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'I don’t think we do our kids any favours when we just skip over the harder parts of life, like doing homework'
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‘As a parent I know doing homework with primary school kids can be a pain, but it shouldn’t be scrapped’
Homework – the mere mention of the word is guaranteed to strike fear into the hearts of parents and children up and down the country. For the grown-ups of my generation, the word usually triggers a co...
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November 12, 2025 at 6:48 PM
'I don’t think we do our kids any favours when we just skip over the harder parts of life, like doing homework'
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Huge solar storms on surface of the Sun bring Northern Lights to Irish skies www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
Huge solar storms on surface of the Sun bring Northern Lights to Irish skies
Huge solar storms now exploding on the surface of the Sun mean Northern Lights are visible in Irish skies this week.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Huge solar storms on surface of the Sun bring Northern Lights to Irish skies www.independent.ie/irish-news/h...
Volodymyr Zelensky to visit Ireland next month www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...
Volodymyr Zelensky to visit Ireland next month
Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is set for a two-day visit to Ireland next month, the Irish Independent can reveal.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Volodymyr Zelensky to visit Ireland next month www.independent.ie/irish-news/c...
Government accused of ‘sting in the tail’ to middle income workers as €10 budget hike will not apply to new benefit www.independent.ie/irish-news/g...
Government accused of ‘sting in the tail’ to middle income workers as €10 budget hike will not apply to new benefit
The Government has been accused of delivering a “sting in the tail” to middle income workers after it emerged that a €10 budget hike will not apply to a new benefit.
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November 12, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Government accused of ‘sting in the tail’ to middle income workers as €10 budget hike will not apply to new benefit www.independent.ie/irish-news/g...
Deirdre Reynolds: Women should follow Sydney Sweeney’s lead on the art of saying ‘No’ www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
Deirdre Reynolds: Women should follow Sydney Sweeney’s lead on the art of saying ‘No’
Sydney Sweeney may have raised the most Botoxed of brows in a see-through dress at Variety’s Power of Women awards last month.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Deirdre Reynolds: Women should follow Sydney Sweeney’s lead on the art of saying ‘No’ www.independent.ie/opinion/comm...
‘Dead rat discovered under a dishwasher’ among closure orders issued by food safety watchdog in October www.independent.ie/irish-news/d...
‘Dead rat discovered under a dishwasher’ among closure orders issued by food safety watchdog in October
A dead rat discovered under a dishwasher, rat droppings found in a kitchen and mice seen near a deli counter were among the reasons for closure orders issued by the food safety watchdog in October.
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November 12, 2025 at 2:00 PM
‘Dead rat discovered under a dishwasher’ among closure orders issued by food safety watchdog in October www.independent.ie/irish-news/d...
Revenue to collect new derelict tax from property owners under plans to boost housing supply www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Revenue to collect new derelict tax from property owners under plans to boost housing supply
Revenue will be given the powers to collect a proposed new derelict site tax of at least 7pc, under plans to boost housing supply.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Revenue to collect new derelict tax from property owners under plans to boost housing supply www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Minister says housing plan will include ‘opportunities’ for older people to ‘right size’ www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Minister says housing plan will include ‘opportunities’ for older people to ‘right size’
Housing Minister James Browne has said the long-awaited housing plan will include “opportunities” for older people to “right size” on the home they live in.
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November 12, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Minister says housing plan will include ‘opportunities’ for older people to ‘right size’ www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
‘There is no such thing as safety’ – Young people assaulted in homophobic attack in Limerick speak out www.independent.ie/regionals/li...
‘There is no such thing as safety’ – Young people assaulted in homophobic attack in Limerick speak out
At least three homophobic attacks took place in the last week of October across Cork, Limerick and Athlone leaving a number of young people needing medical attention.
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November 12, 2025 at 12:00 PM
‘There is no such thing as safety’ – Young people assaulted in homophobic attack in Limerick speak out www.independent.ie/regionals/li...
