InEdwin EdogboThe 23-year-old gave Andy Farrell a timely nudge with a couple of tries off the bench in Munster’s defeat to Castres. His standing was illustrated when Farrell took him to Chicago as a travelling reserve for the Test against the All Blacks. Photograph: Charles McQuillan/Getty ImagesIf Baloucoune was to add to his four Ireland caps (two tries), an increased work-rate was one requirement. OutCaolin BladeCaolin Blade will look to put his Ireland disappointment behind him when Connacht take on Leinster on Saturday. Lost out to his Connacht teammates Matthew Devine and Ben Murphy and Leinster’s Fintan Gunne for a place in the Ireland XV squad to boot.

As the climate warms, it weakens the ability of land and ocean systems to absorb carbon and lock it away. These responses of biology to temperature lead to the asymmetric or roller coaster shape of the Universal Thermal Performance Curve. This means that as the global climate warms, species will be at risk of being exposed to the dangerous side of their own particular temperature curve. Lakhoo and colleagues showed that heat exposure poses a big threat to the health of mothers and newborn babies. As the climate warms, it weakens the ability of land and ocean systems to absorb carbon and lock it away in soils, ocean sediments, trees and peat.

The record-breaking Storm Éowyn ravaged the country in the third week of January, ripping off the roofs of houses and destroying hundreds of thousands of trees. At the 161-hectare Montalto estate near Ballynahinch in Co Down, the woodlands were devastated with the loss of more than 1,500 trees as the storm barrelled its way across the country. Veteran oaks, in some cases 200 years old, and 150-year-old beech trees, were among the casualties in a trail of destruction. Storm Éowyn led to the closure of several of those walking trails and gardens, with some areas partially reopening in March. One the Montalto trails that was closed due to storm damage.

A fate worse than death, of course, would be to survive the ordeal but have to wait for help, naked and afraid. China has a growing population of people who live alone – one in five households in the country consist of a single person. All dark humour about going on your ear in the bathroom aside, there were 426,000 people living alone in Ireland at the time of the Census in 2022. The numbers living alone might have been even higher if not for the housing crisis. Living alone is a joy, 85 per cent of the time.

Data from PCPartPicker suggest the price of computer memory, produced by companies such as Micron, has surged in the past six months. Trying to meet that demand for generative AI has led to a squeeze on the capacity of some computer hardware manufacturers. Computer memory is typically a low-margin business. AI companies, bloated with venture capital money and happy to splash the cash, are offering these memory chip companies higher margins. The result: prices for the latest generation of computer memory, DDR5, have skyrocketed.

Iris Law turned heads as she headed out in Beverly Hills for lunch. The British model, who is the daughter of Jude Law and Sadie Frost, 25, cut a stylish figure in a striped minidress which showed off her long legs. Shrugging a green cardigan over her shoulders, Iris teamed the look with Kim Kardashian's new NikeSkims Rift shoes and black sunglasses. Iris had her headphones in as she strutted to Croft Alley for a spot of lunch. The catwalk beauty shared an array of snaps of herself, including glamorous selfies and captioned the photo carousel: 'hydrated.'

A hilarious clip of Victoria Beckham's cameo in Ugly Betty has emerged after her son Brooklyn claimed she 'hijacked' his first dance with wife Nicola Peltz. Now, a historic clip from Victoria's WAG heyday as resurfaced, when she made a cameo in the ABC series Ugly Betty. Marc Anthony had been praising Victoria in between songs, and then you had her go up on the dance floor for this moment. The clip was captioned 'POV: Victoria Beckham during Brooklyn's first dance' and Fat Tony added the words: 'Actual video footage it’s true I was there !' But sources say the video will likely never surface because Brooklyn himself holds the only recording of the controversial moment.

This is what I walk into at Gloria Osteria. Photograph: Dara Mac DónaillGloria Osteria's rich and opulent interiors are there to be enjoyed. Photograph: Dara Mac DónaillGloria Osteria is a dramatic reworking of the former 19th-century AIB bank on Westmoreland Street. Photograph: Dara Mac DónaillThe menu is a fairly standard Italian line-up with a few Big Mamma twists. Photograph: Dara Mac DónaillTangy lemon pie at Gloria Osteria.

A French magistrate has said two Trump administration emissaries approached her seeking to lobby against an election ban on the far-right leader Marine Le Pen. Ms Le Pen (57) who leads the anti-immigration National Rally (RN), had been considered a lead contender for next year’s presidential election until her sentence. Ms Le Pen appealed alongside 10 of the 24 party members who were convicted last year. Ms Lafourcade, who is not involved in the Le Pen case, said she was troubled because this was not the type of conversation that “should happen with allies”. Ms Le Pen had attacked what she called a “tyranny of judges” who she said wanted to stop her running in a presidential race she said she could otherwise win.

