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Match off: High profile sports and cancellations

The Six Nations' game between Ireland and Italy is not the first sports' event to be cancelled due to unforeseen events

"Fish is usually caught locally and the distance from the catching point to the retailer is usually not long"

Why don't Irish people eat more fish?

"Dust thou art and into dust that shall return". Photo: Mario Tama for Getty Images

When Lent in Ireland meant no sex, music, alcohol or merrymaking

The first Arab winner of the International Booker Prize, Jokha Alharthi, for her novel Celestial Bodies

A guide to the best Arabic literature in translation

"C'mere to me! Well we've all heard of those pure daycent kings of the Spear-Danes from donkeys' years, and how the mad yokes of princes did alright for themselves."

How to translate an Old English poem into Cork slang

"Due to the higher number of medications prescribed to manage chronic diseases, inappropriate prescribing is very common among older people"

Why inappropriate prescribing may be bad for your health

"Avoid doing work in bed, or things that are not associated with enjoyment and relaxation"

5 simple ways to improve your sleep

Irish workers arrive in London in 1951 to work as conductors on London buses Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Why do British people know so little about Ireland?

How tattoos went from acts of rebellion to the mainstream

"Companies need to look at their complicity in real mental health issues". Photo: Getty Images

Do employers really care about staff mental health issues?

Dublin and Donegal players get to know each other during a February 2020 clash at Croke Park

A short history of shemozzles in the GAA

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Podcasts.

"The applications of network science to crime fighting are even more remarkable and this relatively new field of research has proven to be very efficient in studying criminal systems"

How criminal gangs could be stopped by maths

"Pain is a subjective experience. No other person, and no test, can tell who is or is not in pain, or how severe the pain is."

Back pain: are you saying it's all in my head?

A cyclist in Oslo, a city slowly but surely reducing the number of cars in its city centre. Photo: Fredrik Varfjell/AFP/Getty Images

Reclaiming the streets from the car

"Kids don't necessarily need the latest Buzz Lightyear or Woody or Paw Patrol to play"

Why risky play is good for kids

Successful executives are often charismatic, confident and driven, characteristics sometimes linked to Antisocial Personality Disorder

My boss is a psychopath: why bad people get good ...

"There is growing evidence that young players and athletes thrive on a mixture of challenge and support"

Why do so many under-age stars fail to make the ...

Many people believe open-plan offices were devised by Satan in the deepest caverns of hell

How to design a better office

Work & Careers.

"An employer who forces you to come to the office for no reason is doing little more than rubbing in your powerlessness". Photo: iStock

Do I really have to be here? The curse of workplace presenteeism

"Irish Gen Z-ers have expressed apprehensions about their ability to communicate face-to-face and develop functional relationships off-line"

Meet your new workmates: Generation Z's views on work and careers

Why working from home is good for you (and everyone else)

Is your workplace in need of "weirdos and misfits"?

Oh no, not another meeting! Why we need fewer and better meetings

Ireland.

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

'A new conversation about united Ireland could be a win for all'

Edna O'Brien and Louise O'Neill

Country Girls: the ties that link Edna O'Brien and Louise ...

"During times of starvation, it is women who suffer the most." Image: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

How the Great Famine affected Irish women

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

Youths walk past anti-IRA graffiti in Derry the day after journalist Lyra McKee was shot dead. Photo: Charles McQuillan/Getty Images

Why there's still support for dissident republican groups

Northern Ireland

"Ó Riada's work has led to a generic Celtic sound that continues to influence scoring practices in international film"

More than Mise Éire: the film and TV music of ...

Legislative recitals: "a danger of conflict between the actual provisions contained. and its politically-motivated purpose". Photo: Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images

Making laws in Ireland after Brexit

Ideas.

"Some Chinese characters are extremely complicated and can contain up to 58 strokes, while knowledge of a minimum of 3,500 characters is required to understand those used in day-to-day life." Photo: iStock

How hard is it to learn Chinese?

Helen McCrory as Polly Gray in Peaky Blinders: "she dresses to kill (no pun intended) and makes the viewers rethink the term power dressing, all of this contributing to her iconic character."

Why Polly Gray from Peaky Blinders is a feminist icon

How do we explain our likes and dislikes around food?

We're all celebrities now

Celebrity culture

Do we really want 20 hour non-stop flights?

Health & Fitness.

"New skin care products containing probiotics or prebiotics claim a multitude of benefits from delivering healthier more radiant skin to treating conditions like acne, eczema and body odour"

Why is the beauty business getting dirty?

"We can't prevent stress, but we can manage how we respond"

Here's what a teenager has to say about dealing with ...

Pharmaceuticals we are releasing into the environment affect the way microorganisms, plants and animals interact with each other in our waterways.

The drugs which end up in our sewers, drains and ...

"A tan is a reaction to damage in skin cells when it is exposed to too much UV radiation"

5 signs of skin cancer to look out for

"Swimmers think they have nothing to say but as they speak a rich voice emerges from the water, echoing the depth of their own place connection"

The joys of outdoor swimming

"Running shoes are designed in a way that improves running efficiency" Photo: Getty Images

The science behind the running shoes which help you go ...

"The health benefits of exercise won't last if you don't sustain your exercise regime"

9 things people say about exercise that aren't true

Health and Fitness

Climate Change.

Nicole Moore receives treatment from nursing students Lauren Cottle and Maxine Kidd with Sean McDaid from St John Ambulance after she was injured during the Flood Disaster Simulation at Ulster University in 2018. Photo: Martin McKeown/Inpresspics.com

Why nurses should be prepared for climate change

"There are lots of people who think they are recycling properly and who are not"

What really happens to our recycling?

5 ways an Irish household can reduce carbon emissions

How can we deal with rising sea levels and increased flood risk?

How to read the climate history of a bog

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Editor's Choice.

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On your bike: how the bicycle influenced literature and art

Hanging around upside down for 250 years

Roll up, roll up! 250 years of circuses

Will Macnas street theatre rescue the show for Galway 2020?

Why do so many capitals of culture run into problems?