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‘I’m in my mid-30s and split up with my long-term boyfriend, but now I think I still love him’
Tell Me About It: ‘I had stopped all physical contact, and we were essentially living together as flatmates’
By Trish Murphy
Darragh Ó Sé: Donegal are right - there’s no way they should have to play on a six-day turnaround
The squeezed season means that player welfare is way down the list behind bums on seats and keeping TV stations happy
By Darragh Ó Sé
Should influencers and politicians share photographs of their children online?
You have to wonder what kind of pressure impels a parent to send fully identifiable pictures of their children into the public gaze
Miriam Lord: ‘Taoiseach, do you do a weekly shop?’ It’s not even funny to think about
Imagine Micheál Martin doing your weekly shop? He’d refuse to look at a biscuit, the house would be awash with broccoli and you’d die for the want of a cheese-and-onion crisp
By Miriam Lord
Park Developments pays €15m for Balbriggan site
19.2-acre site is zoned for residential use and has potential to accommodate over 300 new homes
Henry Street retail investment for €2.6m offers buyer 7% yield
Subject property is fully let and generating €200,000 in annual rental income
Private investor pays €3.35m for large land bank near Dublin Airport
Holding of 129 acres sold for 26% under guide price and offers scope for rezoning to industrial and logistics
How to save money on your home insurance
You need to shop around, and the best deal isn’t always the cheapest
By Joanne Hunt
Paul Clements: ‘I am often asked how long it takes to write a book. Now I can say with accuracy: 33 years’
Paul Clements, whose book about living in a cottage in the woods had a gestation of more than three decades, reflects on other slow-burn books that became travel and nature writing classics
Slags by Emma Jane Unsworth: Deeply wise and hilarious
The main characters delivers her droll confessional in a voice as brightly true and un-phony as that of Holden Caulfield
By John Quin
Dublin office market rebalancing as demand grows in face of falling supply
Future office construction pipeline falls below average take-up for last 15 years
Tyrone’s high hopes, Donegal’s high dudgeon
Dublin deliver ‘greatest shock in 50 years’; Lions bring the buzz off the field if not on it
Trump says Israel-Iran ceasefire ‘now in effect’
The ceasefire, if it holds, would end 10 days of hostilities between the two nations
What happens when your therapist or GP asks: ‘Have you ever wondered if you might be neurodivergent?’
A diagnosis may offer a new perspective that helps life make more sense
By Lisa Healy
Conor McManus: Dublin in Croke Park used to be a death sentence. Times have changed
Tyrone have yet to hit top form but may well use this weekend as a springboard
Fending off coastal erosion: one Co Kerry community’s story
Having the right approach to local engagement is a key part of protecting the unique ecosystem of the Maharees
Nuclear weapons have been in the Middle East for decades – not in Iran, but in Israel
Israel successfully created a reality distortion field in which the possible (Iran might get nuclear weapons) obscures the actual (Israel already has them)
A New Zealander in Dublin: ‘It feels like people work to live here as opposed to living to work’
Virginia Loughnan moved to Ireland in 2023 and is most proud of the network of friends she has built here
Dreamtime Ireland review – Blockbuster show tied together by piquant focus on nationhood
Visual art: Sean Lynch has assembled dozens of works, across a range of media, spanning the years since the 1990s
By Tom Lordan
The D4 farmers: Why the rich are buying up land to avoid inheritance tax
Rules to limit use of relief for tax planning are on the way but have not yet been activated
By Fiona Reddan
The best new restaurants and cafes to open in Ireland in the past year
Brand new openings, new initiatives and new locations
By Corinna Hardgrave and Joanne Cronin
Coming Clean: The Rise of Critical Theory and the Future of the Left - but which left?
Author’s shallow understanding of class and failure to address this pivotal driver in left–wing politics is a notable flaw
By Brian Hanley
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