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Death of Dickie Rock: ‘When I’d get up on stage, it was like something else took over’

Conor McGregor will face trial in €6m whiskey lawsuit in May, just months after defeat in civil rape case

Parental child abduction: ‘I knew in my heart if I didn’t go to Syria, I would never see my daughter again’

RTÉ’s tough call on Liveline: Joe Duffy’s expiring contract and his ‘ready-made replacement’

Irish chef Hugh Corcoran: ‘We’ve had people phoning up and shouting and leaving fake reviews. There’s been a real spew of outrage’

‘This thing that I get elected thanks to TikTok? It drives me nuts’ – Simon Harris on political sniping, coping with Crohn’s disease, Donald Trump – and giving €1,000 to newborn babies

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‘People can tell me to f**k off if they’re not interested’ – Gerry ‘The Monk’ Hutch on his general election bid

Jo Jo Dullard murder probe: how Operation Trace investigated ‘rumours’ that missing woman was buried in shed foundations on land being searched by gardaí

My Money: ‘I was raised in Drimnagh with nothing – now I have a motorbike I don’t need and a house in Spain’

‘I thought RTÉ people were treated appallingly’ – John McColgan on his relationship with wife Moya Doherty and the strain of the crisis at the national broadcaster

Brian Cox: ‘Netanyahu doesn’t realise that he is creating the new Hamas. That’s all he is doing. He is butchering people’

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‘How do I get out of here? What do I do? Do I give him a kick?’ — How some international players believe they were targeted by Ireland manager Mick Cooke

Motorcycle gang Hells Angels are back as they take flight with the Kinahans

Explainer: will the latest dodgy box crackdown work, and do people using them have anything to fear?

Are our house prices now at boiling point? Four experts give their views

Mpox explainer: What you need to know as WHO declares a global health emergency and more infectious strain reaches Europe

How online porn is ­distorting men’s image of sex and leaving women frustrated

Tanya Sweeney: My Irish Stand-off over paying a €30 coffee bill got physical — and blood was drawn

Fionnán Sheahan: It’s Sinn Féin’s Gubu moment – and as questions over identity of ‘Shinner texter’ remain, Mary Lou McDonald’s leadership is on the line

Aoife Rooney: There is much more to be gained from working in the office – Gen Z are sick of remote life

Paul McNeive: Why are thousands of heat pumps not working properly in Ireland?

Readers’ questions: ‘Should we top up our mortgage to pay for our home renovation?’

Home Economics: I’m executor of my uncle’s will — so why am I not allowed to put him into a nursing home?

‘€500m of pensions going unclaimed’: Five ways to trace your forgotten nest egg and enjoy a richer retirement

Are you too stingy or a pushover? How to navigate your way around the new tipping culture

‘Looking after my mental health has made me a better person’ – former athlete David Gillick says kindness is key in interviews

Nicola Hanney on surviving ex-garda Paul Moody’s four-year campaign of abuse: ‘The way he saw it, I was pregnant with his child, so I was his property now’

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Olympic medallist Philip Doyle: ‘Rowing is miserable. The lifestyle is miserable. Being a full-time athlete is miserable when you’re on no money’

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My favourite room: ‘I was worse than any client’ – Room to Improve’s Claire Irwin on revamping her Donegal home

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‘I texted him from the train but it didn’t deliver because he’d blocked me’ — real life stories of ghosting

Asking for a friend: My partner of 10 years has changed his mind about not wanting kids and I feel totally blindsided

Dear Mary: I married a man 30 years older than me and feel I’ve made a huge mistake

Ask Allison: I’ve just moved in with my partner and she has an issue with my nightly glasses of wine. Should we call it quits?

Sexologist Eveline Stallaart: ‘These are the three major problems couples come to me for help with’

Confessions of a mistress: ‘We fell into bed together – two years of sexual tension washing away any nerves’

Dr David Coleman: If your child is being bullied physically they should defend themselves – now let me explain why

‘My granny said she’d leave me her house, but my aunt has the same name as me and the will isn’t clear. My aunt insists it should be hers – what can I do?’

Our neighbour’s slurry spreading is ruining our new country idyll. Can we make him stop?

Legal advice: ‘I farmed all my life with my brother, who died without a will. Now my other brother – who never lifted a finger on the farm – says his son should get a share of our land’

Ireland’s best holiday county named by readers – ‘it delivers a whole package of delight’

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