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South Africa v Ireland: In their reimagining of the game, it’s very doubtful that this is what World Rugby have in mind
By Owen Doyle
What are the key arguments about the economic study of Dublin’s traffic plan?
Question for city council management is how to balance concerns of retailers against other issues
By Cliff Taylor
Trump shooting suspect: FBI finds few red flags on would-be assassin
Thomas Matthew Crooks (20) left few clues about who he was or why he decided to drive to western Pennsylvania and try to kill the former US president
By Campbell Robertson, Jack Healy, Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs, and Glenn Thrush
World’s best facing a traditional tricky test in Open at Royal Troon
Royal Troon has stood the test of time but, like all links, will require the protection of the wind to provide a fitting test for the globe’s elite golfers at the British Open
By Philip Reid
Trump shooting a defining moment in US politics
Republican showed his political intuition in how to use Saturday’s extraordinary events
By Harry McGee
Five things we learned from the GAA weekend: Galway and Armagh’s clean sheet record gives them vital edge
The finalists know how to shut up shop; Kerry have an issue with Ulster teams; Donaghy’s split loyalties; and the value of supporters
Galway International Arts Festival 2024: 15 events to catch this year
Galway International Arts Festival 2024: here are 15 unmissable things to see and do at this year’s festival
By Gemma Tipton and Deirdre Falvey
It’s no wonder so many of us are lonely. Friendship has become harder and more complex
Unthinkable: Young people now spend less time in one another’s physical company than ever before and the experience of successive lockdowns deprived them of crucial social development
‘My lovely, clever, kind nine-year-old daughter seems to have low self-esteem’
Ask the Expert: Having low self-esteem involves a lifelong journey learning to love and accept yourself as ‘good enough’
By John Sharry
Neither Ireland’s Catholic Primate nor Pope Francis have ever denied Communion to anyone
Pontiff has been adamant bishops should avoid acting in a way ‘that is not pastoral’ and decline to ‘enter the political sphere’
Why is the President convening the Council of State?
Q&A: Concerns expressed about Defence Bill which regulates Defence Forces’ representative associations
Ireland v South Africa: ‘When you get a win like that it makes your summer. It’s not an exaggeration’
Ireland stalwart James Ryan salutes the impact of Ireland’s last-gasp victory over world champions South Africa courtesy of a magical moment from Ciarán Frawley
The pros and cons of buying a Celtic Tiger-era apartment
With landlords exiting and new landlords turned off by rent caps, buyers for second-hand apartments are facing less competition
By Joanne Hunt
It’s in the mail ... or is it? More reader stories of missing post between Ireland and Australia
An Post says there is no evidence of ‘systemic issues or challenges’ with mail between the two countries but urges senders to always include return address
By Conor Pope
Rolling housing crisis has taken a morally unacceptable toll on small children
For years, as the number of homeless children climbed, people warned about the vast and severe health impact that creating and allowing a class of child destitution would cause
By Una Mullally
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