Saibh Downes
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Almost half of older teens struggling with life - study (opens the original)
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Almost half of teenagers aged 16 to 19 say they are struggling with life, according to a new study. The Perfect Storm 2026 national survey by research body the Shona Project intends to reflect the experiences of 802 12-to-19-year-olds in Ireland dealing with the pressures of adolescence. The survey found that girls tend to experience difficulties earlier in their teenage years, with 44% of girls aged 12 to 15 stating that they are struggling, compared with 24% of boys. However, by late adolescen
Dublin duo bag exclusive Oprah Winfrey interview (opens the original)
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Two 18-year-old podcasters from Dublin bagged an exclusive interview with Oprah Winfrey before her sold-out 3Arena event. The media mogul was in Ireland to hold her sold-out event - Up Close with Oprah Winfrey. The Back of the Classroom Podcast duo, Glen Anderson and Ben Hanlon, spoke to Ms Winfrey inside the Merrion Hotel before her show on Monday. It happened because Glen took a chance and approached the TV host's longtime friend and colleague Gayle King with his interview pitch after spotting
Bray ready to cheer on Katie Taylor in final fight (opens the original)
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Excitement is reaching fever pitch in Bray as Katie Taylor prepares to hang up her gloves after her final professional bout tonight. Flags, bunting and posters of the Irish boxing legend are scattered across the town, while a huge mural also celebrates the career and achievements of the Bray native. Meanwhile, preparations are well under way on the seafront for a special big screen event of tonight's farewell fight against Flor Pili. Around 1,500 people are expected for the view party which open
Dublin exhibition captures every Roy Keane red card (opens the original)
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A new exhibition documents every red card in Roy Keane's football career. Dublin artist Seán Harte's 'Sent Off' series depicts the 11 times Keane received his marching orders for Manchester United and the one time he was dismissed for Ireland. His first oil pastel painting was Keane's first red card in 1995, for an altercation with Crystal Palace’s Gareth Southgate. "The first one was purely out of amusement to me. It kicked it all off. People responded well to it, so I kept going," Mr Harte sai
Watch: From Leaving Cert disappointment to EP stage (opens the original)
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KK Lewis took to the Electric Picnic stage almost seven years to the day she received her "doomsday" Leaving Cert results. The singer-songwriter missed out on her first choice college course and decided to defer her third choice - Children's Nursing at Trinity College Dublin - for a year. "I thought, 'Okay. Trinity. I know that's a very good college'. But I just knew in my heart it wasn't what I wanted to do," she told RTÉ News. During that year, the then 19-year-old discovered her love for musi
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