1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1669+ words) French toast is offered to visitors at Drumcree Community Centre in Portadown when they walk through its doors on a mild-September morning. Sunflowers grow outside the whitewashed building where children’s scooters are abandoned beside wooden swings on a grassy play…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago   (544+ words) Construction tycoon Maurice Regan has bought a castle in Co Meath and its surrounding 236 acres of land that was formerly owned by builder Gerry Gannon. The purchase by Regan of Dangan Castle, the childhood home of Arthur Wellesley, the Duke…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (1759+ words) It is the last day of Ellen Curran’s summer internship at Deloitte when she logs on to a Microsoft Teams meeting to speak to The Irish Times. The meeting is scheduled for 2pm, so there is only a few hours left…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (830+ words) The Irish Times Under new citizenship proposals, my 4.5 years in Ireland are being erased I have completed a master’s degree, built a career and paid Irish taxes throughout Sir, – Time spent in Ireland under the Temporary Protection Directive…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (479+ words) There will be a number of road closures and diversions in Dublin city and Doonbeg, Co Clare, to facilitate US president Donald Trump’s visit this weekend. Trump is expected to arrive in Dublin early on Saturday morning before travelling to…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (245+ words) Sir, – I wish to concur with your correspondences (Letters, September 9th) and express the sadness I felt on reading Heather Humphreys’s article (“I don’t regret running for president. I do regret the sectarian undercurrent it exposed”, Opinion, September 5th). During her election…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (926+ words) These changes would make the immigration system increasingly punitive in ways that have no clear benefit and seem driven more by a response to international anti-immigration agitation than by clear policymaking. “I want to see more citizens, but I’m trying…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (541+ words) Of 12 teenagers before Dublin Children’s Court on Wednesday, facing charges including for theft, assault, stealing cars, possession of drugs, and carrying weapons, just one had a solicitor due to the ongoing strike over legal aid reforms. Several, aged between 16 and…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (897+ words) Starting your first job out of college comes with a mix of excitement and nervousness. While you will be trained for how to do the job, nobody hands you a manual for workplace culture, salary negotiation, or how to spot…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (178+ words) Sir, – Why is the Government considering a policy that risks alienating people that Ireland urgently needs to retain (“Rules for seeking citizenship to be tightened under new proposals”, News, September 7th)? I am Irish by birth but my partner is an…...