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www.irishtimes.com/food/2025/11...
100 great restaurants, cafes and places to eat around Ireland for Winter 2025
From Michelin dining to casual bites and new openings to beloved classics, this is a list to bookmark
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November 7, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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www.theguardian.com/music/2025/o...
‘It’s dark in the US right now. But I turn on a light, you know?’: Mavis Staples on Prince, Martin Luther King and her 75-year singing career
As she releases a new album, the soul and gospel legend answers your questions on Stax Records, duetting with David Byrne, and the fight for civil rights
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October 30, 2025 at 6:13 PM
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The Supremes, Marcus Garvey, Tupac Shakur: the cultural figures who inspired our Black History Month panel | Lenny Henry, Zeinab Badawi, Yolanda Brown and others
At the end of Black History Month, our panel reveal the influences that helped them shape their beliefs and identities
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October 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
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My cultural awakening: ‘The Specials helped me to stop fixating on death’
After several people close to me died I became obsessed with fitness and gripped by panic attacks. But then a ska cover taught me life doesn’t have to be serious all the time
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October 18, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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The Irish language is a joy not a burden: in what other tongue is a penis a wild carrot? | Una Mullally
Record numbers of pupils are seeking opt-outs from compulsory learning. This is misguided – Irish is a portal to a world of imagination, says journalist Una Mullally
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October 3, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025... another important story by the detail’s Luke Butterly
Northern Ireland at risk of race riot ‘permacrisis’, government files warn
Officials fear widespread unrest amid violence and intimidation of ethnic minorities
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September 20, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Israel attack on Yemeni newspaper was second deadliest on journalists ever recorded
Press freedom group says ‘brutal and unjustified attack’ is deadliest since 2009 Maguindanao massacre in Philippines
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September 20, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Israel is forcing us to leave Gaza City. We know they may never let us return
The Guardian’s reporter in Gaza describes the dilemma facing her family and others, many hungry, penniless and without transport
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September 11, 2025 at 5:56 AM
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Global press freedom suffers sharpest fall in 50 years, report finds
The International IDEA’s survey of democratic markers finds US is offering ‘encouragement’ to populist leaders
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September 11, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/politic... important story by Detail’s Luke Butterly. sixth time
PSNI has misled or withheld evidence of journalist surveillance from judges in Birney/McCaffrey case. Clear evidence that this is PSNI policy not cock ups. #journalismisnotacrime
Unlawful surveillance of NI journalists was withheld from watchdog by PSNI
Covert surveillance operations targeting journalists, including one later ruled unlawful, were withheld from the UK’s surveillance watchdog, it can be revealed.
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September 8, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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Israel destroys second Gaza high-rise as military kills another 56 Palestinians, including aid-seekers
September 7, 2025 at 7:09 AM
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'Exhausted, hungry, and scared': What it's like to be a journalist in Gaza
Palestinian journalists give the BBC first-hand accounts of the hardship and dangers they face while reporting on the war.
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August 27, 2025 at 11:42 PM
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August 26, 2025 at 3:45 PM
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www.theguardian.com/books/2025/a...
Banned! The 20 books they didn’t want you to read
From Instagram poetry to Greek classics, the works of fiction that have caused uproar through history – and into the present
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August 26, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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Ben Jennings on the journalists killed in Gaza – cartoon
Five journalists were among at least 20 people killed on Monday by Israeli strikes on Nasser hospital in southern Gaza
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August 26, 2025 at 2:20 PM
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UN human rights agency says Gaza famine is direct result of Israel’s actions and may amount to war crime – Israel-Gaza war latest updates
A report by Forensic Architecture and the World Peace Foundation says Israel has dismantled the proven model of aid distribution
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August 22, 2025 at 11:47 AM
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Journalists protest over press death toll in Gaza amid accusations of Israeli ‘media blackout’ strategy
At least 190 media workers killed amid calls for investigation into actions of Israeli government
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August 16, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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Israeli unit tasked with smearing Gaza journalists as Hamas fighters – report
Israeli-Palestinian magazine says IDF ‘legitimisation cell’ set up to blunt global outrage over killing of media staff
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August 15, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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www.theguardian.com/film/2025/au...
Sinéad O’Connor biopic in the works produced by company behind Slow Horses
The film about the Irish singer who died in 2023 will be directed by Josephine Decker, with involvement from Slow Horses producers See-Saw
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August 15, 2025 at 6:48 AM
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Palestinian reporters killed, international reporters banned – Israel’s other Gaza war is over narrative
Members of press and influencers covering devastation are being silenced despite protection under international law
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August 12, 2025 at 5:40 AM
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www.theguardian.com/music/2025/a...
Kevin Rowland: ‘If I could bring something extinct back to life it would be the Labour party’
The Dexys Midnight Runners singer on being arrested 15 times, a crushing comment from his dad and a lesson from Shakespeare
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August 9, 2025 at 9:57 AM
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‘I must document everything’: the film about the Palestinian photographer killed by missiles in Gaza
Fatma Hassouna used poetry and photography to record the death and devastation she saw daily. Was she targeted by the IDF? We speak to the director of Put Your Soul on Your Hand and Walk, a film about...
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August 7, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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50 Irish movie classics available to watch free online
Looking for a good movie to watch tonight? Right now, you can stream a variety of Irish screen classics old and new via the RTÉ Player and TG4 Player - and they're all free!
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July 13, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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www.irishtimes.com/opinion/an-i...
As a Labrador swam by me out to sea his owner said ‘I hope he doesn’t meet a seal’. I later learned why
He seems to have an irrepressible urge to shepherd his owner back to shore
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July 4, 2025 at 7:32 AM
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Talking about Christian Zionism, Messianic Christians and Northern Ireland with @valtglas.bsky.social on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

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Blue and green cover of the book "Judaizing Christianity and Christian Zionism in Northern Ireland" by Véronique Altglas
June 24, 2025 at 10:17 PM