Guidance Counsellors Brian Howard and Deirdre Garratt discuss some common themes and give their advice on queries submitted by readers to the Irish Times CAO helpdesk following delivery of this year’s Leaving Cert results and CAO Round One offers.

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To find out why it makes sense to visit Mars, a distant, hostile place, Vanesa Martinez interviewed Kevin Nolan, lecturer at IT Tallaght and Irish coordinator of the Planetary Society. Kevin is a leading expert on Mars exploration, a passionate believer in the benefits of going there and the author of a book on the subject. She asked him: what is it about Mars? Why does Mars matter?

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Jockey Ruby Walsh talks about fellow jockey John Thomas McNamara, who died yesterday, three years after suffering a devastating spinal injury at Cheltenham.

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Taoiseach Enda Kenny speaks at the MacGill Summer School in Glenties.

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Can you taste a place? It’s a question some of the world’s best chefs play with these days. In the first All You Can Eat Irish Times food podcast Catherine Cleary has a story about beef that comes from a very special place in Ireland. She asks whether a system of Restaurant Supported Agriculture where farmers and chefs work together could keep good farming traditions alive... and she meets a scientist who’s managed what sometimes seems like an impossible feat: bridging the gap between farmers and environmentalists. All You Can Eat kicks off with a rant from our Pet Peeves Corner. Television producer Maire Kearney has had her fill of goats cheese and beetroot. As a vegetarian she charts the highs (few) and lows (many) of three decades of vegetarianism. Irish restaurants aren’t at the races when it comes to satisfying a growing and disgruntled band of non meat eaters, she says. Finally we end with Aftertaste, a potted history of foods remembered from childhood. This week it’s hot beefy Bovril, and the surprisingly multicultural story about the origins of this frightfully British brand. We’d love to hear what you think of the podcast and any food stories you’d like to see featured in future podcasts. Email [email protected].

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Eddie Holt outlines WB Yeats's considerable body of writing for the newspapers which ranges from literary journalism to letters to the editor

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Una Mullally visits The Happy Pear by The Irish Times

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Francis Halsall of the National College of Art and Design explains the philosophy of Phenomenology. Established by Edmund Husserl one hundred years ago, Phenomenology concerns our subjective experiences of the world, and is fundamental to understanding the art of the 20th Century.

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Enda Kenny's speech in the Dáil after winning the vote to become Taoiseach.

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The dramatic story of the birth of Irish radio during the 1916 Rising was re-enacted on air by 37 radio stations across the state this evening at 5.30, one hundred years to the original date and exact time of the first broadcast, which announced the declaration of the Irish Republic.The morse code message written by James Connolly and transmitted by Marconi operator David Burke read:” Irish Republic declared in Dublin today. Irish troops have captured city and are in full possession. Enemy cannot move in city. The whole country rising.” It was the brainchild of Joseph Plunkett, a wireless expert who recognised the power of radio.The broadcast took place 190 metres from the GPO at what was then The Wireless School of Telegraphy on Sackville Street, now O’Connell Street.

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