Information has never been easier to access. Now, thanks to phones and other smart tech, we rarely have to rely on our memory. But is this doing more harm than good, asks Áilín Quinlan.

Hillary Clinton faces some strong candidates in her bid to win the Democratic nomination for a tilt at the presidency and needs to step up to the plate, writes Bette Browne.

A deal agreed to guarantee local authority staff work with Irish Water until the middle of the next decade was “cloaked in secrecy”; US Police have launched a massive manhunt following the killing of an officer who interrupted a drug deal; A breakthrough in the war against cancer could save hundreds of lives with a simple urine test. Here’s today’s lunchtime irishexaminer.com round-up.