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

Dalliance review – a rare drama so beautifully written you will be instantly devoted

By Lucy Mangan

Hugo Weaving stars in this wonderful Australian series about old friends in their 60s. It is a feast of hilarity and heartbreak – and there needs to be more TV like it With Dalliance, television continues its brave expeditions into unknown narrative lands. It was first forced to venture into women’s stories (using female writers, directors, stars and, oh my goodness, sometimes it was just wall-to-wall womanity, you k

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Thermostat wars to open-plan stress: the neuroscience of workplace design

By Margaret Ward

Three design features that most significantly impact on worker productivity are air quality, natural light and temperature

UCD Smurfit Business School embeds AI into every programme

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Giving students fluency in AI tools is integral to the graduate school’s mission to develop talent and future leader

Kaizen review: Impressive dim sum and a tantalising ‘secret menu’ at this north Dublin restaurant

By Corinna Hardgrave

Don’t let the shopping centre-adjacent address put you off, and consider ordering the free-range chicken in advance

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EY Ireland partners with CrowdStrike to strengthen cyber resilience in the agentic era

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The partnership combines EY Ireland’s cyber and transformation expertise with CrowdStrike’s AI-native Falcon platform to help organisations defend against AI-powered cyberattacks

Inside Clodagh McKenna’s bucolic country sanctuary

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Chef and TV presenter Clodagh McKenna reveals how embracing lighter, calmer interiors has made Broadspear House feel more like home than ever

AI companies are starting to sound desperate, and that’s not a good look

By Ciara O'Brien

The big question is how long companies investing billions in the technology can wait for widespread adoption

Building careers through skills, not set paths

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MSD Ireland talent leaders say adaptability, lifelong learning and transferable skills are what shapes career success

Blackspots, bad connections and slow speeds: how to fix your wifi woes

By Ciara O'Brien

Five tips to get the most out of your wifi without spending a lot of money

Event guide: Bon Jovi, Jack White and the other best things to see in Ireland in the week ahead

By Tony Clayton-Lea

August 29th-Sept 4th, 2026: The best music, art, theatre and more coming your way this week

Never Say War. Life inside Russia: Lifting the lid

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Vivid depiction of wartime life in the heart of this vast country rings true

Flooding reported in Kerry after 'torrential downpours'

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A Status Yellow rain warning for several counties expired at 6am, while Kerry County Council reported "torrential downpours" and flooding in parts of the county.

Man arrested after two killed in French car ramming

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A 26-year-old man has been arrested after two people were killed and 10 others injured when a car was driven into a group of people in northwestern France.

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Tell us: have you been affected by the flash floods on the Nepal-Tibet border?

By Guardian community team

Floods and mudslides have swept away houses and roads with many hundreds missing More than 1,400 people are still missing and 392 have been confirmed dead after the flash floods and landslides on the Nepal-Tibet border.hit the Himalayan border areas of ⁠Nepal and in ​Tibet in China. An avalanche of ice and rock triggered massive flash floods causing widespread damage to villages and infrastructure. Officials said hun

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Hundreds killed, nearly 1,000 missing after Nepal floods

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Rescuers searched Himalayan valleys and hillsides after a flash flood that killed at least 389 people and left nearly 1,000 missing, as Nepal and China warned of a risk of fresh flooding from water pooling in two lakes.

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Yayoi Kusama, Japanese artist who became a global superstar, dies aged 97

By Tim Jonze and Sian Cain

From the 1950s to the 2020s, Kusama produced vivid paintings, sculptures and vast installations that often drew on her experience of hallucinations Kusama – a life in pictures Was Kusama the world’s favourite artist? Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese outsider artist who reached superstar status after decades living in a psychiatric hospital, has died aged 97. Kusama died in a Tokyo hospital on 14 August, her company Yayoi K

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The long road to building an Irish AI start-up

By Olive Keogh

Coso founders James Flynn and Brendan Scullion ran out of cash before rebuilding their social media technology into a business with customers around the world

Ukraine war briefing: Reboot of ‘fortress belt’ defences as Zelenskyy visits frontline

By Warren Murray and agencies

Two modern commanders appointed on Donetsk front after dismissal of ‘Soviet-era’ Oleksandr Syrskyi as head of military. What we know on day 1,645 Volodymyr Zelenskyy has appointed two of Ukraine’s most prominent commanders to oversee and strengthen defences of the “fortress belt” of industrialised cities in the Donetsk region. Visiting the frontline, Zelenskyy said Third Army Corps leader Andrii Biletskyi and Denys P

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Ex-JPMorgan Chase executive shared confidential bank information with Epstein

By Reuters

Jes Staley told US House committee he also was at one point named a trustee of convicted sex offender’s estate Former JPMorgan Chase executive Jes Staley told US lawmakers he repeatedly shared confidential and market-sensitive bank ⁠information with Jeffrey Epstein and ⁠was at one ​point named as a trustee of his estate, according to a transcript released by the House oversight committee on Wednesday. These admission

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Cyborg cockroaches with tiny syringes designed to join search and rescue teams in major disasters

By Australian Associated Press

Giant burrowing cockroaches with added cameras and medical injectors are being tested as potential ‘first responders’ in earthquakes Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcast For people trapped under rubble in an earthquake or similar disaster, the arrival of a fleet of cockroaches could one day be the difference between life and death. Biorobot

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Trial date set for four accused of involvement in 9/11 plot

By Gabrielle Canon

The men have spent years at Guantánamo Bay, with legal proceedings mired in pre-trial conflicts over CIA’s interrogation methods A trial date has been set for four men who have spent years held in Guantánamo Bay for their alleged involvement in the 9/11 attack, including Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, who is accused as the mastermind of the plot. In a ruling that came just weeks before the 25th anniversary of the terrorist

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Key witness in Meta trial says terms of settlement insufficient to halt apps’ harms to teenagers

By Nick Robins-Early

Exclusive: Arturo Béjar, an ex-Facebook employee and whistleblower, said outcome ‘is not an all clear to say the product is safe’ Meta agrees to major changes to Facebook and Instagram in settlement The star witness in the US government’s landmark trial against Meta believes that a multibillion-dollar settlement reached on Wednesday does not go far enough to stop the social media giant’s harms to young users. “The li

Queensland woman gave birth to twins with different parents after surrogacy coincides with natural pregnancy

By Ben Smee Queensland state correspondent

Both children were born on same day in November 2025 in situation so rare it had not been contemplated by state surrogacy laws A Queensland woman gave birth to twin children with separate sets of biological parents last year, in what is believed to be an Australian first situation so rare it had not been contemplated by state surrogacy laws. The woman, anonymised in a court judgment, conceived an unplanned natural pr

Aunt killed in fire with niece was 'beautiful soul'

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Two men have been arrested on suspicion of murder over the fire in Middlesborough, police say.

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Nepal flash flood live updates: police say more than 150 bodies recovered on Tibet border with hundreds still missing

By Adam Fulton (now); Nadeem Badshah. Sharon Marris, Lucy Campbell, Tom Ambrose and Mabel Banfield-Nwachi (earlier)

Latest Nepal police update says 157 bodies found after powerful floods in Himalayan border area sweep away houses, roads and bridges Flash floods on Nepal-Tibet border leave scores dead and hundreds missing Tell us: have you been affected by the flash floods? The British embassy in Kathmandu said it is “deeply saddened” by flash floods in parts of Nepal and urged people in affected areas to follow local advice. A joi

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