1 hour ago Pizza, pasta and tiramisu celebrated as Italian cooking makes UN cultural heritage list

The citation did not mention specific dishes or recipes but highlighted the cultural importance Italians place on the rituals of cooking and eating.

Culture

9 h. ago Sophie Kinsella, author of the Shopaholic book series, dies aged 55

Madeleine Wickham, who wrote under pen name Sophie Kinsella, was diaganosed with cancer in 2022

Culture

10 h. ago Hamnet review: Five stars for Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal’s devastating film

In Chloé Zhao’s beautifully shot, cruelly raw feature, the Irish actors play a grieving William Shakespeare and Agnes Hathaway

Politics

13 h. ago Ed Sheeran at 3Arena review: Pop’s everyman superstar serves up Christmas bangers and beige ballads

The Dublin gig is a reminder of why Sheeran is both a streaming behemoth and a popular punching bag

Politics

14 h. ago Social media ban for children aged under 16 begins in Australia

Prime minister Anthony Albanese says implementation will be difficult as teens post farewell messages

Politics

15 h. ago TD: New adults had their teens interrupted by Covid. A free 'culture card' could be the remedy

Peter ‘Chap’ Cleere writes that new 18-year-olds should each be given €100 to spend as they choose on arts, culture or sports.

Politics

22 h. ago Government braces for 'significant pressure' on hospitals with flu, Covid

The HSE is understood to be seeking to expand the provision of the children’s flu vaccine in schools next year.

Science

30 h. ago Storm Bram: DART and train interruptions, flooding, and power outages across Dublin

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Events

33 h. ago All Together Now 2026: Kneecap announced as headline act for Co Waterford festival

Other ‘surprises’ to be revealed by festival organisers later this week

Politics

34 h. ago Young adult who moved back home: The government's 'how to cope' video shows they don't understand us

The government needs to fix housing, not tell us how to put up with a problem of their making, writes Killian Mangan.

Politics

34 h. ago Siobhán McSweeney wants to see Bono and Enya on an Irish version of Celebrity Traitors

Siobhán McSweeney, who hosts Traitors Ireland, says show has revived the spectacle of live TV

Politics

39 h. ago A grand social media experiment begins in Australia. Will it work?

The country is trying to wean children under 16 off the likes of TikTok, Snapchat, YouTube and Instagram with a new law. Teenagers are skeptical

Politics

40 h. ago New measures to strengthen safeguarding for vulnerable adults to be approved by Cabinet

New measures are designed to protect the elderly and people with disability, in both home and care settings

Politics

47 h. ago The immaculate misconception: today’s Catholic feast day is not what you think it is

It is frequently assumed to be about the conception of Jesus to a supposed virgin. Not so

Politics

51 h. ago ‘Dangerous predator’ jailed for 15 years for sex abuse of half

Judge said he would have considered life sentence had attacker been an adult when abusing children

Events

51 h. ago ‘Dangerous predator’ jailed for 15 years for sexual abuse of half

Judge said he would have considered life sentence had attacker been an adult when abusing children

Events

54 h. ago Golden Globes 2026: Hamnet stars Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal now seem certain to receive Oscar nods

Paul Thomas Anderson’s rambunctious One Battle After Another topped the charts with nine nominations

Politics

54 h. ago Wicklow man must enter plea at next court date over false claims about asylum seeker exposing himself to teen

The alleged offence was a social media post published by the accused, Kirk Loco (44) of Waverly Meadow, Rathnew, Co Wicklow, on June 21st, 2024.

Events

55 h. ago Eighteen young people diagnosed with neurological disorder after inhaling laughing gas

Nitrous oxide abuse is becoming ‘ubiquitous’ among young adult drug users in urban areas, doctors say

Science

55 h. ago Remembering Martin Parr: A lovely, warm, gentle man who dragged me out of bed at 5.30am

British photographer always persevered in his belief that there is humanity in humour and humour in humanity

Events