Mortgages are legal contracts so it is understandable that there are detailed processes to go through but it is possible

The author returns with a new character, a despairing history teacher Artie Dam, in The Things We Never Say, overshadowed by Trump

Ask Roe: Much to the dismay of my nervous system, situationships seem to have become the default setting

A year on from my son’s treatment for leukaemia, I find myself back in a world of expectations I can’t quite meet. The bar feels impossibly high again

Plus: high tempers in the art scene, the world’s quietest communications firm, and Michael D Higgins’s gift to the nation

Born in England, raised in Ireland, playing in Scotland, Elding wants to wear the green jersey, and Hallgrímsson is waiting

US authorities have warned against soccer fans walking 15km to the MetLife Stadium but train tickets reportedly cost $150

Declan Ryan reviews Selected Poems; Midnight at the Saltmarsh; Afterburn; and Before Violence

Tommy O’Brien and Andrew Porter two of the standout performers as Leinster book place in Champions Cup decider

Adopting an accessible, conversational style, Maïa Hruska examines Franz Kafka’s earliest champions

Plus reviews of These Isles by Brian Groom; and The Doom Loop by Eswar S Prasad

Rosa Campbell’s compelling work does justice to a feminist warrior

Whether to spend big to ease rising household electricity and gas bills is Government’s next big test

The National Children’s Science Centre is needed more than ever

Calls for cultural shift in workplace attitudes to family responsibilities

The lesson from Covid is not that strong public-health measures should never be used again

More than 190 days will have elapsed between President’s inauguration and Galway West poll

Life would be more relaxed, more sociable and healthier

Those responsible are doubtless working hard to resolve issues but could they speed up delivery?

Living in towns and villages brings economies of scale and reduces car usage