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Man behind the wire – Frank McNally on the incarceration of Dublin’s Grand Canal
The Irish Times· 23 hours ago“Leafy-with-love banks” begins one of Patrick Kavanagh’s celebrated pair of poems about the Grand...
Prince Harry addresses ESPY Award criticism in powerful speech as proud wife Meghan Markle looks on
Hello!· 17 hours agoThe Duke of Sussex was honoured at the 2024 ESPY Awards in Los Angeles, joined by wife the Duchess...
Facebook keeps asking me to say 'happy birthday' to dead people
TechCrunch· 3 days agoTwo of my friends died within the last three years. Facebook’s algorithms can’t comprehend death. If...
My then spouse, the person I considered to be my husband, came out as a trans woman during lockdown
The Irish Times· 5 days agoDuring Covid, my then spouse, the person I considered to be my husband, came out as a trans woman....
A curious case of aversion to popular struggles
Morning Star· 1 day agoTHE dustjacket promises much: a new look at “Englishness” through England’s literature and its hidden history of popular struggle. Firstly, Caroline Lucas tells us that < ...
Mohammed bin Abdulatif Al Sheikh, Saudi writer known for his staunch stances against militancy, dies...
Gulf News· 2 days agoCairo: Prominent Saudi writer and journalist Mohammed bin Abdulatif Al Sheikh, known for his staunch...
The best books of 2024 so far: writers and critics choose their favourite reads
The Irish Times· 7 days agoThe best spy novel of the year so far is Oliver Harris’s The Shame Archive, which deals with the...
Why banks love Irish savers
Irish Independent· 2 days agoA lack of awareness that better savings rates are now available is one of the main reasons people are leaving their nest eggs in low-paying accounts,...
Cairn by Kathleen Jamie: Poetic meditation on climate change and global instability
The Irish Times· 7 days ago“Life moves on but also spirals round,” she notes in the prologue to Cairn, which revisits themes...
What happened to the art which represented Ireland at Olympics?
RTÉ News· 2 days agoIreland enjoyed success in the arts categories, but little coverage of the medal winners,...
