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From Nasa to fraud: was my scientist dad a spy?
Michael Briggs was once celebrated as a brilliant scientist – but behind the acclaim lay deception. He had fabricated parts of his academic record an…
8 months ago
The fake Irish aristocrat, the French film star and the missing millions
He called himself Terry Birles, an aristocrat who dazzled Cork’s elite and the Royal Cork Yacht Club. Now he faces trial in France, accused of an all…
8 months ago
Ploughing, presidents, and the fight over Joe Grogan’s estate
As expected, this week’s National Ploughing Championships provided a perfect pitch for hopefuls Connolly, Gavin and Humphreys to field questions and …
8 months ago
Extra: Human remains found during search for missing Donabate child
Gardaí believe they have found the remains of the missing boy from Donabate, Co Dublin. This afternoon authorities named the child as Daniel Aruebose…
8 months ago
Leo Varadkar: Dinners with President Higgins, first dates with Matt and his team’s distrust of Simon Harris
Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar is baring it all in his new autobiography Speaking My Mind, from private dinners with President Michael D Higgins, to f…
8 months ago
Skeleton by the tracks: Mystery looms over exhumed Cork railway body
In January 2021, workers clearing the abandoned railroad between Midleton and Youghal made a startling discovery. Along the track lay the skeletal re…
8 months ago
Marianne Smyth: The American conwoman who claimed to be Jennifer Aniston and a member of the IRA Army Council
Marianne Smyth claimed to be on the IRA’s Army Council, a satanic priestess and to be Jennifer Aniston. The American was convicted of swindling more …
8 months, 1 week ago
Revisited: “I shouldn’t really be here”: Comedian Willa White on drug addiction and prison
Comedian and actor Willa White reflects on an incredible life story that saw him beat the odds to survive drug addiction, and why his time in prison …
8 months, 1 week ago
'The closest to war since WW II': Is Europe on the brink of chaos?
Polish prime minister Donald Tusk says the incursion of Russian drones into Polish airspace brings his country closer to military conflict “than any …
8 months, 1 week ago
What does the murder of Charlie Kirk mean for an America already on the edge?
Thirty-one-year-old conservative activist and father-of-two Charlie Kirk was fatally shot during a public event yesterday. With an intense manhunt un…
8 months, 1 week ago