Irish colleges should focus on teaching abroad, not attracting foreign students – Minister
State already has insufficient accommodation for those in higher education, James Lawless says
Hong Kong
Irish in Hong Kong: ‘I don’t feel at home anywhere: that idea is becoming less important’
Emergency shelter design: ‘We have a housing crisis, but we also have a lot of vacant office space’
Tung Chee-hwa: Billionaire shipping firm scion who was Hong Kong’s first postcolonial leader
Liverpool-educated Chinese tycoon set Hong Kong on a path that led to deepening rift with Beijing
Flights grounded as Typhoon Dolphin overwhelms Chinese regions with torrential rain
Authorities warn days of intense rain could trigger widespread flooding as storm moves north and further inland
Hong Kong’s revival contrasts with crackdown on last remaining independent bookshops
As the financial hub regains confidence, police action against small booksellers highlights continuing limits on dissent
T-shirt slogan speaks volumes in Taiwan as Hong Kong raids see book sales rocket
Taiwanese look on with concern at fate of Hong Kong’s independent booksellers after series of arrests
The Devoted by Catherine Cho: A ravishing debut novel about sorrows of the heart
As in The Godfather, the characters are bound not just by crime and family, but because they are immigrants
Asian countries tighten borders as health authorities work to contain Ebola outbreak
Outbreak linked to 139 deaths probably started months ago and spread undetected, say officials
Vodafone to take full control of UK mobile operator with Three’s owner to sell its stake
CK Hutchison’s decision to sell 49% stake is latest in series of asset disposals
Choy-Ping Ní Chléirigh-Ng: ‘I’m interested in outsiders, that feeling of in-between, and trying to find peace in that’
The Madonna of Asia, Ní Chléirigh-Ng’s new play, is concerned with the dark side of Hong Kong’s golden age of music and film in 1980s and 1990s
Fiction in translation: City Like Water; Women Without Men; X is Where I Am; You Are the Fuhrer’s Unrequited Love
A nightmarish cityscape that is identifiably Hong Kong; a classic of oppression in Iran; a celebration of queer lives; and a stark exploration of Albert Speer
Red Dawn Over China: Frank Dikötter revisits Communist rule before 1949
A critique of Communist triumph and its human cost, from the civil war to early statehood
John Lanchester: ‘My mother was a born storyteller. It is often a form of misdirection’
Like much of his oeuvre, Look What You Made Me Do is mordantly funny. But, as the writer himself says, things can be funny and serious at the same time
US embassies push foreign donors to bankroll Trump’s 250th anniversary spectacle
Diplomats have been aggressively soliciting donations from corporations, raising questions about ethics and influence
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