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Oxfam ‘can’t guarantee future’ of charity shops as it also reviews warehouse business

By Sarah Butler

Dwindling donations and stiff competition from secondhand sellers online prompt review but ‘no plans for closures yet’ Oxfam is reviewing the operations of its three warehouses in Batley, Bicester and Milton Keynes and says it “cannot give guarantees” on the future of its high street shops in a “difficult economic climate”. The charity said it had no plans to close warehouses or shops but insiders fear that Batley, w

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Watermelons in Bristol: how UK heatwaves are affecting growers

By Nicola Slawson

Most allotment holders say the heat has meant more work for smaller crops, although some have found a silver lining After a summer of repeated heatwaves and exceptionally dry weather in the UK, rain has brought some relief this week, but drought remains widespread and experts warn it will take weeks of sustained rainfall for water supplies to recover. For people growing their own fruit and vegetables, it has been a c

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for spaghetti with semi-dried tomatoes, garlic, herbs and breadcrumbs | A kitchen in Rome

By Rachel Roddy

Sun-drying tomatoes until they’re leathery on the outside and soft within is something of an art, but it’s more than worth it for this moreish pasta dish One set of guidelines I received in Sicily for sun-drying tomatoes was two to seven days, depending on temperature, humidity, wind and the size of the fruit. I might as well have been given a surfboard and told “go”, because that advice felt far too broad and genera

Carnage on the motorway

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Enough with the platitudes – it’s time for action

Cars, not online shopping, are the real reason Ireland’s town centres are dying, reader argues

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Aisling Judge argues that car dependence has made town centres less attractive and encouraged services to move outside them

We reached ‘peak-woke’ in 2020-2023. Today that looks ridiculous

By Finn McRedmond

Participants subtly try to distance themselves from their 2020-2023 behaviour in shaping groupthink mindset

Pundits and politicians kept in check by Hannigan and Lord

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Journalists on top of their game as they highlight irrational statements

Being wrong is part of the job. I thought Katie Taylor might not sell out Croke Park

By Ciarán Murphy

Hosting Premier League teams and musicians makes perfect business sense for association

Community action can help deliver clever uses for spaces in derelict towns

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Preservation orders should encourage owners to restore and repurpose older properties

Ireland’s housing policy needs greater coherence

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We need more homes of every tenure: homes to buy, homes to rent, social homes and cost-rental homes

Shamrock Rovers to consult Arsenal over Victor Ozhianvuna ahead of Conference League playoffs

By Gavin Cummiskey

Teenager unavailable since May due to injury

Restaurant menus should show the environmental cost of the food they serve

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Food’s environmental footprint can tell customers more than its provenance, letter writer argues

Irish doctor jailed in UK for sexually assaulting patients worked in Dublin care centre

By Shauna Bowers

St Michael’s House in Ballymun says it implemented all Medical Council safeguards and will be ‘reviewing for any lessons learned’

M9 crash: What happened when? From attempted break-ins to the fatal collision

By Conor Lally

Young males recorded attempting thefts in Athy appeared to be using same BMW involved in crash hours later

A yarn with a hitch: I was mortified when I learned who my glamorous fellow passenger was

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It wasn’t Mary Poppins

Whatever we think about Afghanistan’s rulers, we should keep sport and politics separate

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It’s unlikely our refusal to compete against a team will lead to a regime’s downfall

A parent’s guide to results day: This is not the time for ‘I told you so’

By Peter McGuire

Thousands of disappointed students have always found a way forward

Paul McNamara: ‘What’s happening in Irish athletics with the public is just phenomenal’

By Ian O'Riordan

Athletics Ireland’s high-performance director says funding, support and medal returns have all increased as the sport’s profile grows

Sláintecare is meant to move us towards universal healthcare, so why has this not happened?

By Myles Balfe

Private health insurance firms are entrenched behind slick advertising, reminding people they will be safeguarded as long as they can pay

Lack of Leaving Cert did not stop college maths student

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A university student who never sat her Leaving Cert wants pupils about to get their exam results to know that "there are so many options to get to wherever you want to be" regardless of how many CAO points they receive.

Dublin heritage plaques: Who decides who gets recognition?

By Katie Mellett

Dublin City Council programme recognises events and people, including the first Irish show by The Beatles to the Ballyfermot train ambush

Simon Harris’s aide mocked teachers as work-shy and public as ‘racist’

By Mark Tighe

Constituency chief John Kelly called Donald Trump a ‘moron’ and Prince Harry a ‘snowflake’ in social media posts

A strict approach to citizenship would be a policy of inclusion

By Newton Emerson

Citizenship is mocked by near-identical forms of non-citizenship for non-citizens

I left Galway in 1971. Marion stayed. I visit now from Colombia and we relive the past

By Christopher Burke

On a visit home from Colombia, I realise most of us are not truly gone forever

A golden age of mathematics may be at hand as AI enters the field

By Peter Lynch

AI has solved problems that human mathematicians grappled in vain with for decades