Conor Murray: I don’t miss the anxiety before games like tomorrow’s against the All Blacks
A look at the mental preparation behind Andy Farrell’s team and the influence of Gary Keegan and Caroline Currid
New Zealand
Hector OZ/NZ review: Not original but comfort telly that hits the spot more than it misses
Television: At no point is Hector in danger of doing anything original or surprising (the odd fusillade about politicians aside)
Dawn Meats deal in New Zealand a head scratcher for local farmers
Irish company paid a large premium for a meat co-op that was heavily indebted and had run up large losses in recent years
Dawn Meats pursued New Zealand deal due to lack of openings in Ireland and UK, says chief executive
Waterford-based company received green light on Monday to acquire 65% of Alliance Group for €133m
Dawn Meats gets green light to buy majority stake in New Zealand’s biggest meat processor
Waterford-based Dawn Meats to pay €132m for 65% stake in Alliance Group
Mack Hansen ruled out of New Zealand game in Chicago
Ireland wing picked up an injury playing for Connacht on Friday night
New Zealand co-op board stands behind €135m Dawn Meats offer despite rival debt deal offer
Alliance Group accepts outside backers might help meat processor meet imminent debt deadline but not need for working capital
Dawn Meats faces paying up to €12.3m more for New Zealand deal
Both sides had agreed price would rise or fall depending on how New Zealand meat processor’s performance compared to targets
Ireland urged not to follow New Zealand in changing methane targets
New Zealand’s government to rewrite its climate law and row back on emissions commitments
Dawn Meats clears regulatory hurdle for New Zealand meat co-op deal
New Zealand’s Overseas Investment Office has cleared Dawn’s purchase
Carlos Spencer: ‘I’m a coach that encourages guys to express themselves’
Former All Black outhalf now strives to be an ‘approachable guy’ that can help Terenure win a couple of championships
Dawn Meats’ bid for New Zealand meat exporter faces last-minute challenge
Alliance Group’s 4,300 farmer shareholders are due to vote on offer next month
Dawn Meats offers 93% premium on fair value to buy majority stake in New Zealand co-op
Waterford-based company makes offer to buy 65% of Alliance Group, one of New Zealand’s biggest meat co-ops
Time to try New Zealand sauvignon blanc’s red sister
Irish drinkers have adored sauvignon blanc for years, but pinot noir has only recently hit our radar
New Zealand fugitive father on the run with children shot dead by police after robbery
One of Tom Phillips’s children is with authorities, police still looking for two other children
For Ireland, it doesn’t get bigger than New Zealand at a World Cup. But this is missing something
Scott Bemand’s team are already through to the quarter-finals, which has brought its own challenges
‘Fire more shots’: Scott Bemand wants Ireland to show growth against New Zealand
Head coach knows side must keep improving after 14 errors in victory over Spain
Rose of Tralee 2025 review: Another batch of warm, likeable overachievers makes for slightly plodding TV
Hosts Dáithí Ó Sé and Kathryn Thomas have negligible chemistry
New Zealand farmers offered sweeteners by co-op board to secure support for Dawn Meats €128m deal
Farmer shareholders will receive about €20m from proceeds of Dawn Meats’ investment, while their equity stake post deal will be worth €69m
Climate scientists criticise Ireland over new ‘temperature neutrality’ proposal
‘For Ireland, with outsized methane emissions, to base its long-term climate target on stabilising warming sets a dangerous precedent’
Dawn Meats to pay €128m for controlling stake in New Zealand lamb producer
Irish food group will take 65% stake in Alliance Group subject to shareholder support and regulatory approvals
Ivana Kiripati: ‘I am a Samoan girl, born in New Zealand, doing life in Ireland – how cool is that?’
