Highlights

Where plankton fits in the Earth’s ecosystem

Big Tech may not get everything it wants from Trump

Ciarán Murphy: Limerick and Dublin now bereft of linchpin players

Christmas tech for kids: great gift ideas with safety features for parental peace of mind

A Benedict Kiely Reader: Drink to the Bird and Selected Essays review - Words on the importance of place

Ire of farmers and pensioners mounts as British Labour faces possibility of new ‘winter of discontent’

Jon Kenny obituary: Portraits of Irish eccentricity that mingled hilarity with sadness

Complexities of immigrant life captured in museum’s Irish exhibition, and in row over slave trader at the door

Laura Kennedy: Australia is so very far from Europe and US, and yet is as deeply rooted in Anglosphere norms, customs and culture

Opinion: Students deserve a reformed Leaving Cert that prepares them for the modern world

Can a forgotten child claim an inheritance when his father dies?

The Listeners review: Creepy and absorbing thriller is a showcase for Irish actor Ollie West

Bluesky, the non-toxic alternative to X, has had a glow-up. But is the app here to stay?

Malachy Clerkin: Brian Fenton, the best midfielder of his era and one of the greatest ever

Anohni: ‘The Irish are fighting the good fight in so many regards’

Explainer: why are second level teachers protesting outside schools today?

Planning a career break? How to live without your salary and dealing with a pension gap