Stiff muscles and creaky joints when you wake? Here’s how to loosen up

Feeling this way first thing in the morning is common, and the remedy is movement

‘We want to bring mental health into everyday conversation’

Róisín Upton, Emma Langford and Mayor Daniel Butler to place roses at River Shannon

Glut of frustrated elites overlooked in West’s political turmoil

US Politics: An academic blames ‘elite overproduction’ for breeding resentment in society

Thailand protests spark inevitable talk of military coup

Army unlikely to sit by and facilitate possible threat to hegemonic military capitalism

Irishman in Manhattan: ‘Cheering can be heard every evening at 7pm’

Q&A: Colm Greene has lived in the US for two years and works in the financial sector

Cohen’s ‘hush money’ claim does not leave Trump defenceless

Analysis: US president’s fate hinges on answers to highly-contested legal questions

'Did I form a relationship? Sure. But we were never father and son'

Below is an edited transcript of Peter Murphy’s interview with Patsy McGarry

America at Large: No-nonsense Auriemma builds all-conquering dynasty

University of Connecticut women’s basketball team have won 100 games win in row

Trump makes dystopian classics bestsellers again

From 1984 to The Handmaid’s Tale, It Can’t Happen Here and Brave New World, readers are turning to books for insights into an America changing before their eyes

The Geopolitics of Deep Oceans review: fathoming the new frontier

John Hannigan’s highly readable survey of mankind and the oceans tackles deep-sea mining, superpower rivalries, global warming and popular culture

Maureen Dowd: As W’s brother, Jeb Bush carries the baggage of past wars

Extinction looms large over one in six of Earth’s species

Greatest risk in areas of shrinking habitats and difficulty migrating – especially tropics

Payday for amateur athletes will bring some fairness to madly lucrative college sports

Signing autographs and footballs for money brings wrath of NCAA down on one player

Meeting with Bishop Casey led to revelations

Peter Murphy tells how stepfather confronted Bishop of Galway