A record of what was published, when, and how it changed.

RTÉ needs to take a rain check on weather jingle

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Inane music gets in the way of forecasts

Why do so many under-35s struggle to find work in Ireland’s booming economy?

By Eoin Burke-Kennedy

Despite near full employment there were more than 80,000 people aged 34 and under unemployed in the second quarter of 2026

Crews to remain at Holme Fen fire until September

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About half of the nature reserve, near Peterborough, has been affected.

Pupils asked to back Corby Town of Culture 2028 bid

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Town council leader Simon Rielly says the area has "a great chance of success".

Watch: Lifeboat collects owl found exhausted at sea

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A boat about 70 miles (113km) off the east coast of England had an unexpected visit from a tired owl.

I need miserable weather, says cricket groundsman

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Stuart Kerrison says he is taking drastic measures to keep the grass alive during the season.

Fentanyl 'serial killer' review closed by police

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The BBC can reveal detectives considered bringing new charges against double murderer Luke D'Wit.

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Russia’s missile tests around disputed islands anger Japan

By Gavin Blair in Tokyo

Pacific fleet launched missile drills near what Moscow calls the Kuril Islands but Japan regards as its Northern Territories Japan has criticised missile tests carried out by Russia’s navy around the disputed islands visited by Vladimir Putin last week amid continuing tensions between the two countries. Russia’s Pacific fleet said on Thursday that it had fired Bastion surface-to-ship missiles from Etorofu, the larges

Potential savings outstrip climate concerns in motivation for home energy upgrades

By Conor Pope

Consumers prioritising lower bills over environmental reasoning by a factor of 10 to one

High Court challenge over 900 homes on green belt

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A campaign group and a council seek to overturn a government decision to approve the development.

Advice for first years: ‘You don’t find yourself at university, you kind of create yourself there’

By Jen Hogan

Bel Aghedo has completed her first year of a law degree at University of Galway

Country diary: Ten tonnes of solid muscle, basking sharks are booming here once again

By Tim Earl

Port Erin Bay, Isle of Man: A few years ago they disappeared from these shores, but with food stocks on the up, they’ve made a magnificent return Not long ago, my encounters with basking sharks were pretty close up. When a scientist researching them off the Isle of Man needed help, with my experience of driving inflatable ribs, I was tasked with steering his small boat up to a 10-tonne shark, closely and carefully en

‘I couldn’t listen to it’: Brendan O’Connor frankness with Phil Coulter is an unmissable moment

By Séamas O'Reilly

Radio: The presenter has a deeply moving discussion with Phil Coulter, while Second Captains Saturday also dives deep

Badgers review – the audience investigates in this true-crime podcast yarn

By Mark Fisher

Traverse theatre, Edinburgh Malaika Kegode delivers a supernatural story about the strange disappearance of a maudlin folk singer Playwright and performer Malaika Kegode tops and tails this show for Theatre Royal Plymouth with a message about the allure of storytelling. In a festival city bursting at the seams with stories, it is an unnecessary observation. A more important question is about which stories we choose t

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Python named Jodie Foster first snake to receive pioneering cancer treatment

By Hannah Al-Othman North of England correspondent

Chester zoo resident, 23, ‘back to her usual feisty self’ after electrochemotherapy for tumour in her jaw A 15ft (4.5-metre) python is believed to be the first snake in the world to be given a pioneering, life-saving cancer treatment normally used on humans. The 50kg reticulated python, named Jodie Foster after the Hollywood star, has just turned 23 and lives at Chester zoo. Keepers first became concerned that she ma

Anxiety over war, wildfires and cyber-attacks leads to growth in cash stocks in EU

By Lisa O’Carroll Senior correspondent

Value of banknotes in circulation rises from €1tn in 2016 to €1.6tn in 2026 as people advised to keep stash of cash The number of banknotes in circulation in the EU is increasing despite widespread smartphone payments, new data shows, with wildfires ripping through parts of Europe fuelling demand for an emergency stash of cash. While cash plays second fiddle to contactless payments in many cities across Europe, the a

Spa Weekend review – female answer to The Hangover spreads the slush with the massage oil

By Peter Bradshaw

Despite stars Leslie Mann, Anna Faris and Isla Fisher and the writers behind The Hangover, this tale of friends at a luxury hotel is a dud Jon Lucas and Scott Moore are the screenwriters who struck gold nearly 20 years ago with The Hangover, a brilliant stag-weekend nightmare comedy about what happens in Vegas, which sadly spawned a terrible (though lucrative) franchise. Now, as writers and directors, they have tried

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‘It is the riskiest film I’ve ever made’: Pedro Almodóvar on being the villain in his own movie

By Ryan Gilbey

As his new film Bitter Christmas is released, the legendary Spanish director turns his fire on Donald Trump, Will Smith, Netflix – and himself Black sunglasses indoors and a tufty cloud of cotton-wool hair: it can only be Pedro Almodóvar, bourgeois arthouse darling nonpareil and master of everything from screwball romps (Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown) to clammy thrillers (Live Flesh, The Skin I Live In) –

Experience: I fell 12 metres and smashed my pelvis into pieces

By Emily Brough

It was clear it was broken. I could feel the bones grinding together as the paramedics strapped me to a gurney Growing up in Utah, I was so active that my parents nicknamed me “The Blur”. My older siblings introduced me to rock climbing while I was still at primary school. By the time I was 15, I was hauling myself up cliff faces. One summer’s day in 2014, when I was 17, my friends and I went paddleboarding on a lake

The evolving cyber workforce and the gap between skills and demand

By Edel Corrigan

How organisations can attract, develop and retain the talent needed to meet rapidly evolving cyber threats

The Movie Quiz: What substance was used to portray the blood in Psycho?

By Donald Clarke

Plus: What was the first film Woody Allen directed in which he did not appear?

The business of cybersecurity: Resilience is just as important as compliance

By Danielle Barron

Mature organisations have moved cybersecurity out of the server room and into the boardroom

Strengthening digital trust

By Edel Corrigan

In an increasingly AI-driven world, organisations can protect identities, secure customer interactions and build confidence

Why the story of the vegetable lamb was believed

By Tim Harford

Behavioural economics study shows that our weakness for misinformation is far from new

AI’s next cybersecurity challenge: robust governance key to success

By Edel Corrigan

How companies are navigating the rise of AI use and the risks that come with it