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Some say it is ‘easier to find work, a place to live and a decent lifestyle’ outside Ireland
Your Stories
A selection of personal lifestyle features, interviews and opinion
Ireland’s graduates: ‘Everyone I know is thinking of moving abroad or has gone’
Many find it tough to find work in their desired sector upon leaving college - a harsh situation each year that doesn’t seem to improve
You don’t have to understand every word of artists such as Rosalía and Gwenno to love them
Listening to songs in languages you don’t know is one of the deep pleasures of music
Irish solo sailor Gráinne Costigan completes Atlantic crossing in low-technology craft
‘Fierce’ Sutton woman lands in Guadeloupe after weeks on ‘large dinghy’ with no toilet or shower
Give me a quiet quitter over a loud worker any day - there’s nothing worse
Quiet quitters are unfairly maligned, in a way these are people I can respect. Loud workers on the other hand, they are way worse
I have decided to live like a Finn in the pursuit of happiness. Starting with saunas
What if a stranger wanted to talk to me? What if I sat in the wrong place or somehow poured a can of Fanta on the sauna stones?
First-time workers who move jobs see pay rise far faster than those who stay put, new data shows
IT workers the best paid last year as Irish nationals account for largest proportion of new entrants followed by Indians and Ukrainians
The Celebrity Traitors top 20 moments: ‘I’ve a sweating problem and can’t keep a secret’
From Celia’s fart and Alan’s betrayal to Nick’s ‘puzzle ninja’ scene, here are the best bits
‘My commute is at the outer reaches of feasibility’: The student who travels 300km a day
Readers describe how hard it can be to get where you need to go in Ireland, whether by bike, ‘laughably slow’ train and/or a succession of buses
Louvre heist suspect is social media star and former museum guard, reports say
Abdoulaye N, who was arrested six days after heist, is known online for performing motorbike stunts
Leaving Cert 2026: What do grading changes mean for students?
Points required for competitive courses are likely to remain high despite overall drop in grades
All’s Fair on Disney+ review: Kim Kardashian’s stilted new legal drama is a proper atrocity
Television: Ryan Murphy, Hollywood’s laureate of bad taste, has produced one of the worst things Disney+ has ever foisted upon its subscribers
Why is Ireland a destination of choice for asylum seekers?
Ireland could have a big problem on its hands if Nigel Farage’s Reform gets into government in the UK
Sophie Ellis-Bextor: ‘We were going out six weeks when we found out I was pregnant’
Conversations with Parents podcast with Jen Hogan
A look inside Ireland’s only death museum: ‘We’ve had some slight wobbles from people’
At the Irish Wake Museum in Waterford you’ll see death masks, mourning jewellery and dentures made from real teeth. Just watch out for Auntie Nora upstairs!
Lily Allen and David Harbour’s ‘weird and wonderful’ Brooklyn townhouse for sale for €8m
Lily Allen and David Harbour bought the five-bed home after they got married in 2020
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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Weddings, Births, Deaths and other family notices