Friday 31 October 2025			
						
		 
 ‘It’s dark in the US right now. But I turn on a light, you know?’: Mavis Staples on Prince, Martin Luther King and her 75-year singing career
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 The Last Call: Despite The Heartbreak, Niall Quinn Had Incredible Perspective On Final Ireland Cap
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 Palestinian journalist in Ireland: My brother returned to our home in Gaza. He found a ghost city.
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 Lebanese president orders army to confront Israeli soldiers after municipal worker killed in raid
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 Doctor Who lives on! But who will be the new Time Lord – and is it goodbye to Russell T Davies?
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 No 10 refuses to say it has seen evidence to show Reeves did not break ministerial code
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 How do I break up with a kind and generous man who leaves me feeling cold and irritated? | Leading questions
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 Wexford woman who faked her own death in “deliberate scheme” to avoid trial is jailed for three years
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 ‘Tom Cruise was not happy’: Colin Farrell was so drunk on Minority Report he needed 46 takes for a single line
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 The luxury effect: why you’ll find more wildlife in wealthy areas – and what it means for your health
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 ‘We are both freedom fighters’: Africa exhibition at war-damaged Kyiv gallery strikes a chord
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 ‘She called me a silly boy! Lovely lady!’ Your most beloved memories of Prunella Scales
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 German dentists hold memorial recognising sadistic practices of profession under Nazis
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 A single match cost me thousands of dollars at 2026’s World Cup of the 1% | Leander Schaerlaeckens
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 Irish rail works to impact Heuston routes and and Dun Laoghaire to Greystones this weekend
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 This isn’t a real ceasefire in Gaza – it’s a holding pattern before war returns | Sanam Vakil
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 Is it OK to talk at the cinema? How about if it’s just during the trailers? | Polly Hudson
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 Russian army chiefs torturing and executing soldiers who refuse to fight in Ukraine, report says
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 When the rains don’t come: how drought and endless dry seasons are changing life in Puntland – in pictures
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 Halloween is no ungodly American import – just ask the medieval monks and nuns who marketed it | Michael Carter
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 Wife of British journalist ‘abducted by ICE’ speaks out: ‘We’re being kept in the dark’
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 Arts organisations still in ‘funding limbo’ after crash of Arts Council England online portal
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 Tories call for Reeves to quit after breaking home rental rules but PM rules out investigation – UK politics live
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 Dutch election results: far-right and centrist parties in tight race to top as vote count continues – Europe live
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 Trey Lance has cost $7m per start. Is there any hope of reclaiming a once hyped prospect?
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 Shell’s profits surpass $43bn after production hits new highs in Brazil and Gulf of Mexico
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 ‘Bats out for Benny’: teenager killed by cricket ball honoured amid debate over neck guards
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 ‘The town is devastated’: the mayor picking up the pieces at Hurricane Melissa’s ‘ground zero’
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 Wet and windy day ahead, with Status Yellow warnings for six counties set to take effect
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 Choreographer Sharon Eyal: ‘I don’t like it when a dancer is comfortable – I want to see the struggle’
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