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And then along comes a huge leap forward in science or medicine to challenge the misery By Finn McRedmond MICHEÁL MARTIN: FIANNA FÁIL HAS MORE TO OFFER THAN SIMPLISTIC AND DIVISIVE RIGHT-LEFT POLITICS By Micheál Martin RI-RÁ IN RIO – FRANK MCNALLY ON AN IRISH WEEKEND IN RIO DE JANEIRO NEWTON EMERSON NEWTON EMERSON: WHAT’S THE REAL SIGNIFICANCE OF IRISH GOVERNMENT FUNDING FOR NORTHERN IRELAND? THE IRISH TIMES VIEW ON THE UKRAINE WAR: KYIV GOES ON THE OFFENSIVE THE IRISH TIMES VIEW ON IRELAND’S CYBERSECURITY: CATCHING UP LATEST STORIES IRELAND DID NOT BREACH HUMAN RIGHTS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS BY DENYING CHILD BENEFIT, COURT FINDS MARY HANNIGAN: VERA PAUW AND THE UNENVIABLE TASK OF BREAKING WORLD CUP DREAMS PROTESTERS INTERRUPT MICHEÁL MARTIN’S OPENING ADDRESS AT SECURITY FORUM TITANIC SUB: SEARCH INTENSIFIES AS FEARS TITAN OXYGEN LEVELS ARE DANGEROUSLY LOW UKRAINE STRIKES BRIDGE LINKING KHERSON AND CRIMEA, RUSSIA-APPOINTED OFFICIALS SAY MOST READ 1 RATHMINES ‘AFFORDABLE’ HOUSING SCHEME SEEKS €4,000 A MONTH FOR APARTMENT -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 ‘GRAVE CONCERN’ GIRLS IN CARE BEING EXPLOITED BY ‘GANGS’ OF MEN - STUDY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 TITANIC SUB: SEARCH INTENSIFIES AS FEARS TITAN OXYGEN LEVELS ARE DANGEROUSLY LOW -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 DUBLIN MAN WITH SEEMINGLY MINOR HEAD INJURY DIED SUDDENLY, INQUEST TOLD -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 A RESTAURANT WITH SOME TRULY ORIGINAL DISHES YOU ARE UNLIKELY TO FIND ELSEWHERE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HIGHLIGHTS EUROPE LETTER: WHEN IT COMES TO POLICY ON CHINA, ‘THE WEST’ DOES NOT EXIST WE NEED TALK ABOUT CLIMATE POLITICS, MARY LOU HIBERNIA PRESSES PAUSE BUTTON ON €150M SALE OF SOUTH DUBLIN APARTMENTS SECURITY FORUM AIMS TO BE WIDE-RANGING RATHER THAN A BINARY DEBATE ON NEUTRALITY SPORT CIARÁN MURPHY: TIME THE GAA TREATED WOMEN’S TEAMS WITH RESPECT AND EQUALITY The country’s top football and camogie players are simply demanding the basics – things like mileage expenses, medical services, and playing gear DECLAN HANNON INTENDS TO REMAIN A POSITIVE FORCE IN THE DRESSING ROOM DESPITE INJURY COLM O’ROURKE USING THE TAILTEANN CUP TO PERFORM OPEN-HEART SURGERY ON MEATH SQUAD KATIE MCCABE BENCHED FOR ZAMBIA CLASH AS VERA PAUW RUNS RULE OVER IRELAND SQUAD DEJA VU FOR LA ROCHELLE AND LEINSTER AS THEY MEET FOR FOURTH TIME IN A ROW IN CHAMPIONS CUP MOSTAHDAF LANDS ROYAL ASCOT FEATURE IN MAJOR BOOST TO JAPANESE SUPERSTAR EQUINOX BARCELONA TO SIGN ILKAY GÜNDOGAN ON FREE TRANSFER FROM MANCHESTER CITY BUSINESS IRELAND’S TOP 1,000 COMPANIES: ONE HUGELY PROFITABLE TECHNOLOGY COMPANY LEADS THE RANKINGS Big tech firms dominate the rankings of Ireland’s biggest