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Online shopping is undermining the traditional high street but high rates are killing shops

This week, a letter from Kenmare to the editor outlined the plight of small businesses in small Irish towns. The writer explained how the heart has...

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The Irish Times

David Mcwilliams

No wonder Americans are flocking to see Civil War. Many believe a civil war is coming

It didn’t exactly do what it said on the tin. A survey of filmgoers leaving Civil War found that most, like your correspondent, went to the film...

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The Irish Times

Patrick Smyth

What’s the right age for my daughter to get a smartphone? I asked her older siblings

Five years ago, in the unhealthy tradition of columnists who mine their children’s lives for material, I wrote about how my then 13-year-old...

5

The Irish Times

Jennifer O&x27Connell

Ozempic changed the lives of obesity patients. And then we had to stop prescribing it

In the five years or so that semaglutide, commonly known by its brand name, Ozempic, became available in Ireland, it has transformed not just how...

5

The Irish Times

Francis Finucane

Rebel Wilson's admission got me thinking about the weird concept of virginity

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Irish Examiner

Edel Coffey

I've lost my phone, loading up the new one feels like a fresh start

5

Irish Examiner

Colm Oregan

One of the most dangerous places on earth to be female

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Irish Examiner

S Elaine Loughlin

Amal Clooney’s voice has great potential

10

Irish Examiner

S Colin Sheridan

England's far-right metastasises nostalgia into anger

7

Irish Examiner

Séamas Oreilly

Lunches to keep you full of beans — like my three-bean salad

7

Irish Examiner

Derval Orourke

Behaviour of gardaí under intense scrutiny

6

Irish Examiner

S Mick Clifford

How to make chocolate biscuit cake — and the mistakes to avoid

6

Irish Examiner

Michelle Darmody

Parental neglect and the loss of our children to the sewer of social media

6

Irish Examiner

S Gareth Ocallaghan

The juggernaut Mullins drives is fueled by sport's only currency. Winning

5

Irish Examiner

Ruby Walsh

Little jeopardy but Leinster dry run will hold the attention

5

Irish Examiner

S Enda Mcevoy

Sarah Collins: Long goodbyes, avian high jinks and spy scandals as the European Parliament breaks up

As some MEPs faced the final curtain, others girded themselves for June’s elections

5

The Business Post

Sarah Collins

Travel: I had just retired and could see the future and it sucked, so I decided to travel

Peter Murtagh shares his story of travel adventures on his trusty motorbike.

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TheJournal

Peter Murtagh

Dream of a left-wing government slipping away and not just because of Sinn Féin slump

One of the more striking contributions in the Dáil’s long debate on the Stardust apology on Tuesday was from Catherine Connolly, the left-wing...

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The Irish Times

Pat Leahy

Newton Emerson: Buck stops with Beattie over UUP election mess

The hapless UUP is making a mess of what should be its most promising election in years. It has a solid chance of taking South Antrim from the DUP...

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The Irish News

Newton Emerson

Would even paradise itself be worth the suffering of a single tortured child?

There is a question in Dostoevsky’s The Brothers Karamazov that has haunted me ever since I first read it in my 20s. The question is put by Ivan...

3

The Irish Times

Mark O&x27Connell

When it comes to Cork as a venue, Clare have lost that loving feeling

4

Irish Examiner

S Kieran Shannon

Panic has defined Jurgen Klopp’s final days 

4

Irish Examiner

S Dion Fanning

Are we reading too much into 15 minutes last Sunday?

3

Irish Examiner

S Anthony Daly

Eternal optimism of the Tipperary mind

3

Irish Examiner

S Larry Ryan

A simple way to make roads safer: disable drivers’ phones

A FELLA started a thread on social media recently where he posed a simple question: ‘What is the No.1 problem that is making our roads more...

4

Evening Echo

John Dolan

Surrealing in the Years: Bloody horses on the loose in London, bloody chaos on the loose in Ireland

We best saddle up.

3

TheJournal

Carl Kinsella

There’s a wedding to plan for – and that stone won’t lose itself

We are planning for our beautiful niece’s wedding. She is the eldest grandchild; the adored first granddaughter of her granny. Ma was known to...

1

The Irish News

Nuala Mccann

Angela Rayner house sale ‘scandal’ and William Wragg ‘honeytrap’ shows importance of reading between the lines of the news agenda

So, have you heard the news? If you haven’t, you’re probably living in an isolated house high in the mountains with no electricity, although even...

