Can everyone please stop buying those balaclava headrests for their cars?
A series where Emer McLysaght saves us from chasing every trend and instead points us to things worthy of our time (and money).
Emer McLysaght
Author and journalist
Stars and Swipes: Trump, the Tate brothers and the dark politics of the manosphere
Marion McKeone
Data centres used almost one billion litres of water last year, but another industry used far more
The Journal Investigates found that while data centres use huge quantities of water every year, pharmaceutical companies often use a lot more.
At least 1.7 billion litres of water used by data centres in past two years.
Meta and Equinix data centres by far the highest users of water.
Pharmaceutical companies often use many magnitudes more than data centres.
Conor O'Carroll & David Mac Redmond
Series
politics by numbers
Gavan Reilly: The government is getting things done, like a student cramming for exams
Gavan Reilly
Letters to the editor
The hosepipe ban, Trump’s China claims and one Lionel Messi are the topics getting our readers writing this week.
Opinion
losing a generation
Careers expert: It's wrong that experienced candidates are hiding their age when seeking work
Sarah Geraghty
Vincent Kearney
MI5 and PSNI to pay damages to journalist Vincent Kearney for illegally obtaining his phone data
Vincent Kearney has been awarded a total of £20,000 (€23,000) in damages.
Slievenamon fire may be extinguished in two days, says Tipperary fire service
The blaze grew worse on Wednesday after a strong wind directed flames towards a Coillte forest.
One local TD says the fire has been unlike any other seen by the local area in many, many years.
Emergency services are unsure how much damage has been caused by the blaze or how it started.
Eoghan Dalton
Reports from Tipperary
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5
Five minutes, five stories, five o’clock…
The tale of three derelict houses outside Blackrock, Cork
The sorry and scandalous tale of church property left to rot in a housing crisis is a great example of where compulsory sales should be used.
Jude Sherry and Dr Frank O’Connor
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