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'Dangerous predator' secretly filmed children

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Richard Pooley was found with more than 87,000 indecent images of children, a court hears.

What if hustle culture had existed in the grunge era … the Stephen Collins cartoon

By Stephen Collins

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Leaving Cert points calculator: How many CAO points are your results worth?

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First round college offers will be out on August 30th

'Tough day for Carlow and wider area', says bishop

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The Bishop of Kildare and Leighlin has said that today is a "very tough day for Carlow and the wider area".

Academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism suspended by Belgian university

By Chris Osuh, agencies

Nathan Cofnas says Ghent University will ‘almost certainly fire me’

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Buddhist monk attacked by masked e-bike rider

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The monk says he was punched and kick in the latest attack on him in Hebburn's Riverside Park.

Late Late Toy Show kicks off search for this year's stars

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The Late Late Toy Show team has started the search to find the next generation of youngsters to feature on this year's show.

Ebola outbreak: five big questions

By Kat Lay, Global health correspondent

On 23 August, it will be 100 days since the Bundibugyo strain was first reported. How did it became the DRC’s most deadly outbreak and what must be done to stop it becoming the world’s largest? Almost 100 days ago, Africa’s public health watchdog reported an outbreak of Ebola in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. There have now been almost 5,000 cases and more than 2,000 deaths since 15 May, making this Ebola outb

Appeal, wait, go abroad, repeat: what can you do if you don’t get your first CAO choice?

By Peter McGuire

Students from the class of 2026 have more options than ever

You have your Leaving Cert results. Now what?

By Brian Mooney

Stay calm and ensure you are clear on how to interpret your grades as they relate to your college requirements

Culture Night Dublin’s literary highlights

By Martin Doyle

Books newsletter: tomorrow’s pages; Slow Horses; Paul Howard live; Jamie O’Connell memoir; Kevin Gildeas Brilliant Bookshop; Samuel Beckett’s Stirrings Still; Bobby Sands play; Elizabeth Wassell Montague; Project Children: The Legacy

‘She had this divine calling’: the incredible and transporting art of Minnie Evans

By Veronica Esposito

Just over 50 years after she was one of the first Black artists to have a solo show at the Whitney, the museum gathers some of her most remarkable paintings for a new exhibition Surprisingly, the term “outsider art” was coined fairly recently – in 1972, when the art historian Roger Cardinal made it the title of the book with which he introduced the idea to the English-speaking world. Since then, debates have raged as

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Alice Roberts: ‘By the time I’d finished Richard Dawkins I’d left faith behind’

By Alice Roberts

The TV presenter and author on the evolutionary biologists who inspired her, the genius of George Eliot – and fun with Frog and Toad My earliest reading memory The first books I remember were from The Village with Three Corners series Sheila K McCullagh. I loved the – literally – colourful characters, like Johnny Yellow Hat. I was reading with my Grandma, in her garden perhaps, sitting on a small patio, surrounded by

Women’s football shouldn’t have to copy a men’s game that isn’t working – just look at Ted Lasso | Karen Dobres

By Karen Dobres

The rapid professionalisation of woman’s football has brought money and status. But copying the structures and culture of the male game risks undermining what made it distinct Karen Dobres is the author of Pitch Invasion: My Story as a Woman on a Football Club Board The fourth season of the critically acclaimed football drama Ted Lasso has taken a surprising twist. The show’s writers have decided to have their hero c

From Showtime to Insurance Time: how the LA Lakers became a $12.5bn hedge fund play

By Aaron Timms

Bob Iger and Josh Kushner’s $12.5bn bid to buy the Lakers shows that NBA teams are no longer family dynasties, but quick flips for private equity sharks For years, the NBA was built on the alliance of patient money and marketing pizzazz, and no team captured that curious mixture better than the Los Angeles Lakers. Through Showtime in the 1980s and the dominance of the Shaq-Kobe years, the Lakers became the benchmark

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See the Light: Tracey Emin and Steve McQueen illuminate Durham gallery’s revival

By Mark Brown North of England correspondent

Art of international significance planned for £17m redevelopment of museum whose closure sparked uproar Works by Tracey Emin, Steve McQueen and Olafur Eliasson have gone on display at a new contemporary art gallery and museum in north-east England which aims to show works of international significance. The Light is a £17m redevelopment of a museum in Durham that closed 10 years ago to local uproar. Continue reading..

Uefa and Concacaf discuss joint Nations League in latest challenge to Fifa

By Exclusive by Matt Hughes

Biennial tournament could launch as early as 2028 Confederations are seeking to oust Gianni Infantino Uefa and Concacaf have begun talks about setting up a combined Nations League tournament featuring all 96 European and North and Central American and Caribbean countries, in another direct challenge to Fifa. The Guardian has learned that having come together to push for Gianni Infantino’s removal in the light of the

Teacher censured for falsifying letter of professional standing

By Stephen Farrell

Secondary school teacher who began his career in England and Northern Ireland altered document, panel finds

Tottenham close on deals for Manchester City’s Savinho and Omar Marmoush for €186m

By Jamie Jackson

Summer spending on De Zerbi’s Spurs squad over €400m

Tadej Pogacar looks unstoppable as he sets sights on another slice of history at Vuelta

By Jeremy Whittle

Slovenian is aiming to become the ninth rider to win all three Grand Tours, and it doesn’t look like anyone can stop him Who’s coming second? That’s the question being most frequently asked as the peloton convenes for the final Grand Tour of 2026, the Vuelta a España, which rolls away from the start line in Monaco on Saturday. The unrelenting Tadej Pogacar, making his first appearance in the Spanish race since 2019,

Footage shows clash with French police on beach as dinghy tries to leave for UK

By Rajeev Syal Home affairs editor

Film emerges as France says it has stopped 185 small boat ‘events’ in three months since new £660m deal with UK Footage has captured the moment French police officers clashed with people on a beach in northern France as the authorities tried to intercept a dinghy attempting to reach the UK. Men wearing lifejackets appear to throw objects at the police to try to keep them away from their dinghy. The officers then use

'A concern' that teen killed in M9 crash in Tusla care

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The CEO of the Children's Rights Alliance has said that it is a concern that one of the five teenagers killed in the M9 crash last weekend was in the care of Tusla.

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H Is for Hawk to Doctor Strange: the seven best films to watch on TV this week

By Simon Wardell

Claire Foy finds a winged companion in an incredibly moving drama, plus Benedict Cumberbatch’s magical psychedelic spectacle from Marvel Getting up close and personal with animals can be a life-affirming way of feeling at one with nature. It can also be a way of avoiding the messier everyday of being human. For Helen Macdonald (a febrile Claire Foy), in Philippa Lowthorpe’s adaptation of Macdonald’s bestselling memoi

Cut cost of loans for solar panels on UK homes, ministers urged

By Fiona Harvey Environment editor

Report says ‘solar bonds’ could fund wider access to clean energy, reducing household bills Solar panels could be cheaper for people on lower incomes if the government stepped in to reduce the cost of loans, a report argues. Solar panel installations can save households hundreds of pounds a year in energy bills, but at an initial cost of about £5,000 to £10,000 they are beyond the reach of many households. Continue r

London boroughs challenge PM on council tax hikes

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It follows reforms meaning more money is directed to deprived areas while wealthy areas get less.