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“Some of our main problems now is with the middle class who believe they own the Ormeau,” says Noel Liggett, District Master of Ballynafeigh Loyal Orange Lodge, No 10, whose Orange Hall stands on the Ormeau Road. “If you drive down the Ormeau Road in a bit of sunshine, you’ll see the coffee shops, all the guys sitting sipping their coffees. The older Prods will be down the side street, not really taking part. They look on us with contempt.” Read the full interview here: irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…

When Micheal Sheehy stood in the Nasdaq stock market in New York ringing the closing bell five years ago, he pictured his 17-year-old self standing in the school hall in Dingle CBS wondering, “What the heck am I doing here?” irishtimes.com/abroad/2026/1…

Fans are fickle and easily swayed, while Manchester United's executive club management has proved to be serial failures, writes Ken Early irishtimes.com/sport/soccer/…

Bus and rail passengers face higher charges in the years ahead, with reviews of fares set to take place annually. Fares are already scheduled to increase by 15 per cent from January, ending a period going back to 2018 marked by fare reductions. irishtimes.com/transport/202…

Already the greatest electoral phenomenon in his country’s history, Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva saved his best for last, writes Tom Hennigan. irishtimes.com/world/america…

‘Catholics seem to see the Orangeman as the bogeyman. They have this visceral hatred’ www.​irishtimes.​com/ireland/2026/10/26/catholics-seem-to-see-the-orangeman-as-the-bogeyman-they-have-this-visceral-hatred/

In general, capital gains are assessed for tax every time an asset changes hands. Read here: irishtimes.com/your-money/20…

The project team ran brain scans on hundreds of babies, including newborns. They drew maps of the infant brains and recorded electrical activity that arose spontaneously during the 15-minute-long scans. Lorina Naci, a neuroscientist at Trinity College Dublin, and her colleagues have been busy analysing those recordings. Read: irishtimes.com/health/your-f…

Loneliness in college: Students describe feeling lonely in groups and struggling to make deeper connections all while feeling under pressure to be living socially active lives. Read here: irishtimes.com/health/your-w…

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An elderly woman has died after being injured in a fire incident at her home in Co Cork late on Saturday night irishtimes.com/ireland/2026/…

A visit to a painter’s studio can go in one of two ways: the artist might have lined up works for you to view as if at an exhibition, or they might have turned canvases to face the wall, like shy kids at a party. Patrick Graham, winner of the lifetime-achievement prize in Dublin Gallery Weekend’s inaugural Francis Bacon Awards for Irish visual art, is in the latter category. The 83-year-old artist, who prefers to go by Paddy, is also unmoved by honours, shrugging when I ask what the €25,000 accolade might mean to him. Read: irishtimes.com/culture/art/2…

Campaigners call for Roger Casement’s remains to be returned to Co Antrim as he wished www.​irishtimes.​com/ireland/2026/10/23/campaigners-call-for-roger-casements-remains-to-be-returned-to-co-antrim-as-he-wished/

Jamie Bryson: Northern Irish unionists ‘must go on the offensive’ www.​irishtimes.​com/podcasts/inside-politics/jamie-bryson-northern-irish-unionists-must-go-on-the-offensive/

My writing saved me emotionally while my body fought the physical side of my illness. It kept my head busy when I could easily have gone to a very dark place. The support I’ve received from my online community has been life-changing. I don’t take it for granted. Read: irishtimes.com/culture/books…

Among a heap of spooky TV shows this week is this historical one with former State pathologist Dr Marie Cassidy at the helm. She looks back at Ireland’s last witch trial, which took place on the peninsula of Islandmagee, north of Belfast Read: irishtimes.com/culture/tv-ra…

I need to get away from my desk, writes Tim Hannigan. For the past three years I have been obsessively researching the complex history of Ireland’s vanished footpaths, trying to work out how this country has ended up with probably the worst public access to the countryside in Europe: none of the “right to roam” in the woods and mountains that you’d find in Scotland and Scandinavia; no network of rights of way along the field edges of the sort that you’d encounter in France or England. Read more: irishtimes.com/life-style/20…

A man found dead at a recycling facility in Dublin may have been deceased for some time, gardaí believe, with efforts continuing this weekend to identify him irishtimes.com/crime-law/202…

The singer opens up about drink, grief and a new album that even he is a little mystified by. Read here: irishtimes.com/culture/music…

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