Feeling a bit of deja vu. When it comes to the topics that gained the most reader attention on irishtimes.com this year, some have a familiar ring.
Covid, for example, is still around. Plenty of rugby. Abject political turmoil in the UK and the tremors of Brexit. Harry and Meghan. Others, including the increasing weight of a cost-of-living crisis and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, carry with them the indelible mark of “2022″.
Below is a selection of stories that readers were particularly interested in, as well as some other strong articles which you might have missed during the year.
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As 2022 draws to a close, it doesn’t bear itemising each heartbreaking story of individual tragedy that caught the attention of readers throughout the year. At home and abroad a number of unspeakably sad incidents and personal circumstances were among the stories that Irish Times readers chose to read. The killing of Ashling Murphy in Co Offaly in January, as well as the killings of Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee in Sligo in April, clearly had a huge impact on readers.
In Europe, the invasion of Ukraine by Russia was the subject of much breaking news, analysis and feature journalism in 2022. From early on the morning of February 24th and spanning the rest of the year, the war in Europe has been a constant on the homepages of news sites across the world, and irishtimes.com is no different. The top-read stories concerning the conflict were largely Irish angles: Russian state TV shows…