Mortgage rates hold steady but are expected to fall in the next few months www.independent.ie/business/mon...
Mortgage rates hold steady but are expected to fall in the next few months
Mortgage rates held steady in September but are due to fall further.
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November 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Mortgage rates hold steady but are expected to fall in the next few months www.independent.ie/business/mon...
Revealed: Fine Gael spin doctors got €1,000 ‘gifts’ for election campaign volunteer work www.independent.ie/irish-news/r...
Revealed: Fine Gael spin doctors got €1,000 ‘gifts’ for election campaign volunteer work
Highly paid Fine Gael government spin doctors got €1,000 gifts for “volunteering” for the last general election campaign, while some low-level party staff got just €500.
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November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Revealed: Fine Gael spin doctors got €1,000 ‘gifts’ for election campaign volunteer work www.independent.ie/irish-news/r...
Failed Gráinne Seoige election bid cost Fianna Fáil nearly double that of her successful running mate’s campaign www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Failed Gráinne Seoige election bid cost Fianna Fáil nearly double that of her successful running mate’s campaign
Fianna Fáil’s failed attempt to get former TV presenter Gráinne Seoige elected to the Dáil cost almost double what the party spent on its successful candidate in the five-seat Galway West…
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November 12, 2025 at 7:04 AM
Failed Gráinne Seoige election bid cost Fianna Fáil nearly double that of her successful running mate’s campaign www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
She’s the Roy Keane of reality TV – why Vogue Williams would be the best on ‘I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!’ www.independent.ie/style/celebr...
She’s the Roy Keane of reality TV – why Vogue Williams would be the best on ‘I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!’
It’s November – a dark and dreary time of year. “No fruits, no flowers, no leaves, no birds! — November!” poet Thomas Hood wrote.
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November 11, 2025 at 5:30 PM
She’s the Roy Keane of reality TV – why Vogue Williams would be the best on ‘I’m a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!’ www.independent.ie/style/celebr...
Dónal Lynch: It’s time to get Tubs in from the wilderness. Like our Prince Harry, we need him back ‘for the plot’ www.independent.ie/style/celebr...
Dónal Lynch: It’s time to get Tubs in from the wilderness. Like our Prince Harry, we need him back ‘for the plot’
All the great soap operas have featured big-name returns. EastEnders had Dirty Den coming back from the dead in 2003. Coronation Street had Vera Duckworth appear like a pre-death vision to Jack. And…
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November 11, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Dónal Lynch: It’s time to get Tubs in from the wilderness. Like our Prince Harry, we need him back ‘for the plot’ www.independent.ie/style/celebr...
I’m A Celebrity 2025 line-up revealed: Kelly Brook, Jack Osbourne but no Vogue Williams – yet www.independent.ie/entertainmen...
I’m A Celebrity 2025 line-up revealed: Kelly Brook, Jack Osbourne but no Vogue Williams – yet
Model Kelly Brook, former England Lionesses footballer Alex Scott and TV personality Jack Osbourne are among the stars taking part in this year’s edition of I’m A Celebrity… Get Me Out Of Here!
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November 11, 2025 at 4:30 PM
I’m A Celebrity 2025 line-up revealed: Kelly Brook, Jack Osbourne but no Vogue Williams – yet www.independent.ie/entertainmen...
Smart electricity meters still baffle consumers with two fifths unaware of how to use them www.independent.ie/business/iri...
Smart electricity meters still baffle consumers with two fifths unaware of how to use them
Two thirds of householders are bamboozled by their smart electricity meter and don’t know how to use them properly, despite the rollout of more than two million of the devices at Irish homes, a new…
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November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Smart electricity meters still baffle consumers with two fifths unaware of how to use them www.independent.ie/business/iri...
Stephen Donnelly’s hike in tobacco licence ‘plucked out of the air,’ court told www.independent.ie/business/sma...
