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‘You can’t just bounce in someone who looks pretty and has 500,000 followers’ – RTÉ’s Mary Fanning on future of ‘Nationwide’

After co-presenting RTÉ’s Nationwide for nearly 30 years, award-winning broadcaster Mary Fanning has officially hung up her microphone.

2024-10-05 01:30

Dungloe one step from fairytale ending after gritty St Michael’s win on busy day of club action

Dungloe are through to a first Donegal SFC final in 60 years, after a 0-9 to 0-8 win over St Michael’s in Ballybofey yesterday.

2024-09-29 18:39

Sporting disappointment, then a real tragedy: the deaths that tipped the balance on Inish Turbot

Fifty years ago three men from Inish Turbot went to watch the All-Ireland football final. Patrick Scuffle (48), Patrick O’Toole (58) and Michael Wallace (62) never made it home

2024-09-21 05:00

‘Tom Murphy would talk about the Irish institutions that drove him insane: the government, the church, the education system’

Dublin Theatre Festival 2024: The playwright worked closely with Druid over many years. It gives special resonance to the company’s new production of The House

2024-09-21 04:30

The House theatre review: Inventive direction breathes new life into Murphy’s family drama

This fascinating Druid revival of Tom Murphy’s The House repurposes the playwright for a more uncertain age. Premiered in 2000, and set in the 1950s, this is a typical Murphy picture of the Ireland of his youth, with its curse of emigration, its savage povert…

2024-09-19 10:04

Ireland fixates on the ghosts of the past, and is blind to the abuses still happening

Somehow we can only feel the pain of abused and abandoned children in safe retrospect, when it is brought to light after decades underground

2024-09-17 05:00

Next government must not waste what is a generational opportunity to transform the country

Focus must be on infrastructure, education, and, critically, an energy strategy that balances the need for decarbonisation with the demands of a competitive economy

2024-09-16 04:45

Level of driving test no-shows a huge road-safety concern as deaths rise

Ireland faces a worrying increase in the number of motorists failing to show up for scheduled driving tests amid fears the number of “no shows” could soar above 8,000 this year.

2024-09-16 01:30

The 8 at 8: Wednesday

Here’s all the news to know as you start your day.

2024-09-11 07:05