It’s a jungle out there: Sorcha Pollak on growing up fast while working in the Amazon at 18
Social media and smart phones had not yet taken over our lives
Peru
Hamlet starring actors with Down syndrome: ‘It profoundly reconfigures the meaning of to be or not to be?’
Chela De Ferrari is bringing a new vision of Shakespeare’s play to Dublin
One of world’s largest tall ship training vessels to dock in Dublin this weekend
BAP Unión the jewel in crown of Peruvian navy and touring Europe in bid to build closer bonds
The Irish diaspora setting up and running businesses abroad
There are bittersweet elements to emigration too, such as re-learning to be Irish, as Laura Kennedy learns
‘Never again war’: Pope Leo interrupts St Peter’s Square revelry with pleas for peace in Ukraine and Gaza
Visitors praise ‘humble, simple and very welcoming man’
An Irish woman in Peru: ‘I found it easy setting up a business here’
Wild Geese: Eibhlin Cassidy, Cusco, Peru
‘I don’t think he’ll be the silent one’: Pope Leo XIV‘s brother reflects on his values and roots
John Prevost said that his brother was ‘simple, really. He’s not going to go out for a 19-course meal’
Mario Vargas Llosa obituary: Nobel prize-winning novelist combined gritty realism with playful erotica
Vargas Llosa, a Nobel Prize winner, charted his own path as a novelist and conservative, often divisive political thinker
Mario Vargas Llosa, giant of Latin American literature, dies aged 89
Vargas Llosa charted power and corruption in novels including The Time of the Hero, Conversation in the Cathedral
Irish tourist escapes with minor injuries after paragliding crash in Peru
Video footage shows glider falling to earth on busy Lima road
‘I met Gianmarco the day I finished the Inca trail in Peru. Today he is an Irish citizen’
Irish citizenship ceremony: We never dreamed of a cross-continent relationship but here we are 19 years later
Latin America’s female new wave finds its voice
Political and social turmoil provide the backdrop to themes of violence and identity for this burgeoning generation of writers
Peru’s former president Alberto Fujimori dies aged 86
Authoritarian leader later convicted of human rights abuses revived economy and crushed Shining Path rebels
The timely and welcome renaissance in Irish athletics field events
Joyce’s success in Lima is a timely reminder that for all the talk of the need for better facilities and specialised coaches nothing beats a bit of old-school ingenuity and ambition
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