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Vaginal mesh injury: ‘I really thought I was going to die’

Woman says infections started immediately after mesh was inserted in 2002 to treat urinary incontinence

‘Unavoidable’ tax increases on the cards in Budget 2023, claims Social Justice Ireland

‘Reductions in income taxes, indirect taxes, excise duties and levies represent poorly targeted measures and should be avoided’, urges SJI

Aer Lingus apologises for 13 cancelled flights

Spike in Covid cases among staff adds to pressure on airline

Review of Help to Buy will determine future of €600m scheme for first-time buyers

A recent report suggests that as many as a third of first-time house buyers don't need the grant to meet their deposit.

Nato programme has been massively beneficial for Ireland and Ukraine, says Defence Forces officer

Commandant Daire Roache says he has personally witnessed the transformation of Ukraine’s military from a ‘basket case’ to an effective fighting force

‘It’s the start of an attack on women’s rights’: Crowds protest Roe v Wade decision outside US embassy in Dublin

Labour leader Ivana Bacik says protesting for abortion rights again, four years after repeal of Eighth, ‘felt like deja vu’

Government to begin research into how to provide gender recognition for transgender children under 16

Research follows on from review of Gender Recognition Act 2015

Three of Ireland’s main churches take part in Dublin Pride parade

First-ever Catholic and Church of Ireland Pride ecumenical prayer service in Dublin

Ukrainian pupils adapt to life in Irish schools: ‘They are very, very strong at maths’

Teachers say Irish education system has responded well in meeting the needs of 7,000 Ukrainian pupils

Gifted students report feeling bored in class - study

Talented students describe ‘stigma’ of doing well in school, study finds

Delays reported at Dublin Airport check-in desks over busy weekend

Queues at check-in desks due to ‘staffing challenges’ facing airlines, airport management says

English language schools turning away students

More than 200 English Language Education (ELE) providers in State, according to Department of Education

Next Stop Hollywood for Clare’s controversial Púca?

Harte’s Púca, commissioned by Clare County Council as tourist attraction for Ennistymon, was rejected on various grounds by locals in public survey

IT Sunday: social revolution of the last 30 years made life better for most people but not less fretful

Among the articles selected this week are pieces from Fintan O’Toole, Jennifer O’Connell and Shelia Wayman

From fighting at the front to a Dublin hospital: ‘You don’t think of it as killing, it’s war’

Two Ukrainian fighters, one a volunteer living in Dublin, on how the war has affected them

Thousands take part in first Dublin Pride parade in three years as message of defiance and protest remains

‘We have a lot to do yet. We cannot become complacent,’ Taoiseach tells crowd in city’s Merrion Square

Irish News owner Jim Fitzpatrick dies aged 93

Taoiseach leads tributes to man who made ‘a genuinely positive contribution to Belfast’

Celebrities would make a ‘dog’s dinner’ of being Dublin mayor, Ahern says

‘Every week would be a PR exercise’: Former taoiseach told Citizens’ Assembly directly-elected mayor ‘wouldn’t do much for city’

Thinking Anew: The populist understanding of freedom is not freedom at all

A tsunami of anger and bitterness is so evident all over the world today

We’re not alone. Spain is also struggling to cope with the strong rebound in travel

Demand for sunnier climes evident as Dublin Airport set to have busiest weekend in three years

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