Aston Martin driver Fernando Alonso inspects his car with team mechanics in the garage at the Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne. Alonso, who was publicly dismissive when he endured an underperforming Honda engine at McLaren between 2015 and 2017, also shared his concerns. So a solution has to be implemented.”Adrian Newey joined Aston Martin as team principal at the end of last year. Photograph: Joe Portlock/Getty ImagesThe striking revelation is a hammer blow to Aston Martin, who had already been struggling in pre-season testing. Nonetheless there was also a suggestion that there had been no little disconnect between Honda and Aston Martin.

UCD president Orla Feely: 'The needs of our student have been at the centre of the university’s response throughout'Public “speculation” about a case of alleged image-based abuse of a University College Dublin medicine student was “harming” the UCD community, the college’s president Orla Feely has said. “Because speculation in the public domain is now harming our students, staff and other members of our community, I am writing to provide some clarification on material now in circulation,” she said. Wednesday’s protest was called by the UCD students’ union after a “nude, bruised” intimate image of the young woman after allegedly being sexually assaulted, was shared with staff and students, via email and WhatsApp groups, last year. In her judgment on a case taken last year by the young woman against UCD, Judge Marguerite Bolger ordered that neither the student, witnesses, nor UCD be identifiable. We are also concerned about the distress caused to our wider community of students and staff, particularly in the School of Medicine.”

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(Photo by Yoan Valat / AFP via Getty Images)President Emmanuel Macron’s plan to extend France’s nuclear strategic doctrine to seven European states, including by moving nuclear weapons there temporarily or permanently, is a clear indication of pathbreaking geopolitical change on the continent. Macron’s plan was being prepared long before his speech this week proposing a new doctrine of “forward deterrence” at the French nuclear headquarters in Brittany. That is the setting in which Germany, Poland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Greece, Denmark and Sweden are now cooperating with France on nuclear deterrence. Separate but related nuclear cooperation with the UK is also developing fast. The overall case against nuclear deterrence and for the phasing out of these weapons remains strong and relevant in this more dangerous world.

Women represent only 10% of the construction industry workforce, but their number is growing. The new Women in the Labour Market Report 2023-2024 found that the number of women in construction surged from 6,600 in 2014 to 18,000 in 2024. Women can find a place for themselves in all sorts of male-dominated environments.”Patricia Brouder is equally adamant that construction is for women. So she became Ireland’s first qualified female plasterer in 2002 and worked as a plasterer from the ages of 17 to 28. Nobody’s limited view of gender should define anyone’s future.”White also stresses the potential construction has for women.

Hearing loss often creeps in gradually, making it easy to overlook. Here, audiologist Ryan Reid highlights six subtle signs of hearing loss that you should never ignore:1. “The reason for that is that early age-related hearing loss usually affects the high frequencies first and sort of blurs out speech. “Many people who are suffering from hearing loss themselves may make a joke of it at the beginning, because they’re trying to play it off as they’ve just misheard and that it’s not necessarily hearing loss. “It’s never too early to have your hearing tested, as hearing loss can happen to anyone,” says Reid.

Photograph: Bryan O’BrienOpposition politicians have piled pressure on the Government to state that the attack on Iran by the United States and Israel amounts to a breach of international law. However, she stopped short of explicitly saying this amounts to a breach of international law. He urged the Government to call it “for what it is” – a “breach of international law”. He criticised Iran’s government as an “abhorrent regime” and said Israel and the US were breaking international law. He said actions by “multiple parties” in recent days had “undermined” principles of international law.

A two-year survey is being undertaken to establish the prevalence of gender-based online abuse of female academics in Ireland. In 2022, the National Women’s Council published its Toolkit on Social Media Policies for Political Parties, as part of a campaign to increase women’s political participation by tackling social media abuse. The campaign followed a survey of Irish political parties on how they deal with online abuse. However, there has been no corresponding research done on the prevalence of online abuse of female academics. "As yet, no study has comprehensively explored female academics' experiences of gender-based online abuse.

