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

Noisy driving puts us on the horns of a dilemma

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Rules of the road were different in the 1960s

With news of Mark Zuckerberg’s Irish purchase, I became concerned I had ‘castle blindness’

By Emer McLysaght

Could the Norman knight who built Drimnagh Castle in 1240 have imagined it would one day sit near an Aldi?

AIB Life losses reduce as assets under management hit €3.4bn

By Joe Brennan

Fledgling joint venture on track to further reduce losses this year, says spokesman

Talks due at WRC aimed at resolving Oberstown dispute

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Talks will be held at the Workplace Relations Commission in a bid to a resolve a dispute over staffing levels at the Oberstown Children Detention Centre in Dublin.

Poison helpline reports 4% rise in calls in 2025

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The National Poisons Information Centre reported 11,455 enquiries last year, a 4% rise in calls from medical and healthcare staff and the public, its latest figures show.

David Bowie childhood home plans opposed by neighbours

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A heritage group wants to build a visitor centre in the garden of the star's childhood home in Bromley.

'Growing food here isn't profitable, solar is'

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Cranwell farmer Joe Ward is defending plans to build a 640-acre solar farm on his land.

Banks refund victims of Legacy fake funeral plans

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Hull West and Haltemprice MP Emma Hardy has been leading calls for banks to reimburse victims.

What triggered catastrophic flood on the Nepal-Tibet border?

By Leo Sands

Deadly event may have been caused by ice snapping off glacier, scientists say

Five homes on view this week in Dublin and Kildare from €475,000

By Ronald Quinlan

Properties new to the market in Athy, Whitehall, Ringsend, Cabinteely and Rathfarnham

Walking past the decaying industrial plant, I swore I heard a Soviet ghost

By Jack Power

From a Cold War nuclear programme to the modern race for rare earth magnets, this quiet Estonian city can’t escape geopolitics

Why cicada buzz is being heard in a churchyard

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The insects are believed to have made it to the UK as stowaways on imported nursery plants.

Elegant country home with sophisticated, airy interior near Punchestown

By Miriam Mulcahy

Home on four acres of comes with restored schoolhouse and annexe accommodation

Trial of alleged mastermind of 9/11 attacks set for 2028

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A US Air Force judge has ordered the alleged mastermind of the 11 September 2001 attacks, and three co-defendants to go on trial before a military tribunal in June 2028.

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Premium three- and four-bed homes at Cairn’s new Maynooth development from €630,000

By Jessica Doyle

Meadow View – a short walk from the vibrant town centre – will have a total of 40 houses and 40 apartments when complete

US judge dismisses case by X challenging hate speech law

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A US judge dismissed a lawsuit by X seeking to ⁠void a New York state law requiring social media companies to disclose how they monitor hate speech, extremism and disinformation.

Fortycoats, ‘Felt Jesus’ and the time Aonghus McAnally said bum instead of bottom

By Patrick Freyne

Why do children get the likes of RTÉ’s Bellie and Whizz at Big School to help them self-regulate, when adults just get the news?

Bitter Christmas review: even when Almodóvar is coasting, he cannot help but charm

By Donald Clarke

Charlie Kaufman would enjoy the sort of puzzle Pedro Almodóvar has created here but too often it feels like a challenge the Spanish director has set for himself

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Guggi review: No doubting sincerity of Bono’s feelings for artist friend

By Tara Brady

Guggi makes for decent company in doc by Ian Thuillier, who also profiled Gavin Friday and Rory Gallagher

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Education matters: ‘Committing to something for four years, I needed to think about it’

By Jen Hogan

When the offer came through, Alex Murphy was unsure if he wanted to pursue the course

Jeers, walkouts, stage invasions: will Catarina and the Beauty of Killing Fascists trigger British audiences too?

By Philip Oltermann

It has inspired violent protests from Norway to Rome – and now it’s hitting the UK. Playwright Tiago Rodrigues explains why the far-right speech at the drama’s climax has proved so incendiary In February, turbulent scenes inside a German theatre made headlines around the globe. During the final act of a play at Schauspielhaus theatre in Bochum, the audience first jeered and whistled at a performer in the role of a fa

The Nazis drove Bauhaus out of town. Now the far right is waging another war against the movement

By Deborah Cole in Dessau-Roßlau

Poll to take place in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany, where Bauhaus blossomed a century ago – and where AfD is promising ‘patriotic culture policy’ if it wins The city of Dessau, where the Bauhaus design school flourished a century ago, catapulted Germany into the modern era and revolutionised global design. It is also where the Nazis drove the avant garde movement out of town and attempted to crush its utopian principles. A

The flat-pack skyscraper: how wood can shape the cities of the future

By James Crawford

Our buildings are monuments to extraction and extreme emissions. But what if we turned from destructive concrete to timber? Last chance to buy the summer issue of The Long Read magazine, now with 15% off. Click here to order I travelled to Oslo in the early autumn. It felt like arriving into the future. Or, at least, a fragment of a possible future. I drove north in the quiet digital bubble of my electric rental car.

How to spot a psychopath: ‘It’s like the difference between a domestic cat and a wild cat’

By Zoe Williams

People with persistent predatory personalities cause an inordinate amount of pain. Recently, our shared understanding of them has grown – and it could help protect us The classic checklist for psychopathy was developed in 1980 by Prof Robert Hare, who is still the recognised giant of the territory. The 20 traits, which ranged from pathological lying to a lack of empathy, were based entirely on prison populations. Thi

My home state is set to hand a breakthrough to the German far right. It’s a disaster decades in the making | Marcus Böick

By Marcus Böick

A sense of abandonment could make Saxony-Anhalt the first state government to be solely led by the AfD. But the party’s hollow promises will only make a dire situation worse It was in the summer of 2004 that I stopped understanding my own people. I was standing on a sweltering market square in Aschersleben, the town where I was born, picturesquely situated on the northern edge of the Harz mountains. A large crowd of