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Watch: Discover the favourite foods of Conor Pope, Patrick Freyne and other Irish Times writers How about Rosita Boland – what’s always in her fridge? And what does Frank McNally cook on Wednesdays?

Watch to the end! Discover the favourite foods of Conor Pope, Patrick Freyne and other Irish Times writers

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I’ve changed my old stance on teens and alcohol – it’s snus and vapes that are the problem I suspect few enough of us reached 18 before having our first alcoholic drink

Agree with @jenhoganjourno.bsky.social here on snus – amazing how it has just crept in under the radar and managed to stay there, despite being everywhere.
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Luna the cat and I loved this book. Such gently gorgeous writing, and the restrained pace works so well with the plot. Recommended!

Screenshot of scam tv licence email

This email was so realistic. If I hadn’t just renewed my tv licence, I would almost certainly have clicked.

100 great restaurants, cafes and places to eat around Ireland for winter 2025 From Michelin dining to casual bites and new openings to beloved classics, this is a list to bookmark

Cut out and keep (in a virtual sense): 100 great restaurants, cafes and places to eat around Ireland for winter 2025

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Full Moon Insomnia is my life.

Chicken fillet rolls, fried breakfast and potatoes: What foreign diplomats really think of Irish food Seven foreign diplomats share their Irish dining experiences, their favourites and the tastes they miss from home

Chicken fillet rolls, fried breakfast and potatoes: What foreign diplomats really think of Irish food

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Video: ‘This Isn’t a Life’: Gazans Face Struggle to Rebuild Gaza City Returning to Gaza City after a cease-fire, Palestinians will face an immense challenge to rebuild their lives in the city that’s been left in ruins after two years of war.

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Teenager died after inhaling aerosol deodorant, inquest hears Sarah Mescall collapsed at home and had no pulse, coroner is told

Awful, awful.
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Irish chef’s restaurant ranked 20th in North America’s Best Restaurants list Dubliner Trevor Moran, Noma veteran and owner of Nashville-based Locust, hints at expanding his dining concept back in Ireland

“I would be happy to take the Locust concept entirely to Ireland,” he says. “Or a smaller thing, a little concept, out in Howth ... or Kinsale,” he adds dreamily.

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The people who ask all the questions on Vinted are never the people who buy your stuff on Vinted.

Pack of Salted Caramel Melting Pot fudge

Delighted to find this fab Belfast fudge in Aldi.

Justine McCarthy: If Northerners had a vote, Catherine Connolly would be our next president Northerners have a vested interest in an election portrayed as seminal for the abolition of partition. But they don’t have a vote

‘Those living in the North’s six counties are silenced in the [presidential] election. Their continuing exclusion reduces them to nominal citizens.’
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Gaeltacht bookings, aka fastest finger first events, during the working day – not fun.

How Irish restaurants are changing to stay afloat: ‘Less people are going out. Thursday is the new Friday’ Rising food costs, challenging wages, and expensive leases – restaurants are facing a perfect storm. Can they thrive or simply survive

How Irish restaurants are changing to stay afloat: ‘Less people are going out. Thursday is the new Friday’

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Netanyahu’s ‘super-Sparta’ vision met with anger in Israel Tel Aviv stock exchange plummets and shekel falls sharply against foreign currencies

🤯 Netanyahu’s ‘super-Sparta’ vision met with anger in Israel

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Gardaí expect arrest after remains of Daniel Aruebose found in north Dublin field Boy (3½) believed to have died four years ago but alarm was not raised until last month

This aspect is just so tragically poignant: ‘His disappearance was not noticed until last month, when officials from the Department of Social Protection made checks on a social welfare payment related to him and were unable to determine his location.’
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That ad where the mum is expected to remember everything and to smile her way through it … they didn’t film it in my house.

Miriam Margolyes: ‘I can do naughty stories... but I’m more than just a potty mouth’ The British veteran of stage and screen on visiting Ireland, speaking out against Israel and being known for more than her ‘naughty stories’

Miriam Margolyes: ‘What do these Israelis think that their actions are doing? They’re making the hatred last forever and ever.’

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The Perilous Path to Escape Gaza City

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One of us is all sorted for our autumn/winter 25 colour palette.

We’re at the “this matter has been well aired” stage of the presidential election – always a risky spot.

The wealth-work paradox: why having more leads to working more Economist John Maynard Keynes predicted we’d be working 15 hours a week by 2030; there’s no chance of that now

The wealth-work paradox: why having more leads to working more

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Just looking at another shelf of sleep items that don’t work for me.

Good times.

Is the UK absurd enough to arrest Sally Rooney at Heathrow? Something has gone badly wrong when, according to UK law, the author is deemed a ‘supporter of terror’

Is the UK absurd enough to arrest Sally Rooney at Heathrow?

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Leaving Cert results: Will 2025 students be badly disadvantaged by grade deflation? Some 28% of CAO applicants this year are deferral students who received ‘bumper’ grades

The bit at the end here about legal advice is very interesting (to those of us in the zone).

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Diarmaid Ferriter: Entrenched views remain barrier to real discussion about Irish unity Much has changed since partition ‘marooned’ Northern nationalists, but much has stayed the same

Entrenched views remain barrier to a proper discussion about Irish unity

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Is it possible to sweep a patio while staring at your phone? Theory currently being tested here.