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

Why you should quit the coding job and retrain as a philosopher for hire

By Joe Humphreys

US philosophy graduates are more likely to have jobs than their computer science peers

Ireland’s football pitches have turned to ‘barren, dusty ground’ in the summer heat

By Jack Brady

GAA and soccer grounds have taken ‘real hammering’ over the prolonged hot and dry spell

Wrong-way motorway driving: M9 crash is latest incident as young men chase social media ‘likes’

By Conor Lally

Senior garda calls on social media platforms to stop users who glorify gravely dangerous road incidents

The Estonian city that fears it’s next on Putin’s list

By Jack Power

Narva in Estonia was once a symbol of cross-border connection. Today, residents live in the shadow of war and growing geopolitical tension

New Irish mother in the US: ‘After six weeks I couldn’t imagine going back to work’

By Genevieve Carbery

Having a baby abroad: ‘Once my Mum arrived I knew I could fall apart’

Sainsbury's pauses AI cameras after shopper wrongly ejected as shoplifter

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Matt Arnold says he was asked to leave the store after being wrongly flagged as a shoplifter.

Hayden Panettiere, actor in Heroes and Nashville, dies aged 36

By Sian Cain

Panettiere’s death was announced by her father, who called her ‘an incredible light and a force of nature who brought immeasurable love and joy’ Hayden Panettiere – a life in pictures Hayden Panettiere: an actor so magnetic that entire shows were rewritten for her Hayden Panettiere obituary Hayden Panettiere, the actor known for her roles in television shows such as Heroes and Nashville, has died at the age of 36. Pa

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‘Do not touch’: In Ireland we have conditioned ourselves to stay at arm’s length

By Céire Sadlier

The way we touch each other is such a delicate thing, with a fine line between lovingness and lechery

Are Microsoft’s AI plans being held back by a shortage of chips?

By Aisha Down and Ed Zitron

Guardian investigation finds apparent discrepancy between what tech company has said about its AI capacity – and the number of advanced chips it has in operation The chips are quite small and some can be held in the palm of a hand. They are fundamental to the development of artificial intelligence models – and the world’s biggest technology companies need vast numbers of them to keep ahead. Microsoft is one of them.

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Asking prices for newly listed homes in UK’s richest borough fall by £100k in one month

By Rupert Jones

Fierce competition in some areas of London means landlord purchasers are making successful lowball offers The average price of a home coming up for sale in Britain’s richest borough has dropped by almost £100,000 in a month as fierce competition among sellers in many areas prompts some to slash their price expectations, data shows. The property website Rightmove said that for Britain as a whole, average newly listed

‘His ache is real’: Bob Dylan and more on the wild genius of honky-tonk hellraiser Gary Stewart

By Garth Cartwright

Worshipped by everyone from Willie Nelson to Joe Strummer, the country star with the amazing voice imploded in a blaze of guns, knives, drugs and infidelities. What’s behind his astonishing posthumous rediscovery? ‘He sings like a man arguing with destiny. It sounds like the ache is real, that the ruin is real,” Bob Dylan tells me. “There’s a cracked truth there. What’s unsettling about him is that he sounds like he’

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Coping with 54C heat: Delhi slum diaries detail living in extreme temperatures

By Suchitra in Delhi

With heatwaves now recognised as disasters, personal testimonies are key to a new project that looks to protect those living in the most cramped districts of India’s capital Every summer evening, Gulshan follows the same routine. She washes the floor of her one-room home several times so it cools a little for her four children to sleep on. Last summer, the family saved enough to buy a desert cooler, which uses evapor

Italy’s mythic ‘month off’ in August was hard won. It would be good for us all | Jamie Mackay

By Jamie Mackay

The villeggiatura, a month-long break, was popularised in the 1960s when trade unions were strong – and so was economic productivity On the Riviera di Ponente, sandwiched between the glitzy resort towns of the Ligurian coast, sits the Albenga plain. Dotted with campsites and bungalows, the area developed during Italy’s postwar boom as an affordable refuge for workers to escape the smog of nearby industrial cities lik

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John FitzGerald: My wife was sceptical, but retrofitting our 1970s semi with a heat pump was a smart move

By John FitzGerald

Not only have we saved on heating bills, but we have dramatically reduced our carbon emissions

Search for Indonesia quake victims as thousands displaced

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Rescuers in eastern Indonesia are combing through collapsed buildings to find anyone who might still be trapped under rubble after a deadly quake killed at least 68 people.

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An tráth seo bliana

By Alan Titley

Tá contúirt ollmhór ann nach bhfuil á lua mórán

EU plans 'far-reaching' Russia sanctions in coming months

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The EU intends to significantly expand sanctions against Russia ⁠in the coming months, EU foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has said.

Ebola outbreak in DR Congo deadliest in country's history

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The Ebola outbreak in Democratic Republic of Congo has killed 2,325 people, surpassing the toll from the 2018-2020 outbreak to become the deadliest in the country's history.

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It must be hell to be handsome

By Patsy McGarry

A total lack of challenge or effort has to be bad for character

Belgium wildfire halts short of German border

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Firefighters and farmers backed by water-dropping aircraft battled through a fourth day to tame Belgium's worst wildfire in a century.

Five teenagers killed in M9 collision named locally

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The five teenage boys killed in a head-on collision when their car was driven the wrong way down the M9 motorway have been named locally.

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294 arrested over attempted crossings to Ceuta

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Hundreds of people trying to reach the Spanish exclave of Ceuta have been arrested by Moroccan security forces as authorities tightened security along the border following calls for a new mass crossing.

Golden girl O'Connor already citing 'big plans'

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Ireland's latest gold medal winner Kate O'Connor is excited to relax, reset, and then return to action in 2027 striving to become the best in the business in time for the next Olympics.

The Irish Times view on fuel subsidies: decision day draws closer

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Absence of any clear path to end of hostilities in Gulf means prices will likely remain elevated

Blackbox review – a legendary escape from slavery is told with magic tricks

By Mark Fisher

Underbelly, Edinburgh The story of Henry ‘Box’ Brown, who succeeded in mailing himself out of bondage, is recounted rather than fully dramatised Henry “Box” Brown is wrapped up in chains when he has an idea to claim his freedom. As inspiration hits him, actor Josiah Alpher flexes his muscles and, miraculously, the chains appear to pass through his neck. Magic! It is a neat visual metaphor for a true story that seems

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