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Hiking the Pennine Way 60 years after its creation

The UK’s first national trail was established to help secure a right to roam. To mark its anniversary, our writer takes on a particularly wild section

The Guardian - UK · Apr 24, 2025

Limerick boy hit with hammer and stabbed 27 times had tried to defend himself, inquest hears

The boy’s uncle, Paddy Dillon, of Moyross, Limerick, who was 26 at the time, struck his innocent nephew across the head with a hammer and stabbed him 27 times in a frenzied attack at Dillon’s aunt’s home at Ballynanty Beg, Limerick, on November 3, 2019.

Irish Mirror · Apr 19, 2023

How do you make a lavish spectacle sustainable? Theatre’s radical green agenda

A meeting of minds at the National Theatre showed ways to stage drama along environmentally sound lines. But is everyone on board?

The Guardian - UK · Jun 7, 2022