Kerry woman who was one of the oldest Travellers in Ireland remembered as ‘the last of a generation’Maggie McDonagh was one of the last Travellers to experience the old way of life and raised a big family by herself after her husband’s deathThe late Maggie (née O'Brien) McDonagh. Jack Joy Kerryman Today at 06:30The late Maggie McDonagh was the ‘last of a generation’ of Travellers and her death has been mourned in Kerry and across the country.

Louth District NewsLouth Local Sports Partnership and HSE Ireland, in conjunction with the local GAA club Cooley Kickhams, are running a free eight‑week programme called Men on the Move. The Men on the Move programme encourages men over the age of 35 to get more active, have fun and improve their fitness levels through twice‑weekly activity sessions. The programme offers men the chance to learn and take part in safe, effective exercises tailored to suit their needs.

Two in five farmers do not have a formal successor for a farm, according to the latest Irish Farm Report. Farmers in a partnership are more likely to have a succession plan in place, with 52% of farmers in a partnership having identified a farming successor. The report also found that two in five farmers have no Will in place, one in four farmers have no private pension, despite three in five farmers reporting that they would feel having a personal pension helps in succession planning, underscoring the urgent need for planning. Despite one in four farmers having no private pension in place, a third are unsure or not confident that their pension will provide sufficient retirement income. Sheep sectorWithin the sheep farming respondents, 17% reportedly said they were unsure if they would be farming in five years.

The 37-man Ireland Six Nations squad Andy Farrell named on Wednesday raises as many questions as answers. Two of them, Munster lock Edwin Edogbo and Ulster scrum-half Nathan Doak, are in line for Test debuts. Farrell himself has pointed out that a dozen players have already made Ireland senior debuts across the last 18 months alone. It’s also true to say that there are 16 players in this group who have earned just ten caps or fewer to date. I've been trying to stay in touch with the game, trying to keep the mind ticking over.

An extraordinary day in Davos ended last night with the surprise announcement from US president Donald Trump that he had withdrawn his threat of new tariffs against eight European countries. This was because he had reached “ the framework of a future deal” for Greenland and “the entire Arctic region” with Nato secretary-general Mark Rutte. Trump will talk up a deal – if one does emerge from the negotiations due to get underway shortly – as another great victory. Europe’s leaders, harangued and mocked by Trump during his speech, had been due to consider a response to his threats today. They will note that Trump has kept the imposition of the additional tariffs as a threat if a deal is not concluded.

List of 33 Russell & Bromley stores at risk after administrationBy Henry Saker-Clark, PA Deputy Business EditorNext has bought Russell & Bromley after the footwear and handbag retailer fell into administration. However, the UK retail giant said it would only buy three of the group’s 36 stores as part of the rescue deal. As a result, the future of its remaining 33 stores and nine concessions is uncertain, putting hundreds of jobs at risk. Administrators have said they are assessing options for the remaining shops. The following shops, which will continue to trade, were not included in the deal and are at risk:– Bath, Somerset– Belfast, Northern Ireland– Birmingham, West Midlands– Brent Cross, Greater London– Brighton, East Sussex– Brompton, Greater London– Cambridge, Cambridgeshire– Canary Wharf, Greater London– Cheltenham, Gloucestershire– Chester, Cheshire– Covent Garden, Greater London– Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh– Exeter, Devon– Glasgow, Glasgow City– Guildford, Surrey– Hampstead, Greater London– Harrogate, North Yorkshire– Jermyn Street, Greater London– Leeds, West Yorkshire– Manchester, Greater Manchester– Oxford, Oxfordshire– Paddington, Greater London– Regent Street, Greater London– Richmond, Greater London– Stratford, Greater London– Westfield White City, Greater London– Winchester, HampshireOutlet Stores– Ashford, Kent– Cheshire Oaks, Cheshire– Gunwharf Quays Portsmouth, Hampshire– Swindon, WiltshireUK concessions– Fenwicks Canterbury, Kent– Fenwicks Newcastle, Tyne and Wear– Fenwicks Kingston, Greater London– Fenwicks Colchester, Essex– Fenwicks Bracknell, Berkshire– Fenwicks Tunbridge Wells, Kent– Fenwicks York, North YorkshireRepublic of Ireland stores and concessions– Dublin Grafton Street, County Dublin– Kildare, County Kildare– Arnotts concession, Dublin, County Dublin– Brown Thomas concession, Cork, County Cork