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‘I’ve been very lucky in life but leaving Ireland broke my heart’

Irish author Jane Casey on growing up in Dublin and realising living there as an adult with her family wasn’t working

Emigration changes you. The pint tastes different, the people look older

How could an identity you passively wore for so long pinch like it shrank in the wash?

Colossus choreographer Stephanie Lake: ‘We’re a really small team, but we’re making big works’

The Australian is bringing her 50-dancer show to Galway International Arts Festival 2026

Immigration will increase challenges to the Common Travel Area

Brexit created ‘unrealistic’ expectations in the UK about controlling Border between Nort and the Republic, says academic

The banned writer who explored the eroticism in Irish folklore

She wrote about lesbian women’s sexuality and the eroticism of Irish folklore, earning acclaim and a ban in Ireland

Gary Glitter charged with four sex offences against girl aged under 14

Former glam rock singer will appear in court in London in August

Many significant historic artefacts are in foreign hands because of Irish collectors

Dispersal of these objects is complex issue and bound up with history of Ireland

Evidence of the English psyche’s greatest fear lies in Surrey’s hills

Britain believes it hears the war drums beating, which is why defence spending dominates Westminster thinking

King Charles upends tradition and opts not to live in Buckingham Palace

After expensive revamp, monarch to keep palace as office while opening doors to paying visitors

Martina Evans: Men who were in for drunken driving told me they weren’t ‘like that other lot’

Forgotten pages of my Pentonville diary came from a ‘dead’ self, which allowed me to finally write about my time there

One confirmed dead and serious injuries reported after two trains collide north of London

‘People were crying, screaming, people were so scared and confused’, passenger says following incident near Bedford

‘Would they revoke my passport for how unpatriotic I am to Australia? Dublin’s more my home’

DJ and radio presenter Tara Kumar on Ireland, London and finding her tribe

Dublin is one of Europe’s most ‘resilient’ cities, new report finds

City jumps five places in Savills Resilient Cities Index, indicating it is likely to attract more investment

Going to see Harry Styles at Wembley? Here’s what Irish fans can expect

The singer is performing a record-breaking 12 nights at the London stadium. It’s worth knowing about the journey there and what time he’ll be on stage

Tommy Robinson detained at Heathrow airport under counter-terrorism laws

Far-right activist, whose real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, was stopped and had his phones seized at London airport

Russian author Jana Bakunina: ‘In the West, people don’t know what it’s like to be absolutely helpless’

The exiled Russian writer, who is coming to Dalkey Book Festival next week, talks about the ‘inner emigration’ of her friends under Putin and how even her father accepted regime propaganda

Entrepreneur Emma Maye: ‘We’re finding Ireland a bit difficult. England just seems easier to work in’

Ardale and Stow CEO Emma Maye on running multiple businesses as well as life as the daughter of a high profile developer

Let’s not make the same mistake as the UK. ‘Sensible’ degrees are overrated

Coding and accountancy were once trumpeted as secure careers, but AI is showing otherwise

Dua Lipa and Callum Turner married in London ceremony – reports

Couple will have a three-day, second wedding in the Italian island of Sicily, according to The Sun

‘The maddest job’: How competitive video games led one Wicklow native to Norway

Wild Geese: Sam Molloy runs the commercial wing of esports group Heroic in Oslo

Cancer jab can eradicate entire tumours in patients, trial shows

Amivantamab also shrank tumours of more than third of patients, with dramatic changes ‘seen in weeks’

Emily O’Reilly: My brother’s HIV seemed under control. So why did he die?

Brian had lived through the 1980s epidemic; the 21st century HIV narrative was optimistic, with Aids tamed and everyone expected to live long and healthy lives

‘Australia left me cold’: Irish Times writers on their favourite - and most overrated - holiday destinations

Whether you’re in search of a 48-hour break, a hidden gem or a bucket-list trip, these experiences will fuel inspiration

I’m nervous meeting my brother after two years in different hemispheres

Now that both our parents are dead, he is the only other living custodian of our shared past

Irish architect Níall McLaughlin: ‘Home is home, but moving to London felt like home in a different kind of way’

The Dublin designer was awarded British architecture’s highest honour this year. His buildings prioritise their users’ wellbeing

The lilting Cork accent in my local Lidl reveals a truth about automated voices

Plus, filling in the blanks and the real meaning of life

CarTrawler acquired by travel giant Expedia

Irish tech firm founded by two brothers in 2004 out of the family business

Catherine Connolly warns against ‘normalising slaughter’ in speech during first official UK visit

Catherine Connolly speaks of need to ‘decolonise’ Irish minds in embassy address in London

‘Lack of housing’ a factor in Irish emigration to UK, says Catherine Connolly on first official visit to Britain

Trip takes place amid speculation King Charles will be invited to visit the Republic

Britain’s deep political divides were plain to see on the streets of London this weekend

Tricolours were mixed in with Union Jacks as Tommy Robinson held a big London rally while pro-Palestine marchers converged nearby

Tens of thousands march in London in separate far-right and pro‑Palestinian protests

British police deployed 4,000 officers, including reinforcements from outside the capital

Britain on edge: Streets brace for protest ahead of fraught weekend

After a week of drama at Westminster, London prepares for far-right and pro-Palestinian marches

Ahern remarks give voice to a fear many who grew up visibly different in Ireland live with

Long overdue investment in antiracism education and public awareness is urgently needed

I am back in London after three years. It’s difficult to explain why

My Australian life made me less courageous and more inclined to stay where I was comfortable

Get back: Beatles to open museum in London on site of their last gig

Paul McCartney hails plans for 3 Savile Row, which include access to rooftop where the band played their final public performance

Titanic dive widow: ‘We left London as a family of four and we returned as a unit of two’

‘We left London as a family of four. And we returned as a unit of two’

The ‘Irish emigrant’ is no longer a simple concept. Meet the new diaspora

With Ireland’s links to the US weakening, for now at least, the importance of other bonds is emerging

‘Name one thing invented by the Irish that improved the world? Zero’ – Local elections heat up in London

Suburban ward of North Harrow shows old battles between Labour and Tories haven’t gone away, you know

Derry Girls actor Kathy Kiera Clarke: ‘I feel like everything I did before doesn’t exist in many ways’

Actor Kathy Kiera Clarke, best known as Derry Girls’ Aunt Sarah, on how the Troubles shaped her early life

Róisín Ingle: ‘What is The Beatles?’ the 23-year-old asked. I thought I heard her wrong

I had an out-of-body experience, sitting in a cafe with a 23-year-old who had never heard of The Beatles

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