PoliticsA promising start for Jim O’Callaghan, not so for James Browne: How has the Cabinet performed in its first six months?By Harry McGee
BooksSinister experiments and girl-power cults feature in August’s young adult titlesBy Claire Hennessy
FilmFour new films to see this week: The Naked Gun, Bring Her Back, Late Shift and Oslo Stories: Dreams (Sex Love)By Donald Clarke and Tara Brady
Middle EastPalestinian children detained by Israeli forces: ‘They put on music and colourful lights and started dancing over us ... They had their feet on our backs’By Sally Hayden
TravelBig game energy in South Africa: I am struck by the palpable love South Africans have for their land By Martin Doyle
IrelandOne Night in Dublin ... with the bouncers at Copper Face Jacks: Once you’re gone, you’re goneBy Conor Pope
CourtsWoman who claims ex-partner records her using Meta smart glasses granted temporary protection orderBy Jack White
Your WellnessMy father has been having affairs with men and has walked away from our familyBy Roe McDermott
PeopleOne of the greatest joys of an overpriced meal out in Dublin’s southside? EavesdroppingBy Seán Moncrieff
PeopleCounting the cost of food waste: ‘People don’t have enough to eat not due to lack of production, but lack of access’By Sylvia Thompson
Gaelic GamesHannah Tyrrell: ‘I just wanted to prove people wrong. I’m very competitive. I don’t let anybody win’By Malachy Clerkin
Lions TourRingrose’s big call and questionable officiating: Five things we learned from the Lions’ tour of AustraliaBy John O'Sullivan
GardeningMy raspberry plants are producing very few berries – are they a lost cause? By Fionnuala Fallon
IrelandBarack Obama ‘should receive no welcome in Ireland’: freedom of Dublin debate reopensBy Steven Carroll
AthleticsParis Olympics, one year on: ‘It’s a very difficult pill to swallow. It probably always will be’By Denis Walsh
CourtsState secures Supreme Court appeal against citizenship ruling for children of same-sex couplesBy Jack White
OpinionThere’s more to Irish history than eight centuries of British oppression and failed uprisingsBy Abie Philbin Bowman
IrelandFormer Mater Private CEO Fergus Clancy leaves €15.8 million estateBy Tim O'Brien and Hugh Dooley
Your MoneyInheritance, relatives and blended families: what does it mean for tax-free thresholds? By Dominic Coyle
Middle East‘They are proudly posting videos confessing. That’s new’: Israeli soldiers being pursued internationally over actions in GazaBy Naomi O’Leary
IrelandWater supply for Greater Dublin Area replenishing after Uisce Éireann completes major pipe repairsBy Conor Pope
RugbyIreland to play Australia and New Zealand next summer as part of new Nations ChampionshipBy Gerry Thornley
Middle EastPresident Higgins condemns Hamas footage of skeletal hostages as ‘shocking act of cruelty’
SportEllen Walshe misses out of 400m IM final on last day of World Championships in SingaporeBy Muireann Duffy
EconomyEconomist calls for budget ‘prudence’, as Central Bank governor suggests rethink is neededBy Cormac McQuinn
SportThree sporting events to watch this week: Your handy guide to sport on televisionBy Damian Cullen
EuropePope tells crowd of one million young Catholics ‘a different world is possible’ By Colleen Barry and Paolo Santalucia, Associated Press
An Irish DiaryJohn Mulqueen on Ireland’s influential role in fighting anti-Semitism and Franco’s fascists
MusicBlindboy comes out on his phone at All Together Now 2025: ‘I’m showing my mum this many people actually showed up’By Stephen Conneely
PoliticsMoves to revive referendum on joining EU patent court as business groups contacted on timingBy Cormac McQuinn
Lions TourBundee Aki reveals wife gave birth in a car hours before he played for Lions in first Test against AustraliaBy Gerry Thornley
SoccerBrendan Rodgers primed for Celtic’s Champions League challenge after opening win against St Mirren
AthleticsMark English claims 800m title over Cian McPhillips at National ChampionshipsBy Ian O'Riordan
Gaelic GamesDublin manager Paul Casey: ‘I think everybody played close to their best. To do it on this day of all days is very, very satisfying’By Malachy Clerkin
SoccerRory Gaffney scores twice to send Shamrock Rovers 10 points clear at top of tableBy Paul Buttner
Middle EastHamas says it will allow aid for hostages if Israel halts airstrikes, opens permanent humanitarian corridors
Middle EastIsraeli forces kill at least 27 at food site while minister’s al-Aqsa visit causes outrage By William Christou in Jerusalem
BusinessHilary Weston, who helped build Penneys and Brown Thomas, has died aged 83By Emmet Malone and Sarah Slater
IrelandStatus Yellow wind warnings lifted across the State with power restored to thousands By Conor Pope
