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Sitdown Sunday: Rebranding Europe's far-right parties
Sitdown Sunday: Is sugar the world's most popular drug?
Sitdown Sunday: The 'picture-perfect' family life that ended in murder
Sitdown Sunday: A Christmas special
Sitdown Sunday: Two ships, a superstorm, and one chance for survival
Sitdown Sunday: Who murdered the student Giulio Regeni?
Sitdown Sunday: Meet the rising star of Germany's Far Right
Sitdown Sunday: The literary hoax who fooled Hollywood
Sitdown Sunday: Inside the secret Russian nuclear city
Sitdown Sunday: The mystery hijacker who disappeared into thin air
Sitdown Sunday: Is America doomed to repeat its mistakes when it comes to racism?
His book was banned and burned, but JP Donleavy has had the last laugh
This story of a suspected IRA member is as relevant today as it was in 1923
Sitdown Sunday: "He told them my scarf caught fire... he actually set me on fire"
Politicians who own pubs tell us what has gone wrong for rural Ireland
Mohamedou says he's locked up, tortured, and fighting for justice
3 Midweek Longreads: There's no way I'm having kids - so what?
Sitdown Sunday: The horrifying secret past of the neighbour next door
3 Midweek Longreads: Finding the fugitive heir
Sitdown Sunday: The history of Ghostbusters, and all hail Ikea
3 Must-Read Longreads: Are we REALLY smarter than our grandparents?
Sitdown Sunday: Joni Mitchell's mystery illness, public shaming, and RIP David Carr
Sitdown Sunday: Death on a first date, confronting trolls, and The Shaggs
"They tell Ryan stuff they won't tell anybody else": Behind the scenes at the Tubridy show
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
Collision and scrum analysis takes Ireland's GPS system to the next level
Flat tyres and a managerial career flat-lining: It's the week's best sportswriting
Analysis: Ireland's midfield holds the key to unlocking French defence
Paralympic skier Kelly Gallagher banking on hard work paying off in Sochi
'France isn't the threat that everyone thinks it is' - rugby agent McHugh
Scooters, silent sidelines and Hoop Dreams: It's the week's best sportswriting
Joe Schmidt is a big influence on my coaching style - Conor O'Shea