BusinessEuropean shares fall to one-month low as ECB’s signal on rate cut hits bank stocksBy Laura Slattery
BooksPatrick James Errington wins Pollard Poetry Prize; Lance Larsen wins Moth Poetry PrizeBy Martin Doyle
GolfThe Masters: Maestros Nicklaus, Player and Watson lament fractured state of modern golfBy Philip Reid
EducationLeaving Cert supervisor says mileage claims docked for taking ‘rational’ route to schoolBy Stephen Bourke
Crime & LawDublin City Council asked for immediate report on sinkhole that appeared in Sandymount By Tim O'Brien
CourtsUK government mounts legal challenge over inquest into murder of GAA official Seán BrownBy Seanín Graham
PoliticsHSE controls 183 vacant properties, some empty more than a decade, Seanad hearsBy Marie O'Halloran
PoliticsDoubt over whether June referendum will go ahead amid fallout from family and care votesBy Cormac McQuinn
PoliticsTwo more candidates enter race to become first directly elected mayor in countryBy Cormac McQuinn
Crime & LawGardaí in Cork investigate whether house attack is linked to earlier shooting By Barry Roche
Middle EastWestern and Arab governments call for restraint as Iran threatens to strike IsraelBy James Shotter in Jerusalem, Bita Ghaffari in Tehran, Henry Foy in Brussels and Felicia Schwartz in Washington
CourtsCouncil secures court order prohibiting further development at wind farm where bog slide occurredBy Ellen O'Riordan
Crime & LawAll uniformed gardaí must do 30 minutes of road policing per shift - commissionerBy Tim O'Brien
GolfThe Masters: Bryson DeChambeau puts previous Augusta woes behind him to sign for opening 65By Philip Reid
SoccerLiverpool’s dream of Dublin Europa League final in tatters after defeat to Atalanta By Andy Hunter at Anfield
TV & RadioHome Rescue: The Big Fix review: A emotional series return that proves a house is never just a houseBy Ed Power
TV & RadioFranklin review: Michael Douglas is in his element but the rest of this sumptuous period show falls flatBy Ed Power