IEThe Irish Times
August is the strangest month, the ‘Sunday of the year’
Sometimes I want August to be over. It begins to feel like a waiting time, too much anticipation and not enough result
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- #2147
- First seen
- 24 Aug 2026, 05:09 UTC
- Last checked
- 25 Aug 2026, 03:56 UTC
- Version history
- 1 version
- Current fingerprint
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Publisher layer
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- Publisher
- The Irish Times
- Country
- Ireland
- Source published
- 24 Aug 2026, 05:00 UTC
- Source updated
- No update timestamp supplied
- Byline
- Sarah Moss
- Section
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Sometimes I want August to be over. It begins to feel like a waiting time, too much anticipation and not enough result
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August is the strangest month, the ‘Sunday of the year’
Sometimes I want August to be over. It begins to feel like a waiting time, too much anticipation and not enough result
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- Capture ID
- #1874
- Observed
- 24 Aug 2026, 05:09 UTC
- HTTP result
- 200 / parsed
- Raw payload
- 862,102 bytes, private gzip evidence
- Collector
- news-ledger/0.1
- Public boundary
- metadata and excerpt