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TV review: Ed Power enjoyed Dead and Buried on Virgin Media One on Monday night: 'It’s ludicrous, none of the characters behaves rationally, and the action bears only a passing resemblance to the real world. But isn’t that sort of escapism just what you want from a helping of early-in-the-week nonsense?'
Television: Colin Bateman adaptation of his Border-based play Bag For Life offers everything you need from a bit of Monday night nonsense
Eamon Ryan: The data suggests that the Atlantic Meridional Circulating System (Amoc) may switch off. If that were to happen it would bring about a dramatic drop in temperatures here, even as the rest of the world continues to burn
New studies say a dramatic drop in temperatures here could happen a lot sooner than previously feared
Given the money available, there’s not going to be “fiscal space for any drastic changes”, says Camilla Cullinane, a tax partner with KPMG, adding, for example, that “we won’t see the abolition of USC”.
The key focus will be on helping the so-called squeezed middle and reducing the marginal tax burden, says Cullinane
A pre-election attempt to win middle-class votes, with inheritance tax cuts, falling income taxes and housing on the agenda
A rare shade-loving plant which does not depend on light has been rediscovered in Killarney National Park.
Yellow Bird’s-nest lives in leaf litter habitat and depends on fungi for its food
Do you have to be a good rider to enjoy a horse holiday? No is the answer, as Gemma Tipton discovers when she travels to Arizona to spend time on a dude ranch. Some guests are experts, while for beginners, a couple of lessons is plenty to enjoy a slow ride where you don’t go above a walk. The western style of riding, with long stirrups and a loose rein, is easy to pick up, although like all the best things in life, it can take a lifetime to master.
A dude ranch holiday in Tucson, Arizona, is among exciting offerings for experienced riders and novices alike
A waiter who said he was threatened with sacking after complaining to his employer that he had been denied thousands of euro worth of cash tips is to receive €7,000 under the terms of a tribunal recommendation.
Employee says he was threatened with sacking after complaining
Letter to the Editor: Several hundred euro to see a couple of argumentative, foul-mouthed brothers play in concert? No thanks.
Worth the wait?
During the weekend’s pause in hostilities in central Gaza, tens of thousands of Palestinian children received the first dose of a polio vaccine administered by United Nations and relief agencies in the challenging campaign to protect 640,000 children from the disease.
Roll-out urgent after 10-month-old Abdel-Rahman Abu-Jedian became Gaza’s first case in 25 years
Miriam Cooke's life changed when, as a young girl, she won a modelling competition which brought her to the attention of agencies in London, Paris and Milan, who immediately signed her up. Now in her 40s, Cooke says the industry has changed drastically since she was a teen. "The industry has started to embrace older women. Clothing companies are using older women – companies like Balenciaga, St Laurent and Loewe. It’s encouraging because it is not token."
The Irish academic, actor and broadcaster, has returned to her modelling career
"We worry that widespread use of educational AI could advantage English-language schools and leave Gaelscoileanna behind," write Michał Wieczorek and Eamon Costello.
Irish-language schools may be faced with an impossible choice: embrace second-rate AI or forgo the potential benefits of automation
EV first look: Earlier this year, at the Beijing motor show, BYD showed off a bright orange concept hatchback with massive wings and a race-car-esque bodykit, called the Ocean M Concept. Actual hard details on the car were staggeringly thin on the ground at the time, but it was clear that BYD was taking aim at the likes of the VW ID.3, the Cupra Born, and the Renault Megane E-Tech with a five-door family electric hatch. Now we know more
Seal 06 GT is the full production version of the Ocean M concept vehicle
Your personal finance questions answered: When we got married, we moved into a house that was owned by my wife’s mother which she told us we would be inheriting on her death. As we were looking to extend the property, we took out a mortgage in our names and, because she was the owner, my mother-in-law’s name, although it has always been paid by me.
Unfortunately, in a relatively short period, my wife died as did both her parents.
When I asked my wife’s remaining family about sorting out the house issue, they said initially they would get around to it but subsequently decided to “leave it the way it is”. What do we do?
Situation highlights danger of ‘informal’ arrangements on inheritance and importance of keeping wills updated
A bin bag ban will be introduced in Dublin city centre from this month in a move to crack down on litter from ripped plastic refuse sacks strewn across the city’s streets.
Use of refuse sacks by businesses and residents will be prohibited on 90 city streets
Coldplay live in Dublin: Coldplay took to the stage in Croke Park on Thursday night for the first of four concerts at Dublin’s field of dreams. The band, led by Chris Martin, have sold all 320,000 tickets for their shows on Thursday, Friday, Sunday and Monday, meaning the equivalent of almost one-in-20 people in Ireland will have seen the English band perform by the time they leave.
British band did ‘everything bar set fire to Croke Park to connect with audience’ in stadium lost in music
A south Dublin childcare service provider has been ordered to pay €2,000 after he became “aggressive” and obstructed a Tusla inspection.
