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06:00</time></div></div><hr class="c-divider"/><div class="b-results-list b-results-list--show-image"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/sport/rugby/2024/11/30/superhero-stuff-theres-only-one-cian-healy/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="‘Superhero stuff’: There’s only one Cian Healy " class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2M3B3M6JGWYPXQO7QI6XRC5RKM.jpg?smart=true&auth=9de3160ff2f34d680d3a762e8318fae8c7a0f53d38b91ca2a4bd3dba64122eed&width=500&height=333" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2M3B3M6JGWYPXQO7QI6XRC5RKM.jpg?smart=true&auth=9de3160ff2f34d680d3a762e8318fae8c7a0f53d38b91ca2a4bd3dba64122eed&width=250&height=166 250w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/2M3B3M6JGWYPXQO7QI6XRC5RKM.jpg?smart=true&auth=9de3160ff2f34d680d3a762e8318fae8c7a0f53d38b91ca2a4bd3dba64122eed&width=500&height=333 500w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 500px, 250px" width="500" height="333"/></a></figure><h3 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/sport/rugby/2024/11/30/superhero-stuff-theres-only-one-cian-healy/">‘Superhero stuff’: There’s only one Cian Healy </a></h3><a class="c-link" href="/sport/rugby/2024/11/30/superhero-stuff-theres-only-one-cian-healy/"><p class="c-paragraph">With the Leinster man poised to become Ireland’s most capped player of all time by appearing against Australia on Saturday, people who have played with him or coached him describe a unique athlete and character</p></a><div class="c-attribution">By <a class="c-link" href="/author/gerry-thornley/">Gerry Thornley</a><span class="c-separator"></span><time class="c-date" dateTime="2024-11-30T06:00:00Z">Sat Nov 30 2024 - 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And the dealers of the past roam among us’" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IYR5H7LGBLPAAPM3NFZGLWSGRA.jpg?smart=true&auth=b1162273e23511e8b358de34cd340b01cdb52f333833a945024c06f4ce2f9dd6&width=500&height=333" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IYR5H7LGBLPAAPM3NFZGLWSGRA.jpg?smart=true&auth=b1162273e23511e8b358de34cd340b01cdb52f333833a945024c06f4ce2f9dd6&width=250&height=166 250w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/IYR5H7LGBLPAAPM3NFZGLWSGRA.jpg?smart=true&auth=b1162273e23511e8b358de34cd340b01cdb52f333833a945024c06f4ce2f9dd6&width=500&height=333 500w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 500px, 250px" width="500" height="333"/></a></figure><h3 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/culture/books/2024/11/30/georgi-gospodinov-the-past-is-not-a-good-place-to-live-in-and-the-dealers-of-the-past-roam-among-us/">Author Georgi Gospodinov: ‘The past is not a good place to live in. And the dealers of the past roam among us’</a></h3><a class="c-link" href="/culture/books/2024/11/30/georgi-gospodinov-the-past-is-not-a-good-place-to-live-in-and-the-dealers-of-the-past-roam-among-us/"><p class="c-paragraph">The Bulgarian author on the dangers of nostalgia, his 2023 Booker-winning novel Time Shelter, and Irish writers he admires</p></a><div class="c-attribution">By <a class="c-link" href="/author/ronan-hession/">Rónán Hession</a><span class="c-separator"></span><time class="c-date" dateTime="2024-11-30T05:00:00Z">Sat Nov 30 2024 - 05:00</time></div></div><hr class="c-divider"/><div class="b-results-list b-results-list--show-image"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/culture/books/review/2024/11/30/poets-prose-thinking-about-questions-posed-by-poems-from-seamus-heaney-to-eavan-boland/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Poets’ prose: Thinking about questions posed by poems, from Seamus Heaney to Eavan Boland" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H4OVWKNZ3INJHUHUBGZYTQITQA.jpg?focal=476%2C702&auth=cea2eabf0bb0cad7c72b6b36dede2791f777a97deaa7dab484d72b4e5e71f3ca&width=500&height=333" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H4OVWKNZ3INJHUHUBGZYTQITQA.jpg?focal=476%2C702&auth=cea2eabf0bb0cad7c72b6b36dede2791f777a97deaa7dab484d72b4e5e71f3ca&width=250&height=166 250w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/H4OVWKNZ3INJHUHUBGZYTQITQA.jpg?focal=476%2C702&auth=cea2eabf0bb0cad7c72b6b36dede2791f777a97deaa7dab484d72b4e5e71f3ca&width=500&height=333 500w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 500px, 250px" width="500" height="333"/></a></figure><h3 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/culture/books/review/2024/11/30/poets-prose-thinking-about-questions-posed-by-poems-from-seamus-heaney-to-eavan-boland/">Poets’ prose: Thinking about questions posed by poems, from Seamus Heaney to Eavan Boland</a></h3><a class="c-link" href="/culture/books/review/2024/11/30/poets-prose-thinking-about-questions-posed-by-poems-from-seamus-heaney-to-eavan-boland/"><p class="c-paragraph">The Frontier of Writing: A Study of Seamus Heaney’s Prose edited by Ian Hickey and Eugene O’Brien; Citizen Poet: New & Selected Essays by Eavan Boland; Questioning Ireland by Thomas McCarthy</p></a><div class="c-attribution">By Vona Groarke<span class="c-separator"></span><time class="c-date" dateTime="2024-11-30T04:16:00Z">Sat Nov 30 2024 - 04:16</time></div></div><hr class="c-divider"/><div class="b-results-list b-results-list--show-image"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/culture/books/2024/11/30/poem-of-the-week-audience-at-the-botanic/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Poem of the Week: Audience at the Botanic" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YCSYXLOJLBF6TF66PKYI3T6RHM.jpg?smart=true&auth=c02dee231707789a1da064eaff7400daf0503917d14ff10ced278d09a177ea55&width=500&height=333" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YCSYXLOJLBF6TF66PKYI3T6RHM.jpg?smart=true&auth=c02dee231707789a1da064eaff7400daf0503917d14ff10ced278d09a177ea55&width=250&height=166 250w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YCSYXLOJLBF6TF66PKYI3T6RHM.jpg?smart=true&auth=c02dee231707789a1da064eaff7400daf0503917d14ff10ced278d09a177ea55&width=500&height=333 500w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 500px, 250px" width="500" height="333"/></a></figure><h3 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/culture/books/2024/11/30/poem-of-the-week-audience-at-the-botanic/">Poem of the Week: Audience at the Botanic</a></h3><a class="c-link" href="/culture/books/2024/11/30/poem-of-the-week-audience-at-the-botanic/"><p class="c-paragraph">A new work by Nessa O’Mahony</p></a><div class="c-attribution">By Nessa O'Mahony<span class="c-separator"></span><time class="c-date" dateTime="2024-11-30T04:00:00Z">Sat Nov 30 2024 - 04:00</time></div></div><hr class="c-divider"/><div class="b-results-list b-results-list--show-image"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/letters/2024/11/30/small-things-like-these-and-the-1980s/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Small Things Like These and the 1980s" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&width=500&height=333" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&width=250&height=166 250w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&width=500&height=333 500w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 500px, 250px" width="500" height="333"/></a></figure><h3 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/letters/2024/11/30/small-things-like-these-and-the-1980s/">Small Things Like These and the 1980s</a></h3><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/letters/2024/11/30/small-things-like-these-and-the-1980s/"><p class="c-paragraph">Fact, fiction and history</p></a><div class="c-attribution"><time class="c-date" dateTime="2024-11-30T00:10:00Z">Sat Nov 30 2024 - 00:10</time></div></div><hr class="c-divider"/><div class="b-results-list b-results-list--show-image"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/letters/2024/11/30/wind-power-and-irelands-energy-policy/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Wind power and Ireland’s energy policy" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&width=500&height=333" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&width=250&height=166 250w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&width=500&height=333 500w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 500px, 250px" width="500" height="333"/></a></figure><h3 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/letters/2024/11/30/wind-power-and-irelands-energy-policy/">Wind power and Ireland’s energy policy</a></h3><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/letters/2024/11/30/wind-power-and-irelands-energy-policy/"><p class="c-paragraph">Offshore wind industry</p></a><div class="c-attribution"><time class="c-date" dateTime="2024-11-30T00:06:00Z">Sat Nov 30 2024 - 00:06</time></div></div><hr class="c-divider"/><div class="b-results-list b-results-list--show-image"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/letters/2024/11/30/remote-work-and-productivity/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Remote work and productivity" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&width=500&height=333" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&width=250&height=166 