Mitch McConnell cuts a lonely figure as US Senate approves RFK jnr nomination
Kentucky senator is sole voice of protest in Republican party, but blew his chance to stop Trump’s return to power ...
Shelbourne beat Derry City as Tolka Park goes dark on opening night
A “blown ESB fuse” forced the League of Ireland’s opening night at Tolka Park, where the champions hosted Derry City, to be ...
Rory McIlroy gives himself a ‘B+’ as he moves into contention at Torrey Pines
Rory McIlroy provided a self-assessed “B+” as he headed into the weekend of the $20 million Genesis Invitational on the PGA Tour at Torrey Pines in La Jolla, California, where the Northern Irishman ...
Small Things Like These adaptation beats Kneecap to win best film award at IFTAs
Ifta operates an eccentric system that has TV drama honoured on the same night as film. The big winners from the small screen ...
Limerick’s Tom Morrissey: Players are not being compensated fairly for the commitment they give
At intercounty level, are players the last of the amateurs? Look at Croke Park on All-Ireland final day: everyone in that ...
Poem of the Week: I am not a gardener
Today’s poem is from Maeve O’Sullivan’s recent new (Alba Publishing) ...
China could show US the way on clean energy tech
The trend is most pronounced in China, where electricity demand has been growing faster than the overall economy since 2020.
International Protection accommodation bill tops €1 bn for first time
The annual State spend in accommodating International Protection (IP) applicants last year topped €1 billion for the first ...
The Guide: Alison Moyet, King Lear, Dublin film festival and other events to see, shows to book and ones to catch before they end
The rising English comedian Ania Magliano has collected more than a few plaudits over the past three years – “sharp, poised ...
One Day, Everyone Will Have Always Been Against This and The World after Gaza: holding the West to account
Omar El Akkad sees a future in which western intelligentsias will whitewash their past complaisance, but Pankaj Mishra is in ...
Black band at bottom lip of shell gives game away for the brown-lipped snail
I found this beautifully coloured snail atop a sand dune on Ventry beach in Co Kerry. Is it native or did it float ashore on ...
The fall and rise of Orla Kiely: ‘As horrible as it was, you just have to get on with it. There are things we won’t do again’
The Irish designer of the world-famous Stem pattern is a strong believer in repeating things – except when it comes to the ...