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From arts and media to politics and law, it’s the graduates of all-girls Catholic schools who are blazing a trail for independent women. Photograph: Marvin Recinos/ AFP/ Getty
How nuns schooled today’s torch-bearers of feminism

The convent school prefect is having a moment. From arts and media to politics and law, it’s the graduates of all-girls Catholic schools who are blazi(...)

John Reynolds, Aston Villa, circa 1896, Reynolds is the only player to have represented both Ireland and England at international level. Photograph: Bob Thomas/Popperfoto/Getty Images
Michael Walker: before Declan Rice, only one man had played for Ireland and England

There was not a soul around. In a graveyard, that might count as humour and, if so, it was the only dry item in Sheffield’s Burngreave cemetery on Wed(...)

Frances Connolly (52) and Patrick Connolly (54) from Moira, County Armagh. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
Irish couple who won €127m EuroMillions jackpot ‘chuffed to bits’

The Co Down couple who won the €127 million (£115m) EuroMillions jackpot on New Year’s Day said they were “chuffed to bits” at being able to(...)