IT Sunday: Marking 50 years since the Troubles

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“He is cheating on his partner, so he’s not trustworthy in terms of loyalty or fidelity. That he has a live-in partner also means that you cannot nor should not trust him to prioritise you in the way you want.” Photograph: iStock ‘I’ve been having sex with a friend for a year, and I’ve started to have feelings’
‘I’ve just heard Ronan coaching someone in how to defraud some poor, unfortunate insurance company’ Ross O’Carroll-Kelly: ‘The dude pats me down to make sure I’m not packing heat’
A storm over the Adriatic Sea. We should take a leaf out of Emperor Augustus’s book and use the natural rhythm of the economic cycle and the one-off event of Brexit to signal a change in the way we work and orientate ourselves. Photograph: Chris Winsor/Getty Images David McWilliams: Brexit is an opportunity. Let’s use it
Dina Nayeri: a gifted weaver of stories. The Ungrateful Refugee: Overcrowded boats, stormy seas, tented camps
Stephen O’Brien has been cleared to play in the All-Ireland final. Photograph: Inpho Stephen O’Brien cleared to play; How Ireland can top world rugby rankings
Kilkenny manager Brian Cody shakes hands with his Tipperary counterpart Liam Sheedy after the Allianz Hurling League game at Semple Stadium back in February. Photograph: Oisín Keniry/Inpho Jackie Tyrrell: Kilkenny to edge Sheedy v Cody Part III
Nazi leader Adolf Hitler meets with the Vatican ambassador. File photograph: Universal History Archive/Universal Images Group via Getty Images A Twentieth-Century Crusade review: Eye-opening look at the Catholic Church and fascism
British soldiers patrol in Derry on August 15th, 1969, after being deployed to end the Battle of the Bogside. Photograph: Independent News and Media/Getty Images Lynch’s call on Battle of Bogside has stood test of time
The picture in international markets is darkening: what does this mean for your household finances? Photograph: iStock Shares are tumbling, interest rates are at zero – what does it mean for you?
Chris Jordan presents Jofra Archer with his Test cap at Lord’s. Photograph: Gareth Copley/Getty Noel McGrath keeping Tipp ticking, Joe Schmidt trims Ireland squad
Mary Beth Keane Ask Again, Yes: The story of a family broken by mental illness
Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan passing through the new electronic gates for passport control in Dublin Airport. Photograph: Alan Betson Airport facial scanning: Dystopian nightmare rebranded as travel perk
CFR Cluj manager Dan Petrescu celebrates his side’s victory over Celtic at Parkhead. Photograph: Jane Barlow/PA Darragh Ó Sé on Tyrone and the dark arts, Dundalk dumped out of Europe
Decisions, decisions. Photograph: iStock I don't know what happens in therapy but I think I need to go
US president George W Bush following a meeting with the Interagency Team on Iraq at Camp David in Maryland, June 12, 2006, with vice-president Dick Cheney, defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld and secretary of state Condoleezza Rice. Photograph: Jason Reed/Reuters Leap of Faith review: How the US talked itself into the second Gulf war
Killian Foley-Walsh. “The president of Young Fine Gael who lit a small party fire by attending a conservative student conference addressed by Mike Pence is still only 24 and may have picked up a few life lessons already.” File photograph: Killian Foley-Walsh/Twitter Kathy Sheridan: Killian Foley-Walsh should shut up and listen
Joey Carbery of Ireland is taken off the field at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday. Photograph: Dan Mullan/Getty Images All Blacks returning to the pack; Mayo’s many mistakes against Dublin
Dublin’s Brian Fenton with Aidan O’Shea and Seamus O’Shea of Mayo at their All-Ireland SFC semi-final match at Croke Park on Saturday. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho Kevin McStay: No hiding Mayo’s many mistakes against Dublin
RM Smyllie: For all his eccentricity, through his own unequivocal Irishness he integrated The Irish Times with the new Ireland. Smyllie’s Ireland: The Irish Times editor and the Protestant experience
Kerry’s Stephen O’Brien celebrates scoring a goal against Tyrone. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho Kerry take on unfamiliar underdogs tag for final; United get off to promising start
This Mortal Boy: An immigrant from Belfast finds himself on a murder charge
Arsenal’s David Luiz (left) during the pre-match warm up prior to their Premier League meeting with Arsenal at St James’ Park. Photo: Owen Humphreys/PA Wire Ken Early: Exit of David Luiz may haunt Frank Lampard
The Eiffel Tower. Photograph: iStock How to holiday cheaply in France: Everything you need to know
When it comes to financing disruptive technology, lower interest rates are deflationary rather than inflationary. David McWilliams: The rules of economics have changed. Could someone tell central bankers?