250w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&width=500&height=333 500w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 500px, 250px" width="500" height="333"/></a></figure><h3 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/letters/2024/11/30/remote-work-and-productivity/">Remote work and productivity</a></h3><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/letters/2024/11/30/remote-work-and-productivity/"><p class="c-paragraph">A significant majority of workers appreciate hybrid work arrangements</p></a><div class="c-attribution"><time class="c-date" dateTime="2024-11-30T00:03:00Z">Sat Nov 30 2024 - 00:03</time></div></div><hr class="c-divider"/><div class="b-results-list b-results-list--show-image"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/letters/2024/11/30/childcare-families-and-society/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Childcare, families and society " class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&width=500&height=333" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&width=250&height=166 250w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&width=500&height=333 500w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 500px, 250px" width="500" height="333"/></a></figure><h3 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/letters/2024/11/30/childcare-families-and-society/">Childcare, families and society </a></h3><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/letters/2024/11/30/childcare-families-and-society/"><p class="c-paragraph">Lessons of referendum defeat have been ignored</p></a><div class="c-attribution"><time class="c-date" dateTime="2024-11-30T00:02:00Z">Sat Nov 30 2024 - 00:02</time></div></div><hr class="c-divider"/><div class="b-results-list b-results-list--show-image"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/letters/2024/11/30/the-long-wait-for-rural-broadband/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="The long wait for rural broadband" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&width=500&height=333" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&width=250&height=166 250w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/VHFAVTA4U5C7FE2ZTPOGOKHXN4.jpg?smart=true&auth=1f202b740bd44798a55898a19ef6a892873ae4e538e9e94222c2b3519c6cad0e&width=500&height=333 500w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 500px, 250px" width="500" height="333"/></a></figure><h3 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/letters/2024/11/30/the-long-wait-for-rural-broadband/">The long wait for rural broadband</a></h3><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/letters/2024/11/30/the-long-wait-for-rural-broadband/"><p class="c-paragraph">Digital connectivity is no longer a luxury but a fundamental necessity</p></a><div class="c-attribution"><time class="c-date" dateTime="2024-11-30T00:01:00Z">Sat Nov 30 2024 - 00:01</time></div></div><hr class="c-divider"/><div class="b-results-list b-results-list--show-image"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/2024/11/29/as-if-the-election-campaign-wasnt-tedious-enough-brace-yourself-for-the-counts/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="As if the election campaign wasn’t tedious enough, brace yourself for ‘the counts’" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UBDO7LLIMVHXH3F25NT7ZABOF4.jpg?focal=3840%2C1479&auth=bcd46fa9e584df6d40e79c22a1d813897514e3cafda903f3ab850a848c8b837d&width=500&height=333" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UBDO7LLIMVHXH3F25NT7ZABOF4.jpg?focal=3840%2C1479&auth=bcd46fa9e584df6d40e79c22a1d813897514e3cafda903f3ab850a848c8b837d&width=250&height=166 250w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/UBDO7LLIMVHXH3F25NT7ZABOF4.jpg?focal=3840%2C1479&auth=bcd46fa9e584df6d40e79c22a1d813897514e3cafda903f3ab850a848c8b837d&width=500&height=333 500w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 500px, 250px" width="500" height="333"/></a></figure><h3 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/2024/11/29/as-if-the-election-campaign-wasnt-tedious-enough-brace-yourself-for-the-counts/">As if the election campaign wasn’t tedious enough, brace yourself for ‘the counts’</a></h3><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/2024/11/29/as-if-the-election-campaign-wasnt-tedious-enough-brace-yourself-for-the-counts/"><p class="c-paragraph">Election counts are an amateur production put on for the benefit and enjoyment of the actors rather than the audience</p></a><div class="c-attribution">By <a class="c-link" href="/author/john-mcmanus/">John