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How Carrie Symonds became focus of media vitriol in fallout over Downing Street meltdown
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Irish teacher in China: Students’ temperatures are checked seven times a day
‘After returning to Ireland, my temperature spiked. At St Vincent’s, I was escorted to an isolation room’
Normal People: Putting Sally Rooney’s novel on the small screen
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Why my brother – and millions of others – are sticking with Trump
‘I’ve been pleasantly surprised that Trump has done exactly what he promised’
Connor (16) ‘lit up a room’, mourners at funeral told
Cookstown victim remembered as ‘courteous and appreciative young student’
‘Spend the day in your socks’: When teachers were tyrants
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Oscars 2018: Who’ll win, who won’t and 10 other questions
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‘I’ve great difficulty finding roles that aren’t just dying women’
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The best in film 2017, according to the Dublin Film Critics Circle
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London Letter: 18th century resistance to foreign voices
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Are these the Irish film stars of the future?
Four Irish actors and one producer made it onto Screen International’s 'future talent' list
Six of the best films to see this weekend
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Shakespeare and me: Irish writers on the Bard's best bits
Some admirers celebrate the playwright’s work on the 400th anniversary of his death
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What sort of Shakespearean villain are you?
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‘There is a certain combat and indeed violence deeply embedded in theology’
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