Trinity College Dublin issues €1m pest control tender to help tackle rats, bed bugs - and ‘booklice’
Plus Rex Ryan, son of the late Gerry Ryan, plays the Monk, the new Beanie Babies and a grass-cutting row
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What Ireland could learn from Canada about how to enhance its cities
Dublin still has no replacement for the demolished Tivoli Theatre. Vancouver can show it a way forward
Playwright Simon Stephens: ‘Our sense of self is defined by the stories we tell ourselves. My family told themselves we were Irish’
The Tony and Olivier winner feels a huge affinity with Rex Ryan’s ‘fearless’ Dublin company Glass Mask, which is premiering his play Men’s Business
Men’s Business review: Avant-garde date night pregnant with commitment issues
Theatre: Rex Ryan and Lauren Farrell star in Glass Mask’s world premiere of Simon Stephens’s new play
Rex Ryan: My dad Gerry Ryan ‘wasn’t like other parents’
‘Theatre is a kind of church for me,’ says the actor and writer with entertainment in his blood
The Ridleys review: a double bill of urban horror stories
Philip Ridley’s Tonight with Donny Stixx and Dark Vanilla Jungle feature media monsters
Super Bowl holders Seattle Seahawks NFC number one seed
Green Bay Packers, Carolina Panthers and Pittsburgh Steelers also win divisional titles
Review: The Motherfucker with the Hat
Stephen Adly Guirgis’s jittery comedy is alert to the struggles and supports of melting-pot New York. Its first Irish staging from Orion Productions tries to do justice to its voice
Review: Pilgrim
A real tragedy and an epic myth inform a violent young Irish man’s quest for home. It takes a while to get there
10 days of the Tiger Dublin Fringe
From comedy and therapy to dance and aerobics, from quick fixes to four-hour marathons, we have a Fringe show for you
It’s tag football summer camp as NFL in America save the big hits for match day
Head trauma research and high cost of injuries mean clubs rule out contact in practice
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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