The greatest debut singles ever – beginning with this one, which sparked a revolution: REM are rereleasing their momentous first single, from 1981. Here are nine other seminal songs. Read more.

The 8th: How Ireland went through a 'collective national moment of catharsis': This tightly told film charts the 2018 referendum campaign to legalise abortion. Read more.

HSE cyberattack: Decryption tool functional but unlikely to offer 'quick fix': Criminals hope threat of data leak alone enough to extract €16m ransom. Read more.

Major 'transition planning' for students with disabilities to progress to college: Pupils should be asked what job they would like, not what health service, Harris says. Read more.

Eamon Ryan insists rents can be reduced in investor apartment stamp duty row: Green party leader faces trenchant opposition criticism in Dáil on housing decision. Read more.

Boris Johnson's Ballymurphy blunder shows need for reconciliation: A weasel-worded and incomplete apology to families was finally dragged out of PM. Read more.

Saoirse Ronan to make UK stage debut in feminist Macbeth: Actor reunited with James McArdle in London staging of the Shakespeare tragedy. Read more.

If you hate articles about the royal family, written by craven lackeys, don't read this: Royalty takes a lot of interpreting. Luckily, The Irish Times has me, writes Patrick Freyne. Read more.

Lady Gaga on being raped: 'I felt full-on pain, then I felt numb, then I was sick for weeks': Attack at 19 'changed who I was completely. It changed my body, it changed thoughts'. Read more.