40 h. ago Heartbroken mum of girl, 16, killed in Dublin scrambler crash speaks of devastation

Heartbroken mum of girl, 16, killed in Dublin scrambler crash speaks of devastation  Irish Mirror

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3 w. ago Opinion: 2025 was a devastating year on Irish roads. We need a transport system that keeps us safe

Safety of pedestrians and cyclists on Irish roads is going in exactly the wrong direction, writes Dr Catherine Conlon.

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3 w. ago Ten people killed on Donegal roads in 2025 as overall deaths rise to 190 across country

The outgoing year, 2025, has been described as a “devastating” year on Irish roads with a total of 190 deaths.… The post Ten people killed on Donegal roads in 2025 as overall deaths rise to 190 across country appeared first on Donegal Daily.

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3 w. ago Tony Soprano was right, the best is over: An Irish Diary on the decline of regional papers

Connacht Tribune had worldwide scoop when aviators Alcock and Brown landed outside Clifden in 1919

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3 w. ago Kathy Sheridan: Leo Varadkar’s admission about empathy was a brave one

There is nothing mystical about empathy. Anyone – apart from sociopaths possibly – can learn it, because it’s a life skill that comes with practice

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4 w. ago Climate: Why oak, ash and beech trees offered seeds of hope in 2025

It must be time for a ‘mast year’ for humanity, when we decide not to give up, but to rise again to the challenge

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4 w. ago Fintan O'Toole: The old Irish habit of begrudgery didn’t disappear, it just turned in another direction

Racism and xenophobia are begrudgery writ large. They divide humanity into an Us and Them

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4 w. ago I had the flu recently, and it taught me the power of terrestrial daytime TV

When ill with the flu, I craved quizzes, recovering animals and countryside homes

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4 w. ago Una Mullally: Oversharing on Instagram is narcissistic. Doing it on Facebook is having a meltdown

Are we soon going to reach posting zero, the point at which people stop sharing online? I hope so

Technology

4 w. ago Worldview: I was kidnapped by Israel after I refused to evacuate the Gaza hospital where I work

Prison conditions were brutal, cells overcrowded, sanitation appalling ... there was deliberate psychological pressure

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4 w. ago Joe Humphreys: Hate growing old? This advice will help you navigate it

Advice from philosophers, including don’t stop playing, and don’t over-invest in your children

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last month Laura Kennedy: Solitude is a rare chance to think. Loneliness is when the inner dialogue becomes unbearable

We don’t get much practice at Hannah Arendt’s version of solitude these days, with all the phones and Netflix and tubs of ice cream to distract us. But we should try it

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last month Jennifer O'Connell: From statues to skorts, Ireland’s talent for preoccupation with the wrong things is intact

This is especially true where issues involving women are concerned, and 2025 was no exception

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