Newly formed government has replaced agriculture role with a minister for nature and animal welfare

While I fondly remember the World Cups I watched as a child, the ones I’ve watched as an adult were more enjoyable

Hildegarde Naughton’s announcement is disappointing

In order to maintain the fear factor that drives women towards private care, the hospital’s board implicitly insulted its own staff

The build-up to our game against Tyrone last summer was a surreal and unsettling experience

More and more sports broadcast rights are moving to subscription services and that is likely to continue

Devolving doctoral and postdoctoral recruitment seems to be about offloading administrative responsibility

Don’t let a tricky maths question put you off piano tuning as a career

The greater loss would be failing to stand with those in need, writer argues

Another reader ‘feels compelled to challenge some of the assumptions underpinning Fintan O’Toole’s Rotunda piece’

Exasperated reader sends us full email exchange she had with ‘Emma’ from online clothing retailer

Shortfall of 2,200-plus graduates over coming four years will hinder infrastructure projects and housebuilding, SCSI warns

And there’s no need to dress up or get a flight

This nonfiction outing is a story of loss and of the tightly interconnected milieu of the south Dublin Protestant

Glen Clarke had previously botched three shootings, killing the wrong man each time. He had been lined up to carry out the Kirwan murder before he is believed to have accidentally shot himself in the head

Inside Politics: Two motions will be tabled this week calling for the Republic of Ireland’s Nations League matches with Israel to be called off

The annual Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas brings leading writers, thinkers and entertainers together in Co Carlow

Ken Early turns his eye on Gianni Infantino’s reign as Fifa president

On record, the musician’s recent material can feel too keen to radiate positivity. Live, however, the songs are infectiously fun

The indie star’s gift is to make normal life feel like a scary story spun around the campfire – or from a psychiatrist’s couch