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Politics HOW GAZA AND THE ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT IS STIRRING TENSIONS IN IRISH POLITICS OPINION THE WORLD NEEDS A MAHATMA GANDHI TO LEAD US AWAY FROM THE ABYSS Our planet is going up in smoke while political powers in Moscow and Washington, Tehran and London are flexing their partisan muscles. We need to choose our own leaders wisely By Justine McCarthy CHANGE IS COMING IN IRELAND – JUST NOT HOW THE GOVERNMENT OR THE OPPOSITION IMAGINES By Gerard Howlin MARTYN TURNER DIARMAID FERRITER IRISH LEADERS’ CONDEMNATION OF ISRAELI ATTACKS ARE TOO PIECEMEAL AND PUNCH-PULLING TO BE MEANINGFUL THE IRISH TIMES VIEW ON IRELAND AND CHINA: BUILDING A BALANCED RELATIONSHIP THE IRISH TIMES VIEW ON THE APPLE TAX CASE: IRELAND BACK IN THE SPOTLIGHT LATEST STORIES IS THE PERFECT NURSERY A ROOM YOUR BABY WON’T OUTGROW? MARTYN TURNER UTOPIA IS AN IDEA WORTH CLINGING TO. OTHERWISE, WHY GET UP IN THE MORNING? HAYDN GWYNNE OBITUARY: ACTOR WHO BROUGHT MELANCHOLY, TWINKLING COMPOSURE AND BELLY LAUGHS TO TV AND STAGE LI KEQIANG OBITUARY: THE MODERATE LEADER WHO NEVER REALLY WAS MOST READ 1 ‘DISBELIEF’ IN NORTH CO CLARE FOLLOWING SUSPICIOUS DEATHS OF MARRIED COUPLE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 PARENTS’ GROUP CALLS FOR REINSTATEMENT OF DOCTOR AT CENTRE OF SPINAL SURGERY CONTROVERSY -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3 WHO IS JOZEF PUSKA? FROM ANONYMOUS FATHER-OF-FIVE TO NOTORIOUS KILLER -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4 A GENTLEMAN IS SOMEONE WHO CAN PLAY THE ACCORDION BUT DOESN’T – ESPECIALLY ON AN AER LINGUS PLANE -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5 HOME AND AWAY ACTOR JOHNNY RUFFO DIES AGED 35 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FOOD MONTH A CLEVER, SIMPLE AND TASTY IDEA AND THAT’S DONE IN 30 MINUTES: CHEAT’S KEDGEREE ‘PLANTS HAVE STORIES, THEY AREN’T JUST WEEDS’ TEELING WHISKEY PLANS €10M-PLUS EXPANSION OF DISTILLERY TO DOUBLE PRODUCTION CAPACITY HIGHLIGHTS A GENTLEMAN IS SOMEONE WHO CAN PLAY THE ACCORDION BUT DOESN’T – ESPECIALLY ON AN AER LINGUS PLANE CAN YOUR PENSION BE TOO BIG AND HOW COULD THIS COST YOU DEARLY? WHO IS JOZEF PUSKA? FROM ANONYMOUS FATHER-OF-FIVE TO NOTORIOUS KILLER AN INCREDULOUS PAT KENNY KEEPS HIS COOL AT ISRAELI AMBASSADOR’S ‘HOLLOW-SOUNDING’ CONCERN FOR PALESTINIANS SPORT CROSSMAGLEN’S AARON KERNAN: ‘THERE IS A BIGGER PICTURE, SOMETHING MORE IMPORTANT THAN WINNING’ As he prepares to start yet another