Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael likely to seek coalition deal with Labour and Social Democrats
Senior figures in both parties believe that a centre-left party would be preferable to a group of Independents ...
‘Trades are very well paid here compared to anywhere else in the world I have been’
“Trades are very well paid here compared to anywhere else in the world that I have been. A good carpenter could expect to ...
Fake flowers make me sad and mad: Plastic, plastic everywhere and I can’t stand it
Why do shop and restaurant owners seem to think adding to the world’s collection of plastic tat improves the ambience?
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Buswells Hotel manager bids farewell to his ringside seat to history in the ‘third house of the Oireachtas’
Paul Gallagher had an unusual ringside seat to some of the political bouts that were fought out in Leinster House, across the ...
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Builder knows best? The Apple gamble that paid off big
Are stock tips from random builders the secret to stock market fortunes? Apparently so, in the case of American football star ...
Crime fiction: New works by Nick Harkaway, Louise Penny, Scott Phillips, David Safier and Jane Casey
Stunning literary ventriloquism will see George Smiley defer his retirement for some time to come, while Scott Phillips ...
Amitav Ghosh: ‘Ireland is where the British created all their colonial methods, it’s where they tried it out first’
Acclaimed Indian writer Amitav Ghosh’s new work explores how the climate crisis has its roots in European colonialism ...
Dermot Whelan: ‘Mindfulness isn’t a cult. We don’t have to get naked and cover ourselves in hummus’
Dermot Whelan made the choice to walk away from radio in order to focus on wellness, his own and other people’s. He doesn’t ...
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‘It is a right that was violently taken away’: The Jews who want to be German again
It wasn’t until Brexit happened that Bradford, West Yorkshire-born Rabbi Walter Rothschild reclaimed the German citizenship ...
Short-traders take a bite out of Greencore shares
A short bet is a risky trade in which the investment fund borrows shares in a company from a broker, sells them on the open ...
Ariana Grande and Cynthia Erivo’s emotional love-ins take publicity to another level
The Wicked stars’ sentimental gush lachrymose interviews have surely helped drive the film to an enormous opening in US ...
Cork South West: Christopher O’Sullivan (FF)
Fianna Fáil’s Christopher O’Sullivan (42) has maintained a high profile in Cork South West since his election to the Dáil in ...