Stephen Donnelly’s hike in tobacco licence ‘plucked out of the air,’ court told
A retailers group has claimed in the High Court that the previous minister for health. Stephen Donnelly, introduced exorbitant new licensing fees for selling tobacco products which were just "plucked…
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November 11, 2025 at 3:30 PM
Stephen Donnelly’s hike in tobacco licence ‘plucked out of the air,’ court told www.independent.ie/business/sma...
More than 450 motorists avoid convictions and penalty points by donating to court poor box www.independent.ie/irish-news/m...
More than 450 motorists avoid convictions and penalty points by donating to court poor box
More than 450 motorists have dodged convictions and avoided getting penalty points on their licences by making a donation to the court poor box since the beginning of 2022, new figures have revealed.
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November 11, 2025 at 3:01 PM
More than 450 motorists avoid convictions and penalty points by donating to court poor box www.independent.ie/irish-news/m...
Michael D Higgins will continue to receive garda protection after leaving Áras an Uachtárain www.independent.ie/irish-news/m...
Michael D Higgins will continue to receive garda protection after leaving Áras an Uachtárain
Michael D Higgins will continue to receive garda protection and will be offered similar supports to former taoisigh after leaving office.
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November 11, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Michael D Higgins will continue to receive garda protection after leaving Áras an Uachtárain www.independent.ie/irish-news/m...
‘People are hungry for authenticity,’ says Catherine Connolly’s head of campaign art on the key ingredient to connecting with voters www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
‘People are hungry for authenticity,’ says Catherine Connolly’s head of campaign art on the key ingredient to connecting with voters
Catherine Connolly will be officially inaugurated today as the 10th Uachtarán na hÉireann at Dublin Castle, four months after throwing her hat into the ring to take up the coveted position of first…
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November 11, 2025 at 2:00 PM
‘People are hungry for authenticity,’ says Catherine Connolly’s head of campaign art on the key ingredient to connecting with voters www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
‘I’m self-employed. Can I join up too?’ – your auto-enrolment pension questions answered www.independent.ie/business/mon...
‘I’m self-employed. Can I join up too?’ – your auto-enrolment pension questions answered
With the commencement of the automatic enrolment of 800,000 workers into pension schemes on January 1, what does it mean for you?
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November 11, 2025 at 1:30 PM
‘I’m self-employed. Can I join up too?’ – your auto-enrolment pension questions answered www.independent.ie/business/mon...
Catherine Connolly officially becomes the 10th president of Ireland www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Catherine Connolly officially becomes the 10th president of Ireland
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November 11, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Catherine Connolly officially becomes the 10th president of Ireland www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
‘People are hungry for authenticity,’ says Catherine Connolly’s head of campaign art on the key ingredient to connecting with voters www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
‘People are hungry for authenticity,’ says Catherine Connolly’s head of campaign art on the key ingredient to connecting with voters
Catherine Connolly will be officially inaugurated today as the 10th Uachtarán na hÉireann at Dublin Castle, four months after throwing her hat into the ring to take up the coveted position of first…
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November 11, 2025 at 12:30 PM
‘People are hungry for authenticity,’ says Catherine Connolly’s head of campaign art on the key ingredient to connecting with voters www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Catherine Connolly arrives at Dublin Castle ahead of her inauguration as Ireland’s 10th president www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
Catherine Connolly arrives at Dublin Castle ahead of her inauguration as Ireland’s 10th president
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November 11, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Catherine Connolly arrives at Dublin Castle ahead of her inauguration as Ireland’s 10th president www.independent.ie/irish-news/p...
‘I’m leaving €50,000 for my animals’ care in my will – what’s the best legal way to do it?’ www.independent.ie/farming/lega...
‘I’m leaving €50,000 for my animals’ care in my will – what’s the best legal way to do it?’
Query: I am preparing my will. I am single, in my 50s, with no children. My estate will primarily be divided among my nieces and nephews.
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November 11, 2025 at 10:30 AM
‘I’m leaving €50,000 for my animals’ care in my will – what’s the best legal way to do it?’ www.independent.ie/farming/lega...