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"I was at a wedding a few weeks ago and reflecting that I am a long way from anything like this, ie getting married."I’m...
06/08/2025

"I was at a wedding a few weeks ago and reflecting that I am a long way from anything like this, ie getting married.

"I’m in my late 30s, have a good job, live alone and travel a lot for both work and socially. I’ve been thinking about getting into a long-term relationship, but haven’t done anything about it ... I find it hard to muster the enthusiasm that might be required to take any relationship to the next level": The latest reader query for our advice columnist Trish Murphy

Tell Me About It: ‘I find it hard to muster the enthusiasm that might be required to take any relationship to the next level’

One of the country’s largest garden and outdoor living retailers has apologised to customers left waiting for extended p...
06/08/2025

One of the country’s largest garden and outdoor living retailers has apologised to customers left waiting for extended periods for products after one of its main suppliers went into administration

Rathwood Garden & Living ‘fixing problems’ caused after one of firm’s main suppliers entered administration

My wise 100-year-old friend Frances: ‘I used to pursue people who didn’t like me. I don’t have to do that any more’
06/08/2025

My wise 100-year-old friend Frances: ‘I used to pursue people who didn’t like me. I don’t have to do that any more’

Frances Ballantyne, an Irish-American who was 94 when we became friends in New York, rubbed shoulders with Kathy Bates, James Baldwin and local wiseguys, but these were mere side notes in a rich life

Dermot Desmond's idea that we use technology to leapfrog a decades-old problem – such as Dublin’s transport woes – is in...
06/08/2025

Dermot Desmond's idea that we use technology to leapfrog a decades-old problem – such as Dublin’s transport woes – is in line with the techno-utopian narrative talked up by the likes of Mark Zuckerberg, Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos, writes John McManus

Prospect of companies like Tesla or ChatGPT running a network of autonomous vehicles will worry many people

Gig review: Looking professorially grey at the age of 73, Bob Geldof glows with awkward-customer energy. His voice isn’t...
06/08/2025

Gig review: Looking professorially grey at the age of 73, Bob Geldof glows with awkward-customer energy. His voice isn’t what it was, and there are stretches when he rasps rather than sings, writes Ed Power.

As the singer condemns Israel’s actions in Gaza, Geldof the crazy-haired frontman and the sweary St Bob of Live Aid immortality are both on show

Sir, – In the midst of a cost-of-living crisis and buckling health services, there is a renewed interest in structured p...
06/08/2025

Sir, – In the midst of a cost-of-living crisis and buckling health services, there is a renewed interest in structured programmes of nutrition to bolster prevention and delay the onset of chronic disease.

Is it time to prioritise cost-effective prevention programmes to improve the nation’s health?

It takes a leap of faith to imagine a future where the dominance of junk food and takeaways on every street corner has vanished, replaced by public restaurants owned by communities serving hot, healthy food that doesn’t break the bank. Impossible? It’s been done before.

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‘I witnessed the most beautiful outpouring of love for our capital city’

What a summer it has been for Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, aka CMAT, the country-pop sensation from Dunboyne in Co Meath, ...
06/08/2025

What a summer it has been for Ciara Mary-Alice Thompson, aka CMAT, the country-pop sensation from Dunboyne in Co Meath, writes Ed Power.

The country-pop sensation’s music glitters with dark depths during a rollercoaster main-stage turn

From humble beginnings inside your washing machine, a single synthetic fibre could journey around the world, making its ...
05/08/2025

From humble beginnings inside your washing machine, a single synthetic fibre could journey around the world, making its way into every layer of our ecosystems.

The story might start with your washing machine and end in your food

Minister for Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe asked for a three-week postponement on the final sale of the State’s stake...
05/08/2025

Minister for Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe asked for a three-week postponement on the final sale of the State’s stake in AIB so he could consult government about the bank’s exit from “crisis relationships”.

Senior officials had sought permission to carry out a “clean-up share disposal” on May 23rd to finally end state ownership in the bank after the financial crash.

However, the Minister looked for extra time as officials said the sale would “inevitably refocus the discussion around the topic of remuneration” and the salary cap for bankers.

Minister for Finance took three-week period to consult with other members of Government on the ending of ‘crisis-era’ relationship with AIB

London Letter: The latest Tory defector to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is a prolific author. Rupert Matthews, a Leice...
05/08/2025

London Letter: The latest Tory defector to Nigel Farage’s Reform UK party is a prolific author. Rupert Matthews, a Leicestershire police commissioner unveiled by Farage at a Westminster press conference on Monday, has written about 170 books.

The most recent, published in November, was on his favourite subject: aliens. Matthews believes in UFOs.

The defection of Matthews, a Tory activist and fringe politician of more than four decades, was an open goal for press apparatchiks working for Britain’s Labour government. He specialises in books on ghosts, UFOs, the paranormal and cryptozoology, which includes studies of yetis and the Sasquatch.

A UFO-hunting police and crime commissioner is the latest to switch

Of all the hormones produced by the body, cortisol is the most misunderstood. It’s essential to any number of biological...
05/08/2025

Of all the hormones produced by the body, cortisol is the most misunderstood. It’s essential to any number of biological processes, and yet commonly typecast as “the one to do with stress” – an evolutionary adaptation for different times, wildly unsuited to modern living, something to reduce with meditation, reset with ice baths or regulate with red-light therapy.

The good news is that you can happily ignore the most outlandish advice about keeping cortisol in check with cocktails or cold plunges

A US Coast Guard investigative board concluded on Tuesday that the “inadequate design” of the Titan submersible was a pr...
05/08/2025

A US Coast Guard investigative board concluded on Tuesday that the “inadequate design” of the Titan submersible was a primary contributing factor in its implosion in 2023 that left five people dead.

The Titan was on a tourist expedition to the wreckage of the Titanic when it lost contact with its support vessel during descent. Its remains were found four days later, littering the seabed about 1,600ft (488 meters) from the bow of the Titanic wreck.

Two-year investigation also finds company that managed the vessel failed to address known hull anomalies following a previous expedition

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