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Kenny backs Shatter for now as Labour seeks answers
Labour demands answers over Shatter's use of confidential garda information.
Children find body of man in suspected gang killing
Man shot in the head in apparent gangland execution.
Homeowners can move and keep their tracker mortgages
Homeowners who want to move will be offered lifeline.
Wife of bankrupt Dunne plans $150,000 gym and cinema upgrade to home
Wife plans improvements for their new US mansion.
Counselling service forced to turn young people away
Wardens tighten leash on dog owners with fine hikes
Insurance firms at centre of data protection report
Hundreds at removal of trucker found in pit
Man held for drink-driving after elderly cyclist killed
Prepay electricity users fork out extra €137 a year
Quinn family questions 'generous' redundancy payouts for ex-staff
Report by Quinn into loss of Insurance empire.
Gardai seek more time to quiz gym shooting suspect
GARDAI to seek extra time to detain suspected gunman.
Boyband wannabes on song as Louis seeks next sensation
Louis Walsh 'more than impressed' with talent at auditions.
I sometimes doze off while praying – Pope
Pope Francis admits to dozing off while praying.
Young emigrants' dream turns to nightmare after Oz crash
Six injured in car crash two weeks after arriving in Perth.
JP makes it a big day for tiny GAA club
IT'S the stuff of fairytales for a tiny GAA club.
Ulster Bank ready to resume lending for commercial real estate deals
Bank to re-enter the commercial property market.
Top clerics divided on penalty for pro-choice Catholics
First signs of division among senior clerics emerge.
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Les Kiss names Rory Best as skipper for US tour
Rory Best is Ireland skipper for US tour
Toulon victorious over Clermont Auvergne
Wilkinson kicked three penalties and landed the decisive conversion to Delon Armitage's try as Toulon rallied from 15-6 down to clinch their first major trophy in over two decades.
Medal given to Det Garda Donohoe's family
Tributes paid to Garda at memorial mass
Coalition admits it will miss €300m savings target as pay talks step up
TALKS on salvaging a public-sector pay deal are entering an "intensive" period as unions and management mount a final push to avoid government-imposed pay cuts.
School saved as Hero the bull helps raise €100k
A school which was under threat of closing has won a reprieve after a bull called Hero saved the day.
Care home residents 'drank too much while socialising'
SOME residents in a nursing home drank too much while socialising locally, putting their safety at risk, inspectors have found.
Les Kiss confirms he will work under Joe Schmidt
Les Kiss has confirmed that he will be a permanent member of Joe Schmidt's Ireland coaching team upon completion of the summer tour to the United States and Canada.
Jonny Wilkinson named European player of year as Heaslip misses out
JONNY WILKINSON has capped a triumphant Heineken Cup campaign with Toulon by being named European player of the year.
Rory Best to captain 28-man squad on tour of North America
Rory Best will lead Ireland's 28-man squad for their tour to the United States and Canada after being overlooked by the British and Irish Lions.
Familiar agony for Clermont
Robbie Deans keeps us guessing with Wallabies squad for Lions Tests
Olding seizes opportunity to learn the hard way
Downey and Coughlan set to miss out as Ireland look to 2015
Ulster's time is coming after operation transformation
Leinster's old tricks enough to outwit inferiorStade, but familiar foes Ulster aren't as easily fooled
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Massacre leaves Galway in crisis
GALWAY may lose some of their players to the USA after an embarrassing 17-point defeat by Mayo in the first round of the Connacht championship.
Ireland caretaker coach Kiss confirms he will be part of Schmidt's back-room team
LES KISS has confirmed that he will be part of Joe Schmidt's team when the New Zealander takes over as Ireland coach this summer.
Arsenal relief as Koscielny seals seat at top table
At the final whistle, Arsene Wenger turned towards his bench with both fists in the air and instinctively hugged the nearest man in an Arsenal jersey, which happened to be Mikel Arteta. This was what fourth place meant to Arsenal, so forgive them if it got a little emotional.
Ulster Bank ready to resume lending for commercial real estate deals
ULSTER Bank is to re-enter the commercial property market with a limited appetite to advance new real estate loans and so-called vendor finance to bidders for the bank's own property-backed assets, the Irish Independent has learnt.
Homeowners can move and keep their tracker mortgages
Homeowners who want to move house but are afraid of losing their low interest tracker mortgages will be offered a lifeline by two major banks. A tracker is a mortgage linked to the currently low rate set by the European Central Bank.
US Senate to quiz Apple on profits as Irish tax rules back under spotlight
IRELAND'S tax rules for multinational corporations will be back in focus tomorrow when a powerful US Senate committee questions the head of technology giant Apple on its offshore assets.
