Bardot shot to fame in the 1950s, subsequently retiring and becoming active politically

The Musgrave Group say that the reductions will deliver savings of up to €0.60 per pack on own-brand Irish creamery butter products

Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy, which won the previous two elections by a landslide, is banned from participating

Breaking down the stories readers were most interested in, there was a clear winner in 2025, and it was not the presidential election

The Irish Times recently passed an important milestone: revenue generated by subscribers for the first time fully funds our journalism

Documents released from 1995 up to 2005 touch on everything from paramilitaries to pandas

We don’t get much practice at Hannah Arendt’s version of solitude these days, with all the phones and Netflix and tubs of ice cream to distract us. But we should try it

The early modern Europeans had the printed book. We have videos of guys talking on podcasts

This is especially true where issues involving women are concerned, and 2025 was no exception

Sing in a choir, make something with your hands, shoot real or clay pigeons, go to a church, dance if you really must

Planned force described as impractical and a ‘toothless tiger’ in the making

President met former Chilean dictator on controversial 1995 South American tour

In wake of X case and 1992 referendum, fresh restrictions - including injunctions on travel - caused concern

From Troy Parrott to Ellen Walshe, here are the year’s memorable sporting quotes of the year

Tensions in 2002 worse than any time since 1969, loyalist representatives told Bertie Ahern

Security action by Thatcher likely to alienate nationalists more, senior official warned Garret Fitzgerald

An Garda Síochána allocated €125m which is expected to go towards increased security and operational costs

The year was marked by many ups and down, from a boardroom bust up at airport operator DAA to skyrocketing house prices

Attack in 1995 saw swastika painted on cemetery gate shortly after visit to city by Israeli ambassador

Ask Roe: ‘I want to find love and a real relationship like my friends who go out with nice guys’

The Meath manager wouldn’t be the Meath manager without his Meath dad, Patrick Brennan

Ming Ming and Ping Ping drew 400,000 visitors over 100-day visit in 1986 – but Chinese officials declined Late Late appearance

January will mark the 10th anniversary of the Kerry reporter’s decision to move from Dublin to New York, and five years since his reporting on the Capitol Hill riots

There are two different kinds of game being played on the world’s Scrabble boards. Which will you play?

Australia’s ban on social media for children under 16 is being closely watched around the world - and also by young people

Children are learning the basics in devastated region, but their future prospects remain bleak

The biggest show of the year, Adolescence, became so huge that it fuelled a moral panic, but the best stuff was on the little-watched Apple TV

Talk around Netflix’s potential takeover of Warner Bros has accelerated fretting over cinema’s lifespan

Studio Ulster, which opened earlier this year in Belfast, offers film-makers cutting-edge technological capabilities

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