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AS Byatt obituary: Not an academic who wrote a novel, but a novelist who was brilliant academically
Tragedy struck in the early 1970s, when her only son, Charles, who had just turned 11, was killed by a drunken driver
Stolen skulls finally come home to Inishbofin after 133 years for poignant burial ceremony
Simple coffin carried the 13 skulls to the ruins of St Colman’s Abbey, where they had been spirited away by anthropologist Alfred Cort Haddon in 1890
Unborn babies use ‘greedy’ gene from fathers to ‘remote-control’ mothers into feeding them extra food – study finds
‘Genes controlled by father tend to promote fetal growth and those controlled by mother tend to limit fetal growth’
Caoineadh Airt Uí Laoghaire: 250 years of Ireland’s touchstone love poem
Lament for Art O’Leary, which Eibhlín Dubh Ní Chonaill wrote for her murdered husband on May 4th, 1773, is still hugely powerful
Julie Fossitt obituary: Ecologist and staunch defender of Ireland’s natural heritage
Author of landmark work that has transformed the approach to identifying, describing and classifying Irish habitats
‘Alarming new records’ for climate change set last year, says WMO
Human activities causing ‘planetary scale changes’ to oceans, atmosphere and land
Louise Shanahan takes Mageean’s 800m Irish record in stunning run
Cork athlete became only the second woman to break the two-minute barrier
Louise Shanahan breaks Irish 800m record and two-minute barrier
She beat previous record holder Ciara Mageean in the process in Belfast
Rite & Reason: Bahá’í faith has found its feet in Ireland
Principal tenet of belief is ‘The Earth is but one country and mankind its citizens’
Johnny Watterson: Has the Triple Crown become an anachronism?
In an era of World Cups, retaining silverware appeal is open to question
Tech tycoon Mike Lynch signals intention to appeal HP ruling
Irish-born businessman faces threat of extradition to US over Autonomy deal
Fine selection of diamonds and collectables at upcoming auctions
Splendid watches, bracelet, earrings and Rising medallions to go under the hammer
How a lab scientist’s bad cold led to the ‘marvel’ mRNA vaccine
Dr Barney Graham’s discovery was a key step in development of Covid-19 vaccines
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