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Gracie Abrams: The Secret of Us – Indie-pop that will take some beating for integrity and directness

By Tony Clayton-Lea

TV & Radio

These Criminal Minds folks look and sound as if they work for Accenture

By Patrick Freyne

Let them eat croissants – dear old Ireland

Restaurants

Stunning fish in a magical setting by the water’s edge

By Corinna Hardgrave

Exmagician: Sit Tight – One of the most satisfying and intricately crafted albums you’ll hear in 2024

By Lauren Murphy

Johnny Cash: Songwriter – A fascinating footnote to a giant of popular music

By Joe Breen

Five homes on view this week in Dublin, Waterford and Galway

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Taylor Swift is about so much more than musical entertainment – an 18-year-old explains why

By Orla Mac Connell

Film

A Greyhound of a Girl: Terrific Irish ensemble enlivens charming tale that makes weighty themes feel feather-light

By Tara Brady

Ireland picks its horse as trading for EU jobs heats up

By Jack Power

Small business grants worth €10,000 up for grabs from Three Ireland

More than €15m in unpaid court fines including just over €8m for motoring offences

By Marie O'Halloran

Air play Moon Safari at Trinity College Dublin: Stage times, set list, ticket information, weather and more

By Ellen O’Donoghue

Deepfakes pose a particular threat, but they are not as dangerous as you think

By John Thornhill

Consumer Tech

Switchbot S10 review: Floor-cleaning robot does a good job but needs a lot of attention

By Ciara O'Brien

Leveraging GPT to help engineers and manufacturers adopt AI

By Olive Keogh

Can Nvidia stay at the heart of the new AI economy?

By Tim Bradshaw and Michael Acton

Killiney home on four acres with tennis court and unparalleled views for €4m

By Miriam Mulcahy

Classic detached Edwardian with spacious garden in Dartry for €2.95m

By Elizabeth Birdthistle

Opinion

Lamentations of ‘broken’ Britain are hollow when you see what’s happening elsewhere in Europe

By Finn McRedmond

Vets cash in amid takeover wave

By Cantillon

Chambers faces balancing act in first budget

By Cantillon

People

Michael Harding: ‘I’d hate to be seen searching for a grave’

By Michael Harding

GDPR isn’t the problem, Big Tech and governments are the issue

By Karlin Lillington

Defence Forces morale on the floor as commentary over Cathal Crotty case seen as unfair

By Conor Gallagher

Look inside: Avoca Avenue ‘modern house’ with historic hosiery link for €4.5m

By Kevin Courtney

Your Wellness

Surviving suicidality: ‘Running gave me my life, so I will give my life to running’

By Filomena Kaguako

Climate Crisis

Are the tools for measuring greenhouse gas emissions fit for purpose?

By Sadhbh O'Neill

Education

New teachers to receive €2,000 incentive to stay year in Irish classrooms

By Carl O'Brien

Opinion

Who is ahead in the US presidential campaign? Niall O’Dowd and Daniel Geary give their verdicts

By Niall O'Dowd and Daniel Geary

Sport

Diver Jake Passmore left numb as his Olympic number comes up early

By Ian O'Riordan

Gaelic Games

Andy Moran hopeful Aidan O’Shea will remain a Mayo player in 2025

By Gordon Manning

Does the ‘Taylor Swift lift’ really add up to €150m for Dublin?

By Laura Slattery

Gaelic Games

Ciarán Murphy: Reluctant Rebels pay a heavy price for their timidity

By Ciarán Murphy

Young Chambers of Commerce looked quite miserable during his installation

By Miriam Lord

Defence Forces chiefs hope to expel convicted soldier Cathal Crotty by early next week

By Conor Gallagher, Jennifer Bray and David Raleigh

In the News Podcast

Gamblegate: Is a Tory wipeout inevitable after yet another scandal?

By Bernice Harrison

Listen | 23:38

Climate Crisis

Keep your distance: Saltee islands seabirds feel the effects of human intrusion on their habitat

By Sylvia Thompson

Home prices still climbing as housing shortage continues

By Peter Flanagan

Aer Lingus to meet pilots today, reviving hopes of breakthrough

By Barry O'Halloran

Sport

Craig Lennon hoping Wee County can cause a seismic upset against Donegal

By Gordon Manning

Social Affairs

Children in care put into home surrounded by ‘foul-smelling’ sewage

By Jack Power

Opinion

Northerners look on the Republic’s motorways with envy – but tolls are a bridge too far

By Newton Emerson

Crime & Law

Garda’s home attacked while wife and children present as he took hi-spec car to Donegal Rally

By Conor Lally

Business Today Newsletter

India’s TCS closes in on €150m deal to build Irish auto-enrolment system

By Joe Brennan

Abroad

‘I was a lone traveller, with a one-way ticket, going to a foreign place where I knew no one’

By Shane Breen

UK election debate: Sunak goes for it in final joust with Starmer but his true target probably wasn’t in the room

By Mark Paul

Hopes of a breakthrough in Aer Lingus dispute

By Peter Flanagan

Boy (14) dies in hospital following Co Derry quad bike crash

Health

Ultra-processed foods need tobacco-style warnings, says scientist who coined term

