Six of the best eco-friendly hotels in Ireland

Six of the best eco-friendly hotels in Ireland

From former castles with sustainable menus to coast-hugging luxury hotels powered by wind turbines,these stays lift the bar.

  • byJulietta Jameson

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How to fit in at an Irish pub:It's not about the beer (or the food)

How to fit in at an Irish pub:It's not about the beer (or the food)

An Irish pub – a proper Irish pub,in Ireland,filled with Irish people – is all about one thing:the craic.

  • byBen Groundwater
Space consultant’s visa cancelled over ‘potential security threat’

Space consultant’s visa cancelled over ‘potential security threat’

Marina Sologub,a Kazakhstan-born Irish citizen,boasted of connections in the top levels of the Irish and Russian governments.

  • byNick McKenzie
Backlash forces retreat of ‘golden visas’ for wealthy foreigners in Europe

Backlash forces retreat of ‘golden visas’ for wealthy foreigners in Europe

For wealthy investors the special visas offered a fast track to easier travel,better lives and even breezier retirements.

  • byCharlie Wells andAlice Kantor
We are capable of doing both Voice and Treaty
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Letters

We are capable of doing both Voice and Treaty

Australians should be capable of enshrining an Indigenous Voice to parliament and negotiating treaty at the same time.

Lunch with ... the man who won marriage equality on two continents

Lunch with ... the man who won marriage equality on two continents

Tiernan Brady spent two-and-a-half years living in Australia working on the 2017 marriage equality campaign,and met his partner in a queue for ice-cream in Sydney. He shares advice on social change campaigns that could apply to the Voice referendum.

  • byCaitlin Fitzsimmons
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Genes spanning 19 centuries show Viking age left its mark on genetics

Genes spanning 19 centuries show Viking age left its mark on genetics

A study by Stockholm University molecular archaeologists explores the genetic dynamics of people in Norway,Sweden and Denmark dating back two millennia.

  • byWill Dunham
‘One can dream’:AFLW player joins Melbourne Victory,eyes World Cup

‘One can dream’:AFLW player joins Melbourne Victory,eyes World Cup

Melbourne Victory have signed Collingwood’s Irish AFLW star Sarah Rowe as the cross-code athlete eyes a once-unlikely bolt into Ireland’s Women’s World Cup squad.

  • byAnna Harrington
NSW must move urgently to raise age of criminal responsibility
Editorial
Crime

NSW must move urgently to raise age of criminal responsibility

The Northern Territory and the ACT stand alone in taking steps to raise the age of criminal responsibility. NSW needs to take swift and decisive action.

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The day I had a beer with Lord Lucan ... I think
Opinion
Crime

The day I had a beer with Lord Lucan ... I think

It all came back this week with the news that a computer scientist claimed to have verified that a pensioner living in Brisbane was the one and only aristocrat who had vanished,suspected of murder.

  • byReg Lynch
‘Earn the right’:No death or glory run-rate charge by Australia

‘Earn the right’:No death or glory run-rate charge by Australia

Twenty20 captain Aaron Finch insists Australia will avoid a wild batting display against Ireland despite the home side’s poor run rate.

  • byMalcolm Conn