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Kerry Condon: “I’ve always felt like a woman of the world.”

‘Brad Pitt’s a proper movie star. They don’t make them like him any more’: Kerry Condon

Growing up in a small town in Ireland, Condon thought it “borderline impossible” that she’d star in a Hollywood blockbuster.

  • Juliet Rieden

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Kathleen Spangler at home in Dayton, Ohio, with a photo of the house she won in an online raffle.

‘By chance, did you win a cottage in Ireland?’

For one American, who spent $US12.67 on three raffle tickets in December and then forgot about them, the answer turned out to be yes.

  • Lana Bortolot
Lough Erne.

No tropical beaches, but this island is still a paradise

Escape to one of the loveliest places in Ireland not for sun, but for soul.

  • Brian Johnston
Imelda Collins outside her house in Ireland’s County Leitrim, which she is raffling off for five British pounds per ticket. She hopes to sell 150,000 tickets.

Want to buy her house in Ireland? All you’ll need are $7 and some luck

Imelda Collins is raffling her house, rather than selling it on the conventional market. And anyone in the world can enter.

  • Lana Bortolot
Marian Keyes

Good food, good craic as bestselling author Marian Keyes gets real

Lunch with Marian Keyes is a revelation; sex, alcoholism, life and death. Nothing is off the table.

  • Margot Saville
SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 11: Angus Bell of the Waratahs warms up during the round nine Super Rugby Pacific match between NSW Waratahs and Chiefs at Allianz Stadium, on April 11, 2025, in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images)

Wallabies star Bell signs for Ulster in major blow to Waratahs

The Waratahs will be without one of their top performers in 2026, with prop Angus Bell to spend a sabbatical season in Belfast.

  • Jonathan Drennan and Iain Payten
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The Trinity College Long Room, with “Gaia” in the distance.

A small country with an epic history for book lovers

You’d expect a place that birthed so many great writers to be home to some of the world’s most beautiful libraries – and bookshops.

  • Keith Austin
Chrissie Tully gave birth to a son 76 years ago who she never met.

Her final wish: A home for the son she never got to hold

As a teenager, Chrissie Tully fell in love and then became pregnant. What happened next followed a grim, tragic script in mid-century Ireland.

  • Ali Watkins
Cillian Murphy as Bill Furlong in Small Things Like These.

An Oscar changes everything for most actors. Not Cillian Murphy

The Oppenheimer star went straight back to the low-key life he loves. In his latest film, he delivers his best performance yet.

  • Stephanie Bunbury
French President Emmanuel Macron holds a meeting in Paris on Thursday with representatives of industries affected by the US tariffs.

‘Brutal’: Macron vows to protect Europe after US lands shock trade blow

The French president has called on EU nations to stop all investment in the United States after Donald Trump announced a 20 per cent tariff on European imports.

  • James Crisp, Nick Squires, James Rothwell and Sarah Newey

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