Ireland rugby’s Kiripati got her first senior cap in the opener of two World Cup warm-up games
Australian rugby could be off life-support thanks to Wallabies’ Test win over Lions
‘Genial’ Joe Schmidt did the impossible by building a squad able to compete against the Tourists in first place
Dawn Meats in pole position to acquire New Zealand meat co-operative
Bid is understood to involve payment of NZ$270m for 70% stake in Alliance Group
Fine Gael says Mairead McGuinness ‘acted in full accordance’ with medical advice after being injured in crash
Presidential candidate flew to New Zealand and attended gala dinner after sustaining ‘severe injuries’
Morale-boosting win on Saturday will give Lions the pride they need before first Test in Brisbane
Tourists face Australia-New Zealand invitational XV at Adelaide after unconvincing midweek win over Brumbies
From all-out brawls to eye-gouging and worse: a brief history of Lions Tour violence
Games over the last 50 years have been marred by stand-out brutality on both sides
Navy ship remains non-operational 15 months after acquisition
LÉ Gobnait has yet to be deployed in an operational role in Irish waters more than a year after arriving
The Moon Is Upside Down: This poignantly awkward dramedy could feature cinema’s clumsiest sex scene
Loren Taylor’s unabashedly feminine dramedy intertwines the lives of three women each grappling with their own crisis
A New Zealander in Dublin: ‘It feels like people work to live here as opposed to living to work’
Virginia Loughnan moved to Ireland in 2023 and is most proud of the network of friends she has built here
Irish waste processing company Turmec wins €6.2m contract in New Zealand
The business employs 100 people and operates from a 66,000sq ft manufacturing facility at Rathcairn in Co Meath
New Zealand parliament confirms lengthy suspension of Indigenous legislators over haka
Three Indigenous legislators last year performed a traditional Maori haka dance, disrupting the reading of a controversial Bill
What can Irish aviation learn from the carbon-reducing experience of New Zealand?
Christchurch Airport in New Zealand is at the cutting edge of cutting emissions
Scientists accuse Ireland of ‘accounting trick’ to justify livestock emissions
Method to support methane-emitting sectors undermines fight against climate change, say researchers
The Good Mistress by Anne Tiernan: Entirely engaging story from a gifted writer
Anne Tiernan's elegant novel is full of humour and holds the reader’s attention throughout
Jess Murphy: ‘Everybody’s equal in my kitchen – whether you wash dishes or cook on an open fire grill’
The Kai restaurant chef-proprietor says appreciation of food is the easiest way to overcome cultural barriers
Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane: A potentially transformative vision
With little hope that environmental disaster can be staved off, Macfarlane finds grounds for optimism
Two light wines for chilled summer bites
Wines for the Weekend: A classic Marlborough Sauvignon and a great pinot noir from SuperValu
‘I’m an accidental emigrant. Once you have a child somewhere it’s hard to go back’
Author Anne Tiernan followed a man, her now husband, to New Zealand 20 years ago
John Wilson: Two modern classics that Irish consumers love
Wines for the Weekend: Both the Marlborough sauvignon from New Zealand and Argentinian malbec are part of Lidl’s deluxe range
Moving to New Zealand may not be enough to avoid Donald Trump
Watching the US president is like ‘watching a car crash over and over and over’, says director James Cameron. And yet much of the current security crisis had, until Friday, been weirdly ignorable for other reasons
The Irish connection to Banksy’s painting that’s expected to fetch as much as €6m at auction
Planet Business: Taylor Swift’s IFPI triumph, Mira Murati’s new AI venture and tourism slogans gone awry
Whangamomona Letter: The idea for a tiny republic started in the pub but has brought a community together
A New Zealand village with a population of 21, with another 150 in the local district, has its own passport, stamp, flag and president
Letters to the Editor, December 12th: On the Social Democrats, disabilities and alcohol
People are tired of politicians and politics, reflected by the low turnout of eligible voters
New Zealand’s post-Ardern populist pivot angers Maori community
Conservative Luxon government has rolled back many of former prime minster’s progressive policies
Tens of thousands rally at New Zealand parliament against Bill to alter Maori rights
Nine-day march against legislation to reinterpret Treaty of Waitangi culminates in sees some 42,000 protest in Wellington
All Blacks’ Beauden Barrett and Codie Taylor return to start against France
Pair missed game against Ireland due to concussion
New Zealand offers ‘unreserved’ apology to 200,000 survivors of ‘horrific’ abuse in care
Historic apology follows landmark report laying bare scale of abuse across State and faith-based institutions from 1950s
When Ireland get ahead of themselves, trust New Zealand to deliver a reality check
Matt Williams tried to warn us, but did we listen?
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Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
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How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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