GP’s social media posts during Covid pandemic undermined public health guidelines, inquiry told
Medical Council alleges tweets were inappropriate and undermined public health guidelines and public health authorities
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Is the world really drowning in debt?
We may not be on the eve of disaster but room for manoeuvre is shrinking for big economies
These Celtic Tiger apartments stood half-built for 20 years. Locals want them finished
Monaghan council has applied ‘the stick’ – in the form of derelict sites levy and a compulsory purchase bid – to try to bring project to completion
A Bigger Life by Louise O’Neill: A willingness and openness to surprise at its best
Commitment to being out in the world with other people may reveal one of the book’s most vital messages
Paddy McKillen jnr built a hospitality empire – now the man with €270 in the bank owes €27.7m
Press Up Group, which he lost control of in 2024, was rapidly expanded by McKillen jnr following the financial crash
Naomi Klein: The super rich need to be abolished and ‘prescribed a middle-class life’
End Times Fascism by noted author and her collaborator Astra Taylor contains a hopeful prescription for neighbourly resistance
Agnes Obel: ‘With all this AI, people are gravitating towards a more acoustic experience. I’m hopeful’
The Berlin-based Danish musician on the elation of pregnancy, her music taking a turn away from technology during Covid, and depression
More children missing school today than before Covid pandemic, says ESRI report
Boys and girls are more likely to miss school if their parents have a harsher parenting style and if there is a lack of routine at home
Moving the goalposts on citizenship rules is deeply unfair
Proposed regulations ignore contributions made by those already resident for many years
A leisurely visit to the Bayeux tapestry when it was still in Normandy
Prized medieval work of art will be on show in London until July next year
Special education body ordered to pay €33,000 to employee in case taken over Covid-era obligations
Maire Aherne argued she should not have had to organise in-person school visits during pandemic
Irish teenagers getting weaker at maths and reading, new international research shows
OECD says ‘increased digitalisation’ and ‘falling rates of reading for enjoyment have coincided with weaker literacy outcomes’
Low levels of confidence in Government preparedness for next pandemic, survey finds
About one-third said they personally felt unprepared for a potential lockdown, according to new research
Loneliness: There’s a reason why we use the term ‘power of connection’
Men’s Sheds are a perfect example of how to form close bonds and focus on the quality, rather than the quantity, of connections
They wanted to vaccinate their children. Their partners refused
There may never be a metric for the number of good families thrown into chaos and left broken
Humanity misses climate target, booking.com scam ads, and Belfast cafe hit by US sanctions
Early Edition with Aideen Finnegan
A Wicklow woman in Marbella: ‘I would make friends in the summer and they would then go home. But I found my tribe’
Wild Geese: Greystones native Sarah Catterson runs online fitness coaching enterprise Strengthinus from the Spanish city of Marbella
Low transplant rates have serious repercussions
We owe it to organ donors to ensure our transplant system is fully equipped to save lives
Fall in Leaving Cert grades will not lead to points drop
Grades may be down, but applications to college are up
Ireland’s padel court building boom in full swing despite high-profile planning refusals
Demand for facilities has risen significantly since Covid pandemic, according to sport’s federation
Balancing act continues as Leaving Cert grades drop back by an average of just over 1%
Timelines for fully removing pandemic-related post-marking adjustment will continue to be informed by the 2026 experience
Appeal, wait, go abroad, repeat: what can you do if you don’t get your first CAO choice?
Students from the class of 2026 have more options than ever
Leaving Cert 2026: A unique second-level journey ends
Whatever results you have just received are a mark of your resilience over six uniquely challenging years
Covid impacts and enhanced grades: five takeaways from 2026 Leaving Cert results
Friday’s results, in the aggregate, are close to those awarded in 2020
Leaving Cert results grade inflation cut again as number of H1s falls
Percentage of H1 grades falls from 12.1% to 10.1% as State continues unwinding of measure
Short on land, long on vision: Dutch lead the way on food production
Ireland could learn much from a nursery and research institute in the Netherlands
What is Moderna’s new cancer vaccine and how big a breakthrough is it?
Cancer vaccine approach may change how the disease is treated more broadly, experts say
We reached ‘peak-woke’ in 2020-2023. Today that looks ridiculous
Participants subtly try to distance themselves from their 2020-2023 behaviour in shaping groupthink mindset
Heart and lung transplant rates fail to recover to pre-Covid levels, study finds
Number of transplants dropped substantially during pandemic due to lack of ICU places and have failed to recover
‘I was horrified’: Asthmatic garda ordered back on beat during Covid-19 surge, WRC told
Workplace Relations Commission dismisses equality complaint from Garda Joseph Joyce
US Senate panel votes to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of congress over Covid hearing
Fauci invoked fifth amendment dozens of times to parry hostile Republican inquisition over pandemic response
Pfizer raises sales guidance on high demand for older drugs
Drugmaker plans for another $2.5bn in cost savings as it looks to move beyond post-Covid sales slump
Retailer must repay €8.87m in Covid wage supports after losing Revenue challenge
Claim that non-essential part of retailer’s business forced to close during lockdowns was a separate division fails
How well did Ireland deal with Covid? Patterns emerge ahead of final report
Evaluation panel established in 2025 to examine Ireland’s response to pandemic is due to report in six months’ time
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