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Brianna Parkins: Tears can work wonders when you’re forced to deal with an Irish bank

‘When I got here, Irish people were so welcoming. I was shocked at how good they were to me’

Fake it till you make it: The carefully calibrated preppy look that helped elect George Santos

How dare Madonna shove her body, her surgery, her no-holds-barred self in our faces again?

Discovery of rare minerals needed for mobile phones hits Arctic’s indigenous protectors

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘Would I have to take my top off for any of these jobs? That wouldn’t be an issue for me. I’m in incredible shape’

‘In today’s terms, they were war crimes’: The ageing children of Ireland’s Civil War generation remember

Confessions of a recovering atheist: I now appreciate the allure of faith

I want to end the cult of pretending that overperforming at work is our path to happiness.

Seán Moncrieff: It’s no wonder so many people choose to believe in a God, despite the lack of evidence

‘I swapped factory work to make weapons for film and TV ... Braveheart was a baptism of fire’

Emer McLysaght: Real life has tipped into dark satire when TDs need Garda footwear advice

Michael Harding: In a terrible dispute one night in Galway, a fiddle ended up in the fire

We’ve all been focusing on Harry and Meghan, but what about Kate?

Róisín Ingle: The warm and welcoming community I live in is being tainted by protests

Brianna Parkins: I’m launching a Keep Dublin Just a Bit Crap campaign. Its mascot is the Spire

‘I was terrified to speak even though my English was good enough, but I blossomed in Wexford’

Gina Lollobrigida, noted Italian actor of 1950s and 60s, dies at 95

Irish restaurateur (79) in Algarve calls time on business ‘you love or hate’

Will the Irish Giant get to rest in peace at last?

Aoibhinn Ní Shúilleabháin: ‘It was important to me to get a formal apology from UCD’

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: If women’s rugby is ever going to be treated seriously, they’ll have to embrace the whole obnoxiousness thing

Brianna Parkins: Hikes and swims are what healthy and happy people do, right? I think it’s the exact opposite

Bret Easton Ellis: The ageing poster boy of lurid 1980s excess and the author of his own success

Seán Moncrieff: No visiting. No visitors. Covid robbed us of a Christmas with the people we love

When Lisa Marie Presley went on David Letterman, she owned him by the end of their seven minutes

Lisa Marie Presley, only child of Elvis Presley, dies at 54

Emer McLysaght: So now. What more do you need to say, in fairness?

Michael Harding: The taxi driver eyed me with merciless disdain

Brianna Parkins: We ignore protesters against asylum-seeker housing at our own dangerous risk

Róisín Ingle: Middle aged? Embrace it, there’s plenty to enjoy and appreciate about it

Adolfo Kaminsky: Forger who saved thousands of lives during second World War dies aged 97

President leads tributes following death of traditional musician Séamus Begley

‘In America you’re always on edge for a shooting, which is crazy to say but it’s true’

The seven types of email you should never, ever send

50 people to watch in 2023: Ireland’s brightest young talent

A big brother still remembered 50 years after the Belturbet bombing

Brianna Parkins: Should young Irish people emigrate to Australia? I hate that my answer is yes

Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: I silently curse myself for giving St Michael’s College credit that they don’t deserve

Fintan O’Toole: We have taken flight from deep link with birds

‘She slapped me so hard in the face she knocked me out’: Corporal punishment in Irish schools

Mary Kenny: Younger journalists are better educated, more serious and well behaved than I was

Pelé and Pope Benedict: Only one was believed by his followers to be capable of miracles

Seán Moncrieff: After a lifetime of it, I am addicted to busyness

How to get the most out of bank holidays – and have over 60 work-free days this year

Galway Tesco sends out mixed messages to women with sign that got lost in translation

Emer McLysaght: January is a godforsaken month - here’s how to survive it

Michael Harding: Heaven on earth on a cold Warsaw night over schnitzel, strudel and vodka

Brianna Parkins: It’s tough living with the feeling you’re not as ‘good at life’ as everyone else

Róisín Ingle: ‘I love you so much,’ I shout unconvincingly to my struggling self

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