companies KINGSPAN PUSHING AHEAD WITH €280M UKRAINE MANUFACTURING ‘CAMPUS’ RATHMINES ‘AFFORDABLE’ HOUSING SCHEME SEEKS €4,000 A MONTH FOR APARTMENT DATA CENTRES: WE DON’T NEED TO BE WORLD LEADERS IN THESE LOW-EMPLOYMENT ELECTRICITY VACUUMS GLOBAL SHARES’ TIM HOUSTON EMBRACES THE TRANSFORMATION FOLLOWING SALE TO JP MORGAN FULL COLLECTION OF MIDLETON VERY RARE WHISKEY UP FOR GRABS - FOR €110,000 RYANAIR SEEKING TO RECRUIT FOR 100 TECH JOBS LIFE & STYLE Your Wellness SELF-HELP GROUP HOPES MEMBERS WILL OUTGROW IT THROUGH THEIR OWN RECOVERY Travel ‘FROM IBIZA TO THE NORFOLK BROADS’: I CYCLED THE 4,300KM COURSE OF DAVID BOWIE’S LIFE ON MARS? People I SHOULD HAVE WALKED FROM LEITRIM TO SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA BUT I CHEATED Life & Style I WAS UNDERWATER IN A SUBMERSIBLE LAST WEEKEND. I FEEL TERROR AND PITY FOR THOSE ON THE TITAN Your Wellness ‘MY MUM WANTS ME BACK IN IRELAND, BUT NOW AN AUSSIE WOMAN IS PREGNANT WITH MY BABY’ CULTURE Music ‘IT WAS CLEAR I WANTED TO PLAY FIRST VIOLIN. WHEN YOU ARE LEADER YOU CAN REALLY CREATE ENERGY’ Culture THINK WHAT’S GOING ON IN THE GIG ECONOMY HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH YOU? THINK AGAIN Music BLUR AT MALAHIDE CASTLE: STAGE TIMES, SET LIST, TICKET INFORMATION, HOW TO GET THERE AND MORE Books TOWARDS THE TOTAL STATE? FREEDOM AT RISK FROM LEFT AND RIGHT Music READY FOR IT? HOW TO GET TAYLOR SWIFT TICKETS FOR DUBLIN GIGS WORLD TITANIC SUB: SEARCH INTENSIFIES AS FEARS TITAN OXYGEN LEVELS ARE DANGEROUSLY LOW North Atlantic search has concentrated around area where sounds were detected repeating at 30-minute intervals UKRAINE STRIKES BRIDGE LINKING KHERSON AND CRIMEA, RUSSIA-APPOINTED OFFICIALS SAY WORLD BANK LAYS OUT PLANS TO TACKLE NATURAL DISASTERS AT PARIS SUMMIT EXPLOSION AT CHINA BARBECUE RESTAURANT KILLS 31 EUROPE LETTER: WHEN IT COMES TO POLICY ON CHINA, ‘THE WEST’ DOES NOT EXIST TITANIC SUBMERSIBLE: ‘WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE NOISES ARE, FRANKLY’ - US COAST GUARD ISSUES UPDATE ON SEARCH PARIS EXPLOSION: MORE THAN 20 INJURED AS ‘EXTREMELY VIOLENT’ BLAST SPARKS FIRE CRIME & LAW IRELAND DID NOT BREACH HUMAN RIGHTS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS BY DENYING CHILD BENEFIT, COURT FINDS Two mothers from Nigeria and Afghanistan took case to Strasbourg after failure in Supreme Court in 2019 CHINESE CRIME GROUP LAUNDERED MILLIONS FOR IRISH CRIMINALS, COURT HEARS MAN JAILED FOR ASSISTING CRIMINAL ORGANISATION IN MONEY LAUNDERING STARDUST NIGHTCLUB HAD ‘POLICY’ OF LOCKING EXITS, INQUESTS TOLD NEW LITIGATION PRINCIPLES CALL FOR STATE TO ACT HONESTLY AND IN THE PUBLIC INTEREST IN LEGAL BATTLES FIRST-EVER STATEMENT OF LITIGATION PRINCIPLES TO GUIDE STATE IS LONG OVERDUE AND EXTREMELY IMPORTANT PERMISSION FOR 204 HOMES IN DUBLIN OVERTURNED BY COURT POLITICS ACTIVIST LEADS WORLD LEADERS