By Andrew Gregory

Science

Responsible forestry can pull us back from the ‘carbon cliff’

By Yvonne Buckley

Inside Politics Newsletter

Smurfit Kappa gets the nod from regulators to complete WestRock merger

By Joe Brennan

Big political jobs on the line, as leadership races intensify in Europe, UK and US

By Cormac McQuinn

People

Paris Hilton testifies she was ‘force-fed medications and sexually abused’ as a teen

By Edward Helmore

Dalata looks ahead after slower start to 2024

By Ciara O'Brien

Health

Number of recorded Covid-19 cases increases by 60% in a week

By Ronan McGreevy

H&M casts doubt over margin target as June sales drop, shares fall

By Marie Mannes

Your top stories on Thursday: Cathal Crotty set to face dismissal from Defence Forces; boy (14) dies in quad bike crash

Rugby

Former Australia and Leinster coach Michael Cheika appointed at Leicester Tigers

Work

Zero-hours contracts — an obituary

By Sarah O'Connor

Sports Briefing

Euro 2024 has been a hit but late trains and drab England have added the angst

By Mary Hannigan

Loyle Carner in Fairview Park: Are tickets available, what will he play and will it rain?

By Ellen O’Donoghue and Fiona Keeley

Freedom of information: Some public bodies ‘over-reliant’ on external legal advice over requests

By Jack White and Vivienne Clarke

TV & Radio

The Bear review: You’ll want to devour the new series of this food drama in a single sitting

By Ed Power

Halfords expects dip in demand for cycling and tyres as weather and costs curb spending

By Echha Jain

Currys sees more profit growth as AI gadgets arrive

Biden v Trump presidential debate: where to watch and what to expect

Soccer

To fix England, Gareth Southgate needs to make bold move and drop Jude Bellingham

By Jacob Steinberg in Erfurt

Stage

2:22 – A Ghost Story review: Thoroughly entertaining night of psychological dread and heart-stopping shocks

By Tom Lordan

Smart Money

Women filling majority of new jobs in Irish economy - and trend is only going one way

By Cliff Taylor

Nick Clegg: Europe is no longer producing innovative world-class companies

By Nick Clegg

The Counter Ruck Podcast

Adam Foy - the Belvo boy with a Super Rugby medal

Listen | 22:30

Man (21) who was bitten ‘violently and viciously’ by a dog settles €60,000 claim against owner

By Ray Managh

TV licence fee direct payment is of ‘central importance’, says Minister for Finance Jack Chambers

By Cormac McQuinn

Tourist numbers visiting Ireland are up but their stays are getting shorter

By Ronan McGreevy

Google plans major data centre expansion in Dublin

By Ciara O'Brien

‘I have young children, I have a wife’: Taoiseach says bomb hoax at his home intended to ‘intimidate and upset’

By Pat Leahy

Former Dublin GAA star Diarmuid Connolly avoids conviction for ‘unprovoked’ New Year’s Eve attack

By Tom Tuite

Americas

Brazil’s Amazon dilemma: Rein in environmental commitments or face a far-right resurgence

By Tom Hennigan

Film

A Quiet Place: Day One – Gnarly prequel is even more sombre than its predecessors

By Donald Clarke

Chambers refuses to scrap AIB pay cap as State stake falls below 30%

By Joe Brennan

Ireland will not provide second EU commissioner candidate if requested for gender balance, says Harris

By Jack Power

An Post revenues rise as ‘frothy’ ecommerce offsets fall of traditional letters

By Joe Brennan

Oireachtas

Department of Foreign Affairs planning for possible evacuation of Irish citizens from Lebanon

By Marie O'Halloran

Oireachtas

Nature of Road Safety Authority’s funding a ‘crucial conflict of interest’, PAC hears

By Jack White

Athletics

Seven Irish athletes sitting in Olympics quota positions ahead of national championships

By Ian O'Riordan

Michael O’Leary sees pay deal reach €4.7m

By Ciara O'Brien

What is the EU Migration and Asylum Pact pact and why has it been so controversial?

By Cormac McQuinn

Taylor Swift in Dublin: ‘The oldest Swiftie in town’ among fans spending hundreds of euro on star’s merchandise

By Cian O'Connell

Middle East

Israel storms Gaza City neighbourhood, ordering Palestinians to move south amid bombing of Rafah

Enterprise Ireland sees record year for client company exports

By Peter Flanagan

Rugby

Ireland name team for World U20 Championship opener against Italy

Godolphin Irish stud operation sees sharp decrease in losses to €5.7m

By Gordon Deegan

Dublin

Garda leave cancelled as ‘Swifties’ join bumper weekend of events in Dublin

By Barry J Whyte

Russia claims air strikes on Ukrainian bases earmarked for western-supplied F-16s

By Daniel McLaughlin

Crime & Law

Second teenage boy dies after bus and electric scooter collide in Waterford city

By Conor Lally and Olivia Kelleher

Boxing

Gráinne Walsh combines power of the mind and body to realise her Paris dream

By Louise Lawless

Oireachtas

More than 25,000 passport applications in system ‘require action’ from individuals, says Martin

By Marie O'Halloran

Dublin hospital apologises for failings in care of woman (34) who died after Dart station fall

By Ellen O'Riordan

The Women's Podcast

Taylor Swift and Shania Twain are part-Irish. When are they getting their own plazas?