Ulster championship - which he has already won eight times - the 39-year-old wing back reflects on his career and the soul of a football club FAI CEO JONATHAN HILL AGREES TO REPAY €20,000 EXPENSES HE RECEIVED ULSTER COME BACK FROM 11-POINT DEFICIT TO OVERWHELM MUNSTER WATERFORD BEAT CORK IN PULSATING PROMOTION/RELEGATION PLAY-OFF DECIDER CLUB GAA PREVIEWS: BUSY WEEKEND WITH QUARTER-FINALS IN ALL PROVINCES JAMES MCCARTHY WINS ANNUAL GWA FOOTBALL AWARD AFTER RECORD YEAR LEINSTER LOOK TO SOME OF THEIR WORLD CUP RETURNEES TO BRING THE HEAT TO DRAGONS BUSINESS DPC WARNS PROPOSED NEW STRUCTURES FOR WATCHDOG COULD SLOW MAJOR INQUIRIES INVOLVING TECH FIRMS Data Protection Commission says there ‘simply aren’t enough people’ if Government implements new multi-committee system of governance ECB WILL NOT START CUTTING INTEREST RATES IN ‘NEXT COUPLE OF QUARTERS’, WARNS LAGARDE U2′S THE EDGE SECURES PLANNING PERMISSION FOR DALKEY HOME WHAT DOES ECB RATES HOLDING HIGH MEAN FOR IRISH MORTGAGE HOLDERS? OWNER OF KILKENNY HOUSE ALLEGES TRESPASSERS ARE DEMANDING €140,000 PAYMENT HIGH COURT QUASHES DECISION NOT TO COMPENSATE RENEWABLE ENERGY COMPANIES FOR ORDERED SHUT-DOWNS OWNER OF KERRY HOTEL AND ISLANDS HAS ‘STATEABLE DEFENCE’ TO €175M CLAIM, COURT TOLD LIFE & STYLE Food ‘WE KNOW FANS WILL BE DISAPPOINTED’: ANIMAL BARS AND CARAMAC DISCONTINUED AFTER 60 YEARS Food Month A CLEVER, SIMPLE AND TASTY IDEA AND THAT’S DONE IN 30 MINUTES: CHEAT’S KEDGEREE People ‘PLANTS HAVE STORIES, THEY AREN’T JUST WEEDS’ Your Wellness EUROPEAN CROSS-BORDER STUDY HIGHLIGHTS HOW MICROBES IGNORE BOUNDARIES Food WHAT WINES ARE BEST TO SERVE AT OUR WEDDING, AND WHERE SHOULD WE SOURCE IT? CULTURE Culture UTOPIA IS AN IDEA WORTH CLINGING TO. OTHERWISE, WHY GET UP IN THE MORNING? Books POEM OF THE WEEK: SURPRISED BY JOY I TURNED BY PAULA MEEHAN Books IRISH WRITERS HOST FOUR NIGHTS IN AID OF PALESTINE TV & Radio HOME AND AWAY ACTOR JOHNNY RUFFO DIES AGED 35 TV & Radio STEAMY SEX AND SECRET LESBIANS: APPLE’S CONTENT CREATORS MUSCLE IN ON BRIDGERTON TERRITORY WORLD EU PLAN FOR €20BN WORTH OF MILITARY AID FOR UKRAINE MEETS RESISTANCE FROM SOME BLOC MEMBERS Debate over military aid comes as countries remain in discussion over a proposal to give Kyiv €50bn in economic assistance SUPPORT FOR BRITISH HOME SECRETARY BRAVERMAN DRAINING AWAY AT HIGHEST LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT BATTLES CONTINUE IN GAZA AS MEDIATION OVER HOSTAGE DEAL CONTINUES RUSSIAN ACTIVIST’S DISAPPEARANCE ALARMS ANTI-PUTIN EXILES IN GEORGIA