Harland & Wolff shipyard showing one of the twin cranes in the background. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire Fintan O'Toole: We must defend our right to share the island
EM Reapy: good at writing interesting, believable predicaments Skin by EM Reapy: An evocative depiction of the backpacking life
Nine-year-old Patrick Rooney was the first child to be killed in the Troubles in Belfast in 1969. Pictured are his brother Con Rooney and mother Alice at there home in Belfast. Photograph: Arthur Allison/Pacemaker. A journey from the Derry march that ignited the Troubles to Belfast Pride
Anfield hosts the first Premier League match of the new season tonight. Photograph: Getty Images The Premier League returns; Ireland named their team for first warm-up match
“The team around Boris Johnson is boasting of his willingness to cling to office even if the House of Commons passes a motion of no confidence in his leadership.” Photograph: Julian Simmonds/Getty Images Tories willing to sabotage UK out of blind hatred of EU
Aodán Mac Póilin was committed to the idea of a language community “whose only common characteristic is that they speak Irish”. Our Tangled Speech review: Insight into politics of Irish
A dozen well-disguised fake accounts can potentially reach up to a million unsuspecting end users. Photograph: iStock This is Not Propaganda: How Putin, Trump and Bolsonaro use social media
The economies of Northern Ireland and the Republic are very different in many respects. Photograph: Toby Melville/Reuters Merging two economies: How would a united Ireland add up?
Shane Lowry plays a shot on the 10th hole during a practice round for the Northern Trust at Liberty National Golf Club in Jersey City, New Jersey. Photo: Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images James Ryan scoops Rugby Writers award; what role will Lee Keegan play for Mayo?
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Sinn Féin president Mary Lou McDonald during Féile an Phobail’s leaders’ debate, at St Mary’s University College, Belfast. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire Newton Emerson: A New Ireland, or just a bigger Republic?
Cocaine is a drug that masks insecurity as it allows the taker to feel omnipotent for short periods of time. Photograph: iStock Our son stole from us to fund his cocaine habit
Ireland players train at Carton House yesterday ahead of their opening World Cup warm-up match against Italy. Photo: James Crombie/Inpho Darragh Ó Sé on GAA’s disdain for player welfare; Ireland facing prop conundrum
David Clifford: his accuracy, along with the likes of Seán O’Shea, Paul Geaney and Stephen O’Brien, can help Kerry prevail against Tyrone on Sunday. Photograph: Bryan Keane/Inpho Darragh Ó Sé: Two huge battles will lead to a Dublin and Kerry final
Actor Kate Mulgrew’s story will feel familiar to anyone who has cared for elderly relatives. Photograph: Leon Bennett/WireImage How to Forget: Kate Mulgrew achingly details her parents’ suffering
Cameron Bancroft and Steve Smith of Australia celebrate after taking a catch to dismiss Jonny Bairstow of England during day five of the first Ashes Test at Edgbaston. Photo: Ryan Pierse/Getty Images Gerry Thornley on RWC warm-up games; taking a look at the intimate art of hurley making
Mayo are an older team now than when they last met Dublin in the 2017 final. It would appear as if this is the greatest team of all time they are playing. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho Kevin McStay: Mayo may be washed away by blue wave
Dublin City Council flats complex, Ringsend in Dublin: Eoin Ó Broin’s centrepiece is a much-enlarged programme of public housing, representing a scale and diversity of State activity in housing that could be thought of as a return to what was the norm in Ireland from the 1930s to the 1980s. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien Home. Why Public Housing Is the Answer – a fluent, serious book by Eoin Ó Broin
Anna Hope: Her background in drama makes for vibrant fictional detail. Photograph: Laura Hynd Expectation: Sharp, Sally Rooney-style insights into female friendship
Does a new car really smell good or do you just think it does? Photograph: iStock That new car smell and other consumer enigmas
US novelist Colson Whitehead won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for The Underground Railroad. Photograph: Sean Gallup/Getty Images The Nickel Boys review: Racial injustice and the politics of forgetting
For LGBTQ people, the feeling of being out of sync with social norms can be heightened. Photograph: iStock I’m 25, gay, single and insecure that all my straight friends are settling down
A picturesque beach at sunset in Lagos, Portugal. Photograph: Sergei Aleshin/Getty How to holiday cheaply in Portugal: Everything you need to know
Mayo’s Martin Carney is blocked down by Dublin’s Barney Rock during the 1985 All-Ireland semi-final replay. Photograph: Inpho Memory and bloodlines still proving a conundrum for Martin Carney
Stephanie McCurry, professor of history at Columbia University and one of America’s leading authorities on its civil war. Women’s War review: Women and the changing rules of war
British prime minister Boris Johnson is making great play of the bunker mentality. But, ultimately, the UK will have to cut a trade deal with the EU. Photograph: Simon Dawson/EPA David McWilliams: Boris Johnson is like an incompetent kidnapper taking Ireland hostage
Shamrock Rovers’ Aaron Greene, Jack Byrne and Aaron McEneff dejected after Apollon scored their second goal last night in Cyprus. Photograph: Chara Savvides/Inpho Shamrock Rovers beaten in extra-time; Your Super 8s weekend guide
Shaun Murphy: the rampaging runs forward by Wexford defenders posed Tipperary problems during the entertaining first half at Croke Park. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho Jackie Tyrrell: Daring Model plan almost produced the perfect coup