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Is mine the first generation thicker than our parents?
Just as every generation is a little taller than the previous one, each is mentally sharper than their predecessors. Until ...
Opinion
Why is Sinn Féin giving the unity question more va-va-voom?
Taoiseach Micheál Martin presides over his party’s event on Sunday at Arbour Hill. Fianna Fáil has always felt a special connection with the Rising, with a long list of 1916 veterans – DeValera, ...
Musk says he’s back – but is he really?
Elon Musk is back, and that’s good news for Tesla! At least, that’s the narrative some investors are clinging to. Despite ...
Julianknxx on the roots of his art: ‘You go through war, seeing death – that trauma never leaves you’
Julian Knox fled Sierra Leone with his family when he was nine. His astonishing Chorus in Rememory of Flight, at the Model in ...
Denis Desmond’s Rory Gallagher guitar deal came with a tax break to the tune of €930k
Plus: Ryanair boss lands more land; Joe Elliott, from tree house to gazebo; plane-speaking lobbyists put the sqeeze on ...
Woman’s ex-partner told their young children she was dead, court told
The man kept the children with him in an alleged breach of an access order. When she got the children back after seeking ...
Fin Smith meets Sam Prendergast in latest test of young outhalves under constant scrutiny
Both players will have big says in the outcome of the Champions Cup semi-final between Leinster and Northampton ...
Justine Bateman: ‘This election was a tipping point for the woke mob mentality’
The film-maker and author, who starred in Family Ties with Michael J Fox in the 1980s, has strong views on plastic surgery, ...
No, I didn’t watch Sinners all the way through before giving it five stars
Ryan Coogler’s terrific film has a post-credits sequence that adds important plot points. What the hell’s going on?
TV guide: the best new shows to watch on RTÉ, BBC, UTV, E4, Disney+ and Apple TV+
The programme will also look at the savaging of Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelenskiy in the Oval Office, Trump’s stated ...
‘It’s a very hard time to be young’: author John Patrick McHugh on male adolescence
The Irish writer on his timely debut novel, Fun and Games; the tenderness and competitiveness of young male friendship; and ...
What high-end tourists get up to in Ireland: ‘You always have to make things happen. We do a lot of helicopters’
From Taylor Swift to millionaire CEOs, luxury travel agency founder Siobhan Byrne caters to the desires of the rich and ...