McManus</a><span class="c-separator"></span><time class="c-date" dateTime="2024-11-29T15:30:00Z">Fri Nov 29 2024 - 15:30</time></div></div><hr class="c-divider"/><div class="b-results-list b-results-list--show-image"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/crime-law/2024/11/30/conor-mcgregor-inc-how-the-fighters-business-brand-has-been-tarnished-by-civil-rape-trial-ruling/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Conor McGregor Inc: the fighter’s potential losses in the fallout from civil rape case are enormous" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D7HS2ETV7BE37OVCQIUYGONGHU.jpg?smart=true&auth=37ecf9f50125f651a9938065f07c1ec39f0fe8d30f087b7e413a2d39c2f03fc9&width=500&height=333" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D7HS2ETV7BE37OVCQIUYGONGHU.jpg?smart=true&auth=37ecf9f50125f651a9938065f07c1ec39f0fe8d30f087b7e413a2d39c2f03fc9&width=250&height=166 250w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/D7HS2ETV7BE37OVCQIUYGONGHU.jpg?smart=true&auth=37ecf9f50125f651a9938065f07c1ec39f0fe8d30f087b7e413a2d39c2f03fc9&width=500&height=333 500w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 500px, 250px" width="500" height="333"/></a></figure><h3 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/crime-law/2024/11/30/conor-mcgregor-inc-how-the-fighters-business-brand-has-been-tarnished-by-civil-rape-trial-ruling/">Conor McGregor Inc: the fighter’s potential losses in the fallout from civil rape case are enormous</a></h3><a class="c-link" href="/crime-law/2024/11/30/conor-mcgregor-inc-how-the-fighters-business-brand-has-been-tarnished-by-civil-rape-trial-ruling/"><p class="c-paragraph">The potential losses for the mixed martial arts fighter, businessman and now Hollywood actor in the fallout from his civil rape case are enormous</p></a><div class="c-attribution">By <a class="c-link" href="/author/arthur-beesley/">Arthur Beesley</a> and <a class="c-link" href="/author/martin-wall/">Martin Wall</a><span class="c-separator"></span><time class="c-date" dateTime="2024-11-29T15:04:38.03Z">Fri Nov 29 2024 - 15:04</time></div></div><hr class="c-divider"/><div class="b-results-list b-results-list--show-image"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/2024/11/30/olivia-oleary-if-this-election-campaign-has-proven-anything-its-that-voters-are-not-eejits/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="If this election campaign has proven anything, it’s that voters are not eejits" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TVR5QK2RUDLSXA6VVSFIJ5FLZE.jpg?smart=true&auth=5cd50f6c3b6f2be77fdacb7478c1185e06124403845229a1f0ddbd14d3923b4d&width=500&height=333" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TVR5QK2RUDLSXA6VVSFIJ5FLZE.jpg?smart=true&auth=5cd50f6c3b6f2be77fdacb7478c1185e06124403845229a1f0ddbd14d3923b4d&width=250&height=166 250w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/TVR5QK2RUDLSXA6VVSFIJ5FLZE.jpg?smart=true&auth=5cd50f6c3b6f2be77fdacb7478c1185e06124403845229a1f0ddbd14d3923b4d&width=500&height=333 500w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 500px, 250px" width="500" height="333"/></a></figure><h3 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/2024/11/30/olivia-oleary-if-this-election-campaign-has-proven-anything-its-that-voters-are-not-eejits/">If this election campaign has proven anything, it’s that voters are not eejits</a></h3><a class="c-link" href="/opinion/2024/11/30/olivia-oleary-if-this-election-campaign-has-proven-anything-its-that-voters-are-not-eejits/"><p class="c-paragraph">Election 2024: Everything will be revealed over the course of this weekend. But in the meantime, we learned a few things during this bumpy campaign</p></a><div class="c-attribution">By <a class="c-link" href="/author/olivia-oleary/">Olivia O'Leary</a><span class="c-separator"></span><time class="c-date" dateTime="2024-11-29T14:57:19.808Z">Fri Nov 29 2024 - 14:57</time></div></div><hr class="c-divider"/><div class="b-results-list b-results-list--show-image"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/sport/rugby/2024/11/29/matt-williams-australia-eye-the-opportunity-to-build-upon-tentative-steps/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Matt Williams: While Australia lost its identity, Ireland were making all the right moves" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OA4ERRYVNVBV7DL56Y6H7JIDTA.jpg?smart=true&auth=241ca94d884451147413d8b77194b39eea48a4d319b1ff75a2ecba2222a04f41&width=500&height=333" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OA4ERRYVNVBV7DL56Y6H7JIDTA.jpg?smart=true&auth=241ca94d884451147413d8b77194b39eea48a4d319b1ff75a2ecba2222a04f41&width=250&height=166 