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

College tutor crowned Britain's fastest bricklayer

Byline not supplied

Dale Wherton, from Derby, took the title by laying 859 bricks in one hour at a special event.

Is an ex-airbase housing asylum seekers just a 'holiday camp'?

Byline not supplied

The leader of Essex County Council makes the comment after touring MDP Wethersfield.

'Fears for my son's safety in mainstream school keep me awake at night'

Byline not supplied

Freddie is also autistic and non-verbal but no place can be found for him at a special school.

Galway office of US tech giant offers buyer 9.52% yield at €8.5m guide price

By Ronald Quinlan

Unit at Oranmore Business Park is fully let until 2032, generating €890,000 in annual rental income

Interpath extends lease with Iput for Dublin docklands office

By Ronald Quinlan

Corporate restructuring specialist commits to further five-year occupancy at Two Riverside

Seafront home within a short stroll of Dalkey village

By Erin McCafferty

Two-bedroom apartment is one of just 27 units in bespoke scheme beside Bullock Harbour

What is an apprenticeship and would it work for me?

By Brian Mooney

Being paid while you study is a key factor, and there are more than 80 programmes available across all sectors of the economy

Kildare lands zoned for residential development seeking €2.75m

By Ronald Quinlan

Holding of 4.4 hectares has potential for up to 150 homes subject to planning permission

Ridley Scott’s impending apocalypse: ‘People don’t watch the news. This is happening already’

By Donald Clarke

The director on bringing his bleak ‘Celtic’ world view to The Dog Stars, the Pauline Kael bad review he had framed, and his fear of Canada

• Machine signalInvestigation language

The clock is ticking down to when I’ll walk through the door and no one is asking ‘what’s for dinner’

By Madeleine Lyons

Nobody ever received a phone call from me to suggest unscheduled sleepovers because our kids were ‘just having so much fun’

Apprenticeships: ‘It’s hard, working and studying at the same time’

By Jen Hogan

A social media post planted the idea of an accounting technician’s apprenticeship in Lauren Hickey’s head

What’s college life like for disabled students?

By Peter McGuire

Specialised disability support services are improving, but stigma still exists and transition to third level can be a challenge

US military kills four in strike on alleged drug smuggling boat in Caribbean

By Associated Press

Number of people killed in boat strikes rises to 227 since Trump administration began controversial campaign The US military killed four people when it attacked a suspected drug smuggling boat in the Caribbean Sea on Tuesday as the Trump administration’s controversial campaign against alleged traffickers continues. The latest attack brings the number of those killed in boat strikes by the US military to at least 227

• Machine signalAllegation language
• Machine signalDeath or self-harm

In Poland, compassion for Ukrainians has turned to contempt. The consequences could be dramatic | Mateusz Mazzini

By Mateusz Mazzini

Warsaw failed to anticipate that refugees would build new lives and Kyiv would demand an equal place at the European table One of the unintended consequences of Russia’s full-scale war against Ukraine was that it gave Poland a rare slice of geopolitical stardom. When Russian tanks started their ultimately unsuccessful cavalcade towards the Ukrainian capital, ordinary Poles rushed to help millions of people fleeing th

Call to ban marmot hunting in France as campaigners say they are ‘killed for fun’

By Kim Willsher in Paris

Protests and petitions planned amid growing concerns over impact of climate crisis on numbers of Alpine rodent Animal rights campaigners are gearing up for protests and petitions aimed at persuading the French government to ban the hunting of Alpine marmots. Open season on the rodents, members of the squirrel and groundhog family, begins in September, a few weeks before they go into a long winter hibernation. Continu

• Machine signalDeath or self-harm

‘We met Princess Margaret and she was paralytic!’ My wild life onboard the Adam and the Ants Antmania rollercoaster

By Sylvia Patterson

With their twangy sound, madcap outfits, lusty yodelling and pirouetting pirate frontman, the band became global superstars almost overnight. But, as their guitarist Marco Pirroni recalls, the thrill ride soon hit the buffers ‘The essence of pop is, one, brilliant fucking songs – and the rest is sex, subversion, style and humour. And that was us.” So Adam Ant told me in 1995, describing the reconstructed Adam and the

The row over Rutland: can England’s smallest county survive?

By Lucy Knight

Its council is due to merge with Leicestershire’s in 2028, and some locals are incensed. Can the county hold on to its ceremonial status – and biggest selling point? Mysterious disappearances have been taking place lately in Rutland, an East Midlands pocket between Leicestershire, Lincolnshire and Northamptonshire that is often considered to be England’s smallest county. Usually, there are road signs when driving int

‘A mockery’: how offshore tax havens are thwarting the UK’s transparency push

By Rob Davies

Critics say ownership registers are too costly and too complicated, scuppering attempts to expose alleged money laundering Since Britain’s offshore secrecy jurisdictions caved in to pressure from Westminster to embrace corporate transparency, finding out who owns a company in one of these island havens is, in theory at least, a piece of cake. Take the Cayman Islands. Continue reading...

• Machine signalAllegation language

Mood-boosting benefits of birdsong drowned out by traffic noise, study finds

By Natalie Wint

Even low levels of traffic noise can negate the benefits of listening to natural sounds, researchers say Hearing the trill or whistle of a bird while going about daily life is well known to boost people’s mood. But a new study suggests the psychological benefits of hearing birdsong are being threatened by traffic noise. Researchers found that even low levels of traffic noise negatively affected the benefits to wellbe

Man on trial for Daphne Caruana Galizia murder claims he was framed

By Juliette Garside, and Julian Bonnici in Valletta

Yorgen Fenech tells jury he had nothing to do with killing and alleges top adviser to Malta’s then PM was instigator A businessman on trial for the murder of the journalist Daphne Caruana Galizia has spoken about the charges for the first time in court since his arrest seven years ago, telling the jury he was framed by police and had nothing to do with the killing. During four days of questioning by defence and the p

• Machine signalAllegation language

Jess Fuchs: Feral review – a debut with tremendous oomph from a future comedy star

By Brian Logan

Pleasance Courtyard, Edinburgh This motormouth Australian comic fires off tart remarks and home truths then explains why she over-identifies with the Titanic ‘No hugging, no learning” was the writers’ rule on Seinfeld. Jess Fuchs decrees a similar stricture for Feral, in which she will learn nothing about herself whatsoever. “Really, I’m just here to talk shit.” That might get proceedings off to an underwhelming star

• Machine signalInvestigation language

Iran faces strait of Hormuz paradox as strategic value of chokehold erodes

By Patrick Wintour Diplomatic editor

Internal calls to end war get louder as Gulf neighbours plan alternative pipelines to cut reliance on waterway Is the strait of Hormuz, recently cited by the office of the Iranian supreme leader as “the pillar of Iran’s new security order”, and as transformative as possessing a nuclear weapon, in reality becoming a fast-diminishing asset, leaving Iran increasingly vulnerable to the new planned US wave of economic san

Boston Scientific lays groundwork to shift $15bn from Irish operation

By Killian Woods

A subsidiary of the firm that paid close more than $3.7bn in dividends in recent years has reorganised its reserves in recent months

Almost one in seven commercial properties in Republic ‘lies vacant’

By Ian Curran

National rate falls for first time since data started being collected in 2013 but picture mixed countrywide, notes report

More than $250m invested in Irish artificial intelligence firms over first half of 2026

By Ciara O'Brien

EY report says there was significant spending in data centre developers and engineering companies