HSE cyber attack, Swapping a hairpin for a house, Dalkey brawl, Friends reunion trailer

News, views and opinions from Student Hub contributors and Irish Times writers

HSE cyber attack 'possibly the most significant' ever on Irish State: Covid vaccinations going ahead as planned but registration portal and testing referral system affected. Read more.

This woman is on a quest to swap a hairpin for a house. Here's how it works: Demi Skipper is planning a daring strategy of trades – and millions are following her journey. Read more.

Academic on €154,000 salary with no work to do accuses Maynooth president:  Professor says Philip Nolan acted as 'judge, jury and executioner'. Read more.

Covid-19 has widened the educational divide. We urgently need to tackle it: Opinion: An action-focused strategy is vital to meeting the needs of all adult learners. Read more.

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Cat jumps from fifth floor of burning Chicago building: Video shows cat soaring through the air and on to the grass, landing unharmed. Read more.

Don't expect the private sector to build a more inclusive society: The key question after the pandemic is whether governments continue to work with the private sector in the same way and to the same extent as they did before. Read more.

Pat Kenny witnesses a street brawl in Dalkey: '30 or 40 people at it full pelt' 'Thinking about this reopening,' the Newstalk presenter says. 'Are we really prepared?' Read more.

Diarmaid Ferriter: Would Seán Lemass have wanted a monument? Despite his assertions, the year he left office the housing crisis in Ireland was acute. Read more.

The one where they return: Friends reunion trailer released: Unscripted episode with cast, who will not be in character, to air on HBO Max on May 27th. Read more.

Can you suspend belief in everything? An intellectual challenge: Unthinkable: Phenomenology may make your head hurt but it's trying 'to teach us to see again'. Read more.

John Hawkes: 'I semi-retired at 19. Which I highly recommend' The End of Sentence star on his punk rock ethos and the road-trip movie that took him to Ireland. Read more.

Ewan McGregor: I've been sober a long time. Addiction is part of my life: The actor has drawn on his experience of addiction to portray the fashion designer Halston. Read more.

Dara McAnulty and Maggie O'Farrell win fiction and nonfiction awards: A preview of Saturday's pages and roundup of the latest book news. Read more.