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The Last Drop review – everything is rotten in this dark domestic comedy

By Chris Wiegand

Zoo Playground, Edinburgh Dante Passarelli’s play, part of the São Paulo Showcase, is an atmospheric hour borrowing themes from Hamlet This year’s fringe variously puts Hamlet in the Big Brother house with Lady Macbeth, makes him “ Prince of Sweden ” in an Italian two-hander and grinds the play into what Polonius might call a “tragical-comical” swipe at the meat industry. Dante Passarelli’s The Last Drop, part of the

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Polish bus crash in Hungary leaves 12 dead, 10 injured

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A Polish bus has overturned on a Hungarian highway killing 12 people and leaving at least 10 with serious injuries, Prime Minister Peter Magyar and officials said.

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‘We detected unusual activity’: the scam that uses AI to exploit your holiday photos

By Shane Hickey

Fraudsters use pictures posted on Instagram or Facebook to create emails seeking bank account details You are on a short break in Porto and post some pictures of your family on Instagram or Facebook. With a small section of the Douro river in the background, you think it could have been taken anywhere. A few days later, you get a text saying that your card was compromised. “We detected unusual activity while you were

How 'Vincent van Joey' gained confidence through art

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A Co Wicklow artist with Down syndrome has credited an inclusive arts programme for boosting his confidence - and his sales.

Tired brand: Raleigh the latest big name to hit the skids

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Raleigh was once the biggest bike company in the world - now its only hope of survival is a cut-price buy-out; but that's a fate that's befallen many other iconic brands, writes Adam Maguire.

TV guide: the best new shows to watch this week

By Aoife Barry

August 16th-21st highlights: including Ludwig, The Healy-Raes: Blood Sweat & Tears, and The Rose of Tralee

The weekend is 100 years old – but have ‘skiveday Fridays’ and hybrid working ruined it for everyone?

By Jess Cartner-Morley

In 1926, Henry Ford gave his employees both Saturdays and Sundays off – and the two-day chunk of time to party, pray or simply do nothing was born. Now it’s changed beyond recognition For 11 years, from 1929 to 1940, the Soviet Union did not have weekends. Instead, to increase productivity citizens were allocated a day off in every seven at random. With 80% of the population at work on any given day, factories never

Kinz, London W11: ‘No bells, no whistles, just Lebanese food cooked with immense pride’ – restaurant review

By Grace Dent

Home cooking, but in the most complimentary sense Some developers would rip the soul out of a 1930s banking hall, but Kinz, a new all-day Lebanese brasserie housed in a former Lloyds Bank in Notting Hill, instead makes a feature of its chunky vault door. Where W11 residents once kept their cash, diners can now take a seat and sip Lebanese wine from the Bekaa valley. After all, what visit to the bank wouldn’t be impro

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I haven’t dated for years and want to try again. How do I prepare for the storm | Ask Annalisa Barbieri

By Annalisa Barbieri

Do you really want to date, or do you just feel you should? Be kind to yourself, and maybe try real-world dating and avoid the apps for now I haven’t been on a date in eight years and want to start next year. How can I prepare for the storm? I want to love and care for someone. I long for a supportive, funny life partner. Should I say that to a man? And is that too much in a dating profile? Continue reading...

Can Govt hold the line on restoration of excise on fuel?

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The Government had hoped that as the deadline looms to begin restoring excise on fuel that the price shock at the pumps would have eased, writes Sandra Hurley.

English Premier League team-by-team guide: The title challengers, key signings and players to watch this season

By Mary Hannigan

Chelsea and Tottenham have splashed the cash, with plenty of transfers still likely to happen

My boyfriend often drinks heavily and takes cocaine and I’m struggling to deal with it

By Roe McDermott

Ask Roe: On the surface level, I find it disgraceful that my partner would get into this state

Indonesia quake kills 53, shocks hamper rescue efforts

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Around 5,000 people have been evacuated after a magnitude-7.7 earthquake rocked eastern Indonesia, killing at least 53, blocking roads and causing landslides, authorities said.

Strikes kill 12 in Russia and Ukraine

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Overnight strikes killed 12 people in Russia and Ukraine, authorities said, as waves of drones and missiles pummelled civilian infrastructure on both sides.

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Sexual Violence Centre calls for new spiking legislation

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The Sexual Violence Centre in Cork has warned about the prominence and influence of toxic masculinity and how it is leading to incidents of spiking.

Colombia president asks US to suspend tariffs over quake

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Colombia's new president Abelardo de la Espriella has called on his US counterpart Donald Trump to suspend tariffs currently targeting the South American nation, which is reeling after a deadly earthquake.

Death toll in Zimbabwe ferry capsizing rises to 72

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Authorities have retrieved 25 bodies from Zimbabwe's Lake Kariba to take the death toll from Tuesday's ferry capsizing to 72, police said, as the search continued for victims.

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Woman, 20, and baby son who went missing found safe

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A woman and her 5-week-old son who were reported missing in Co Louth have been found safe and well.

Coscoran storms to bronze medal in 1500m European final

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Ireland's Andrew Coscoran storms to bronze medal in 1500m European final on the penultimate day of action at the European Athletics Championships.

O'Connor wins European heptathlon gold in Birmingham

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Kate O'Connor has won a gold medal in the women's heptathlon at the 2026 European Athletics Championships in Birmingham.

Govt may revisit timetable for restoring fuel excise cuts

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There are signals within the Government that the timetable for restoring excise cuts on fuel may have to be revisited.

Walshe strikes gold again in 200m individual medley

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Ellen Walshe has won a gold medal in the 200m individual medley at the European Aquatics Championships in Paris.

Noreen and James McHugh were soulmates, funeral told

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The funeral mass of Noreen and James McHugh, a wife and husband from Cill Chartha, Co Donegal, has heard they were soulmates, who have left a lasting legacy.

‘The bar here is low’: the best (and worst) supermarket brioche burger buns, tasted and rated

By Tom Hunt

Brioche buns make an indulgent, rich home for a burger, but which have the perfect fluffy texture and which come with a chemical-like plastic aroma? • The best supermarket veggie burgers Brioche is a fabulously luxurious dough enriched with eggs and copious amounts of butter (often 25% or more of the total dough). Supermarket brioche buns, however, are a little different: the best products contain about 6-11% butter

Are you tweaking on your partner? From secret boob jobs to Botox on the sly, people explain why they keep their cosmetic procedures hidden

By Rhiannon Evans

Daniel’s boyfriend thinks his youthful complexion is down to fancy skincare, and Jessica’s nearest and dearest still don’t know she’s had a breast enhancement … Jessica was at a spa with her friends of more than 20 years when she noticed one stare at her bikini, lock eyes with her and laugh, before asking: “Wait, have you …?” The game was up – eight months after she’d had a secret breast enhancement, she’d been rumbl