IN MOMENT OF SILENCE FOR CLIMATE CRISIS VICTIMS Activist Vanessa Nakate has lead world leaders, attending a climate financing summit in Paris, in a moment of silence for the victims of the climate crisis. FIANNA FÁIL CALL FOR DEPUTY LEADER LIKELY TO DRIVE MARTIN ‘DOOLALLY’ WE NEED TALK ABOUT CLIMATE POLITICS, MARY LOU STRONG SUPPORT FOR MILITARY NEUTRALITY AMONG FIANNA FÁIL TDS MIRIAM LORD: MINISTER REASSURES ANXIOUS SENATORS THAT PEOPLE WILL RETAIN ‘ABSOLUTE RIGHT’ TO BE THOROUGHLY OBNOXIOUS NATIONAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL DELAYS: GOVERNMENT WAS TOLD IN APRIL THAT DELIVERY DATE WOULD BE PUSHED BACK FURTHER INTRODUCTION OF NEW HATE CRIME LAW A STEP CLOSER AFTER SEANAD DEBATE News Digests Stay on top of the latest news with our daily newsletters each morning, lunchtime and evening Sign up On The Money Save money and make smart spending decisions with our weekly personal finance digest Subscribe HEALTH ‘STILL SMILING AND SINGING’: THE TEENAGER WHO HAS ENDURED SURGERIES SINCE NINE DAYS OLD SELF-HELP GROUP HOPES MEMBERS WILL OUTGROW IT THROUGH THEIR OWN RECOVERY NATIONAL CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL DELAYS: GOVERNMENT WAS TOLD IN APRIL THAT DELIVERY DATE WOULD BE PUSHED BACK FURTHER WHO CERTIFIES BELIZE AS BEING MALARIA-FREE PROPERTY HIGH-END SEMICIRCULAR HOME ATOP A DALKEY HILL FOR €4.75M HIBERNIA PRESSES PAUSE BUTTON ON €150M SALE OF SOUTH DUBLIN APARTMENTS COOL AND CONTEMPORARY URBAN LIVING ON LEESON CLOSE FOR €1.7M PRIVATE BEACHSIDE HIDEAWAY NEAR CLIFDEN FOR €2.8M DON'T MISS CIARÁN MURPHY: TIME THE GAA TREATED WOMEN’S TEAMS WITH RESPECT AND EQUALITY ALWAYS A PRICE TO BE PAID: BABY GRONK, THE MOST FAMOUS 10-YEAR-OLD KID IN AMERICA ARE MEAL KIT BOXES WORTH IT? OUR SENIOR FOOD WRITER PUT HELLOFRESH TO THE TEST CHAMPIONS CUP AND CHALLENGE CUP Q&A: THE COMPETITION FORMATS EXPLAINED DARRAGH Ó SÉ: MAYO HAVE GOT THEMSELVES IN A STICKY MESS AND GALWAY CAN END THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP SÉAMAS O’REILLY: LIVING IN DUBLIN TAUGHT ME NOT TO MENTION THE TROUBLES YOUR MONEY PENSIONS ARE BORING BUT THEY ARE STILL THE BEST WAY TO EARN MONEY TAX-FREE CONSUMER AGENCY FINDS NO EVIDENCE OF EXCESSIVE PRICING OF GROCERIES OPTIONS FOR STARTING EARLY ON INVESTMENT PLAN FOR BABY FOOD A RESTAURANT WITH SOME TRULY ORIGINAL DISHES YOU ARE UNLIKELY TO FIND ELSEWHERE REVEALED: THE WORLD’S BEST RESTAURANT AND IT ISN’T ONE OF THE USUAL SUSPECTS BLAAS FROM THE PAST: SOURDOUGH IS ON THE RISE BUT IT HAS HISTORY HERE IRELAND PROTESTERS INTERRUPT MICHEÁL MARTIN’S OPENING ADDRESS AT SECURITY FORUM SECURITY FORUM AIMS TO BE WIDE-RANGING RATHER THAN A BINARY DEBATE ON NEUTRALITY COALITION BACKS CHAIR OF DEFENCE POLICY FORUM FOLLOWING PRESIDENT’S COMMENTS ABROAD THE CITIZENS OF THE TAVERNS IN THIS BASQUE TOWN HAVE WELCOMED ME INTO THEIR CONVIVIAL WAY OF LIFE. I