Welcome to this week’s IT Sunday, a selection of the best Irish Times journalism for our subscribers. As our “summer” wears on, events in the worlds of culture, sport and beyond have inspired some ...

DEBORAH SHIPPERLEE couldn't believe it when she was diagnosed with breast cancer following a routine mammogram in February 2011. Instead she was forced to confront the harsh reality that life is not ...

Exactly a century ago, Irish republicans were being asked how long more the war of independence could last. In an interview with American journalist and British spy Carl Ackerman in April 1921, ...