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Why are Irish households not using dynamic electricity tariffs?

Electricity suppliers have had to provide these tariffs since June, but most people have not noticed that they're on offer and can save them money

ChatGPT used to create a mockup poster for a generic fast food restaurant

Why did bland and horrible AI design slop become so widespead?

Mosaic of Mick the Miller outside AFC Wimbledon. Image credit: Siobhán Doyle

How 'the runt of the litter' became champion dog Mick the Miller

Business team in office having discussion during break. Male and female business professionals having meeting inside office during coffee break.

Why workplaces judge how you look & speak rather than what you do

Work and careers

Why have time experts stopped adding extra seconds to our clocks?

Mother breastfeeding her baby on the sofa

What did Adam Smith know about breastfeeding?

Top down picture of university students studying in a circle, sitting on red chairs and using laptops, books and notepads (Getty Images)

Do you need an 'admin night' with friends to fix your finances?

Ukrainian firefighters extinguish a blaze at the site of a Russian missile strike at an apartment building in Kyiv

'There are no rules now': how Russia is waging war on Ukraine

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Why slow jogging may be the perfect fitness trend for you

Dublin Airport planes and terminal

Will lower Dublin Airport passenger charges make flying cheaper?

Young Boy Wearing Canadian Flag at Canada Day in Jasper, Alberta, Canada. He is waving with a small flag to the firefighter truck in the city.

Will Alberta vote today to leave Canada?

Close-up on a waitress serving a plate of food at a restaurant – food service concepts

Can a review make or break an Irish restaurant?

woman sitting office computer

What does sitting all day do to your body?

A soldier operates a drone that was blessed by military chaplain Father Stepan before launch in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on April 8, 2026. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, military chaplain Father Stepan visited the Gara strike drone pilots of the

Why has Starlink internet become so crucial in Ukraine's war?

Bâteau chasseur de mines de la marine britannique parcourant le Canal de Suez, à Port-Saïd, Egypte, le 30 novembre 1956. (Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

What history tells us about the closure of vital waterways

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Dublin Marathon 2026

"You will take about 40,000 steps during the marathon."

What happens to your body when you run a marathon?

Ireland's Bertie Messitt leads the way during the marathon at the Rome Olympic Games in 1960 from Abebe Bikila, Allal Saoudi, Aurele Vandendriessche, Rhadi Ben Abdesselam and Arthur Keily. Photo: Hulton Archive/Getty Images

Meet Bertie Messett, the bus conductor behind the Dublin marathon

Dublin Marathon

Man running in a park

How to run a successful marathon

A general view of the start of the 2024 Irish Life Dublin Marathon.

Why you need a plan to prevent the post-marathon blues

Dublin Marathon

Dublin , Ireland - 29 October 2017; Siobhan Hanratty celebrates finishing the SSE Airtricity Dublin Marathon 2017 in Dublin City. 20,000 runners took to the Fitzwilliam Square start line to participate in the 38th running of the SSE Airtricity Dublin Mara

Why the benefits of running a marathon are undervalued

Dublin Marathon

'While setting a goal is relatively easy, achieving it is much more difficult and many will have fallen short of achieving that goal when (or if!) they reach the finish line.'

3 tips to beat the psychological challenges of running a marathon

Cheering on the runners: 'it can take a long time to run those 26.2 miles so the supporters certainly entertain and encourage participants'. Photo: David Fitzgerald/Sportsfile via Getty Images

Solidarity, support & signs: why we cheer on marathon runners

Dublin Marathon

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Top down picture of university students studying in a circle, sitting on red chairs and using laptops, books and notepads (Getty Images)

Do you need an 'admin night' with friends to fix your finances?

"Whatever the weather, remember that men and women experience temperature differently in the same space the next time you get into a battle of the thermostat in the office."

Why do women feel the cold more than men?

There is a sense that Halloween was a time when Oweynagat could open the gates of hell or become an entrance to a magical world." Photo: Gary Dempsey

'Ireland's gate to hell': a Co Roscommon cave and the Otherworld

The Leprechaun Brothers (AKA The Swedish Chef, Animal and Beaker) perform Danny Boy

From Elvis to The Muppets, the story of Danny Boy

st patricks day

NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory image of a solar flare

Why you should pay attention to the weather in space

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Halloween

Jack o lantern candle standing on a rock

Is Halloween the new St Patrick's Day festival?

Boo: a selection of plastic Halloween masks from the 1980s. Photo: Reddit Irish History

Masks and black plastic bags: how we used to celebrate Halloween

There is a sense that Halloween was a time when Oweynagat could open the gates of hell or become an entrance to a magical world." Photo: Gary Dempsey

'Ireland's gate to hell': a Co Roscommon cave and the Otherworld

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Does the road to hell begin in Cork?

A ringfort in Co Tipperary: "looking down from a plane, you'll see these circles dotted across Ireland".

The superstitions and mysteries around Ireland's 'fairy forts'

A Halloween barm brack with charms including a ring, coin, stick and pea. Photo: St. Connell's Museum & Heritage Centre, Glenties, Co Donegal https://www.facebook.com/www.Museum.ie

The strange meanings attached to charms in Halloween barm bracks

I always feel like somebody's watching me: Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula and Frances Dade as Lucy in the 1931 film of Dracula based on the novel by Bram Stoker. Photo: Culture Club/Getty Images

Was Dracula Irish?

Ireland

LILLE, FRANCE - SEPTEMBER 8: Troy Parrott of Real Betis celebrates his goal during the UEFA Champions League 2026/27 League Phase MD1 match between Lille OSC and Real Betis Balompie at Stade Pierre Mauroy on September 8, 2026 in Lille, France. (Photo by A

5 Irish soccer players who made a splash in Europe

Close-up on a waitress serving a plate of food at a restaurant – food service concepts

Can a review make or break an Irish restaurant?

Women at ICA summer camp Castlefreake, Co. Cork 1937

The story of the revolutionary 1929 Tipperary school for women

Do you still have your iodine tablets?

The story of Joe Jacob, Marian Finucane and the iodine tablets

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What was life like in an Irish medieval castle?

Maureen O’Sullivan (centre) with circuit leader Major Teddy Mayer and others. Photo courtesy of Gill Books and John Avery

The extraordinary WWII exploits of Irishwoman Maureen O'Sullivan

IRELAND - NOVEMBER 28: Photograph taken from an album of images compiled by English motor car manufacturer and aviator Charles Stewart Rolls (1877-1910). It shows a scene from the 1903 of the prestigious Gordon Bennett Trophy race, which was first held in

How a 1903 race in the Irish Midlands changed global motorsport

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A soldier operates a drone that was blessed by military chaplain Father Stepan before launch in the Zaporizhzhia region, Ukraine, on April 8, 2026. On the eve of Orthodox Easter, military chaplain Father Stepan visited the Gara strike drone pilots of the

Why has Starlink internet become so crucial in Ukraine's war?

Why are so many GAA players not getting proper sleep?

Dublin Airport planes and terminal

Will lower Dublin Airport passenger charges make flying cheaper?

a woman in a supermarket with a shopping trolley using her phone

How supermarkets are using AI to watch you in the aisles

Bâteau chasseur de mines de la marine britannique parcourant le Canal de Suez, à Port-Saïd, Egypte, le 30 novembre 1956. (Photo by KEYSTONE-FRANCE/Gamma-Rapho via Getty Images)

What history tells us about the closure of vital waterways

Masked woman expressing different emotions

Are women really more emotionally intelligent than men?