A record of what was published, when, and how it changed.

CAO points and college places: Good news and bad for the class of 2026

By Peter McGuire

For some, the good fortune of high points is countered by the misfortune of random selection

Still plenty of options for those who didn’t receive an offer

By Brian Mooney

Applicants who receive no offer can check the CAO’s ‘available places’ facility, or wait for Round 2

How to study at third level and what to expect in your first year

By Peter McGuire

Many students find the change from learning at second level challenging, but there are a variety of supports in place

Penelope review – Odysseus’s other half sings of her own twists and turns

By Mark Fisher

Underbelly, Cowgate, Edinburgh Grace McLean brings vocal and emotional range in the central role of Alex Bechtel’s Homeric song cycle She is the one played by Anne Hathaway in Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey, the central figure in Margaret Atwood’s The Penelopiad and the inspiration behind a 2010 play by Enda Walsh. And here she is again, this time alone with her thoughts, a longsuffering woman in white, in a seducti

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‘Forever chemicals’ surge during pilot of Thames Water plan to combat drought

By Sandra Laville Environment correspondent

Exclusive: utility company wants to draw off tens of millions of litres of water a day from Thames and replace it with treated effluent Levels of a toxic “forever chemical” rose to 13 times the legal limit during Thames Water pilots for a controversial multimillion pound water recycling scheme that will pump millions of litres of treated sewage into the River Thames during drought. The data from the pilots is in star

‘Sad moments ahead’: Kew Gardens to fell rare trees in race to save Victorian greenhouse

By Helena Horton and George Francis Lee

Horticulturalists begin moving and propagating plants before the rusty and warped Palm House begins renovation – but some are too tall to save It will be a gut-wrenching moment for the horticulturalists at Kew Gardens when some of the magnificent trees in the Palm House have to be felled. “There are some sad moments ahead,” said Palm House manager, Will Spoelstra, who knows all the plants inside the cathedral-like gr

Rachel Roddy’s recipe for saffron and tomato rice | A kitchen in Rome

By Rachel Roddy

Laborious to harvest and extortionately priced, the sunset-coloured stigmas of the saffron crocus have an extraordinarily warm, pungent taste. Fortunately, however, a little goes a very long way … The saffron crocus has six lilac-purple flowers, three yellow stamens and three orange-red stigmas that extend beyond the petals like the wiry antennae of an insect. The thread-like stigmas have to be picked only by hand wh

Ghent professors challenged expertise of Jason Arday’s plagiarism accuser

By Chris Osuh

Allegations Nathan Cofnas was unqualified for Ghent role and would cause ‘negative impact’ made to senior leaders months ago Nathan Cofnas, the academic who accused Jason Arday of plagiarism, has been accused of having “very limited expertise” for his academic role by professors also working at Ghent University, who say he has a “far-right agenda”. Cofnas secured a postdoctoral research role “on the future of liberal

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Thursday news quiz: a PM’s nose, a pop star’s clothes, and a kitten with too many toes

By Martin Belam

Test yourself on topical news trivia, pop culture and general knowledge every Thursday. How will you fare? Every now and then the Thursday quiz gets involved in a flap, as it did last week with “birb”-gate. After a sustained campaign lasting at least two weeks, subeditors finally relented and allowed the quiz to call our feathered friends “birbs” – only for half the comment section to revolt against the indignity of

Does Nigel Farage know what people really think of him? I do – and he won’t like it | Aditya Chakrabortty

By Aditya Chakrabortty

An anti-Farage army of voters is there to be galvanised, as exclusive data shows. But getting them out will be tricky Who can stop Nigel Farage? Which voters would actually dig out their ID and schlep down to the polling booth to fight him? Over the past year, these two questions have come to shape British politics. From Runcorn and Helsby to Caerphilly and Aberdeen South, via countless flimsy leaflets claiming “Only

As I stood outside Slattery’s last Sunday I felt a great communion with the common Gael

By Ciarán Murphy

Nothing happened in the GAA last weekend, apart from a thousand Iliads, a thousand local rows

Road safety groups to examine technology that may reduce wrong-way driving

By Harry McGee

Meeting will consider use of warning signage and detection technology

Hundreds who survived sex abuse in Irish schools invited to share experiences

By Ellen Coyne

Survivors will have to share their name and contact details as well as the name of their former school

The human brain cannot easily cope with very high levels of power. Why?

By Ian Robertson

It’s doubtul the Fifa president feels himself constrained by anything bigger than his ego

Swiss politician accused of raping Irish girl and her mother to stand trial

By Conor Gallagher

Prosecutors say dozens of videos show Paula and Iwona being raped and sexually abused by Patrick Frei while they were unconscious

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Dolly Parton’s death proves shared cultural reference points act as a social adhesive

By Finn McRedmond

Millennials, Gen Z and Boomers are united in their valorisation of the most popular woman in the world

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Progress that appears solid can be all too easily undone

By Newton Emerson

If parading regulation unravels, Drumcree would not be the only reawakened flashpoint

Recent tragedy is devastating reminder of need for legislative action on wrong-way driving

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The offence involves more than dangerous driving

Aer Lingus jobs cuts plan vague, says cabin crew union

By Barry O'Halloran

Airline seeking to lay off up to 500 workers to cut costs

Absolutely, maybe

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And she goes 'The list is almost endless'

Children addicted to synthetic cannabis vapes can be denied access to Camhs support

By Ellen Coyne

Highly addictive drug linked to serious mental and physical health problems including psychosis

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Afghanistan cricket team does not represent the Taliban

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Ireland can stand with Afghan women while also allowing Afghan athletes to play

Ireland’s changing demographics point to social and political instability

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A child born today may one day revolt against the obligation to fund the care of a generation that failed them

Opposing views on Palestinian student visas

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Green Party councillor calls on Jim O’Callaghan to intervene; UCC academic says universities showing contempt for native Irish students

Shamrock Rovers need to arrest slide in Finland to ensure Conference League qualification

By Gavin Cummiskey

Playoff against KuPS comes with a price tag of at least €3 million, with tricky test ahead on artificial surface