If compact living is really the goal of national policy, then Ireland really needs to get a lot better at this. Our planning system rarely acts in the interests of renters

It now seems inevitable that, for as long as he is not incarcerated, Burke will keep turning up at the gates of Wilson’s Hospital

Meta will now allow ‘insulting language when discussing transgender rights, immigration or homosexuality’, and no longer bans describing women as ‘property’ or ‘household objects’

Planet Business: Mark Zuckerberg’s watch, Michael Barr’s pre-emptive move and possible successors to Justin Trudeau

Whether a powerful meditation or a gripping detective story, a classic doesn’t have to be 500 pages long

Talented maverick Trent has already given Liverpool his best years and at what stage does the local lad premium run out? Is it a life sentence?

Personnel shortage means only one ship can patrol Ireland’s vast economic zone at a time - and even that rate may have to be reduced

Kerry and Munster kingpins Dr Crokes will be well aware of the threat of Tyrone sharpshooters Ruairí and Darragh Canavan

As Sinn Féin heads into next Dáil, it faces a crucial moment in its quest for growth, power and delivering on its mission of seismic change

US actors’ and writers’ strikes compounded problems that had built up at the storied Dublin studio

Three men describe their encounters with a master scam artist on the streets of Dublin, plus some advice on how to avoid falling victim to similar ‘smiling strangers’

Liberal democratic leaders out or embattled in office; the right on the rise ... Trump’s second coming has echoes of a century ago and Yeats’s warning that ‘the centre cannot hold’

Martin Beanz Warde is a writer, actor, comedian and TV presenter. He is part of the cast of The Borrowers at Dublin’s Gate Theatre

Move by company’s billionaire founder Mark Zuckerberg prompted alarm among social media experts

It would be fascinating to see the Cork coach try to translate his French success to Test level

The Grealish debate at Manchester City has shifted from his role under Guardiola to if he’ll even get back on to resume a tactical conversation

An All-Ireland football medal winner head-hunted for the AFL, the Russell Rovers captain is well used to keeping several plates in the air

‘Something will turn up’ is a fragile belief to sustain over financially challenging decades – and nothing ruins creativity like anxiety

Proposed increase of just over 3,500 to staff numbers is intended to cater for new services and so will not address outstanding issues, unions say

Government cautioned against deploying facial recognition technology ‘without thorough independent evaluation and resolution of identified risks’