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Abroad‘I took to swimming in the morning and writing poetry on a beach towel within a few yards of the Mediterranean’By Trevor Conway
ArtOrla Whelan: Coloured into Shape review – All is not as it seems in these masterly explorations of colour and formBy Tom Lordan
TV & RadioNetflix, Prime Video, Disney+, Apple TV+: 10 of the best new shows to watch in OctoberBy Kevin Courtney
Your WellnessOrla Tinsley: Now that I am free of kidney dialysis, I want others to be free tooBy Orla Tinsley
Budget 2025Many families to gain by thousands of euro in giveaway budgetBy Pat Leahy, Jennifer Bray and Cormac McQuinn
Property ClinicOur house is still cold after installing external insulation. What can we do?By Val O'Brien
Budget 2025Jack Chambers: The man carrying Fianna Fáil’s hopes into the next electionBy Jennifer Bray
Housing & Planning‘I’ve never seen the need as high’ says founder of Belfast food kitchenBy Seanín Graham
OpinionMost A-rated homes are in wealthy areas, while renters are stuck with higher heating billsBy Sadhbh O'Neill
EducationSome Deis schools no longer qualify. This undermines the entire programmeBy Brian Fleming and Judith Harford
Education‘In school people are scared to be a bit strange’: Gifted students on life in mainstream schools
ResidentialLook inside: Period charm at 18th-century farmhouse lodge in Sandyford for €1.75mBy Kevin Courtney
IrelandCost of rapid-build accommodation set to double to potentially €442,000 per unit, C&AG saysBy Martin Wall, Arthur Beesley and Colm Keena
OpinionIs Varadkar right that every party should make a united Ireland an objective? Conor O’Malley and Fergus O’Dowd debateBy Conor O'Malley and Fergus O'Dowd
Your MoneyFiona Reddan: What lessons on pension auto-enrolment can be learned from the UK?By Fiona Reddan
Crime & LawMisconduct by judges: Only one of 232 complaints against judges found admissible By Mary Carolan
Your WellnessAssisted dying: ‘If I cannot consent to my own death, who owns my life?’By Sheila Wayman
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Ireland‘They can turn in seconds’: Nicole Morey’s sister calls for tougher laws on XL bully dogsBy Mark Hilliard
Inside Politics NewsletterBudget 2025: Prospect of general election hangs over budget-day spendingBy Pat Leahy
BusinessAircraft lessors prepare for ‘mega trial’ in row with insurers over planes stuck in RussiaBy Alistair Gray and Sylvia Pfeifer
IrelandYour top stories on Tuesday: Households to gain thousands in record giveaway; Israeli troops enter Lebanon
IrelandDoubling of build cost for Ukrainians’ modular homes ‘unacceptable’, says PAC chairman By Vivienne Clarke
TV & RadioPhillip Schofield: Cast Away – cancelled presenter’s self-absorption on desert island is exhaustingBy Ed Power
FilmThe Teacher: Farah Nabulsi’s Palestinian drama is powered along by terrific performances and palpable furyBy Tara Brady
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CourtsFamily of Det Supt Colm Fox keen for stresses he faced at work to be explored at inquest By Fiachra Gallagher
CourtsLeaving Cert supervisor’s claim for increased mileage expenses for using better roads failsBy Stephen Bourke
EuropeWarsaw’s former police chief accused of accidentally blowing hole in headquarters with grenade launcherBy Derek Scally
Budget 2025There was only ever one priority in Budget 2025 - to woo voters and win the general electionBy Cliff Taylor
Budget 2025Opens in new windowUniversal Social Charge to fall to 3% next year, Minister confirmsBy Ian Curran
IrelandRoad crash victim James Daniels (13) was ‘loving and loyal to the core’, mother tells funeralBy Tom Shiel
RugbyLeicester boss Michael Cheika charged with prejudicial conduct by RFUBy Gerard Meagher and Robert Kitson
Middle EastPragmatic Iran has been keen to avoid direct confrontation with Israel over Lebanon By Michael Jansen
Budget 2025Investment of €1m a day on cycling/walking infrastructure under transport planBy Martin Wall
BusinessDenis O’Brien now suing 748 defendants over alleged fake ads falsely linking him to promotion of financial scamsBy Mary Carolan
Budget 2025Extension of Help to Buy scheme and increase in Rent Tax Credit among budget housing measuresBy Colm Keena
Budget 2025Free schoolbooks extended to Leaving Cert and free meals for all primary pupils from next yearBy Carl O'Brien
EuropeRussian strike on Kherson market kills six as new Nato chief makes support for Kyiv ‘priority’By Daniel McLaughlin
CourtsDaughter and son of prominent publican charged with violent assault in Co Limerick hotelBy David Raleigh in Newcastle West
EuropeUp in smoke: Germany’s bright new cannabis dawn obscured by cloud of bureaucracyBy Derek Scally
Budget 2025Military radar and 400 extra troops among measures outlined in record defence budgetBy Conor Gallagher
Budget 2025Climate spend: Government accused of failing to provide supports for fairer ‘climate transition’By Kevin O'Sullivan
Budget 2025‘No massive turning of the dial’: families will benefit, but not by as much as hopedBy Fiona Reddan
Soccer‘I don’t accept mediocrity’: Arne Slot urges Liverpool to improve before Bologna tie By Andy Hunter
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Your MoneyDouble child benefit and increased welfare payments among record social protection budget By Kitty Holland
RugbyDenis Leamy says Donncha O’Callaghan’s criticism of Munster ‘completely on the money’By Johnny Watterson
SoccerVilla striker Ollie Watkins talks up Harry Kane rivalry ahead Champions League clashBy Ben Fisher
Budget 2025Transport chiefs plan to break up Road Safety Agency and start big projects using Apple proceedsBy Martin Wall
Live: Middle EastIsraeli military warns of ‘consequences’ following missile attack by IranBy Glen Murphy
Budget 2025Greens claim victory on ‘land hoarding’ tax as farmers gain minimal exemptionBy Harry McGee
Budget 2025Mansion tax: Auctioneers expect rush to sign off on house sales before midnight on TuesdayBy Mark Hilliard
Gaelic GamesPádraic Joyce and Dessie Dolan among managers for Football Review Committee sandbox gamesBy Gordon Manning
Budget 2025Coalition parties are ‘serial wasters’ of taxpayers’ money, Sinn Féin saysBy Marie O'Halloran
Budget 2025Once-off payments will be welcomed but the payback will be modest social welfare increasesBy Kitty Holland
Budget 2025Child benefit bonuses, free school meals and extra childcare funding approvedBy Emmet Malone
Budget 2025The climate crisis and Budget 2025: Big spend and strategic focus undermined by bottlenecksBy Kevin O'Sullivan
IrelandCork chip shop Jackie Lennox’s to close after serving more than 14 million bags of chipsBy Barry Roche
Budget 2025‘Bonanza’ budget that pumps billions into economy repeats Ireland’s past mistakes, State watchdog warnsBy Pat Leahy, Jack Horgan-Jones and Jennifer Bray
SoccerHavertz and Saka strike to earn Arsenal Champions League win against PSGBy David Hytner at the Emirates Stadium
SoccerKarim Adeyemi fires hat-trick as Borussia Dortmund demolish CelticBy Ewan Murray at Signal Iduna Park
Budget 2025Budget 2025: Double child benefit payment; petrol and diesel prices to increase; series of personal tax cutsBy Conor Pope, Laura Slattery and Jack White
TV & RadioIndustry review: Overworked, over-medicated, over-sexed bankers? Tell us something we didn’t knowBy Ed Power
