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Nightmare concerts: Nicki Minaj put on one of Ireland’s most disappointing gigs. Here are nine more disasters

Including gigs by Garth Brooks, Guns N’ Roses, Lauryn Hill, Swedish House Mafia and Barbra Streisand

2024-07-22 05:00

Croke Park on All-Ireland Sundays still has a timeless power to enthral

The GAA headquarters is now open for all sorts of business but for the All-Ireland hurling and football finals the ground is a player too

2024-07-22 05:00

Demand for AI skills helps revive hiring in tech sector

AI roles are leading a recovery in employment in the Irish tech sector, after the so-called ‘tech wreck’ wave of job losses that struck the industry in 2022 and 2023.

2024-07-22 01:30

Eamonn Sweeney: 10 medal prospects for Ireland at the Paris Olympic Games

One hundred years ago this month, Ireland first competed in the Olympics as an independent nation. Those games were also held in Paris and Ireland didn’t win any medals, although Thurles welterweight Patrick Dwyer, who lost a box-off for bronze, would have go…

2024-07-21 09:00

Senior counsel behind debt advisory group snaps up gorgeous Georgian mansion

Plus: Mary Hanafin called to the Bar, Danny Healy-Rae’s quarry quarrel, and Damo and Ivor’s pigeon pursuits

2024-07-21 05:00

‘Ireland’s freedom was not won, it was given’: Historian’s new book casts fresh light on old struggle

Cambridge-based historian John O’Beirne Ranelagh interviewed 100 former members of the Irish Republican Brotherhood during the 1970s. Much of the material has been unused - until now

2024-07-21 05:00

Eamonn Sweeney’s guide to Ireland’s medal prospects

One hundred years ago this month, Ireland first competed in the Olympics as an independent nation. Those games were also held in Paris and Ireland didn’t win any medals, although Thurles welterweight Patrick Dwyer, who lost a box-off for bronze, would have go…

2024-07-21 01:30

In a porridge box, an ancient treasure mysteriously arrives in Dublin

The Bronze Age ax heads are a significant discovery. But it’s hard to say much else without the details.

2024-07-20 17:33

‘We all want to enjoy time in the sun, but it’s important to be careful,’ says mother of woman (33) who died of melanoma

‘Neither of us thought that it would be something so serious,’ says Bernie Rice of her late daughter, Sharon

2024-07-20 05:00

Back-to-back European Championships for GAIN Equine Nutrition Young Riders in Peelbergen - Horse Sport Ireland

The GAIN Equine Nutrition Irish Under-21 (Young Riders) team are back-to-back European champions after dominating the field in Peelbergen this afternoon. The team of Niamh McEvoy, Tom Wachman, Max Wachman, Francis Derwin and Rhys Williams won with a rider to …

2024-07-19 18:03