Fresh challenges to State’s refusal to further backdate bereaved partners’ pensions
Changes to scheme followed Tipperary father’s successful Supreme Court challenge
By Ellen Coyne
Terence Stamp, a kid from London’s East End, appeared in all the right films for all the right directors
Stamp, who has died aged 87, and Julie Christie were the 1960s signature couple: suave, casual, staggeringly good-looking
Family of Eugene O’Reilly and CRH face Ukraine dispute
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Ryanair: ‘We don’t have time to waste with stupid follow-up questions from your readers’
The airline says under-16s now need to be accompanied by an adult when flying. Readers say it’s not that simple
By Conor Pope
I Am Not an Alcoholic: ‘In this beautiful weather what harm could a chilled glass of wine do?
Part 26: While maintaining my sobriety may not be a certainty, I can be certain that nothing or no one will ever make me act uncontrollably again
By Anonymous
Just one nurse left in Defence Forces after decision to let unit collapse
Outsourcing Army Nursing Service would be prohibitively expensive and less effective, official report had said
New season, same glaring weakness: how have Man United allowed this issue to persist?
After almost half a billion spent over three transfer windows, Casemiro remains at the heart of midfield
By Ken Early
Mankeeping: why it’s bad for women and men
As women increasingly refuse to do the emotional and social labour to the men in their lives, it’s time for men to be responsible for making new friendships
By Margaret E Ward
What happens to trousers put in a Dublin clothes bank? One pair was tracked to Libya
Charity calls for stricter regulation of second-hand clothing after it followed items
Beware of the AI therapist. It tells us what we want to hear
Are you being flattered into fragility by your AI app?
John FitzGerald: Nuclear generators, hydrogen and battery storage are options we should explore to generate clean electricity
Wind and solar can’t be relied on to replace gas as a reliable source to power our electricity supply
The race between commuters and tourists in London is unwinnable
‘Dawdling, walking three-abreast, or doing anything else to block a footpath is ill-advised on busy streets ... people walk faster than they do in less populated spots’
By Pilita Clark
‘When it comes to supporting club football, Liverpool don’t really count as an English team’
Jen Hogan: A lifelong devotion to the Reds by fans on this side of the Irish Sea has produced a club following unlike any other
By Jen Hogan
Pea Dinneen: ‘Raising Her Voice was born out of frustration at seeing myself reflected nowhere in the Irish theatrical canon’
The trans artist Pea Dinneen’s Dublin Fringe Festival debut, an autobiographical show about gender, is also a reclamation of cultural space
Grá review: Art drawn from the Crawford collection celebrates love in all its forms
At Uillinn, in west Co Cork, the artist collective Salt & Pepper and the curator Michael Waldron team up to foreground queer identity and romance
By Tom Lordan
My Saxophone Saved My Life by Des Lee and The Killing of the Reavey Brothers by Eugene Reavey: Angry accounts of atrocities and the continuing search for answers
British authorities have put up obstacles to both men as they have fought for decades to discover the truth
Letters to the Editor, August 18th: On the presidency, Trump and Putin in Alaska, and being caught short at The Weir
Why he was deselected is still a murky matter
Should I be paying tax in the UK on a pension if I live in Ireland?
Modern workplace mobility means people can have pensions in different countries, and there are rules in place to make sure we are not taxed twice on them
Presidential campaign kicks into life
Arrival of Gareth Sheridan and the withdrawal of Mairead McGuinness bookended the first week of real interest in the race for the Áras
Pope Leo’s first 100 days: ‘He is returning to what was normality before’
Cautious communications and sparse use of English have helped the first US pope to keep a low profile while returning to the more formal Vatican structure of the past
Dáil clerk job up for grabs with a salary of just under €250,000
Overheard: Tourism bosses see upside of Norman invasion and Michael Flatley lets flute do the talking amid Áras speculation
Genteel streets of Washington’s Georgetown meet National Guard in Trump’s crime crackdown
It is impossible to predict whether this is short-term misdirection or the first intimation of a hitherto unimaginable authoritarian police era
By Keith Duggan
We decided to drive the new EV across the country. It wasn’t long before things became tense
I looked for a charging point at every garage we passed. It was striking how few there were
An Irish woman in Barcelona: ‘Climate change has made the summer months difficult’
Wild Geese: Ann King, Barcelona
The lure of AI companionship poses a real danger to vulnerable people
The same online forces that nudged Gen Z into a pit of loneliness using algorithms are selling AI companionship to them
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