Studying in the UK: ‘It forces you to step outside your comfort zone’
From navigating the application process to adapting to new learning environments, students from the Republic share their experience of studying in Britain and Northern Ireland
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What problem is Jim O’Callaghan trying to solve with new hurdles to citizenship?
Proposed changes smack of an attempt to pander to populist agitation
I live in Northern Ireland and want to work in the Republic. How is remote working handled?
Work Q&A: How does the Irish public sector typically handle remote working arrangements for Northern Ireland residents?
Air traffic control issue that led to dozens of Irish flight cancellations ‘resolved’
Nats, which provides services to 15 UK airports, apologises for disruption and says it is working to clear the ‘backlog of flights’
A Cyprus murder plot: the Irishman, the secret agent and the alleged plan to kill twin brothers
Irish security sources confident the hits were ultimately commissioned by veteran criminals with close links to the Kinahan cartel
Why Andy Burnham is taking on Israel over the West Bank
Britain’s planned trade ban risks a diplomatic and economic backlash, but Labour sees an opportunity to rebuild support on its left flank
Who is ‘Danny Tommo’, the man behind anti-migrant protests on England’s south coast?
Anti-migrant protests in Dover and Portsmouth were organised by a hard-right campaigner who was jailed for kidnapping in 2016
Clocks will move back on October 25th for winter time
Daylight saving time ends on last Sunday in October, which this year falls a day earlier than last year
Missing details on personal investment accounts leave consumers in the dark
Current investment regime taxes profit you make; this new scheme will tax the whole fund regardless of performance
Does it make sense to keep buying back UK state pension rights at higher price?
British government has changed rules, significantly increasing cost of voluntary National Insurance contributions
Relying on neighbours: foreign defenders step in to protect State in dangerous times
The need for French and British ships to provide cover during high-level events in Ireland is politically delicate, given Irish military neutrality
Annoyance was written all over Nigel Farage’s face at Reform UK annual conference
Donations scandal overshadows Birmingham gathering, raising fresh questions about party’s suitability for government
Nigel Farage aides step down after undercover report on Reform UK donations
Reform says Dan Jukes and James Orr have left their roles as it launches an investigation into the report
Apathy and ignorance south of the Border remain significant blocks to Irish unity
A Border poll was never really on the table, and that is where there is considerable Anglo-Irish agreement
Driverless robotaxis try their luck on London’s narrow streets
The city’s medieval layout is a maze filled with cars, buses, bikers and jaywalking pedestrians. How will autonomous vehicles cope?
UK Green leader to seek parliament seat vacated by Keir Starmer
Election will post early test for new prime minister Andy Burnham
Andy Burnham is right. Holding a poll to test the waters on unity should be off the table
It would polarise politics even further and set the clock back in the quest for cross-community reconciliation, perhaps for decades
Europe looks old and broke to its lenders, but it’s not the only region with problems
Lenders must choose between countries behaving like a bingeing entrepreneur, an elderly but reputable business owner and an indebted aristocrat
No more summer sunshine for Burnham as the real work begins
Life as UK prime minister will come at him fast, beginning on Tuesday as recess ends
A long road to Ireland: ‘The Irish are very secretive. They don’t tell you stuff’
Colleen Murrell says Australians franker than Irish people and leave everything out in the open
Is that David Beckham in The Gentlemen?
Campaign for Stella Artois shows Netflix letting brands into the storytelling with its latest commercial tie-in
Personal investment accounts likely to engage 85 per cent of Irish adults – survey
Royal London survey says women, those living in rural areas and pensioners are least likely to invest
Irish man in Birmingham: The English often seem less interested in us than we are in them
I feel settled in the West Midlands, an area Irish people have been calling home for generations
Deirdre McSharry obituary: Irish-raised UK Cosmopolitan editor who discovered Twiggy
McSharry grew up in Ireland, began her career in Dublin, and went on to launch Country Living
Fightland review: Like its creator 50 Cent, this is loud and boastful but fun
The rapper’s latest drama is somewhat ludicrous, with all the giddy energy of a soap opera plus bonus violence
Irish man charged after stolen taxi driven wrong way on dual carriageway in Wales
Darragh O’Grady (31) allegedly drove car in wrong direction on A55 near Holyhead following a crash with a cyclist
Denis Brosnan-chaired Glanua back in the black following €3m reorganisation
Former waste-to-energy firm has focused on water and wastewater services following a restructuring
UK tightens rules for Irish residents looking to beef up British state pension rights
Thousands of Irish people who worked for a time in the UK are entitled to buy national insurance years
UK police arrest 12 people as investigation into wrong-way Middlesbrough crash widens
Comments follow fatal wrong-way collision that killed seven people in Middlesbrough
Five young people killed in wrong-way crash with police car in England are named
Two police officers also died in the collision on the A66 near Middlesbrough early on Saturday
Iran-linked hackers accused of cyberattack that shut down British power plant
Small-scale energy generator was down for four days as a result of the attack last month
Forecaster predicts strongest El Nino in living memory
UK’s Met Office says rising sea temperatures will create a heightened risk of drought in tropics and stormy conditions in northwestern Europe
Prince Harry and Meghan to move back to Britain
Couple and their two children to live somewhere outside London, six years after they stepped down from royal duties
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