NYT > World News Mark Zuckerberg Buys an Irish Castle Par : Alan Yuhas 22 août 2026 à 09:28 The prominent landowner has added a nearly 200-year-old estate to his holdings. Archival information says it can take “a brisk walk of 4½ minutes to reach the dining room from the kitchen.” © Patrick Kenealy, via ReutersStrancally Castle in Waterford, Ireland, was built around 1830 and renovated in the early 2000s. It now belongs to Mark Zuckerberg.
NYT > World News Where Future Champions Race Against the Tide Par : Ali Watkins and Clodagh Kilcoyne 15 août 2026 à 09:03 An uninhabited Irish island fills up one day each summer for a treasured amateur horse race in which young jockeys ride across the shifting sands. © Clodagh Kilcoyne for The New York TimesThe jockeys at Omey are young, the sponsors modest, the grand prize less than $1,000.
NYT > World News How ‘Harry Potter’ Fans Protected Dobby’s Grave From the Path of a U.K.-Ireland Power Cable Par : Claire Moses 11 août 2026 à 12:58 Here lies Dobby, a free elf. There will be no electricity cables in sight. © Matthew Horwood/Getty ImagesA memorial for Dobby, a fictional elf from the “Harry Potter” fantasy series, at Freshwater West beach in Wales.
NYT > World News Daniel Kinahan Extradited From the U.A.E. to Ireland Par : Ephrat Livni 9 août 2026 à 20:25 Daniel Kinahan, accused of leading a family crime syndicate, was flown home from Dubai on an Irish government jet on Sunday. © Damien Eagers/PA Images, via Getty ImagesReporters waited for Daniel Kinahan’s arrival at a military base west of Dublin.