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Four appear in court over anti-asylum protest at which gardaí met ‘relentless and prolonged’ violence

26 April 2024

Four people appeared before Bray District Court this afternoon where they were charged with public order offences in relation to what was described as a “large-scale public order incident.” [...]

‘I nearly chickened out the night before’ – Leo Varadkar says on stepping down as Taoiseach

26 April 2024

Leo Varadkar has said he almost “chickened out the night before” stepping down as Fine Gael party leader and Taoiseach. [...]

Frankie goes to Borris: how UK pop stars became tax exiles in Ireland — and stayed for the beer

26 April 2024

In the World Cup summer of 1986, a football match took place between Dermot Morgan’s Showbiz XI and a Rock Exiles selection drawn from Def Leppard, Spandau Ballet and Frankie Goes to Hollywood, three juggernauts of the Second British Music Invasion of America. [...]

How the ‘Dead Dads Club’ got me through the worst of my grief after my father died

26 April 2024

My dad died. It’s hard to say. It’s even harder to know what to say back to me when I tell you that. Death is perhaps one of the last taboos. We’re able to have far more open and progressive conversations now about things like mental health, we understand more about the fluidity of sexuality, we’re having more nuanced conversations about motherhood, about masculinity, about neurodivergence. It’s far from perfect, of course, but we’ve found a way to talk about these sorts of things, to be more open. But death. Now that’s a conversation stopper. [...]

Tanya Sweeney: I adore my child and her imagination but the words ‘Play with me, mammy’ fill me with dread

26 April 2024

I hate to say it. I’m almost ashamed to say it. But four small innocuous words elicit a sigh. [...]