LONDON’S JEWISH COMMUNITY ‘ON EDGE’ AS ANTI-SEMITISM RISES ISRAEL IS KILLING ‘FAR TOO MANY PALESTINIANS’, SAYS BLINKEN INDIAN SCIENTISTS TO ‘SEED’ CLOUDS SO RAIN MAY DAMPEN NEW DELHI SMOG CRIME & LAW NUMBER OF HEROIN OVERDOSES IN DUBLIN IN RECENT DAYS RISES TO 40 AS PUBLIC ASKED TO WATCH OUT FOR POSSIBLE CASES 40 heroin overdoses in recent days linked to banning of opium production in Afghanistan ‘DISBELIEF’ IN NORTH CO CLARE FOLLOWING SUSPICIOUS DEATHS OF MARRIED COUPLE SENTENCING OF DJ NIKKI HAYES, WHO LODGED €15,000 INTO ACCOUNT IN MONEY-LAUNDERING SCAM, ADJOURNED STARDUST INQUESTS: MAN SAW FLAMES ‘POWERING’ THROUGH ROOF MINUTES BEFORE FIRE SEEN INSIDE FORMER SWIMMING COACH RECORDED CHILDREN CHANGING AT POOL, COURT TOLD VALERIE FRENCH KILROY TRIAL: MURDER ACCUSED HUSBAND TOLD CONSULTANT PSYCHIATRIST HE WAS ON 'MISSION FROM GOD TO KILL' WIFE OWNER OF KILKENNY HOUSE ALLEGES TRESPASSERS ARE DEMANDING €140,000 PAYMENT POLITICS TEN THINGS THE SINN FÉIN ARDFHEIS WILL BE VOTING ON THIS WEEKEND From uniting Ireland, housing and a review of policy on gender identity to hare coursing, swimming pools and a referendum on neutrality VOTERS’ CHOICE IS ‘WORSENING HOUSING CRISIS’ OR SINN FÉIN FIXING IT, DOHERTY TELLS ARDFHEIS A NEW IRISH POLITICAL PARTY IS BORN Listen | 39:49 HOW GAZA AND THE ISRAEL-HAMAS CONFLICT IS STIRRING TENSIONS IN IRISH POLITICS HOW SINN FÉIN IS PIVOTING AS IT ANTICIPATES POWER IN THE REPUBLIC NEW INDEPENDENT IRELAND PARTY REGISTERED WITH ELECTORAL COMMISSION ALMOST HALF OF PEOPLE SAY GOVERNMENT NOT DOING ENOUGH ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SURVEY FINDS 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 NUMBER OF HEROIN OVERDOSES IN DUBLIN IN RECENT DAYS RISES TO 40 AS PUBLIC ASKED TO WATCH OUT FOR POSSIBLE CASES CHILDREN’S HOSPITALS ‘EXTREMELY BUSY’ DUE TO INCREASING NUMBER OF RSV PATIENTS PARENTS’ GROUP CALLS FOR REINSTATEMENT OF DOCTOR AT CENTRE OF SPINAL SURGERY CONTROVERSY PATIENT FILES AT LETTERKENNY HOSPITAL UNDER REVIEW DUE TO CONCERNS ABOUT CONSULTANT’S WORK PROPERTY WHAT WILL €230,000 BUY IN NORWAY, THAILAND, FRANCE, MEXICO AND CLARE? PRETTY IN PINK: TIMELESS ARCHITECT-DESIGNED HOUSE ON 30 ACRES OF FOREST BY THE LAKE FOR €699,550 OUR MANAGEMENT COMPANY REFUSES TO ENGAGE ON A FREEHOLD OPTION FOR OWNERS. WHAT CAN WE DO? PICTURE-POSTCARD NEW HOMES BESIDE THE SEA IN BRAY FROM €475,000 DON'T MISS LET US DESCEND BY JESMYN WARD: A LUSH AND HARROWING JOURNEY THROUGH ANTEBELLUM DEEP SOUTH ‘THE NOBLEST IMPULSE’: MAN WHO DIED AFTER JUMPING INTO LIFFEY