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Why do some people get 'hangry' more quickly than others?

Researchers found some surprising results when they looked at why some people are better than others at reacting calmly when hunger strikes

Sick woman blowing her nose with tissue paper at home, suffering from allergy or flu

Do you have a bug, cold or flu? You're not alone this season

Lego Smart Brick

Lego's Smart Bricks: 'the obvious next step in creative play'

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How digital banking is not having benefits for Irish households

Ittoqqortoormiit Village - Greenland

A guide to Greenland's natural resources beneath the ice

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What happens when AI takes over HR?

Work and careers

Concept of cash envelopes system for savings, Euro banknotes in a craft envelope for categories.

Do you know what financial terms mean without asking ChatGPT?

outdoors nature winter

7 reasons to go outside to engage with winter's natural wonders

Northern Lights showing shades of green and red over trees in skies over Tipperary

How Northern Lights have fascinated Irish people for centuries

Two families are enjoying a low-budget trip away from the city, glamping at a suburban campground they had reserved via the Internet.

Irish skies 2026: meteor showers, eclipses & planetary spectacles

Tullamore Women's Shed

Why women are taking to the sheds in Ireland

Female in warm coat and knitted hat holding smart phone and walking in park.

Do high price tags really mean a better quality t-shirt or coat?

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Why are pints so pricey in Ireland?

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What does EU's U-turn on petrol & diesel cars mean for drivers?

Mans hand holding a mobile phone.

How loneliness and isolation can fuel anti-democratic attitudes

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Work & Careers

A man in a waiting room

Putting a CV together? Why honesty may not be the best policy

Work and careers

Stripe co-founder John Collison

Should you take advice from a billionaire businessman?

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5 ways to make your day at work feel better

Work and careers

'In a dynamic, ever-changing work world, we need to adopt a lifelong learner mindset and be committed to engaging in upskilling'. Photo: Getty Images

Want a new job? Here's how to upskill or reskill for free in 2026

Work and careers

'The benefits and drawbacks of hybrid working are still contested because there is insufficient evidence from which bosses can determine when, where and for whom hybrid working is beneficial.'

What are the workplace trends we're going to see in 2026?

Work and careers

Three people having a meeting in an office

Should you tell your employer about your chronic illness?

Work and careers

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Do you trust people to do the right thing at work or at home?

Your Money

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Why are pints so pricey in Ireland?

Rear view shot of a female customer looking and choosing fresh bottled milk while standing in front of a display fridge full of diary products in supermarket.

Will Ireland see a supermarket price war in 2026?

a woman in a supermarket with a shopping trolley using her phone

Do you feel €50 is the new €20 when you go grocery shopping?

A stock omage of a woman inserting a card into an ATM

Are you really more likely to get divorced than switch banks?

Have you claimed all your credits and expenses (dogs not included yet)? Photo: Getty Images

How to take control of your taxes in 2026

History

A general view of a residential area of Greenland's capital Nuuk. Photo: Odd Andersen/AFP

A short history of US interest in Greenland

Mary and Seamus McGee

Why Mary McGee's legal case was a landmark in Irish history

The record breakers: the 14 Kilcornan players who took part in the 60 hour football marathon in 1986.

The story of the Gaelic football match that lasted 60 hours

Sir Thomas Esmonde (L) arriving at the first meeting of Seanad Éireann in December 1922 with Dr George Sigerson

Inside the Civil War diaries of Sir Thomas Henry Grattan Esmonde

A trader in Moore Street Dublin, circa 1962 (Part of the Independent Newspapers Ireland/NLI Collection). . (Photo by Independent News and Media/Getty Images)

When running a stall on Moore Street is the family business

Clery's on Dublin's O'Connell Street: the store arrived in 1853 amidst great controversy as small retailers objected to the arrival of the 'department store'

Under Clery's clock: the history and legacy of the Dublin store

Constance Markievicz Dublin 1922

How Irish revolutionaries used French language to secure support

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Tullamore Women's Shed

Why women are taking to the sheds in Ireland

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All you ever wanted to know about emergency planning

Emergency Planning

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

Where are the future strongholds of Gaelic games?

Is time really on your side as the song goes?

Where does the time go?

Participants at the Cearta Irish-language protest marching from Parnell Square

Cad é an scéal leis an nGaeilge?

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Two families are enjoying a low-budget trip away from the city, glamping at a suburban campground they had reserved via the Internet.

Irish skies 2026: meteor showers, eclipses & planetary spectacles

WASHINGTON, DC - JANUARY 11: U.S. President Donald Trump walks on the South Lawn after he landed at the White House on January 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. President Trump returned to the White House from spending his weekend at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, F

How did the US become the main threat to the future of NATO?

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

What can be done with 11,000 tons of used wind turbine blades?

An adorable smiling Caucasian child having a meal together with her family.

5 steps to building lifelong healthy eating habits for your kids

What does EU's U-turn on petrol & diesel cars mean for drivers?

Caucasian man is working at his home office while presenting the new project using digital tablet in the online meeting with his team and customer for freelance and entrepreneur business

How social media influencers have transformed financial markets

Financial markets