The court heard the prosecution stemmed from an inspection of Little Puddles Childcare, Glandore Park, Lower Mountdown Road, Monkstown, Glenageary on July 28th, 2022
The concert promoter MCD initially advertised tickets for next August’s shows “from €86.50″ but as the general sale progressed on Saturday, Ticketmaster deployed what is also known as dynamic pricing which saw standing tickets for the Croke Park pitch reach €415, not including a service charge of more than €10 imposed by Ticketmaster.
Employee says he was threatened with sacking after complaining
But one of the most celebrated images of the Paris Olympics – a selfie taken by medal-winning table tennis players from either side of the divided Korean peninsula – appears to have landed the North Korea duo in trouble back home.
Mixed doubles silver medallists Kim Kum-yong and Ri Jong-sik reportedly placed under ‘ideological scrutiny’
Teacher Enoch Burke has been jailed for the third time over his refusal to comply with a court order and stay away from Wilson’s Hospital School in Co Westmeath.
The teacher was sent back to Mountjoy Prison for breaching the terms of an injunction
Property Clinic: A reader seeks advice on a neighbour's oak tree that sits up against their boundary wall and overhangs their garden. 'What are our rights and our neighbour’s obligations in terms of getting the tree cut vigorously back to the strong branches to prevent future danger? I am told I have no entitlement to cut it back further, nor do I want to bear the cost of doing so again. Surely they are responsible for maintaining their tree?'
Property Clinic: There are lots of weak, spindly branches overhanging our garden
Pilita Clark: Could ever more elephantine salaries for relatively inexperienced people, in the law or anywhere else, skew the way applicants are hired? Does it, for instance, encourage the selection of assertive, confident, forceful people rather than quieter, shyer rivals who are nonetheless more competent?
Elephantine salaries for young employees make smart hiring more imperative than ever
In their maiden Paralympic triathlon the 29-year-old Derry sisters were separated by just two places, a gap of only 45 seconds. Chloe and guide Catherine Sands finished in sixth place in a time of 1:10.32, while Judith and guide Eimear Nicholls finished eighth in a time of 1:11.17.
Twins Chloe and Judith MacCombe finish sixth and eighth respectively in PTVI para triathlon
Double hip replacement: It is very normal for people to have some degree of anxiety about this surgery, says consultant and orthopaedic surgeon Mr Niall McGoldrick. “In fact, I would be almost more worried if patients didn’t think about it and didn’t have some anxiety"
Recovery after joint replacement is often quicker than patients anticipate, new research shows
The economic sector with the highest median weekly earnings was information and communication at €1,356.59. This covers jobs in publishing, motion picture and sound recording activities, radio and television broadcasting and programming activities, as well as telecommunications.
Jobs in publishing, motion picture and sound recording activities, radio and television, as well as telecoms earned the most
Higher Options 2024, which runs from Wednesday, September 25th to Friday, September 27th, is one of the best ways for Leaving Cert students to explore the array of possibilities for further and higher education. Book your tickets now.
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One of the world’s oldest continuously lived-in cities, Varanasi has long been a pilgrimage site. Hindus come to bathe in the sacred waters of the Ganges, to cremate a loved one or to die in the city; it is believed that being cremated in Varanasi will unshackle a person from the cycle of rebirth.
Every religion has its last rites, and this is what Hindus do
Just over a week after the bodies of tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch and his 18-year-old daughter Hannah were recovered from the wreck of his sunken yacht, US company Hewlett Packard Enterprise has said it intends to pursue a $4bn damages claim against Lynch's estate
Move puts US giant on a reputational tightrope
An Irishman in Spain: I hope things change and our daughter will not have to deal with prejudice and hate, but I’m sure my daughter’s Spanishness will be questioned by someone who wants to make her feel less. As someone who studied history, it never really occurred to me that fascism would be something I would have to deal with on a day-to-day basis.
An Irishman in Spain: I hope things change and our daughter will not have to deal with prejudice and hate
Lowry has so far resisted calls from the bereaved and survivors of the Grenfell fire to end the sponsorship arrangement with Kingspan, which made some of the combustible foam insulation used in the tower’s disastrous refurbishment
Golfer has resisted calls from bereaved and survivors of Grenfell fire to sever sponsorship with insulation firm
The first Monday of September sees people return in their droves to workplaces. For many of us this means just one thing: getting on to airline websites and booking the next holiday. But why have we become so attached to escaping? Joe Humphreys explores this question https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2024/09/02/if-youre-already-planning-your-next-holiday-read-this/
What were Ireland's top-earning sectors last year? New data shows how weekly and annual earnings broke down across different industries in 2023
Economic sectors with the highest median weekly earnings were information and communication at €1,356.59
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Coldplay’s Chris Martin performed a surprise gig in Dublin city centre on Wednesday evening while recording a music video for the band’s latest single.
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An emotional Joe Biden described the US presidency as the "honour of a lifetime" as he addressed the Democratic National Convention in Chicago last night. Read our correspondent Keith Duggan's account of the event here https://www.irishtimes.com/world/us/2024/08/20/bittersweet-biden-passes-the-torch-to-harris-as-giddy-democrats-bask-in-optimism/ (Video: Reuters)
Donald Trump breaks away from a prepared speech to claim that he’s better looking than Kamala Harris and launch a series of nasty personal attacks against the Democratic candidate. Video: Reuters
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