By Suzanne Brennan

Listen | 69:41

Stocks tread water ahead of US inflation data

By Ian Curran

France’s Le Pen expects clear far-right win and power over Macron

Soccer

Euro Zone: The excellent Ally McCoist delivers another zinger

By Mary Hannigan

Financial Services

Banks urged to do more to resolve customer complaints

By Emmet Malone

Fine Gael Senator says he acted in self-defence during alleged assault outside pub

Dara Calleary returns to Cabinet as new Government super junior minister

By Jennifer Bray

Racing

Trainer Luke Comer loses appeal against three-year licence suspension for doping offences

By Brian O'Connor

Defence Forces report: Total of 68 members convicted or before courts on range of criminal offences

By Jennifer Bray, Pat Leahy and Jack Power

Social Affairs

Rape survivors’ counselling notes no longer admissible as evidence from next year

By Kitty Holland

Aer Lingus passengers face more flight cancellations as talks break down

By Barry O'Halloran

Graves of Irish men who died in first World War identified after more than a century

By Ronan McGreevy

An Irish Diary

Making a show of us – Frank McNally on a 1927 film that outraged Irish America

By Frank McNally

Books

David Nash wins Seamus Heaney First Collection Poetry Prize

By Martin Doyle

Middle East

Diplomatic efforts intensify to prevent Israel-Hizbullah conflict turning to regional war

By Michael Jansen

Legislation introduced to allow comedians access to Arts Council funding

By Marie O'Halloran

Man jailed for theft of foreign students’ course fees

By Tim O'Brien

Fianna Fáil MEPs’ stance against von der Leyen may work against McGrath

By Pat Leahy

Africa

Ramaphosa holds talks with Democratic Alliance after its threat to quit coalition

By Rob Rose in Johannesburg and David Pilling in London

Americas

Political and economic unrest set to continue in Bolivia despite failure of military coup

By Tom Hennigan

World

Rishi Sunak refuses to say what he privately told betting MP about election date

By Mark Paul

Biden and Trump launch rival advertising blitzes ahead of presidential debate

By Lauren Fedor in Atlanta

Editorials

Plans for a new incentive payment for young teachers is a sign of a wider problem

Golf

Pádraig Harrington makes a solid start to US Senior Open

By David Gorman

Africa

Kenya: Security forces deployed in Nairobi as protesters mourn those killed during demonstrations earlier in week

By Sally Hayden

US supreme court allows emergency abortions in Idaho for now

Natasha O’Brien says she is willing to meet McEntee to discuss violence in Ireland

By Olivia Kelleher in Cork

Editorials

As France goes to the polls in the first round of voting this weekend, Macron's gamble looks set to fail

Nine music festivals cancelled this year, more affected next year without State intervention, Dáil hears

By Marie O'Halloran

Department of Public Expenditure repeatedly rejects Tusla’s request for special care staff allowance increase

By Ellen O'Riordan

Crime & Law

Dessie O’Hare, former INLA member and convicted kidnapper, released from prison

By Fiachra Gallagher

O’Gorman and Hackett pledge to win back voters who have drifted away from Greens

By Jennifer Bray

TV & Radio

Douglas Is Cancelled review: Downfall of a cuddly, national UK treasure is no laughing matter

By Ed Power

Soccer

Ferran Torres: ‘David Villa is my idol, hopefully I match him one day’

By Sid Lowe

EU leaders agree to support Ursula von der Leyen for second term

By Jack Power

Top 10 US companies in Ireland: Tech sector dominates leaderboard

By Barry McCall

Balanced regional development is crucial Ireland’s economy

Support and experience make Ireland a hub for emerging technologies

By Jillian Godsil

Hybrid first or back to the office? Negotiating the new world of work

By Sandra O'Connell

Infrastructure must be a priority for Ireland to remain attractive

Strategic position as EU gateway is crucial to Ireland Inc’s success

By Jillian Godsil

How multinationals work through education to close the skills gap

Some MNCs are ahead of the field when it comes to sustainability

By Sandra O'Connell

GenAI is already changing business – and it’s only the beginning

Our enduring relationship with the United States pays rich dividends

By Barry McCall

We need to build on our strengths to ensure future FDI success

By Barry McCall

Women in Stem: Addressing imbalance is imperative for innovation

By Peter McGuire

Mover mortgage approvals decline in May amid shortage of second-hand homes

By Ian Curran

Solving the energy equation

By Sandra O'Connell

United we recycle, divided we fall

Education

Universities say they face shortage of funds to pay existing staff this year

By Carl O'Brien

‘Exemplary’ and ‘professional’?

Reading on the bus

Let them eat croissants

Britain – frayed at the edges?

Long shadow of the cholera epidemic

Putting a price on RTÉ

Prisons – crime and punishment