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Labour Party calls on politicians to refuse to cross picket lines at Leinster House next week
Stockholm
'They're all crazy': Canadian poet Anne Carson reacts to winning Nobel Prize in literature
Andrew Mountbatten Windsor
Warrants to raid ex-prince Andrew's homes ruled as unlawful, but investigation to continue
Department of Justice
€430m cut in supports for Ukrainian refugees 'not resulting in hardship', minister claims
Consumer Price Index
Inflation reaches highest point since 2024, driven by costs of fuel, electricity and rents
great scott
Is an Oscar on the cards for Andrew Scott? His new film is getting rave reviews
Scott gives “the performance of a lifetime” in Elsinore
results may vary
Schools told to reprint Junior Cert results after erroneous grading legend discovered
Column
US politics
The Democrats have the midterms in their sights, but they need more than ‘Trump is terrible’
Analysis
the housing essay
Could a long-shelved housing report be the solution that never happened?
The 1973 Kenny Report took a strong line on compulsory purchase to get local authorities building – has its time come?
Opinion
arts and music
So what happened to the culture card? And how would it work if it ever shows up?
Evictions
Vigils held for Maricarmen Abascal (87), whose eviction sparked housing protests across Spain
Hundreds marched to parliament chanting: “The struggle continues, Maricarmen lives.”
lunchtime protests
INMO chief labels Taoiseach's strike remarks as ‘a little glib’ ahead of hospital protests
Maternal mental health
Mother and baby psychiatric unit confirmed for St Vincent’s — but it's years from opening
Investigation
animal testing
Irish universities paid hundreds of thousands for invasive animal experiments abroad
The overseas experiments are completely uninspected and uncounted by Ireland’s regulator as they take place outside its jurisdiction.
Studies included inducing disease in pigs, surgically removing rabbits’ eyes and compressing mice’s skin
Public funding supported some Irish university animal research carried out overseas
Universities refuse to release key protocols, final reports, exact animal numbers or mortality figures under Freedom of Information
Wednesday
7 Oct
Opinion
Artificial Intelligence
AI can spare us the frustration of thinking. That might just be the problem
Series
rockin the suburbs
Material on everything from the moon to vape shops: Welcome to the world of competitive poetry
The All Ireland Poetry Slam Championship has been ongoing for nearly two decades, and has its roots in events in Chicago that began in the 1980s.
Column
Dig Your Heels In
Lise Hand: I'm mourning the era of high heels (but I don't think I'd go back all the same)
Gone are the days when heels were an absolute necessity for days in the office and nights on the town.
pace of reform
The government has cut RTÉ's funding by €20m - and Kevin Bakhurst is not happy about it
Sponsored
QUIZ: Can you sort fact from fiction when it comes Irish people's priorities for living longer?
Irish Life
Oct 7
Tinker Tailor German Spy
Germany reels amid major spy scandal, but sources say Ireland has little to worry about
August Hanning ran Germany’s BND foreign intelligence agency between 1998 and 2005 and is suspected of charges including “attempted treason” and “espionage”.
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