TO RESCUE ANOTHER RECOGNISED FOR BRAVERY TÁNAISTE SPEAKS FONDLY OF CORK TO CHINESE AUDIENCE WHILE OUTLINING IRELAND’S STANCE ON UKRAINE AND GAZA WHAT DOES ECB RATES HOLDING HIGH MEAN FOR IRISH MORTGAGE HOLDERS? THE UNITED STATES VS ULYSSES REVIEW: A CLEVER COURTROOM DRAMA ENTERTAININGLY BROUGHT TO LIFE WHY DID JOZEF PUSKA MURDER ASHLING MURPHY? THE ANSWER MAY BE KNOWN ONLY TO HER KILLER YOUR MONEY CAN YOUR PENSION BE TOO BIG AND HOW COULD THIS COST YOU DEARLY? IRELAND’S DANGEROUS RELIANCE ON GAS RISKS FUTURE PRICE SPIKES FOR HOUSEHOLDS PET INSURANCE COULD SAVE YOU A FORTUNE, SO KNOW YOUR OPTIONS TO CARE FOR YOUR FURRY FRIEND FOOD MARK MORIARTY'S LAMB SHOULDER BOULANGÉRE WITH QUICK SALSA VERDE MARK MORIARTY’S HASSELBACK POTATO AND PARMESAN GRATIN ‘WE KNOW FANS WILL BE DISAPPOINTED’: ANIMAL BARS AND CARAMAC DISCONTINUED AFTER 60 YEARS IRELAND FUNERALS OF TEENS KILLED IN DONEGAL CRASH REMINDED OF PRECIOUSNESS OF HUMAN LIFE ‘THE NOBLEST IMPULSE’: MAN WHO DIED AFTER JUMPING INTO LIFFEY TO RESCUE ANOTHER RECOGNISED FOR BRAVERY GARDAÍ INVESTIGATING AFTER AMBULANCES CALLED FOR STUDENTS AT CORK SCHOOL WHO BECAME ILL ABROAD ‘I PERUSE THE SHELVES IN MY O’NEILL’S SHORTS HOPING THE LOCALS VIEW ME AS ANGERS’ ANSWER TO PAUL MESCAL’ IN AUSTRALIA, MY IRISH ACCENT CARRIES LESS WEIGHT THAN IT DID IN THE UK THE IRISH JOURNALIST WHO BECAME THE ‘MOST DEPENDABLE EVALUATOR OF MILITARY STRATEGY’ CLIMATE CRISIS EU AGREES NATURE RESTORATION DEAL THAT WILL HAVE FAR-REACHING IMPACT FOR IRELAND ALMOST HALF OF PEOPLE SAY GOVERNMENT NOT DOING ENOUGH ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SURVEY FINDS CLIMATE CHANGE: ADAPTING CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR WILL BE NO EASY TASK EDUCATION THOUSANDS OF EDUCATION WORKERS TO GO ON STRIKE ACROSS NORTHERN IRELAND NEXT WEEK STUDENT HUB: EU REACHES DEAL ON NATURE RESTORATION LAW TEACHERS’ UNIONS PROGRESS TALKS OVER ‘SEISMIC’ MERGER OF ASTI AND TUI PODCASTS The Women's Podcast INVISIBLE WOMAN SYNDROME: HOW TO STEP OUT OF THE SHADOWS Listen | 43:56 In the News WHY WERE NURSING HOMES IN KILKENNY, WATERFORD AND CORK FORCED TO CLOSE? Listen | 23:06 Inside Business HOW TO BALANCE THE DEMANDS OF A CAREER AND COMPETITIVE SPORT Listen | 61:17 Inside Politics JEFFREY DONALDSON’S BIG DECISION: WILL THE DUP FINALLY RETURN TO STORMONT? Listen | 47:57 SUBSCRIBER ONLY Subscriber Only ROSS O’CARROLL-KELLY: SORCHA IS LIKE ME BEFORE EVERY IRELAND SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT – IN OTHER WORDS, FOCKING DELUSIONAL By Ross O'Carroll-Kelly