Eircom to bring yield down from 9.25pc in next round of bond deals
Banks at risk if Scotland becomes independent
Union wants old IBRC redundancy terms reinstated
Kielty laughs all way to the bank with €900k profits
Customers taking out more cash to beat charges
Dracula horror as North lures $70m movie from Ardmore
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart split - for good
Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart have reportedly broken up after more than three years of dating.
Baby on board: Kim Kardashian to take baby on Kanye tour
Kim Kardashian is apparently planning to take her baby on tour with Kanye West.
Frenemies: Madonna wanted Paltrow to ‘suffer’ at Met Gala
Madonna reportedly “didn’t even glance” in Gwyneth Paltrow’s direction at the Met Gala.
Tensions rise as North Korea fires more short-range missiles
NORTH KOREA fired a short-range missile from its east coast this morning.
Injured toddler sent to morgue in body bag
A TODDLER pulled from the wreckage of a car crash that killed five family members was sent to a morgue in a body bag in the belief he was dead.
Man dies and boy fighting for his life after plane crash
A man has died while a boy and another man are fighting for their lives after a light aircraft crashed on the approach to an airport runway.
Brendan O'Connor: He took what life he had and made it matter
When I heard Donal Walsh had died, I couldn't help thinking of Spike Milligan's line: I told you I was sick. For those of us who didn't know Donal, who didn't live with his illness and see its progress, there was a strange sense of surprise that he had really died, that his young life was actually snuffed out in the end. Obviously everyone knew Donal was dying. His imminent death was central to the life-affirming message he brought to the nation. But somehow, when the inevitable came, it was a shock. I suppose this young man, whom none of us really knew but we all felt we knew, didn't seem like the type to die.
Colm McCarthy: Retirement age must rise by eight or 10 years
Since 2008, economic policy in Ireland has been understandably focused upon the deflation of the bank credit bubble and its budgetary consequences. But Ireland faces serious economic policy problems which pre-date the financial crisis. Two reports released in recent weeks highlight one of the most serious – the unsustainable current system of retirement income provision. State pension schemes are unfunded (the social insurance 'fund' is just a book entry in the State accounts) and reliant entirely on the health of future tax revenues. If these fail to grow strongly, the State will struggle to meet pension commitments to its own employees and to the wider public who are covered by the contributory and non-contributory old-age pension schemes.
Paul Moran: Labour still between rock and a hard place
Our latest opinion poll, conducted earlier this month, shows little change in terms of party support, with most of them tipping along at more or less the same position as last month. Both Fianna Fail and Fine Gael have slipped back (an insignificant) one point, with Sinn Fein the apparent beneficiary. It is as you were for both Labour and the independents. There has been some stabilisation of the Labour vote over the past couple of months, stalling the steady decline that we witnessed earlier in the year.
Simon Harris: It's the young who will fix this country
Donal Lynch: The twist of fate that links Richard Boyd Barrett and Fr Michael Cleary
David Quinn: A new political party is needed to serve the battered under-45s
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Bruce Forsyth signs up again for Strictly at 85
Denmark win Eurovision
Juries and television viewers across Europe awarded the barefoot, hippie-chic 20-year-old for the catchy love song that is driven by her deep, Shakira-like voice.
Brian O'Reilly's Eurovision diary
Brian O'Reilly reports from the Eurovision
Ireland perform in final dress rehearsal
Ryan performs in his final dress rehearsal for tonight's final
Technology
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Digital: Nintendo points the way out of the circle of hell
Forget your iPad, how about a portable radio in a hat?
Review: Microsoft Surface Pro is a thoroughbred forced to jump over hurdles
YouTube video falsely accusing student of running out on taxi fare must be removed
Personal Finance
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Young won't pay for pension but still expect nice retirement
Pension contributions at risk under new personal insolvency debt deals
Banks slash interest rates for savers by 40pc
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Travel
The real Great Gatsby locations
Those going in search of the filming locations for Baz Luhrmann’s version of The Great Gatsby will find themselves a long, long way from the east coast of America
Montenegro: A Balkan beauty with blue skies, beauty... and now golf
I had never before seen such an amazing shade of blue as that of the Adriatic
Prague: Czech date
Explore the cobbled streets or relax with one of Prague’s finest beers in this charming city
Mother & Babies
IVF breakthrough triples couples' chance of a baby
WOMEN undergoing IVF are three times more likely to have a baby through a new technique that scientists are claiming as the biggest fertility breakthrough for 35 years.
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Giving small amounts of formula to babies soon after birth can assist breastfeeding
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