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Publication date:: 2022-08-31

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Social media and social isolation
Sir, – Breda O'Brien ("Friendship beats Bluesky for your mental health", Opinion & Analysis, November 30th) points to an important issue: "Today our troubles stem from the inability to sit and quietly chat in the same room with someone."
You don't know any disabled people? Either you don't know many people or they don't feel safe enough to tell you
Today is International Day of Persons with Disabilities. I can almost see you rolling your eyes, thinking: "Not another dedicated day for people who want to be special."
Ancestry.com moves more than $1bn through Irish business
Ancestry.com, the giant genealogy and DNA website, has routed more than a billion dollars in dividends through its Irish arm in the last two years, newly published accounts show.
Putting on the green jersey
Sir, – The winning performance by our great Ireland rugby team in the game against Australia on Saturday was certainly not their best. And neither was the performance during the whole November series, excepting that against Fiji. Can the problem be the new Irish rugby jersey, which has a dinky little collar, buttoned up tightly, giving a prissy effect, ill-suited to the brave and bold demeanour expected from boys in green? – Yours, etc,
Humphrey Bogart and Lauren Bacall's son on his parents: 'Kids were second to their drinking and partying'
In the spring of 1951, Humphrey Bogart flew across the Atlantic to make The African Queen, John Huston's classic Technicolor yarn about an odd couple on a boat. He took his wife, Lauren Bacall. He took his whisky and his cigarettes. But he left his two-year-old son in the care of the nanny, reasoning that the jungle was dangerous and that he'd only be gone for six months.
Can I really do a long journey in an electric car?
Q. Can I really do a long journey in an EV?
Neutrality and defence
Sir, – There is a a misconception that our neutral status acts as a "golden defence dome", which is total nonsense. Our territorial waters and skies are continuously subject to visits from one particular world power.
My colleague's text - 'l've been eliminated' - spoke for how we all felt in the Green Party
Politics can be heartbreaking at times. Last Saturday evening, a short message came through from a Green Party colleague who had given his all over the last five years. His three words, "l've been eliminated", spoke volumes for how we all felt.
Fine Gael lays out condition for coalition deal with Fianna Fáil as counting finishes in Election 2024
Fine Gael will insist on "parity of esteem" with Fianna Fáil as a basic condition in any coalition agreement, despite a 10-seat gap between the two parties.
Election 2024 – the centre did hold, after all
Sir, – Fintan O'Toole's article recycles the clichéd definition of stupidity as doing the same thing and expecting different results ("Irish voters keep doing the same things and expecting different results, Opinion & Analysis, December 2nd).