AM HOOKED I DIDN’T SEE THE POINT OF MOVING OUT AND TRYING TO MAKE AN ADULT LIFE FOR MYSELF IN IRELAND THE THINGS THAT USED TO ANNOY ME ABOUT IRELAND ARE NOW WHAT I MISS THE MOST CLIMATE CRISIS MUSEUMS SHOW WHAT SPECIES WE HAVE LOST - ‘FROZEN ZOOS’ CAN HELP PREVENT FURTHER EXTINCTIONS WHERE ARE LEADING IRISH COMPANIES ON DECARBONISING AND EMBRACING SUSTAINABILITY? WE NEED TALK ABOUT CLIMATE POLITICS, MARY LOU EDUCATION LEAVING CERT ANALYSIS 2023: ACCOUNTING HIGHER LEVEL PAPER ‘FEWER’ IRISH STUDENTS WILL NEED TO STUDY ABROAD UNDER PLANS TO BOOST OUTPUT OF DOCTORS, NURSES AND VETS LEAVING CERT ACCOUNTING: STUDENTS WOULD HAVE BEEN PUSHED TO COMPLETE ALL QUESTIONS ON TIME, TEACHERS SAY PODCASTS Inside Politics DID PRESIDENT HIGGINS GO TOO FAR? Listen | 48:53 In the News THE KILLING OF GEORGE NKENCHO: THE OFFICIAL INVESTIGATION IS OVER. WHAT NOW? Listen | 25:40 In the News DUBLIN IS SMELLY AND FILTHY - WHO IS TO BLAME? Listen | 31:13 In the News HOW ALICE LOST €10,000 IN A REVOLUT SCAM Listen | 23:37 SUBSCRIBER ONLY Subscriber Only HIBERNIA PRESSES PAUSE BUTTON ON €150M SALE OF SOUTH DUBLIN APARTMENTS By Ronald Quinlan Subscriber Only ESCAPE TO THE COUNTRY WITH THESE HOMES FROM €75,000 TO €4M By Elizabeth Birdthistle Subscriber Only WHAT PROPERTIES SOLD FOR IN HOWTH, CO DUBLIN VIDEO Activist Vanessa Nakate has lead world leaders, attending a climate financing summit in Paris, in a moment of silence for the victims of the climate crisis. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHOTOGRAPHY Gallery Wednesday's Images of the day selected by Pictures Editor Brenda Fitzsimons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DUBLIN DUNCAN STEWART PROMISES TO ‘EMBARRASS’ POLITICIANS WHO ACT AGAINST ENVIRONMENT AS HE IS AWARDED FREEDOM OF DUBLIN WOMAN (80S) SUFFERS SERIOUS INJURES AFTER BEING HIT BY E-SCOOTER PLASTIC BIN BAGS TO BE PHASED OUT IN DUBLIN CITY FOLLOWING SUCCESSFUL TRIAL OF ‘BAGBINS’ SOCIAL AFFAIRS ‘GRAVE CONCERN’ GIRLS IN CARE BEING EXPLOITED BY ‘GANGS’ OF MEN - STUDY REPUBLIC OF IRELAND-BASED PRESBYTERIAN MINISTER NAMED MODERATOR TAX CUTS IN BUDGET WOULD BE ‘INAPPROPRIATE’ AND ‘IRRESPONSIBLE’, SAYS UNION CHIEF TECHNOLOGY APPLE MAC STUDIO: CHIP UPGRADE GIVES THE BOOST IN PERFORMANCE YOU NEED IN A COMPACT DEVICE DATA CENTRES: WE DON’T NEED TO BE WORLD LEADERS IN THESE LOW-EMPLOYMENT ELECTRICITY VACUUMS KINDLE SCRIBE REVIEW: THIS DEVICE IS COMING FOR YOUR PAPER NOTEBOOKS TRANSPORT JOURNEY NUMBERS ON BUSES AND PLANES IN MAY EXCEED PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS RYANAIR APOLOGISES AFTER CREW MEMBER ANNOUNCED FLIGHT WAS LANDING IN TEL AVIV IN ‘OCCUPIED PALESTINE’ DAA ONLY LIKELY BIDDER FOR DUBLIN AIRPORT SITE ‘BUT NOT AT CRAZY PRICES’ HISTORY OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE ACT: IS IT STILL NEEDED? 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