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The Irish Times Washington Correspondent Keith Duggan and video journalist Chris Maddaloni will be following the final week of the US midterms through Texas, Georgia and Mississipi. Our coverage so far:

'I have built a life with someone but it has really amounted to nothing for me as it all on their terms, in their county, running their family business. I have made sacrifices for them but I am not happy.' A reader seeks advice. Read here:

Most Read: A 97-year-old woman faces €455,000 payment to Bank of Ireland over life loan taken out in 2003

I stopped going to Mass 22 years ago. Every Sunday since I’ve felt grateful to be free of the obligation, writes Séamas O’Reilly

Pension or the new investment account: Where should your spare cash go?

‘I did notice Americans looking at property ... They were Trumpugees’: West Cork tourist village in off-season

Reasons to be cheerful about where Irish rugby is going, writes Gordon D’Arcy

‘I was always the one with hordes of friends, so I don’t how to handle this loneliness’

Restaurant Review: One duck-related blip aside, the cooking in this Louth spot is confident and enjoyable

‘Fertility treatment is like a second job’: How can employers support staff undergoing IVF?

My tacky Halloween decorations are a bit look-at-me and not very Irish, writes Seán Moncrieff

Sponsored: As the pressure of the points race continues, more students are considering alternatives. Further education and training offers a different route, focused on skills, careers and progression.

A minute of glory and resilience in timeless Galway showpiece sums up magic of county finals, writes Ciarán Murphy

People are starting to talk about the end of the DUP. This is more than wishful thinking from opponents and rivals, writes Newton Emerson. Read more:

I was an early adopter of Damien Rice’s music. I simply have to be at his Dublin gig, writes Emer McLysaght

Richelle Flanagan struggles to type and text, but give her a hockey stick and nobody would know she has a neurodegenerative disorder Read here:

Dear Roe, I love my partner, I truly feel I have met my soulmate and best friend. My boyfriend is a few years older than me and this is where the (very few) sources of friction in our relationship tend to come from.

New DAA chief to be paid €380,000 salary

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🏐 The 2026 GAA Football All Stars: What you need to know 🏐 ⚫️ Mayo take top spot in the 2026 GAA/GPA Football All Stars, with six players adding an award to the All-Ireland medal they won in July ⚫️ Beaten finalists Kerry take three statues ⚫️ With eight counties represented in the 2026 XV, it has one of the all-time widest spread of contributing teams Read more:

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