Louvre heist thieves take note: Irish crown jewels were never found and culprits never caught
Plus: An Post still not using Eircodes, a good in with the Arts Council and Gaza solidarity where buffalo roam
Stephen Donnelly swoops to the rescue of UK healthcare citing his triumphs in Ireland
Plus: man with great flat aghast at 'Lilliputian' flats and a failed tax rebellion to keep an eye on
Ryder Cup’s tourist-trap ticket packages may boost local economy, but not local attendance
Plus: Barry Heneghan double jobs from Gaza flotilla, pipers fill their bags and Declan Ganley gains an ally
Lyse Doucet, foreign correspondent: ‘You have to keep returning to the heat and the dust. Really feel the story’
Veteran BBC journalist still gets `the pang’ to be at the heart of big stories
Heather Humphreys pledges to learn Irish – 11 years after pledge to learn Irish
Plus: Patrick Collison’s intellectual history, Jim Gavin’s gardening chops and a possible medal conspiracy
After an unsettled week, Joanna Donnelly has an outbreak of sense
Plus: What Michael D Higgins really thinks about Bob Geldof, celeb spotting and some Irish thought leadership
Solve two Dublin problems in one go: put Molly Malone on Daniel O’Connell’s plinth
Plus: Fine Gael’s summer of fun, a bad year for trout and a good opportunity for the ríomhaire
A prima facie case of judges at odds over Latin
Plus: a Leeds MP’s chatbot struggles with our Irish-themed questions; Pope Leo’s Duolingo streak; and a US TikTok star discovers Kerry GAA
The show mustn’t go on for RTÉ underperformers, say RTÉ news staff
Plus: Fungus inspired by octopus; and what hens behind bars tell us about Mountjoy Prison
Dracula author’s Dublin birthplace available for €400 a night on Airbnb
Plus Catherine Connolly’s limo life, national anthem lessons and a recession-busting ruse in waiting
The Da Vinci dentist: west Cork man finds secret of 500-year-old drawing in the jaw
Plus: Papal knights, Conor McGregor’s involuntary retirement and a welcome to the golfing ambassador
Trinity College Dublin issues €1m pest control tender to help tackle rats, bed bugs - and ‘booklice’
Plus Rex Ryan, son of the late Gerry Ryan, plays the Monk, the new Beanie Babies and a grass-cutting row
Killiney WhatsApp chats ablaze again with a new debate about goats
Plus Joe Biden causes concern, who runs Ireland and did Leopold Bloom shoot JFK?
Zlatan wins the aerial battle but Michael D Higgins still comes home with another striking prize
Plus: Bloomsday hits Tehran (despite Ulysses ban); a great gig for tunnelling experts; and Norman naysayer Aengus Ó Snodaigh
Dragons denied: Niall O’Farrell becomes the latest TV entrepreneur to face money woes
Plus: former Mary Lavin home back on market; John Collison’s castle life; and Declan Ganley’s conservative Roman party