Listen | 06:15 Subscriber Only HOW TO BE A RENAISSANCE WOMAN BY JILL BURKE: AN ERUDITE, WITTY AND ENGAGING HISTORY OF COSMETICS AND BEAUTY By Anna Carey Subscriber Only BIDEN’S BACKING FOR ISRAEL COULD PROVE PROBLEMATIC FOR DEMOCRATS By Martin Wall VIDEO Aaron James, who lost half of his face in a high-voltage electrical accident, has become the first person to successfully receive a whole-eye transplant. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PHOTOGRAPHY More than 1,300 submissions were received by Clean Coast with Stephen Dunbar taking home the Photographer of the Year award -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DUBLIN HSE ISSUES WARNING AFTER SHARP INCREASE IN HEROIN OVERDOSES IN DUBLIN LIVE ANIMAL CHRISTMAS CRIB TO RETURN TO DUBLIN’S MANSION HOUSE AFTER ONE-YEAR HIATUS HIGHER SUV PARKING CHARGES AND INCREASED RESIDENT PARKING COSTS TO BE CONSIDERED IN DUBLIN SOCIAL AFFAIRS ‘THE NOBLEST IMPULSE’: MAN WHO DIED AFTER JUMPING INTO LIFFEY TO RESCUE ANOTHER RECOGNISED FOR BRAVERY CORK HOTEL ORDERED TO PAY ‘HUMILIATED’ TRAVELLER FAMILY €11,000 IN COMPENSATION AFTER REFUSING THEM ACCOMMODATION ‘OFFENSIVE’ VIEWS STILL POSSIBLE UNDER PROPOSED HATE CRIME BILL, MCENTEE SAYS TECHNOLOGY EUROPEAN ADVISER’S OPINION ON APPLE CASE WILL NOT IMPACT STATE’S CORPORATE TAX REGIME, SAYS VARADKAR POSITIVE CARBON RAISES €2.3M IN SEED FUNDING TO TACKLE FOOD WASTE IRELAND IS NOT WELCOMING TO WHISTLEBLOWERS. WHY? TRANSPORT E-BIKES: WHAT ARE THE REGULATIONS AND WHAT CAN BE DONE TO MAKE THEM SAFER? TAOISEACH OPENS FINAL SECTION OF €280 MILLION N22 MACROOM BYPASS IRELAND COULD MISS OUT ON NEW FLIGHTS AND DESTINATIONS IF DUBLIN AIRPORT PASSENGER CAP IS NOT LIFTED, VARADKAR WARNS HISTORY TOO MANY PEOPLE ARE IN DENIAL ABOUT EVENTS OF OCTOBER 7TH, SAYS ISRAELI AMBASSADOR WEST CORK KILLINGS SHOULD BE ADMITTED AS SECTARIAN, SAYS HISTORIAN THE IRISH SIGNATORY TO THE US CONSTITUTION WHO WAS ALSO A SLAVE-OWNER OBITUARIES HAYDN GWYNNE OBITUARY: ACTOR WHO BROUGHT MELANCHOLY, TWINKLING COMPOSURE AND BELLY LAUGHS TO TV AND STAGE LI KEQIANG OBITUARY: THE MODERATE LEADER WHO NEVER REALLY WAS PAUL QUINN OBITUARY: PIONEER OF PEACE PROCESS WHO DID NOT SEEK PLAUDITS TUARASCÁIL GAN CHÚIS AR BITH LABHRAIMIS FAOI DHÚLAGAR ÚDAR AN CHIÚNAIS MOTORS TESLA DEPLOYS ‘GIGACASTING’ TO SHAKE UP THE WAY ELECTRIC VEHICLES ARE ASSEMBLED KIA EV9: ALL-ELECTRIC SEVEN-SEAT SUV WITH RANGE ROVER PRETENTIONS FIRST LOOK: THE POLESTAR 3 IN DUBLIN YOU MAY ALSO LIKE... 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