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Fast-growing Irish defence industry is creating jobs but provoking human rights concerns
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Pat O’Connor was flying to San Francisco at huge expense. Then he did a PCR test
Ireland’s ‘increased interest’ in European defence cooperation welcomed
European defence industry turnover amounted to €259 billion in 2019
Alan Cumming on abuse: ‘I am better, but it is like a wound that is never going to go away’
The actor’s second memoir is neither tell-all nor reckoning. But it contains multitudes nonetheless
Boys will be boys: are schools guilty of unconscious gender bias?
Teachers were more generous to girls than boys in this year’s Leaving Cert – but some academics say the evidence doesn’t hold up
Man fatally shot friend believing him to be intruder, inquest told
Inquest hears 85-year-old fired shotgun twice through door of his Mayo home
Hurling league previews: Throw-in times, TV details and verdicts
Limerick experiment as they look to end poor league campaign on a high against Cork
How businesses are adapting to online training
Digital workplace is quickly expanding with new ways of learning
Limerick score 36 points to overpower Tony Kelly’s solo act
In the most unique league final the GAA has ever staged Limerick prove far too strong
Girls’ maths ability underestimated due to stereotypes, study finds
Perception girls not as numerate as boys takes root from as young as nine
Nicky English: Helter-skelter hurling of 1995 final is scary to look back on
Clare’s victory over Offaly is unrecognisable from the modern game in many aspects
VRAI appoints Davy to reel in more investors after raising €1.2m
Irish virtual reality remote training simulation provider sees surge in demand
The 50 best Irish films ever made, in order
Donald Clarke and Tara Brady's definitive list has more than a few surprises
Focusing on risk, remoteness and rarity in virtual reality
VRAI chairman Gabriel D’Arcy came to VR via a long career in conventional industry
Ireland’s ‘worrying’ sex ed deficit, ‘A Scary Time’, Taylor Swift
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Why should the taxpayer fund misogyny in our universities?
Opinion: Women make up half of university lecturers and only a quarter of professors
Galway frustrated as dogged Clare simply refuse to bow the knee
McCarthy’s late point earns Banner a replay in Thurles after after a pulsating stalemate at HQ
Nicky English: Limerick crown a great weekend for hurling
John Kiely’s team proved amazingly resilient again when the match was in the balance
Banner men buoyant after a thrilling return to Croke Park
‘It was great that the occasion wasn’t wasted on us’, says Clare's Shane O’Donnell
Nicky English: Confident Clare have stepped up a gear
Sluggish Limerick’s momentum stalled as third game in a row perhaps took its toll
Flotilla of over 40 boats takes to the Liffey for All-in-a-Row
Charity event aids the RNLI and the Irish Underwater Search and Recovery Unit
Jackie Tyrrell: Timid Clare got exactly what they deserved
Banner like a team obsessed with what Cork could do to them rather than vice versa
Nicky English: Clare should be too strong for depleted Limerick
If Clare are to be contenders they will certainly have to see off a weakened opposition
Abortion vote: Citizens’ Assembly agrees a ‘clear map’ for politicians
Two days of balloting gives Oireachtas a mandate to change Eighth Amendment
Woman (52) chokes to death at Áras Attracta care home
Resident died after meat got stuck in her larynx at Co Mayo centre, inquest hears
Donal Moloney and Gerry O’Connor taking Clare on a natural progression
New hurling management team stepping up to finish venture of helping boys become men
The great divide: why are there so few senior female academics?
A new report aims to transform gender equality in Irish universities
Eleven players become Clare’s first double medallists
Patrick Kelly says failure to win league is the one regret that 1990s’ team still have
Nicky English: Clare and Waterford will have big say in battle for Liam
National League final was played with kind of intensity expected from championship
Tony Kelly’s sweet one-two swings latest bout in Clare’s favour
Waterford had led game until last puck on dramatic final replay had dropped
Clare and Waterford put on Championship-like show
Sublime moments of skill on show as teams stay level right to the nerve-wracking end
GAA team news: Stephen Cluxton back in goal for Dublin
Jim Gavin makes six changes, Colm Cooper will make his first start of the season for Kerry
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