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• A wait of many decades to meet my mother

  When I was adopted from Castlepollard Mother and Baby Home in 1967, adoption was at its peak. Some 97 per cent of babies born to unmarried mothers that year were adopted. No one expected that we would grow up wanting and needing to find our mothers.

• Hilary Mantel obituary: prizewinning author who brought history alive in her novels

  Born: July 6th, 1952

• The Long Covid Plan for Ireland: Is it too little, too late?

  Covid-19 hit Ireland in early 2020, with Irish citizens bringing back Covid-19 from ski trips to Northern Italy. Following the first admission of patients to the national isolation unit located at the Mater hospital in Dublin in early March, patients began becoming critically unwell, They presented with respiratory distress, requiring ICU admissions and often support on breathing machines.

• Lower-income households will be worse off unless budget one-off payments are repeated, ESRI warns

  Many lower-income households will experience real cuts in living standards in the latter half of 2023, the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) has warned, unless the Government rolls over the range of welfare bonuses, lump-sum payments and household energy credits unveiled in the budget this week.

• 'Significant momentum' behind HealthBeacon as revenues surge

  Digital therapeutics company HealthBeacon saw the business gather "significant momentum" in the first half of 2022, reporting an increase in revenues and an expansion of its client base in interim results published on Friday.

• 'We've laughed together, we've cried together': Trevor Noah steps down as host of The Daily Show

  Trevor Noah has announced he will be stepping down as host of The Daily Show after seven years at the helm.

• Women of honour refused access to interim report detailing abuse in Defence Forces

  An interim report on sexual abuse, harassment and discrimination in the Defence Forces will not be published or made available to the women who first brought the allegations to light.

• New Accenture digital art bursary winner explores our online identity

  For the 30th anniversary of the annual Business to Arts Awards, Accenture became the exclusive Innovation Partner and at the same time developed a bursary aimed at supporting an artist creating work exclusively in the digital space. As the ways in which artists can respond to and engage with technology to create and disseminate their work increase, there can be limitations when it comes to sourcing technical equipment, engaging with expert collaborators, or building skills in complex applications or programmes.

• URC preview: In-form Ulster seek prized Leinster scalp in Belfast

  Ulster v Leinster. Venue: Kingspan Stadium, Belfast. Kick-off: 7.35pm. On TV: Live on BBC NI, RTÉ and Premier Sports.

• Hilary Fannin: The nuns split us into girls who did science and girls who did domestic science

  When I started secondary school in the convent by the sea in 1873 (sorry, I mean 1973), the Dominican nuns (a gentler order than my previous educators) divided us young teenagers into two groups. There were the girls who did science and there were the girls who did domestic science. The girls who did science eviscerated frogs and learned about atoms and sperm and infinity and stuff, while we in the domestic science cohort barged full whack into rock buns.

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• 'I have far too many stories': 30 Irish women on harassment and assault

  The Sarah Everard case in London has prompted much discussion about women's safety. The Irish Times asked if women would share their experiences of being harassed, assaulted or worse, in villages, towns and cities around ireland. there was a huge response. Thank you for all the submissions. Here...

• Aggravated burglary: The rise of a 'nasty' crime

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• Child protection workers 'don't shrug it off in the car on the way home'

  When Paul Harrison was growing up in north Dublin, he could hear the Artane Boys Band rehearsing from the family's back garden. His mother used to tell him the source of that music, the Artane industrial school run by the Christian Brothers, was where "the bad boys go" and, in moments of...

• Some sectors have grown in pandemic

  It's an ill wind that blows nobody some good and the pandemic has certainly been uneven in its impact. While some sectors such as hospitality and the night-time economy have been subject to lengthy closures and near devastation, others have prospered as a result of changing consumer habits and the...

• Joe Canning: Needless rules put in place by fussy and regimental GAA

  I've been involved in Gaelic games for most of my life but I still find myself constantly puzzled by the peculiarities within the association....

• My mother's daughter: Mum kept her painful secret for 30 years

  As a child, I was something of an amateur sleuth. I never liked the word nosy, it held negative connotations for just being curious or inquisitive. It was the early 1980s and I, along with many others, was a big fan of Jessica Fletcher and Perry Mason and, inspired by them, took every opportunity...

• Court challenge over Waterford Traveller accommodation resolved

  A High Court challenge over a decision by Waterford Council's elected members not to develop Traveller accommodation in the city has been resolved....