Recent coverage of a proposed change to the traditional arts degree at University of Galway has brought the value of such a degree into question. While I refute the claim by some that a traditional arts degree has had its day —an arts degree is not just for teachers or civil servants — there is a need to reframe the inherent value of an arts degree, particularly in the age of AI. The work of arts graduates is all around us In Ireland; arts graduates work across education, the civil service, journalism, NGOs, creative industries, cultural heritage, diplomacy, tech compliance, content moderation, regulation, ethics advisory roles, healthcare communication and beyond. Future-proofing artsWe are under no illusion that future-proofing an arts degree means providing transferable competencies that directly address intersections with AI and society. In fact, we need arts graduates now more than ever.

Photograph: Róisín Murphy O’SullivanCMAT has won the RTÉ Choice Music Prize Album of the Year for Euro-Country. CMAT will receive €10,000, provided by the Irish Music Rights Organisation and the Irish Recorded Music Association. It features the refrain: “All the big boys, all the Berties, all the envelopes, yeah they hurt me.”Speaking at the ceremony, CMAT said: “I’m so happy. Free, free Palestine.”The Choice Music Prize, now in its 21st year, recognises the best in Irish recorded music. Also at the ceremony, CMAT won Irish Artist of the Year and Amble won both Irish Breakthrough Artist of the Year and Song of the Year.

‌The Gunners have backed Mikel Arteta significantly in the market in recent seasons after re-establishing themselves as title contenders under the Spaniard. But their outlay in previous windows now means that important first-team players may have to be sacrificed at the end of the current campaign. The report notes that, after spending five years at the club, selling Odegaard for a significant transfer fee would represent a major profit under the current Premier League and Uefa spending rules. Myles Lewis-Skelly and Ethan Nwaneri are two stars currently not in Arteta's team who could be sacrificed. Kai Havertz - like Odegaard - has two further years remaining on his contract and would likely command a significant fee.

The Opta supercomputer has revealed the Premier League team most in danger of failing to qualify for the Champions League after the race for the top five took another twist. And Opta's supercomputer has produced 10,000 simulations of how the top five will finish at the end of a fascinating Premier League season. Aston Villa have an 80 per cent chance of securing a Champions League place ahead of Man United at 76.2 per cent - despite their recent struggles under Unai Emery. Villa have another avenue to European football's premier competition as they will seal a Champions League spot if they win the Europa League. Chelsea and Liverpool will also qualify should either of them win this season's Champions League.

Ex-Arsenal chief Edu set for Nottingham Forest axe after being told to STAY AWAY by clubEdu and Nottingham Forest are likely to part company less than a year after the club appointed the former Arsenal sporting director as their head of global footballView 2 Images Edu Gaspar (Image: Robbie Jay Barratt/AMA)Nottingham Forest look likely to part ways with their head of global football, Edu, after telling the former Arsenal sporting director to stay away from the club's training ground. ‌Edu has only been in the role eight months but it has been a turbulent campaign for Forest both on and off the pitch. The report claims he has been told to stay away from the club's training ground, with his exit from Forest now 'expected before the end of the season'. ‌Edu is also said to have been asked to stay away from matches, with Wednesday night's 2-2 draw with Manchester City the third consecutive fixture he has missed. Edu's remit included recruitment, squad strategy and player development after Forest created a role for him.

The impact on international shipping of the war in Iran is the latest issue to delay the disposal of a ship seized in a major drugs case, politicians have been told. He could not, he said, rule out the total reaching €20 million before the vessel was eventually disposed of. He said he hoped the saga was nearing its conclusion but suggested the impact of the war in Iran on international shipping was now negatively affecting the disposal process. “We are very hopeful that we are getting closer to the end game,” Cody told the committee’s members, “but it still is a matter of clear uncertainty. Cody suggested that the scale of the costs involved could deter Revenue from seizing a vessel in such circumstances in the future.

Premier League: Tottenham 1 (Solanke 34) Crystal Palace 3 (Sarr 40, 45+7, Strand Larsen 45+1)Tottenham are sinking in a sea of venom. Tottenham have lost all three of their games since appointing Tudor as their interim manager and are not coping with the pressure. They are winless since the turn of the year and could not even kick on after going 1-0 up against Palace. Micky van de Ven was soon sent off for fouling Ismaïla Sarr and will miss the trip to Anfield later next weekend. With Cristian Romero already suspended, the defence could not absorb the loss of Van de Ven, and Palace knew it.