1

The Irish News

Jake Okane

Cycling lesson number one: The Clifts wait for no-one

The lighter evenings have brought brighter aspirations and thus the racer was turned upside down on the grass, cleaned, oiled and readied for its...

1

The Irish News

Fabien Mcquillan

Stormont budget: Kicking can of revenue raising down road means hard choices for individual ministers

Delivering a balanced budget was one of the Treasury’s three conditions for wiping a £559 million debt built up by Stormont departments...

1

The Irish News

Ryan Mcaleer

We now know which hospitals are overspending and which are delivering. Let’s fund them accordingly

If only I knew then what I know now. On St Brigid’s Day 2023, I spent 24 hours in the Emergency Department of Wexford General Hospital with an...

9

The Irish Times

Gerard Howlin

Why are so many journalists leaving to work for the Government?

During goodbye drinks for a former colleague some years ago, the departing journalist took me aside to offer friendly career advice. If you want to...

9

The Irish Times

Justine Mccarthy

Themes in McGahern’s That They May Face The Rising Sun have never been more relevant

As a book reviewer, Hilary Mantel was captivated by John McGahern’s final novel That They May Face the Rising Sun, published in 2002: “This is a...

8

The Irish Times

Diarmaid Ferriter

Humans’ ‘out of sight, out of mind’ attitude to disaster the real threat

8

Irish Examiner

S Jennifer Horgan

All-Ireland tourism is a no-brainer and can only increase prosperity

One of the characters in the ‘Nonsense Novels’ of Stephen Leacock, the Canadian humourist, was Lord Ronald. On one occasion “he said nothing;...

7

The Irish News

Brian Feeney

Please, Stormont, just give us a reason to believe

Let me begin with three tweets which arrived on my timeline this week. “Why does it look like every facet of government-run services here are...

7

The Irish News

Alex Kane

Veterans not the problem as Cork search for a plan

7

Irish Examiner

S Derek Mcgrath

Irish access to sport is too dependent on social class

6

Irish Examiner

S Paul Rouse

Call to attend Town Hall event at UCC ahead of European Elections

TOMORROW (Saturday April 27) is 40 days until the European Elections. Nearly 450 million citizens across Europe will go to the polls from June 6 to...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

Social media: Do you need to take a break?

THE unspoken rules of social media can be challenging to keep up with. People never regret taking social media breaks. Celebrities including...

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Evening Echo

Evening Echo

Marion McKeone: America’s homeless find themselves in supreme court’s crosshairs

An upcoming decision could effectively criminalise those with nowhere to go

7

The Business Post

Marion Mckeone

Colm Lauder: Why there are new signs of life for investors in UK property

British real estate investment market conditions improving in early months of 2024

10

The Business Post

Colm Lauder

TOWNLAND TALES: A stroll through the placenames of Ross

“Ross appears on Browne’s Map, 1584, as part of Mayo, but this was disputed by Co Galway and it was dealt with as part of the latter county in...

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The Mayo News

John O’Callaghan

Can Cahill finally crack the Limerick code?

5

Irish Examiner

S Christy O’Connor

Lorcan Allen: Bankinter has its work cut out to bring real competition to Ireland’s mortgage market

The Spanish lender will need time to grow its market share in Ireland as it seeks to erode the dominance of the two big pillar banks

7

The Business Post

Lorcan Allen

New health service area planning boards are a mistake which councils and councillors will use to obstruct much-needed change

If Translink was being abolished so Stormont could take direct control of public transport, it is likely you would be aware of it. If it was...

10

The Irish News

Newton Emerson

Posters are integral to Galway’s free elections

Bradley Bytes – a sort of political column by Dara Bradley Mike Cubbard, the Independent Councillor gunning for an unprecedented three-in-a-row...

10

Connacht Tribune

Dara Bradley

Analysis: Revolut has talked the talk on mortgages - but can it walk the walk?

Fintech’s claim that anything Irish banks can do, it can do better, will be put to the test in its ambition to enter the mortgage market

10

The Business Post

Kathleen Gallagher

Unionism needs to know when to hold ‘em – and know when to fold ‘em

The present crisis in unionism offers the opportunity for a new beginning. You might say there’s only a crisis in the DUP, and the DUP isn’t...

10

The Irish News

Brian Feeney

Unreasonable disruptor McGuinness pulls off a very modern heist

10

Irish Examiner

S Tommy Martin

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