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COLIN GLEESON

JOE BRENNAN

Substitute James Akintunde bagged the all-important goal as Bohemians moved up to third in the Premier Division table with a narrow victory over basement side Dundalk at Dalymount Park last night.

Israel faced growing pressure from allies yesterday to show restraint and avoid an escalation of conflict in the Middle East as it considered how to respond to Iran’s weekend missile and drone attack.

The walls of the exhibition hall are decked with thousands of pieces of paper, like notice boards in supermarkets or university buildings. The images were posted by book illustrators advertising their wares at the Bologna Children’s Book Fair, the world’s largest, held annually in April for the past 61 years.

Sir, – Perhaps it’s time we acknowledged reality and recognised the dandelion as our national flower.

An application to have businessman and former Irish rugby player Brendan Mullin adjudicated bankrupt over an alleged €1.8 million debt has been struck out by the High Court on consent of the sides.

Rhasidat Adeleke has paid tribute to her first coach Johnny Fox, one of the founding members of Tallaght AC , who died over the weekend at the age of 83 after a lifelong service to Irish athletics.

Can you be “massively underpaid” if you’re earning £16.9 million (€19.8 million) per year? Yes, according to AstraZeneca shareholder Rajiv Jain, who told the Financial Times before the firm’s annual general meeting that there was a “compensation issue” at the company and that chief executive Pascal Soriot deserved his proposed £1.8 million pay rise. It was passed on Thursday by shareholders,...

I saw somewhere recently that you were writing about annuities. I will be retiring in four years’ time and I am trying to understand what my options are when I get there. I don’t want to wait until it is just in front of me. I understand how an annuity and a retirement fund work differently, or I think I do. What I don’t really know is why I should choose one or the other. Or is it possible to do

Can you be “massively underpaid” if you’re earning £16.9 million (€19.8 million) per year? Yes, according to AstraZeneca shareholder Rajiv Jain, who told the Financial Times before the firm’s annual general meeting that there was a “compensation issue” at the company and that chief executive Pascal Soriot deserved his proposed £1.8 million pay rise. It was passed on Thursday by shareholders,...

I saw somewhere recently that you were writing about annuities. I will be retiring in four years’ time and I am trying to understand what my options are when I get there. I don’t want to wait until it is just in front of me. I understand how an annuity and a retirement fund work differently, or I think I do. What I don’t really know is why I should choose one or the other. Or is it possible to do

JADE WILSON The National Library of Ireland has acquired a new digital archive of photographs documenting life in Ireland during the Covid-19 pandemic.

SÉAMUS DOWLING Thomas MacCormac and American partner Jade Barrett won the all-Ireland pairs championship (Moylan cup) in Malahide at the weekend, beating Tom Hanlon and John Carroll and Anna Onishuk and Karel De Raeymaeker into second and third places respectively.

Two children who it was claimed were prescribed an antipsychotic drug when they were treated by south Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (Camhs) have settled their High Court actions.

PAUL NEILAN Simeon Burke has had his conviction for a “volatile” breach of the peace following a “melee” at his brother Enoch Burke’s case in the Four Courts in Dublin last year struck out after a judge found there was insufficient evidence of him committing a criminal offence.

Just over a third of 18-29 year-olds who live with their parents have never moved out, according to research from the National Youth Council of Ireland.

ISABEL HAYES A man who “poisoned” his daughter’s youth with years of sexual abuse after they reconnected when she was a child has been jailed for 11½ years.

This month, Japan launched its upgraded warship, the Kaga, from the port city of Kure in Hiroshima prefecture. The repurposed vessel is now a de facto aircraft carrier, capable of hosting up to a dozen American-built F-35 fighter jets.

Q I work in media and am planning to start a postgraduate course next September to expand my skills into other areas. I hadn’t realised how hugely expensive they are, ranging from anywhere between €7,000 and €20,000. It will be a big stretch for me. Is there any grant support is available for postgraduate students?

SARAH BURNS

Ireland is at a critical juncture in attempting to put in place the right circumstances – a mix of policy, regulation and timely issuing of contracts through auctions – for multinational renewable energy companies with big offshore wind energy ambitions to locate in Irish waters.

COLIN GLEESON

EOIN BURKE-KENNEDY

EOIN BURKE-KENNEDY

DEREK SCALLY

On the first morning of the trial of the People of the State of New York versus Donald J Trump, the prospective jurors among the cast of 500 hadn’t even made it to the courtroom when justice Juan Merchan broke for lunch. It is perhaps as well that the courtroom, a drab room on the 15th floor of the austere New York criminal court building, was sealed off from live television coverage because...

Hours after Iran launched a barrage of armed drones and missiles against Israel, Iranian military chiefs declared “mission accomplished”, having implemented a change of tactics designed to restore the Islamic republic’s deterrence.

It’s clear that Raymond Deane, Linda Buckley, Bekah Simms and Rhona Clarke are all composers who revel in the creation of new music. They approach their work in different ways but have one thing in common: they like to concentrate on one piece at a time – even if the potential for what Simms calls “cross-contamination” can’t always be avoided. All have been focusing on their compositions for the...

This time last year, the Central Statistics Office published the results of its Sexual Violence Survey 2022, revealing that four in 10 adults reported experiencing sexual violence in their lifetimes, with women experiencing almost twice the levels of sexual violence as men.