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Why do so many young sports stars fail to become Superchamps?

Supporting young athletes to rise to the challenge will give them a better chance to succeed at the elite level

The way it used to be: Toomey's pub, Hollywood, Co Wicklow (now the Hollywood Inn). Photo: Hans Silvester/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images

The death of the Irish rural publican

"The ratio of government social protection expenditure to GDP in 2017 varied considerably across EU member states from 9.5% in Ireland to nearly a quarter in Finland"

How Ireland's spending on welfare compares to the rest of Europe

Home Babies by Alison Lowry from (A)dressing Our Hidden Truths at the National Museum of Ireland

Shining a light on Ireland's hidden history of abuse

Magdalene Laundries

""Whilst the majority of the population experience good mental health, there remains a significant minority for whom trauma exposure has led to severe and enduring mental illness" Photo: Jnoz Balzs/ EyeE/Getty

"Protestants keep toasters in the cupboard"

The $11m kid: toy reviewer Ryan from Ryan ToysReview. Photo: Kevin Winter/Getty Images

So you want to be a social media influencer....

Some of the artworks and relics rescued from Notre-Dame Cathedral at the Hotel de Ville in Paris

Notre-Dame's rescued relics, faith and Paris

Notre Dame Cathedral

Crowds gather on Dublin's O'Connell Bridge to mark the new republic in 1949. Photo: Getty Images

Up the republic! How Ireland became a republic 70 years ago

The Disney poster for 1953's Peter Pan. Photo: LMPC via Getty Images

The Disney effect: how film adaptations reinforce social norms

An Indian vendor arranges photos of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party president M. K. Stalin during an election rallyin Sriperumbudur in the Tamil Nadu state. Photo: Arun Sankar/AFP/Getty Images

Why India's elections are the biggest political event of 2019

"There is little that we can do at this stage to avoid exposure to micro and nanoplastics in water and food"

What are the health implications of plastics?

More Brainstorm

Ireland.

"Whatever the merits of lifting the restrictions on blood relationships, it is the legitimacy of the prohibitions on the basis of affinity that is especially open to question in Ireland"

Do you take your sister-in-law as your lawfully wedded wife?

A Wedding Dance (1848) by Daniel MacDonald. Photo: Crawford Art Gallery, Cork

Say yes to the dress: Irish wedding traditions back in the day

Will higher GAA ticket prices mean less fans at matches?

How the Hirschfeld Centre transformed Ireland's gay scene

Did a medieval Irish manuscript uncover a new word of Old Dutch?

Ideas.

"You should never call a psychopath a psychopath. It upsets them." Jodie Comer as Villanelle in Killing Eve

5 things you didn't know about psychopaths like Villanelle

The periodic table: "a landmark event that was to transform chemistry from a tangle of disorganised facts into a disciplined science". Photo: iStock

The afternoon nap which changed the world of chemistry

Everybody dance: can animals feel the beat?

Just what does luxury mean in 2019?

From Elvis to The Muppets, the story of "Danny Boy"

st patricks day

Brexit.

The ayes have it: You're going to miss this lad when it's all over

'We're fed up of Brexit, yet we can't get enough of it'

"Every EU citizen has a right to vote in elections to the European Parliament. While the UK is still a member state, its citizens remain EU citizens."

Why the UK may have to vote in European elections ...

European Elections

"Ireland's experience on the Nice Treaty is a perfect example of autonomy and good democratic procedures in practice, something that the UK may want to learn from and imitate"

Here's the moral case for a second Brexit referendum

"Brexit has inevitably invited reflection about the constitutional future of this island"

'A new conversation about united Ireland could be a win ...

"While some businesses do not have direct links with the UK, they will be affected by any contraction of the Irish economy in the aftermath of Brexit."

The big impact of Brexit on Ireland's small businesses

Delia Breen, who works in a money exchange office at the border between Newry and Dundalk. Photo: Paul Faith/AFP /Getty Images

What will happen to cross-border shopping after Brexit?

Cross-border shopping

"In the post-colonial era, the old imperial arrogance is no longer supported by ruthless pragmatism, but by blundering incompetence."

Chaos, incompetence, decline: Brexit and the British government

Climate change.

Turning green: "the Committee has provided a forum for serious and sustained political engagement on climate change in a way that was profoundly lacking in the past"

What's in Ireland's landmark climate change report?

A message on climate change from Swedish activist Greta Thunberg

"The worst in Europe": Ireland's climate and energy to-do list

Why we need a carbon tax

Strike on here: why young people are striking for climate action

Climate change and the law

More Climate change

Editor's Choice.

"What exactly makes AOC unique?" Photo: Getty Images

There's something about AOC

"The Islamic finance industry has seen consistent growth in size since its contemporary re-emergence in rural Egypt in the 1960s"

What is Islamic finance - and what has Ireland done about it?

Michael Jackson: in the Leaving Neverland documentary, In the documentary, James Safechuck and Wade Robson allege that they were sexually abused by Jackson

Why we should turn off the music and film made by alleged abusers