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A moment that changed me: I sought out rejection. Instead, strangers met me with profound generosity

By Sophie Jones

As I turned 21, fear was holding me back. So I decided to face it headfirst. It taught me that courage leads to connection – and people who owe you nothing can be astonishingly kind In May 2024, I decided to spend 30 days getting rejected on purpose. At first, it sounded ridiculous. After all, most people spend their lives actively trying to avoid rejection – and I was deciding to walk, full force, towards it. But it

Is Joao Pedro ready to break Chelsea's so-called number nine curse?

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Joao Pedro took just 31 seconds to score his opening goal of the season - will the new number nine reach the 20 he scored last season while wearing the number 20 shirt?

Dolly Parton died after 'bravely facing' cancer

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Dolly Parton died following "after bravely facing a brief battle with cancer", as US President Donald Trump ordered flags to be lowered in honour of the country music legend.

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Dolly Parton died after 'brief battle with cancer'

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Country music star Dolly Parton died after a "brief battle with cancer", her publicist has said.

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Iceland to vote on resuming EU talks in close referendum

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Icelanders are to vote Saturday on whether to resume entry talks with the European Union amid growing global insecurity, in a referendum seen as going down to the wire.

Things look surprisingly rosy for North Korea’s Kim Jong-un

By Mark Paul

Russia, China and the US all want better relationships with the dictator

Bessent battles the bond markets and saving up for college costs

By Dominic Coyle

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk

'That shock, it lives with me' - Women speak out after spate of masked robberies

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More than 40 robberies in the past year are being investigated by West Midlands Police.

TV tonight: the search for the murderer of Northern Irish journalist Lyra McKee

By Phil Harrison, Graeme Virtue and Simon Wardell

A documentary series gains impressive access to the detectives who have been hunting for the killer since 2019. Plus: Mark Gatiss returns as a bookish postwar sleuth. Here’s what to watch this evening 9pm, Channel 4 The 2019 murder of the journalist Lyra McKee in Derry was a grim reminder that, while the Troubles are in abeyance, it’s still a stretch to describe them as being over. Filmed across seven years, this thr

Tennesseans mourn local hero Dolly Parton

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Fans of late country music icon Dolly Parton laid flowers at a Tennessee statue of the singer who changed their US state forever.

Tennesseans mourn local hero Dolly Parton

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Fans of late country music icon Dolly Parton laid flowers at a Tennessee statue of the singer who changed their US state forever.

Social media and accountability

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It is naive to assume that regulating social media companies will solve the problem

Skills-based FET courses versus traditional university education: Which are the real routes to opportunity?

By Peter McGuire

What are the outcomes for respective graduates, particularly on durability of skills and earning potential, in the age of AI?

‘I feel guilt and rage about living in Australia while my family is in Ireland’

By Trish Murphy

Tell Me About It: I want to have a bit more carefree time before feeling I have to live up to my parents’ expectations

Two years in limbo: the residents still paying mortgages on flats destroyed in east London fire

By Jessica Murray Social affairs correspondent

Spectrum Building leaseholders awaiting payouts after freeholder, Arinium, went bankrupt shortly after 2024 blaze Sarah Williams vividly remembers the night in 2016 when she camped overnight in a car park to put down a deposit on a flat in the newly completed Spectrum Building in Dagenham, east London. “People started queuing for those flats 24 hours before they went on sale,” she said. “It was basically the only fla

A Tamil summer vegetarian feast: Cynthia Shanmugalingam’s cucumber yoghurt curry and gooseberry pickle

By Cynthia Shanmugalingam

Serve this cold curry with a hot, fenugreek-flavoured preserve for a seasonal refresher This lovely summery “curry” is a cold, refreshing dish from Karnataka in India, and is eaten widely in Tamil Nadu, just 20 miles across the Palk Strait from my ancestral Tamil homeland in north and eastern Sri Lanka. Along with chefs Louis and Seb in our development kitchen, we decided that smacking the cucumbers helps give them a

Around the world, people are rejecting divisive and dangerous politics. We can – and must – build on that | Gordon Brown

By Gordon Brown

The vast majority of the global public wants international cooperation on human rights, climate and AI. Like-minded countries must stand together to deliver Britain’s new prime minister, Andy Burnham, is already having to make one of his gravest decisions. He has to issue the instructions that he alone gives to the military, setting out the UK response in a doomsday scenario of a nuclear weapons attack on us. He will

Iran seeks to criminalise all contact with foreign media in ‘chilling’ crackdown

By Deepa Parent

As photojournalist sentenced to 15 years, rights groups warn law would turn civic engagement into security crime Iran has taken the first step towards criminalising contact with foreign media, in a move human rights groups have said attempts to “sever the entire Iranian society from the rest of the world”. For journalists, researchers and even ordinary citizens, the proposed law being discussed by Iranian lawmakers t

Is the Trump Treasury panicking over the level of US debt?

By Kenneth Rogoff

With the federal deficit near 6% of GDP and the national debt over $40tn, America’s fiscal position looks increasingly precarious Bessent ‘will lose’ battle with bond markets, ex-mentor warns Are we seeing the first signs of panic in Donald Trump’s Treasury? The US is by far the world’s biggest debtor, and the steady rise in global long-term interest rates – which I have long argued was inevitable – is starting to ca

National lottery faces questions over new boss’s record in gambling industry

By Rob Davies

MPs tell regulator they are ‘deeply concerned’ over interim CEO Phil Walker’s roles at William Hill and Game Nation The national lottery is facing questions over its new boss’s record in the gambling industry, including a lucrative role in the 24-hour slot machine sector singled out by the prime minister as a blight on British high streets. Allwyn UK, which holds a licence to run the Lottery until 2034, said last wee

Autism and ADHD care complaints more than triple in five years in England

By Sarah Marsh Consumer affairs correspondent

NHS ombudsman warns of years-long waits and patients paying thousands to go private as demand for services soars Complaints about autism and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder services in England have more than tripled in five years, official figures show, with the NHS ombudsman warning of years-long waits and patients paying thousands of pounds for private care. One woman was removed from an ADHD medication wa

Variations in cancer treatment 'concerning' - Cullinane

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New data released by the HSE shows wide variations in performance in delivering cancer treatment for patients.

Wrong-way driving most common on M50 and M7

By Hugh Dooley

Situations where vehicles are found driving on the wrong side of a motorway set to reach record high this year

Members resign from internal People Before Profit group over ‘hegemonic’ leadership style

By Harry McGee

Infighting marks latest episode in long history of splintering among leftist political grouping in Irish politics

Bossing the bond market never works

By Katie Martin

Despite Scott Bessent’s efforts, investors worry something is up