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Sunday, 30 August, 2026

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Airbnb manager said he was unlawfully fired despite ‘very positive’ performance review

Jonathan Pugliese, who led Airbnb’s premium French support team in Ireland, took High Court proceedings against the company

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Ireland

A padded cell, an iron lung and Napoleon’s toothbrush: wonders await in planned medical museum

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Film

Domhnall Gleeson: ‘My life in Ireland means too much to me. It’s no sacrifice to live here’

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Gaelic Games

Malachy Clerkin: If you’re coaching kids with your county in mind, you’re just as transactional as Aussie Rules

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Your Wellness

There’s a person in my life who is cold and rude to me – so why do I still want to please her?

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People

Actor Olwen Fouéré: ‘I firmly believe we are in the last days of the Anthropocene’

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‘It’s very fraught. I was super fond of Graham Linehan’: Jon Ronson on his book about men spiralling

The Castle was inspired by Ronson’s son finding himself in the home of an heir ‘trying to be Hugh Hefner at the worst moment in human history to be Hugh Hefner’

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Crime & Law

Male arrested after man found dead next to seriously injured child in Co Tyrone

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Social Affairs

Further strike action at Oberstown averted after staff accept proposals

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Troy Parrott makes first start for Real Betis in Levante defeat

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‘It was my saviour’: Dublin gay dining club celebrates 25 years

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Culture

‘Print is a great way of delivering powerful, direct messages. It’s more meaningful than looking at a screen’

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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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Singer-songwriter Cat Dowling dies aged 54

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Actor Olwen Fouéré: ‘I firmly believe we are in the last days of the Anthropocene’

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Former RTÉ presenter Keith Walsh sues broadcaster for ‘unfair dismissal’

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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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Ireland will be united, says former British prime minister Gordon Brown

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