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THE IRISH TIMES

Saturday, 29 August, 2026

Morning Briefing
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Africa

‘It was day 13 or 14 when people started dying’: More than 200 set sail for Europe. Only 36 survived

A harrowing story of death and survival on the Atlantic migration route from west Africa, ‘the deadliest in the world’

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Business

Former National Transport Authority chief underpaid over several years

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Courts

Civil servant to face non-jury Special Criminal Court over alleged leaks to foreign handler

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Crime & Law

How unrest at Oberstown detention centre came to a head

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Your Money

‘Adding a tip is crazy’: Irish people united on their view of tipping terminals

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Ireland

Deaths of Irish woman and husband in hot tub in Spain may have been accidental

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Your Wellness

The rise in diagnosis and medication for ADHD is dividing medical opinion. What do Irish experts think?

Treatment of ADHD is associated with significant benefits in physical and mental health outcomes, says Marie Boilson of the College of Psychiatrists of Ireland

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Gaelic Games

‘Why are we so wedded to the county system – a British system?’: Pat Gilroy on the GAA’s future

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Opinion

Cliff Taylor: If there is a strategic brain around the Cabinet table, it is being kept well hidden

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Gaelic Games

Every club, every school, every hospital, every care home: Mayo bring Sam Maguire to their people

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People

Blindboy unmasked: ‘The thing I’m most afraid of is having to work in an office... so now I work in an office’

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Opinion

Irish Ministers are helping to reshape the EU as a defence alliance with a wartime economy

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August’s Prime Collection opens the door to four exceptional holiday homes – one extraordinary way to live

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Patients can now dispose of unused and out-of-date medicines in any pharmacy

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Mean Girls show cancelled mid-performance after power cut at Bord Gáis Energy Theatre

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Irish woman named as Spanish police await postmortems on couple found dead in hot tub

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Civil servant to face non-jury Special Criminal Court over alleged leaks to foreign handler

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Galway Races Ladies’ Day: ‘Colour and style just adds to everything that’s happening on the track’

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