Father and son lose appeal over €2,000 penalties for air travel during Covid
Nicolae and Florin Mazarache were stopped by a garda at Dublin Airport in April 2021
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Cheating in college: notes, smart watches, whispering, ignoring the clock, and someone else sitting the exam
Cheating during exams is almost always pre-planned, and the means of cheating remain familiar
Michael O’Leary’s warning for EasyJet starts to sound prescient
With a market capitalisation of €4.24bn, EasyJet trades at less than half its pre-Covid price and a seventh of Ryanair’s
Micheál Martin and Simon Harris are not doomed. Yet
After an unremarkable budget and disastrous presidential election campaigns, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are in a dangerous place
Loss of up to €7m on medical devices a ‘defining collapse’ in HSE governance, says chief
‘People failed at their jobs’ after authorising payments without checking goods had been received, Bernard Gloster said
Young people report higher levels of loneliness than their elders do
Those aged 16 to 24 felt ‘lonely most or all of the time over past four weeks’, says OECD report
Expired Covid-19 vaccines worth €12m likely to be written off, HSE says
Health service also faces €7.4m bill to have obsolete personal protective equipment destroyed
HSE could face ‘an overall loss’ of between €5m-€7m from dealing with one supplier
Public Accounts Committee to be told there is no hope of recovering losses
Brian Leddin: Why I resigned from the Green Party over its backing of Catherine Connolly
Party’s decision to support Connolly’s presidential campaign only deepened my concerns about its current direction
Rising food, labour costs eat into profits at Michelin-recognised Ashford Castle
But directors of luxury hotel say 2025 has seen an ‘uplift’ in trade
YouTube to pay Trump €21m to settle lawsuit over account suspension
Platform blamed its suspension of US president’s channel after Capitol riot on pressure from Joe Biden
Cerberus among bidders for portfolio of AIB problem loans totalling €500m
Mortgages in default and debt from Covid pandemic among borrowings set to be sold at steep discount
Katherine Zappone: ‘I didn’t really realise how crazy you can become with grief’
The former government minister’s memoir covers the pain of losing her wife and the joy of a new relationship, as well as various career controversies
‘Misinformation pandemic’ has become ‘a threat to democracy’, warns Irish academic
‘Misinformation pandemic’ has become ‘a threat to democracy’, warns Irish academic
GP’s online critique of public health advice during Covid-19 ‘alarmist’, inquiry hears
Dr Marcus de Brun, who said face masks were ‘dangerous’, faces 10 allegations of professional misconduct
More than one in five pupils missed over 20 days of last school year, data show
Figures still above pre-pandemic levels despite overall reduction in chronic absenteeism
GP who described Covid vaccine for children as ‘crime against humanity’ faces inquiry
Dr Marcus de Brun, who said face masks were ‘dangerous’, faces 10 allegations of professional misconduct
Women, parents and under-35s most stressed by return-to-work policies, survey finds
Women, parents and younger workers feeling more under pressure, while large cohort of workers wants to spend less time on social media
Love in a Time of Politics by Katherine Zappone: Blazing a trail in court of public opinion
Was Zappone more effective as an insider than as an activist? The answer is not always clear
Chinese Covid whistleblower sentenced to four more years in jail, group says
Zhang Zhan charged with ‘picking quarrels and provoking trouble’ after documenting Covid in Wuhan
Flu vaccine uptake among health workers in 2024 lowest in seven years
More than 23,000 cases of influenza notified to health officials between October and end of February
The urgent need to combat vaccine hesitancy in Ireland and abroad
Concerns about childhood vaccination have returned with a bang – we must allay these fears
France’s moment of peril as a debt mountain fuels a political crisis
Sébastien Lecornu, France’s fifth prime minister in two years, faces what some consider an impossible task
Closing schools in Covid pandemic had ‘hugely detrimental effect’, says Mike Ryan
World Health Organisation ‘at no point’ advised lockdowns, senior global health figure says
Who was Charlie Kirk, the right-wing provocateur shot in Utah?
Conservative influencer who played a pivotal role in shaping hard-right movement was fatally shot at a college campus event
RFK Jr: Will Trump stand by America’s vaccine-skeptic health chief?
In the News podcast: Will Donald Trump stand by Robert F Kennedy jnr despite the political risk of overhauling vaccine policies?
Philip Nolan got €200,000 payout in legal row that left science agency with €901,000 bill
€275,000 was paid for legal costs of former Science Foundation Ireland director general, accounts show
Leo Varadkar autobiography: Six takeaways, from Golfgate to that heave against Enda Kenny
‘Eccentric’ childhood obsession with politics, criticism of Garret FitzGerald, and champagne with Nigel Farage
How can a child just disappear without the State even noticing?
Search for remains Co Dublin boy – the second child to vanish in a year – raises concerns about welfare of vulnerable children during Covid pandemic
Is CMAT’s claim about suicide during the economic crash accurate?
A noticeable increase in Irish male suicide from 2007 onwards ‘can be mapped directly’ against the economic crash
Chronic absenteeism from school has worsened since Covid and must be tackled
Student attendance has deteriorated since Covid, with more than 30% of students in Deis second-level schools now defined as ‘chronic absentees’
Robert F Kennedy jnr and Donald Trump are undoing one of America’s great success stories
The US president chooses not to push his greatest accomplishment because of the wilful ignorance of some of his supporters
Nature offers something to celebrate at ‘ecological disaster’ site
Terns continue to flock to Lady’s Island Lake despite damage from algal bloom
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