250w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/OA4ERRYVNVBV7DL56Y6H7JIDTA.jpg?smart=true&auth=241ca94d884451147413d8b77194b39eea48a4d319b1ff75a2ecba2222a04f41&width=500&height=333 500w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 500px, 250px" width="500" height="333"/></a></figure><h3 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/sport/rugby/2024/11/29/matt-williams-australia-eye-the-opportunity-to-build-upon-tentative-steps/">Matt Williams: While Australia lost its identity, Ireland were making all the right moves</a></h3><a class="c-link" href="/sport/rugby/2024/11/29/matt-williams-australia-eye-the-opportunity-to-build-upon-tentative-steps/"><p class="c-paragraph">After mismanagement of the domestic game for decades, the Wallabies have at last taken some tentative steps in the right direction</p></a><div class="c-attribution">By <a class="c-link" href="/author/matt-williams/">Matt Williams</a><span class="c-separator"></span><time class="c-date" dateTime="2024-11-29T12:00:00Z">Fri Nov 29 2024 - 12:00</time></div></div><hr class="c-divider"/><div class="b-results-list b-results-list--show-image"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/your-money/2024/11/29/christmas-shopping-online-the-perils-and-the-benefits/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="From surprise charges to new scams: The perils of Christmas online shopping" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YKJSW2TJCRDTHPGRNJ2LNFTI5Q.jpg?focal=2091%2C1342&auth=fde536acc110e990d5f793eeef81804f537c0ae2c7fe11eac033f02698f4b5e4&width=500&height=333" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YKJSW2TJCRDTHPGRNJ2LNFTI5Q.jpg?focal=2091%2C1342&auth=fde536acc110e990d5f793eeef81804f537c0ae2c7fe11eac033f02698f4b5e4&width=250&height=166 250w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/YKJSW2TJCRDTHPGRNJ2LNFTI5Q.jpg?focal=2091%2C1342&auth=fde536acc110e990d5f793eeef81804f537c0ae2c7fe11eac033f02698f4b5e4&width=500&height=333 500w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 500px, 250px" width="500" height="333"/></a></figure><h3 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/your-money/2024/11/29/christmas-shopping-online-the-perils-and-the-benefits/">From surprise charges to new scams: The perils of Christmas online shopping</a></h3><a class="c-link" href="/your-money/2024/11/29/christmas-shopping-online-the-perils-and-the-benefits/"><p class="c-paragraph">Occasional delivery issues aside, there will be other things online shoppers will have to contend with that can be equally, if not more, problematic, such as taxes</p></a><div class="c-attribution">By <a class="c-link" href="/author/conor-pope/">Conor Pope</a><span class="c-separator"></span><time class="c-date" dateTime="2024-11-29T11:15:42.015Z">Fri Nov 29 2024 - 11:15</time></div></div><hr class="c-divider"/><div class="b-results-list b-results-list--show-image"><figure class="c-media-item"><a class="c-link" href="/sport/2024/11/29/stakes-are-off-the-charts-as-ireland-play-for-their-future/" aria-hidden="true" tabindex="-1"><img data-chromatic="ignore" alt="Stakes are ‘off the charts’ as Ireland play for their future" class="c-image" loading="eager" src="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HDYO3UIPYDZKPMEBCSXWEV546E.jpg?smart=true&auth=7052d415586a77fe8f2904a4f5ba296d896c280b7f6f770403f1826d099c9726&width=500&height=333" srcSet="https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HDYO3UIPYDZKPMEBCSXWEV546E.jpg?smart=true&auth=7052d415586a77fe8f2904a4f5ba296d896c280b7f6f770403f1826d099c9726&width=250&height=166 250w, https://www.irishtimes.com/resizer/v2/HDYO3UIPYDZKPMEBCSXWEV546E.jpg?smart=true&auth=7052d415586a77fe8f2904a4f5ba296d896c280b7f6f770403f1826d099c9726&width=500&height=333 500w" sizes="(min-width: 48rem) 500px, 250px" width="500" height="333"/></a></figure><h3 class="c-heading"><a class="c-link" href="/sport/2024/11/29/stakes-are-off-the-charts-as-ireland-play-for-their-future/">Stakes are ‘off the charts’ as Ireland play for their future</a></h3><a class="c-link" href="/sport/2024/11/29/stakes-are-off-the-charts-as-ireland-play-for-their-future/"><p class="c-paragraph">Eileen Gleeson’s side have a lot riding on tonight’s game in Cardiff; Jack Crowley’s character will be examined on the bench</p></a><div class="c-attribution">By <a class="c-link" href="/author/mary-hannigan/">Mary Hannigan</a><span class="c-separator"></span><time class="c-date" dateTime="2024-11-29T10:34:25.777Z">Fri Nov 29 2024 - 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