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From paper to pixels, how the 1926 Census was brought to life

It took many years to conserve, digitise and index millions of records to get the 1926 Census ready for publication

Young woman calculating domestic bills, checking graphs and invoices while working from home

Are you due a tax refund? 3 tax credits you may not know about

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How to fix Ireland's early childhood education and care sector

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'You have to look beneath the road to understand potholes'

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How rural areas are the 'front line' in electrifying transport

New build housing development with clear blue sky

Here's what CSO data tells us about housing in Ireland

Queuing for petrol in 1970s' Dublin. Photo: Independent News and Media/Getty Images

How Ireland dealt with the oil and energy shocks of the 1970s

Caucasian college student reading whiteboard

Are maths grinds a good idea for Leaving Cert students?

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Why finding the perfect pair of jeans still remains elusive

Medium wide shot low angle portrait of luchador in ring during lucha libre match in stadium

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Thom McGinty at the Macnas parade during the Galway Arts Festival in 1993. Photo: Macnas Archive/University of Galway Library

Thom McGinty: remembering the man behind the iconic Diceman

A caucasian woman suffering from a cold uses a tissue to blow her nose while standing in a green natural park environment — captured in soft daylight, conveying stage 1 runny nose symptoms.

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The known drawbacks to forcing employees to return to the office were likely to more than offset the potential gains associated with RTO policies. Photo: Getty Images

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Work and careers

US President Donald Trump (R) and Taoiseach Micheál Martin at the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC

How will Iran war affect Ireland's EU presidency?

EDMONTON, CANADA AUGUST 5: Boxes of Apple iPhone 13 and the latest iPhone 16 series displayed in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, on August 5, 2025. (Photo by Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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1926 Census

Motorists pedestrians and cyclists on Donnybrook Road in Dublin 1926

How the new Irish Free State counted the population in 1926

The complete catalogue of the 1926 Census

From paper to pixels, how the 1926 Census was brought to life

Black and white photo of Irish families outside of thatched cottages

Why the census is integral to Ireland's past, present and future

Will your census return be causing a stir in 2122?

Why your census form will be of interest 100 years from now

The 1926 Census was the first census of the Irish Free State and contains 700,000 household returns

1926 census to be available online after digitisation

Work & Careers

WorkTok is a place where jobs transform into stories, and everyday workdays become moments worth reflecting on. Photo: Getty Images

How young workers are redefining the meaning of work with WorkTok

Work and careers

The known drawbacks to forcing employees to return to the office were likely to more than offset the potential gains associated with RTO policies. Photo: Getty Images

Why return to office policies are all pain and no gain

Work and careers

woman laptop balcony office outside

How to game your job application to beat HR's AI machine

Work and careers

Tearful Businesswoman Being Consoled by a Colleague Sitting at a Table in an Office Canteen

How to support workers who experience pregnancy loss

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Why AI's business problems will be bad news for Irish jobs

Work and careers

Four women working in a business meeting in a cafe coffee shop Photo by LinkedIn Sales Solutions on Unsplash

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Work and careers

'Poor workplace mental health comes at a steep cost globally.' Photo: This Is Engineering/Unsplash

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Charles Stewart Parnell: using the 'West Briton' term to throw some shade at a political opponent

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'Psychologists have shown that many people get 'anchored' by the minimum repayment amount on their credit card and pay only that amount and no more'

3 common traps to avoid with loans and credit cards

Supporters make their way down Jones' Road before 2025 All-Ireland hurling final

Where are the future strongholds of Gaelic games?

All you need to know about voice spoofing and audio deepfakes

'While technology kept the lights on during the emergency remote teaching of the pandemic, it also allowed big tech to greatly increase its digital footprint in schools.' Photo: Getty Images

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Ireland

stonelifters co waterford may 2015

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Queuing for petrol in 1970s' Dublin. Photo: Independent News and Media/Getty Images

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Motorists pedestrians and cyclists on Donnybrook Road in Dublin 1926

How the new Irish Free State counted the population in 1926

A Child of Prague statue in the window of a Co Clare home. Photo: John Greim/LightRocket via Getty Images

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Do you still have your iodine tablets?

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Early map of Ballyshannon by John Baxter, c. 1600 (National Maritime Museum, Greenwich)

The rise and fall of Ballyshannon port

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A worker walks past stored wind turbine blades at the Harland & Wolff shipyard in Belfast in 2008. Photo: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images

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Medium wide shot low angle portrait of luchador in ring during lucha libre match in stadium

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